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GAM3S.GG & Eliza Crichton-Stuart
October 28, 2025

🔥 Top Headlines

Must Reads & Reports:

> GAM3 Awards 2025 Best Content Creator Nominees

> GAM3 Awards 2025 Meet the Jury

> Deadlock Tops Steam’s Wishlist Charts

> Asia Is Redefining Global Gaming

> How Balatro Became an Indie Hit

Milestones & Game Updates:

> RealGo and TOSHI Partner to Bring Meme Culture to Web3

> Somnia Hits 1 Billion Mainnet Transactions

> Rise of Modern Indie Horror Games

> Epic Games Store’s Halloween Sale

> Wildcard Kicks Off Season 0

Events & Tournaments:

> Spellborne Trails of Embervault Event Offers Big Rewards

> Paradise Tycoon Harvest Festival 2025 Coming Soon

> Sleepagotchi Event Offers 1 Million $PIXEL in Prizes

> Roblox's Halloween Event Offers Big Rewards

> Elderglade Offers 150K $ELDE Prize Pool

⚔️ GAM3 Quests

Game Awards Connoisseur

The 2025 GAM3 Awards Finalists are officially announced! Vote for your favorite games, ecosystems and creators across all categories for your chance to win a Steam Deck!

Start Quest | Ends Nov 17th

Flowers and Sunshine

Stardew Valley is a charming farming simulation RPG where you inherit a rural plot, grow crops, raise animals, and restore a community together.

Complete the missions for a chance to win one of five $20 Steam gift cards.

Start Quest | Ends Oct 31st

📝 Deep Dive

Battlefield 6 Season 1 Exclusive

Electronic Arts and Battlefield Studios are expanding Battlefield 6 with Season 1, launching October 28. Here’s what players can expect:

🗺️ New Maps: Blackwell Fields brings wide-open desert combat for vehicles and infantry, while Eastwood in California Resistance adds close-quarters suburban battles with driveable golf carts for quick maneuvers.

⚔️ New Modes: Strikepoint offers tense 4v4 combat with one-life rounds, and Sabotage delivers fast-paced 8v8 attack-and-defend gameplay in California Resistance.

🔫 New Weapons & Vehicles: Rogue Ops introduces the SOR-300C carbine, Mini Fix sniper rifle, GGH-22 sidearm, and Traverser Mk. 2 APC, along with new attachments to enhance tactical play.

📅 Season Timeline: Rogue Ops starts October 28, followed by California Resistance on November 18, keeping gameplay fresh through multiple updates.

Season 1 is designed to support a range of playstyles, from large-scale vehicle warfare to strategic close-quarters combat, all available through the free battle pass.

Read the full interview breakdown here.

✍️ Fresh Guides

Ball x Pit

Ball x Pit Evolution Guide: All Ball Combinations & Recipes

Unlock all 100+ ball evolutions in Ball x Pit with our complete fusion recipes and achievement strategies for maximum damage output.

Pokémon Legends Z-A

Pokémon Legends Z-A Best Team Builds Ranked

Master team composition in Legends Z-A with strategic Pokémon picks, Mega Evolution synergy, and proven battle combinations.

GAM3 Awards 2025 Final Shortlist is Here!

Our GAM3 Awards returns for its fourth year, celebrating the best in web3 gaming with its biggest edition yet - including a record-breaking $7M+ prize pool and a global stage set in Manila, Philippines. Brought to you by OpenSea, Sui, and Arbitrum.

This year’s ceremony will serve as the grand finale of the YGG Play Summit 2025 on November 21st, hosted in partnership with Yield Guild Games (YGG) and streamed live worldwide.

Highlights:

 ✨ $7M+ in prizes, grants & resources for game studios

🤝 New partners including Sui, OpenSea, and Arbitrum


🏆 21 award categories plus a new Best Sound Designed award

 👥 80+ jury members from leading gaming giants - Sony, Ubisoft, Konami, Krafton, Epic Games, and more

The GAM3 Awards continues to be the premier global celebration of web3 gaming, uniting players, developers, and creators to honor innovation and creativity shaping the next era of play.

More information is available on our website here.

NomStead

NomStead is a casual sandbox MMORPG where players build, farm, and craft across an ever-expanding world powered by true player ownership.

Leagues.Fun

Leagues.Fun is a fantasy sports platform where players collect and trade athlete tokens, build lineups, and compete in free or paid contests that reward progress through League XP.

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