🚨 Final Call for GAM3 Awards Voting | GAM3S Grid Weekly

Final call to vote, Endless Clouds secures $2.5M, The Sandbox Mobile announced, Gods Unchained Amazon Prime rewards, and More!

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December 07, 2023

🔥 Top headlines from this week’s digest:

  • GAM3 Awards 2023 Shortlisted Final Nominees Revealed

  • Earn Alliance Launches Minter Winter Advent Calendar

  • Bored Ape Supergroup Kingship Launches Roblox Gaming Experience

  • Mistplay 2023: North American Mobile Gaming Trends Uncovered

  • Atlas Secures $6M Funding for Game-Changing 3D AI Platform

  • AI & Web3 Gaming: Industry Shifts Unveiled

  • Bitcoin Gaming Boom: Earn Crypto Playing These Free Games

  • Freeverse and LAOS Foundation Introduce LAOS

  • Aqua, Gaming NFT Marketplace, Closes Amid Industry Challenges

  • The Treeverse Dev Endless Clouds Secures $2.5M in Funding

  • Rockstar Reveals GTA VI Trailer: 50M+ Views, 2025 Release, Key Features

  • The Sandbox Mobile Release in 2024 & Notorious B.I.G. Experience

  • Spielworks Acquires Wasder.gg to Strengthen Wombat Ecosystem

  • Parallel Unveils $25k Tournament in Closed Beta

  • Apeiron Ronin Migration, Token Launch, & Epic Games Listing

  • Mobile Game Spending Projected to Reach $111.4 Billion in 2024

  • Amazon Prime Gaming Now Offers In-Game Gods Unchained Content

  • GameOn Receives Grant Funding From The Arbitrum Foundation

  • Square Enix's Web3 Symbiogenesis NFT Hero Characters Revealed

🏆 GAM3 Awards Voting Final Stretch

This is your LAST CHANCE to vote for your favorite games in the GAM3 Awards 2023. Don’t miss out on $100k Community Rewards; voting is now live till Dec 7th, 11:59 PM UTC.

Mark your calendars for Dec 14th, 2023 at 3 PM UTC to watch the livestream across Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, and all platforms to get to know the winners.

⚔️ GAM3 Awards Exclusive Quests

Vote for 5 GAM3 Awards 2023 categories for a chance to win a Valve Steam Deck and more in a prize pool worth $15K, featuring:

  • Golden Tides

  • Mojo Melee

  • League of Kingdoms

  • Shrapnel

  • Pirate Nation

  • Aneemate

  • Dragon Master

  • Forest Knight

Start Quest | Ends Dec 8th

Vote for 10 GAM3 Awards 2023 categories for a chance to win a Nintendo Switch and more in a prize pool worth $30K, featuring:

  • Champions Ascension

  • Synergy Land

  • Legends of Elysium

  • Dimensionals

  • Legendary Heroes Unchained

  • Medieval Empires

  • Chronos: Dawn of Time

  • MagicCraft

  • The Beacon

  • Shrapnel

Start Quest | Ends Dec 8th

Vote for ALL GAM3 Awards 2023 categories for a chance to win a Gaming PC and more in a prize pool worth $55K, featuring:

  • Aurory

  • Shrapnel

  • Skyweaver

  • Sunflower Land

  • Champions Ascension

  • Mojo Melee

  • Blocklords

  • Mighty Action Heroes

  • Gods Unchained

  • Apeiron

  • Illuvium

  • Big Time

Start Quest | Ends Dec 8th

Vote for ALL GAM3 Awards 2023 categories to claim a guaranteed Ultra Mystery Box, granting you one of the following prizes:

  • Free games on Ultra

  • Exclusive Access to closed Beta Games

  • Exclusive entry to Upcoming Tournaments

  • In-game item airdrops from games utilizing Ultra’s tech

Start Quest | Ends Dec 11th

📝 Mobile Game Spending Projected to Reach $111.4 Billion in 2024

Data.ai forecasts a global upswing in mobile game spending, estimating a total of $111.4 billion in 2024. Explore key insights, market trends, and genre preferences.

What’s Going On Here? 

Data.ai, a prominent mobile app analytics firm, predicts a resurgence in mobile game spending, with an estimated global total of $111.4 billion in 2024. This projection follows a two-year period marked by declining consumer spending in the mobile gaming sector after reaching a peak of $115.8 billion in 2021.

What Does This Mean?

  • Rebound in Mobile Game Spending: Data.ai anticipates a 4% global growth in mobile game spending in 2024, signaling a positive shift for the gaming industry. This transition moves away from the rapid growth observed during the pandemic, indicating a more stable and sustainable pattern of growth.

  • Post-Pandemic Behavior: The decline in mobile game spending is attributed to a correction from the rapid growth seen during the initial stages of the pandemic. As consumer behavior returns to a "new normal," mobile game spending is expected to align more closely with pre-pandemic trends.

  • Challenges Ahead: Despite the projected growth, challenges persist, including macroeconomic influences on discretionary spending, advertising fingerprinting crackdowns, the rise of alternative app store distributions, and gaming regulations, particularly in China.

  • Key Growth Markets: The United States leads in contributing to year-on-year aggregate spending growth (40%), with Japan (16%) and South Korea (9%) also playing pivotal roles. Other countries like Taiwan, Germany, and the U.K. are expected to contribute significantly to spending growth.

  • Genre Preferences: RPG, Match, Party, and Casino games are expected to drive spending gains, with RPG and Match games collectively accounting for 40% of spending growth. TikTok is projected to surpass Candy Crush Saga's lifetime spending total by the end of 2024, reflecting the growing influence of social video apps in the mobile gaming space.

Why Should I Care?

  • For Gamers: This projection indicates a positive trend in mobile gaming, suggesting a wider variety of games and experiences for mobile gamers. You may see more investment in your favorite mobile games, leading to improvements and new content.

  • For Developers: Game developers and publishers can anticipate a potential rebound in mobile game spending. Understanding genre preferences and key growth markets can inform game development strategies.

  • Web3 Gaming: The intersection of mobile gaming trends and blockchain technology is becoming increasingly important in the context of web3 gaming. As mobile game spending experiences a positive trajectory, it may pave the way for new opportunities and dynamics in web3 gaming, shaping the future of the gaming industry.

  • Market Insights: These projections offer valuable insights for investors, stakeholders, and industry professionals in the mobile gaming sector. Understanding the factors driving spending growth can guide investment decisions and marketing strategies.

Read the full report breakdown here

✍️ Reviews of the Week

We rallied the troops into battle then took a trip to Elleria in our two featured reviews:

After battles in Wild Forest, you earn points, resources, complete quests, and upgrade troops with cards and gold. Troop levels can significantly impact early-game battles. As you advance, more fighter slots and types become available, enhancing strategy. The game features impressive graphics, animations, clear maps, engaging battles, and intuitive controls.

Tales of Elleria is a 3 due to several limitations, including a limited number of daily actions, a slow progression rate for new players, and underwhelming graphics. Despite the well-constructed token ecosystem and good sound quality, these elements do not fully compensate for the lack of entertainment and engagement that leaves players with limited time spent on the game.

🎮 Fresh Games

From assembling your troops to rally them into battle in the AOFverse to wandering around the mythical world of Maplestory , check out the latest games added to our platform!

Army of Tactics is the first PvP experience in the AOFverse, a mobile tactical auto-battler. Players can form and oversee their armies, strategizing in battles to outsmart rivals and secure triumph.

MapleStory Universe builds upon the established MapleStory IP, infusing it with innovative blockchain technology to create a unique, NFT-enhanced MMORPG experience.

🎙️Conversation of the Week

This week we spoke with 4 GAM3 Awards Jury members to answer Qs on the upcoming GAM3 Awards & highlight the latest happenings within the web3 gaming industry. This episode features:

  • Olivier Gemayel - Principal Games VC BD Manager at AWS

  • Brycent - Content Creator

  • Gabby Dizon - Co-Founder at Yield Guild Games

  • Jesus Martinez - Content Creator

What You Need to Know About GAM3 Awards:

  • Second Year Celebration: The GAM3 Awards return for a second year, expanding with three new categories and doubling the prize pool, showcasing the best in web3 gaming.

  • Diverse Categories and Criteria: Over 100 web3 games will be nominated across 19 categories, judged on core loop, accessibility, replayability, and overall experience.

  • Community and Jury Voting: A jury of over 50 industry veterans will have a 90% weight in voting, while community votes will contribute 10%, except for categories fully reliant on community voting.

🎧 Listen to the full conversation recording here

📺 Video: GAM3 Awards 2023 Final Nominees Revealed

ICYMI: Time to squeeze in one final top web3 games list before the GAM3 Awards show on December 14. Check out our list of the top 5 web3 games from November!

What was YOUR favorite web3 game this past month? Let us know in the comments section 👇 

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