Weekly Digest

Apr04-Apr10

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Yoda Labs
April 11, 2024


April advances as Sony Bank is conducting a stablecoin trial to enhance web3 gaming. Sui and Playtron unveil Web3 native handheld gaming console. Illuvium has announced a groundbreaking partnership with Samsung. Gods Unchained and Guild of Guardians unveil crossover card pack to unite crypto gaming but US Federal Watchdog takes aim at the industry. There's a little device that can hold your Bitcoin, play games—and farm airdrops as you sleep. Mon Protocol partners with social metaverse platform ZTX introducing it to Pixelmon's 1.1 million users. Mirror World has launched the first gaming rollup chain on Solana - will this be the answer to its congestion issues?

Also in our weekly digest:

  • New industry report has strong sector growth with Pixels and Ronin on top

  • Imaginary Ones strengthens ties with Animoca Brands

  • Gunzilla Games integrates GUNZ blockchain into OpenSea

  • Wagyu Games acquires the zombie survival FPS Undead Blocks

  • Elixir Games announces a $1million Season Pass Airdrop

  • A dedicated zkEVM gaming chains ecosystem is coming to Immutable

  • Planet Mojo secures $10.5 million from Animoca

Exclusive Interview with Illuvium

Web3 Gaming News of the Week🎮

  • Gods Unchained is set to release its next major expansion, Dread Awakening, on April 22nd

  • Legends of Elysium is transitioning from its Closed Beta phase to an Open Beta phase

  • Splinterlands introduces new updates in its ranked rewards system with Glint Store and new in-game currency

  • Arc8 has announced the Mocaverse Season, its biggest yet, running until June 4th

  • GAM3S.GG and Immutable have announced a strategic partnership to bring key Immutable functionality to GAM3S.GG users

  • Sony Bank is conducting a stablecoin trial on the Polygon blockchain to enhance its gaming and sports IP

  • MetalCore will launch its Closed Beta 2 on the Immutable zkEVM scaling network

  • Illuvium has announced a groundbreaking partnership with Samsung

  • Ronin plans to integrate the zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) into its blockchain protocol

  • Alien Worlds developer Dacoco has introduced the Worker Proposal System to enhance stability and collaboration in the community

  • GAMEE, the developer of Arc8, announced its Q1 2024 plans, including the launch of the Arc8 Retro Season

  • MetaCene Alpha Test 3 has begun, attracting players worldwide to a post-apocalyptic world

  • Gunzilla Games has integrated the GUNZ blockchain into the OpenSea NFT marketplace

  • Mon Protocol is partnering with web3 social metaverse platform ZTX to introduce its platform to Pixelmon's over 1.1 million users

  • VGX Foundation has partnered with Genopets to integrate the VGX token as a reward

  • Danu Games has revealed details for Alpha V3 of Avalon, the final technical test before public beta

  • DOGAMÍ has completed the Gamma Dogamí NFT airdrop, marking a significant milestone in the World Championship Qualifiers journey

  • ChronoForge is set to launch a Play & Earn Season with a 6 million $RIFT prize pool

  • Mirror World has launched the first gaming rollup chain on Solana, featuring Sonic, a Solana Virtual Machine compute engine

  • Sheepfarm has launched an Adventurefest event to celebrate the launch of its mobile game, Sheepfarm: Raising 4 Racing

  • Wagyu Games has acquired the zombie survival FPS, 'Undead Blocks', from Adonis Software

  • Chain Games has launched the Chain Games AppChain Supernet Blockchain, powered by Polygon Layer 2 unified block space

  • Elixir Games has announced its biggest web3 gaming event yet, the $1 million Season Pass Airdrop

  • Idol World, a web3 musical game, plans to integrate NFTs and introduce the $TOME meme coin as a main in-game currency

  • Dark Machine, the third-person shooter game, is set to release on April 11, 2024

  • Antler Interactive's Cloudborn demo at GDC showcased its Web3 RPG, MMO, and AI technologies

  • U-topia is launching its community campaign with the U-Pass NFT mint, planning to distribute 25,000 NFTs in April 2024

  • Web3 gaming needs more player-centric projects with smooth onboarding to boost mainstream adoption, according to Herbert Sim

  • Immutable has introduced the Immutable Nexus, an ecosystem of interconnected Dedicated zkEVM gaming chains

  • Press Start Capital and web3 gaming investment firm Sanctor Capital are opening applications for the Multiplayer Fellowship

  • The gaming industry is set to release a massive crop of games in 2024

Web3 Funding News 💸

  • Crypto anon McKenna and co-founder Ilya Paveliev have launched Arete Capital, a hybrid fund targeting $20 million

  • Planet Mojo has secured $10.5 million in funding for its Mojo ecosystem from Animoca Brands and Courtside Venture Capital

  • Web3 studio Today has raised $5 million in a seed round led by Sfermion and Big Brain Holdings

  • Landrocker has raised $2.5 million through seed and presale funding rounds

Alpha Test, Early Access & Hands-On Gaming ⚒️

Autonomous Anonymous fully onchain game event, Lisbon, 16-18th April

Southeast Asia Blockchain Week, Bangkok, 22-28th April

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Yoda