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Midnight Society Cuts Ties with DrDisrespect, Cross The Ages Reveals New Game, Shardbound Open Beta on EGS, and more!

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June 27, 2024

🔥 Top headlines from this week’s digest:

  • GAM3S.GG 2024 Roadmap: Upgraded Home of Web3 Gaming

  • How to Buy $G3 and Everything You Need to Know

  • OtherWorld Launches 'Solo Leveling: Unlimited' on Avalanche Blockchain

  • Yaku Corp and XAI Partner to Build Web3 Cyberpunk Game Yaku

  • Everything You Need to Know About Illuvium Open Beta

  • Sequence and Transak Partner to Simplify Web3 Gaming Payments

  • DRKVRS Litepaper Exclusive Details Revealed

  • Axie Origins Season 9 Epic Era Begins: New Modes, Rewards, and More

  • The Sandbox Builders' Challenge 2 Offers 1.5 Million Prize Pool

  • Web3 Games Raise $160M Amidst 200K Weekly Transactions

  • Crypto Unicorns Launches on XAI with Exclusive Reward System

  • Redacted Raises $10M for Web3 Entertainment Ecosystem

  • MARBLEX Partners with Immutable to Bring Netmarble IPs to Web3

  • Axie Homeland Adventurers' Rush Event with 20,000 AXS Rewards

  • Motorverse Partners with Meme Coin TURBO Token

  • Midnight Society Cuts Ties with DrDisrespect Following Scandal

  • Storm Warfare: Merging Strategy and Collectible Card Gaming

  • Shardbound Open Beta Launching on Epic Games Store

  • Cross The Ages Reveals New Game and Project

  • Studio 369 Shares Exclusive Details on MetalCore Closed Beta 3

  • The Machines Arena Litepaper and $TMA Token Details Revealed

  • Rogue Nation Launches Yuna Event and Genesis Elemint Airdrop

  • Mighty Action Heroes Introduces $GOAT Token Airdrop Campaign

  • Champions Tactics Reveals Key Details for Closed Beta and NFT Sale

  • MetalCore Unveils Major Updates for Closed Beta 3 Launch

  • Sky Mavis Introduces Lumiterra to Ronin Blockchain

  • Pixels Chapter 2: New Crafting and Speck Updates Explained

  • Apeiron Season 3: New PvE Dungeons & Doodaria Pass Details

  • Forgotten Playland: How to Master the Ultimate PlushKyn Playground

  • MetalCore $MCG Token: Comprehensive Guide on the In-Game Economy

👀 GAM3S.GG Creator Program Announced

Welcome to the GAM3S.GG Creator Program, our latest initiative designed to reward content creators of all sizes who share our passion for GAM3S.GG.

The program is structured into three levels: Recruits, Champions, and Legends, each offering different rewards and recognition. Check out where you stand and how you can become part of it right now!

📝 Web3 Games Raise $160M Amidst 200K Weekly Transactions

Helika's latest report reveals that web3 games raised over $160 million between 2023 and 2024, with weekly transactions exceeding 200,000, highlighting a booming and innovative gaming ecosystem.

What’s Going On Here? 

The landscape of gaming is being reshaped by the rapid growth of web3 gaming, as highlighted in Helika's comprehensive report. Between February 2023 and February 2024, web3 games secured over $160 million in funding and witnessed a surge in weekly transactions exceeding 200,000 across various blockchain networks. This surge underscores the burgeoning popularity and economic activity within the web3 gaming ecosystem.

What Does This Mean?

Helika's report signifies a significant shift in the gaming industry towards decentralized, blockchain-powered gaming experiences. The substantial funding raised by web3 games indicates robust investor interest and confidence in the potential of these innovative platforms. Moreover, the high volume of weekly transactions reflects growing user engagement and adoption of web3 gaming across different blockchain ecosystems.

Why Should I Care?

Understanding the rise of web3 gaming is crucial for stakeholders in the gaming and tech sectors. It represents not only a lucrative investment opportunity, with substantial funding and economic activity, but also a transformative shift towards player-centric gaming models. By leveraging blockchain technology, web3 games offer players ownership of digital assets, enhanced security, and new monetization avenues through play-to-earn mechanisms and in-game economies. For developers and investors, this trend signals a dynamic future where innovation, decentralized platforms, and economic growth converge in the gaming industry.

Read the full report breakdown here

✍️ Reviews of the Week

Check out a hybrid action game combining fast-paced combat and a chilly cozy farm for you to plant your seeds in and tend to your sheep in our two featured reviews:

Shadow War’s alpha stage playtest offered an enjoyable and stable experience, with minor tweaks on character moment sound. The graphics are good, and the characters' special abilities look well done. The diversity of the different classes bring fun and excitement. If the team creates more maps for the next phase with also different game modes then they have a chance of disrupting the hero shooter genre in web3.

Moonfrost, in its current playtest phase, is already showing a lot of promise with its quality and replayability. However, since it's an alpha test, there's still plenty of room for improvement. For example, buying seeds requires you to manually click each one, and some minor visual and gameplay bugs need ironing out. To really stand out not just in web3 but the overall farming game genre, Moonfrost needs to amp up its content. While it's off to a great start, it's not quite there yet. As a fan of this genre, I can spend hours unlocking every crop, chatting with every NPC, and diving into their stories. Moonfrost definitely has the blueprint for success, but it still has a long way to go. I'm excited to see more content, especially classic farming game features like fishing, mining, and seasonal events.

🎮 Fresh Games

Test your skills in a team-based all-out brawl with mechs then explore a fast-paced fresh take on the card game genre, check out the latest games added to our platform!

RoboKiden is a team-based action game where five players control a single mecha in fast-paced battles.

Cards Ahoy is a fast-paced, 60-second card battle game that combines strategic depth with meme culture, allowing players to collect and develop unique NFT cards for engaging PvP battles.

🎙️Conversation of the Week

This week we spoke with 3 guests from top web3 games and ecosystems on different topics to get their opinion and share their insights. This episode of Press Play featured:

  • Arron Goolsbey - COO at Mythical Games

  • Michael Migliero - Chief Marketing Officer at Big Time

  • Ani - Chief Ethlizard Officer at Lizard Labs

Topics Covered:

  • Web2 vs. Web3 Terminology: Understanding the shift from web2 to web3 is crucial. This comes with new terminology that users need to get accustomed to. We ask our guests what are some of the terminology that is commonly used in web3 gaming that newcomers need to get familiar with first.

  • Crucial Role of Content Creators in Web3: Content creators play a vital role in building brands within the web3 gaming ecosystem. They drive engagement, create unique content, and foster communities, helping to promote and get more eyeballs on the latest in web3 gaming.

🎧 Listen to the full conversation recording here

📺 ICYMI: Nyan Heroes - Before You Play

Nyan Heroes is an upcoming hero shooter where teams pilot cat-themed mechs. Becoming one of the most anticipated games of the year, Nyan Heroes lets players embody a feline character, utilizing unique abilities and agile movements to secure objectives and defeat opponents.

Watch this video to get the lowdown on Nyan Heroes and decide whether it’s a game you want to PLAY or PASS in the comments section 👇

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