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June 27, 2025

🔥Top headlines from this week’s digest:

🐻 Berachain Mystery Box is LIVE!

The Berachain Mystery Box has officially dropped on GAM3S.GG—featuring exclusive NFTs from some of the most anticipated games in the Berachain ecosystem. Open a box for a chance to win:

  • Wassie

  • Beratone

  • Beraji Bears

  • The Bullas

  • Beramonium

Each pull gives you a shot at rare collectibles that highlight the creativity and chaos of Berachain’s game world. Quantities are limited—don’t miss your chance to own a piece of this buzzing ecosystem.

Crypto, Credit Card & Mobile Payments Now Available 💳

You can now pay for G3 features using your credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or your favorite crypto — including BERA and more.

⚔️ GAM3 Quests

For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.

Complete the missions below for a chance to win one of 5 Glove Cases + Keys.

Start Quest | Ends June 30th

Forgotten Playland is a free-to-play social party game set in an enchanted attic where plush toys called PlushKyns create their own world of fun and competition.

Complete the missions below for a chance to win of 25 The Cornerstone toyboxes.

Start Quest | Ends June 20th

Marvel Rivals is a team-based 6v6 PvP shooter where players control Marvel heroes with unique abilities and synergistic powers across destructible battlefields.

Complete the missions below for a chance to be one of 5 winners to claim any skin of YOUR choice.

Start Quest | Ends July 4th

Balatro is a poker-inspired roguelike deck builder where you create powerful synergies with Joker cards to beat increasingly difficult blinds.

Complete the missions below for a chance to win one of 5 $10 Steam gift cards.

Start Quest | Ends July 4th

📝 Key Challenges Facing Web3 Gaming

Matthew Buxton shares 10 hard truths from discussions with hundreds of web3 gaming founders, revealing insights on funding motives, TGE delays, and metrics shaping the industry.

What’s Going On Here?

Matthew Buxton outlines 10 core challenges based on discussions with hundreds of web3 gaming founders. These include overreliance on token funding, inflated metrics, and a lack of focus on actual gameplay. Many projects prioritize visibility and financial milestones (like Token Generation Events) over genuine player engagement or game quality, revealing a disconnect between what’s promised and what’s truly built.

What Does This Mean?

Web3 gaming is still driven more by fundraising and optics than by player-centric design. Many teams enter the space for capital access, not innovation, and investors often measure success through on-chain activity and social metrics rather than gameplay quality or retention. Delays in TGEs are often financial, not strategic, and community engagement is frequently artificial or incentivized rather than organic.

Why Should I Care?

If you're a founder, investor, or builder in web3 gaming, this is a wake-up call. The industry’s current trajectory risks eroding player trust and long-term sustainability. Genuine user engagement, gameplay-first development, and realistic KPIs must replace vanity metrics and token-first thinking. The projects that will survive and lead the next wave will be the ones that design for players—not pitch decks.

Read the full report breakdown here

✍️ Reviews of the Week

Step into an intense battlefield of a fast-paced FPS followed by a nostalgic charm of classic 2D MMORPG in our two featured reviews:

Shatterline is an ambitious FPS that blends the intensity of roguelike PvE with fast-paced PvP, offering something unique for players looking for a fresh experience. While the game currently faces challenges, such as occasional bugs, cross-region latency, and a relatively small player base, it’s a hidden gem waiting to be discovered by more gamers.

MapleStory N truly feels like a blast from the past, bringing back the nostalgic charm of classic 2D MMORPG gameplay while weaving in modern web3 integration. Sure, there are some areas that could use improvements, like onboarding accessibility and loot collection mechanics, but the game’s strengths shine through.

🎮 Fresh Games

From hunting slime and building rhythm islands in BeraTone, to crafting elemental economies with dinosaur workers in Craft World, check out the latest games added to our platform!

Craft World is a resource management game where you collect Earth, Fire, Water, and over 25 other elements to fuel your factories, trade with other players, and build a thriving island economy.

BeraTone is a cozy multiplayer farming and life sim game set in a bear-themed world, featuring rhythm-based mini-games, crafting, and social play

📺 5 Free Games You Need to Try Right Now (2025)

Looking for actually good free-to-play games in 2025? We’ve got you covered.

From roguelites and cyberpunk card battlers to pirate RPGs and chaotic open-world shooters, these 5 free games are worth your time—and your squad’s too. Whether you're on Steam, Epic Games Store, Ubisoft Connect, or playing straight from your browser, here are 5 free games you need to try right now.

Let us know which games have you been playing in June so far and leave your thoughts in the comments section below 👇

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