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Last Chance to Nominate for the GAM3 Awards 2025, Battlefield 6 Makes Over $100 Million, FanHub Raises $4 Million, and More!

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GAM3S.GG & Eliza Crichton-Stuart
October 15, 2025

🔥 Top Headlines

Must Reads & Reports:

> FanHub Fantech Platform Deep Dive

> Triumph Games Partners with Somnia Network

> New Horror Games to Play for Halloween

> Biggest Gaming Deals in Q3 2025

> Reaper Actual Early Access Criticized

Milestones & Game Updates:

> Cold River Games Partners with PlayPark

> YGG Play Teams Up with Proof of Play

> EVE Frontier to Launch on SUI Blockchain

> Rumble Arcade Arena Activity Soars

> MySims Bundle Coming to Apple Arcade

Events & Tournaments:

> Star Atlas Event Offers $30k in Rewards

> Don’t Die Upcoming Playtest Details

> RavenIdle Season 1 Offers Big Rewards

> Earn NFTs and DUST in Hive Invasion

> Arc Raiders Server Slam Beta Details

⚔️ GAM3 Quests

Fan Favorite

The People’s Choice Award is the only game-specific GAM3 Award that is 100% decided by community voting and tests the true strength of a game's dedicated fans.

Nominate your favorite 10 web3 games for People's Choice for a chance to win a PlayStation 5.

Start Quest | Ends Oct 18th

Content Is My Passion

Content Creators are the reason web3 games get to shine and be put in front of the world, and this award celebrates the outstanding creators in our space.

Nominate your favorite 10 web3 gaming content creators in our GAM3 Awards for a chance to win 1 of 5 Elgato Creator Bundle.

Start Quest | Ends Oct 18th

📝 Deep Dive

Global Gaming Report Q3 2025

The Drake Star Global Gaming Report Q3 2025 highlights a historic quarter for the gaming industry.

💰 Most Active Investors: BITKRAFT, Play Ventures, and Griffin Gaming Partners led larger fund investments, while Impact46, 1AM Gaming, and 1UP Ventures were active at the seed stage.

💰 Historic Deal: EA’s $55B leveraged buyout by Saudi Arabia’s PIF and Silver Lake marks the largest in gaming history.


💰 M&A Activity: 50 deals completed in Q3, including Aonic’s $250M acquisition of Prime Insights and KRAFTON’s $96M purchase of Eleventh Hour Games.


💰 Private Financing Rebounds: 115 funding rounds recorded, led by Lingokids ($120M), Good Job Games ($60M), and Appcharge ($58M).


💰 Public Markets Strong: The Drake Star Western Gaming Index rose 31.3% YTD, with Roblox (+136.9%), Unity (+77.9%), and everplay (+75.0%) leading the gains.


💰 Strategic Outlook: Analysts expect continued M&A growth into 2026, with strong interest in mobile, AI, and web3 gaming sectors.

Read the full report breakdown here.

✍️ Fresh Guides

Battlefield 6

Ultimate Battlefield 6 Weapon Tier List Ranked

Master BF6s weapon meta with our complete tier rankings, damage stats, and pro loadout builds for every gun class.

Steal A Brainrot

Steal A Brainrot Ultimate Beginner's Guide

Transform from noob to pro in Steal A Brainrot with essential strategies for collecting rare items, protecting your base, and dominating servers.

Last Chance to Nominate for the GAM3 Awards 2025

Vote for your top 10 games and top 10 content creators for the GAM3 Awards' People's Choice and Best Content Creator awards.

The People's' Choice award has tested the true loyalty and support of countless gaming communities and get them to vote for them to come out on top of everyone else in web3 gaming. Nominate your favorite 10 web3 games for People's Choice for a chance to win a PlayStation 5!

Content Creators are the reason web3 games get to shine and be put in front of the world, and this award celebrates the outstanding creators in our space. Nominate your favorite 10 web3 gaming content creators in our GAM3 Awards for a chance to win one of FIVE Elgato Creator Bundle, which includes the following:

  • Facecam Neo

  • Key Light Neo

  • Wave Neo

  • Stream Deck Neo

  • Game Capture Neo

More information is available on our website here.

Battlefield 6

Battlefield 6 is a large-scale multiplayer shooter featuring 64-player battles with traditional class-based combat in modern warfare settings.

Digimon Story: Time Stranger

Digimon Story: Time Stranger is a story-driven RPG where you collect and train Digimon partners while unraveling mysteries spanning both human and Digital Worlds.

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