Weekly Digest

Mammoth gaming news continues to manifest in March as Shrapnel announces STX2, early access and, 20 exclusive weapon skins are up for grabs. Aptos Labs partners with Google Cloud to fast-track game development. Parallel Studios reveals details of Solana-enabled AI-driven survival sim. Champions Ascension launches Maestro Towers, the new game mode allowing players to construct and defend PvE towers using NFTs. Aavegotchi is set to launch a Layer 3 rollup using Base for settlement. Stealth zombie battle royale Last Remains is going for the kill as it launches its second public alpha playtest for March.

Also in our weekly digest:

• Immutable, and Polygon Labs launch $100 M gaming fund

• BNB Chain to prioritize Web3 gaming plans

• Xai Foundation looking to introduce over 100 indie games

• Sky Mavis ends partnership with ACT Games 

• Nyan Heroes releases pre-alpha gameplay trailer 

• Team Liquid partners up and launches a Web3  gaming-focused campaign

The Future of Gaming: Layer 2 and 3 solutions 

Web3 Gaming News of the Week🎮

• Shrapnel announces STX2 event, offering exclusive early access to gameplay and 20 exclusive weapon skins

• Parallel Studios has revealed details of their upcoming AI-driven survival sim, Colony, which will be integrated with Solana

• Champions Ascension launches Maestro Towers, a new game mode that allows players to construct and defend PvE towers using NFTs

• Aavegotchi is set to launch a Layer 3 rollup for its Aavegotchi game, using Base for settlement in Q2 2024

• Wild Forest has launched Season 5: Great Battlefields, featuring a new 2-2-2 battle system, four new maps, and a new desert biome

• CropBytes Farms has introduced Biome Mining, a new feature that allows players to merge and combine assets

• Magmic has announced a Web3 game based on the Major League Baseball (MLB) license

• Sheepfarm: Raising 4 Racing is set to launch on mobile from March 19th to 28th

• Last Remains, the stealth-based zombie battle royale, launches its second public alpha playtest for March

• Carbonated Inc. has opened early registration for its Web3 mobile game, Madworld, following successful funding rounds

• Saga has launched Saga Origins, a web3 game publishing arm

• Alien Worlds has launched msig.chat, an on-chain chat and DAO management web app backed by a Galactic Hubs grant

• Forever Has Fallen launched on March 19, 2024 the Web3 story-driven metaverse is setting a new standard

• WAX Blockchain has partnered with Funko to launch a Digital Pop! Series featuring iconic Star Wars characters

• NetEase has partnered with Cards Ahoy to introduce the NARAKA character to Web3 Gaming

• Playnance has launched PlayBlock, a Layer-3 gaming ecosystem powered by Arbitrum Orbit

• Oasys has joined Slash Payment, enhancing payments in the Web 3 gaming ecosystem

• FSL has distributed 25 million GMT tokens through an airdrop to players of its new game, Gas Hero

• Nyan Heroes releases pre-alpha gameplay trailer ahead of early access launch

• Elixir and LitLab Games have announced the integration of the LITT token in two games, Tinies and No Way Back

• Sky Mavis has ended its partnership with ACT Games and Bowled.io

• Galaxy4Games and Immutable have partnered to integrate zkEVM into Skiesverse, a post-apocalyptic Web3 game

• Aptos Labs has partnered with Google Cloud to enable developers and companies to build more easily on its network

• Google Cloud and Sequence have partnered to create a web3 gaming platform, offering tools like marketplaces and analytics

• E4C: Fallen Arena offers players on-chain assets such as weapons and weapon fragments

• Antler Interactive has unveiled its second web3 fantasy RPG, Cloudborn, set on a sea of floating islands

• Team Liquid has partnered with Carrefour Brazil to launch a gaming-focused campaign, 'Hero's Journey', in partnership with Unlocked

• Xai Foundation and The Mix are partnering to introduce over 100 indie games to the Xai Web3 ecosystem in 2024

Web3 Gaming Trends 🚀

• Bitcoin halving is expected to significantly alter the GameFi landscape, with major game creators developing blockchain games

• Dmitrii Morozov discusses the company's strategy to leverage the current crypto landscape to improve the gaming experience

• Jimmy Zhao, Senior Solution Architect at BNB Chain, discusses the team's 2024 AI, DePin and focus on gaming plans

• Eldarune has launched the Red Box HoE tournament on Avalanche and the BNB Chain, offering a prize pool of 250k $ELDA tokens

• MXS Games is launching fair gaming on Avalanche, aiming to ensure fairness and facilitate interaction between players and Web3 tech

Web3 Funding News 💸

• Immutable, and Polygon Labs have launched the Inevitable Games Fund with $100 million to invest in early-stage Web3 gaming startups

• Carbonated Inc. has secured $11 million in a Series A funding round led by South Korean mobile gaming leader Com2uS

• HyperPlay, a Web3-native game store, has received strategic funding from Square Enix

Alpha Test, Early Access & Hands-On Gaming ⚒️

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