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🔥 Top Headlines

Must Reads & Reports:

• Top Mobile Games in Q2 2025

• Cheating in Games Impacts Spending

• Key Recent Funding Raises in Web3 Gaming

• Top Game Sales For July 2025

Partnerships & Funding:

• Shrapnel Secures $19.5M for Global Launch

• Avalanche and Helika Launch $250K Web3 Gaming Accelerator

• Immutable Play Opens to Web2 Titles with Ubisoft

Game Updates & Events:

• Ronin Is Coming Home to Ethereum as a Full-Fledged Layer 2

• Lumiterra Expands to Monad with Early Access Launch

• AI Arena Summer Smash: Reloaded Is Live

• RavenQuest Launching on Epic Games

• Oh Baby Games Launches Bam Bam Boom

⚔️ GAM3 Quests

🚀 Z.ink: A New Era of On-Chain Identity

The team behind Star Atlas is back! this time with z.ink, an identity-linked SVM Layer 1 designed to transform every transaction into progress.

Every on-chain moment now fuels your journey:

• 💎 Your wallet levels up

• 🌐 Your reputation grows

• 🎁 Airdrop season kicks off this September

Don’t miss the launch at z.ink and follow @ZinkSVM on X to stay ahead. Airdrops will run from September to December. Trust us, you will want to be early.

📝 Deep Dive

Cheating in Games Impacts Spending

A 2025 survey of 2,013 PC gamers in the UK and US shows how cheating affects not only player trust but also retention and in-game spending.

Here’s a quick breakdown:

➡️ 80% of gamers have encountered cheaters, 52% see them monthly
➡️ 42% considered quitting a game due to cheating
➡️ 83% say they’d play more if cheating were eliminated
➡️ 17% stop spending completely when facing cheaters, 38% reduce spending

Some highlights from the year so far:

➡️ Cheating visibility is high; 54% see cheat-related content on YouTube, 38% on TikTok
➡️ Players who normally spend $11–$50/month are most likely to stop purchases entirely when cheating persists
➡️ 94% believe developers are trying to combat cheating, but 79% want bans to extend across all titles from a publisher
➡️ 62% admit they sometimes feel tempted to cheat, showing the complexity of player behavior

Cheating is more than just a gameplay issue, it directly impacts retention, revenue, and trust in developers.

Read the full report breakdown here.

Big investors are buying this “unlisted” stock

When the founder who sold his last company to Zillow for $120M starts a new venture, people notice. That’s why the same VCs who backed Uber, Venmo, and eBay also invested in Pacaso.

Disrupting the real estate industry once again, Pacaso’s streamlined platform offers co-ownership of premier properties, revamping the $1.3T vacation home market.

And it works. By handing keys to 2,000+ happy homeowners, Pacaso has already made $110M+ in gross profits in their operating history.

Now, after 41% YoY gross profit growth last year alone, they recently reserved the Nasdaq ticker PCSO.

Invest for $2.90/Share

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💚 G3 Exclusive

OpenSea Gaming NFT Collections Live on G3

At GAM3S.GG, we have officially announced its integration with OpenSea, bringing verified gaming NFT collections directly to our platform - a major step toward simplifying and securing the digital collectibles experience for gamers.

This collaboration is designed to streamline how players access gaming NFTs by embedding official, authenticated collections within each game’s page on G3. The new "Collectibles" tab now gives users a seamless way to explore gaming assets, all powered by OpenSea’s infrastructure.

🟢 Verified collections from OpenSea
🟢 Integrated directly into each game’s page
🟢 Safe, trusted, and easy to navigate
🟢 One hub for all things gaming and web3
🟢 Available now on our platform

This partnership is only the beginning. More integrations, features, and announcements are on the horizon as we continue building toward a more unified and accessible gaming future.

More information is available on our website here.

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