February was HUGE for web3 gaming!

Gaming News of the Week ??

• Kakao Games’ Web3 arm, METABORA SG, partners with Oasys to create and deliver superior blockchain games
• Yuga Labs announces a minimum $1M prize pool for the F2P game, Dookey Dash: Unclogged set to launch on March 6
• Heroes of Mavia partners with Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution, Base
• Shrapnel has implemented new rules for engagement after discovering illegal tactics used by players

• Circle partners with Overdare, a metaverse gaming platform backed by Krafton Inc. and Naver Z
• Nifty Island is introducing a play-to-airdrop campaign that combines gaming and crypto rewards
• The Parallel trading card game is launching its open beta on February 29th
• Eternal Crypt – Wizardry BC is launching a pre-registration campaign with a reward pool of 2M $BC tokens
• Arbitrum has announced a Web3 gameathon event, Arbitrum Arcade, starting March 11
• Skrice Studios has launched the Mavia DAO, allowing $MAVIA token holders to participate in community-led governance
• Gala Games announces Clash Craft Studios as the new developer for Web3 deck building TCG Legends Reborn
• MetalCore, a Web3-enabled combined arms shooter game, has announced a closed beta phase for its players

• Aether Games secures exclusive rights for online trading card game based on Jordan’s “The Wheel of Time” series
• MOBOX has announced the upcoming lite paper for Dragonverse Neo, their co-created and co-governed open-world
• Delabs launches MetaBolts NFT sale, introducing 7,777 character NFTs
• BigTime is improving gaming with its time-traveling adventure feature and integration of NFTs
• Yoshiki Okamoto, a renowned game developer, has unveiled Project K using NFT tech in mobile gaming
• Kepithor Studios has rejoined the Enjin ecosystem with the launch of ENJ Excavators
• The Merit Circle DAO ecosystem has announced the $BEAM Airdrop and the first alpha quest instructions
• Blast Royale has been updated to version 0.18, marking the start of Beta Season 8
• Life Beyond has launched a new browser-based on-chain game called BOTS
• Off The Grid (OTG) has secured a spot on the Xbox waitlist, marking the first major console release for Crypto Gaming

• MARBLEX and PLAY TOZ have formed a strategic partnership to create a next-gen Web3 gaming experience
• The Sandbox is launching its 2024 “Sawasdee, Thaiverse Neighborhood” land sale in Thailand
• Castle of Blackwater is launching its Beta Season with a thrilling tournament featuring 10 challengers
• Apeiron Arena will launch its Open Beta on February 28, 2024
• Portal, is set to launch its ecosystem token, $PORTAL, on Binance on February 29
• The Distribution of Games Protocol is partnering with the Treasure gaming ecosystem
• Animoca Brands has partnered with Euroleague Basketball to enhance the gaming experience and fan engagement for Gen Z fans
• Vendetta Games partners with Web3 gaming platform Immutable to integrate various Immutable features into its ecosystem
• X2Y2 Pro the leading NFT platform, has joined the Oasys blockchain gaming ecosystem
• Nakamoto Games enters Saudi Arabia’s largest market, hosting significant Play2Earn and GameFi tournaments
• Skrice Studios launched the MAVIA token on Ethereum, a strategy game that has seen over a million downloads in just a few days

• Valorant integrates Web3 wallet into the massive esports game accessible across 200 countries with 8M+ players
• Illuvium has announced its Illuvial Hunting Prototype, set to release in Q2 2024 via a Public Open Beta
• Pixels reveals its tokenomics for $MON with over 30% of the total supply going to the community?
• Forbes has launched its own metaverse experience in The Sandbox
• Arc8 is transitioning GMEE from Polygon to Ethereum, removing custodial wallets and transferring tokens to an external wallet
• Bad Mad Robots listed on the Epic Games Store

• Haunted Space announces partnerships with Beam, Merit Circle, and Avax
• Champions Ascension has integrated Sequence’s all-in-one Web3 development stack including Sequence Wallet and Marketplaces

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Champions Ascension the Flagship Web3 RPG Powered by Sequence

Champions Ascension, the Web3 arena battler, is setting the bar when it comes to royalty, transactions, and asset management. Champions Ascension, created by Rough House Games, incorporates Sequence’s developer dtack, delivering a true progression of digital ownership in addition to exhilarating gameplay with World of Warcraft influences.

Champions Ascension has a unique advantage in its use of Sequence’s technology. Sequence makes development easier through seamless integration with Champions Ascension. Additionally, Sequence provides a frictionless, creator-friendly marketplace for Champions Ascension. This is achieved via automated royalty management and intuitive tools offered by the Sequence platform.

This simplicity of use is crucial to creating a vibrant web3 ecosystem where gamers and collectors interact naturally. Champions Ascension, built on Polygon, pushes the limits of the genre by redefining what it means to own in-game items.

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Rampant activity within Ronin this month

Origins Season 7 Mystic Era has started, featuring a $200,000 prize pool. Additionally, Fight League and MIXI joined Ronin, adding three new games. The Ronin Network’s RON token was also listed on Binance. Separately, Pixels announced it will phase out its BERRY token and shift focus to its new PIXEL token, which will launch on Binance Launchpool. Furthermore, Ronin enabled new bridge features for transferring ERC20 and ERC721 tokens. In gaming updates, Wild Forest Season 4 kicked off with premium battle pass quests.

Gaming Trends ??

• Improbable Chief Product Officer Rob Whitehead discusses metaverse technology collaborations with blue-chip NFT collections
• Forge the gamer ID company forms strategic partnerships with Avalanche, Immutable, Polygon, Ronin, Solana, and Sui
• Polygon teams up with Animoca Brands, Human Institute to develop palm-based ID verification solution

• Shawn Layden, former PlayStation boss and advisor to Sony, has joined NFT gaming firm READYgg
• Bitcoin mobile iGaming is a rapidly growing sector, with 420 million active players, particularly among 15-35-year-olds
• Gala has launched GalaSwap, a decentralized exchange built on its proprietary GalaChain network
• Earn Alliance CEO Joseph Cooper discusses bridging the gap between Web 2 and Web3 gaming industries
• Sebastien Borget, co-founder of The Sandbox, discussed the future of gaming with Stephen Graves at NFT Paris
• The metaverse is gaining momentum as it redefines internet evolution through digital property rights

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Funding News ??

• Crystal Fun has secured $5 million in seed funding, paving the way for the release of its first AAA game
• Toronto-based Helika secured $10.8 million in Series A funding to expand its Web3 gaming analytics platform
• Nibiru Chain secured $12 million in its latest funding round, with investments from Kraken Ventures and ArkStream
• Flaunt has raised $1.8 million to improve its enterprise loyalty cloud for Roblox and Shopify Plus
• Overworld has raised $10 million in a seed funding round for its first web3 free-to-play action-RPG, Overworld
• Ultiverse, an AI-powered platform for Web3 gaming production and publishing, has raised $4 million at a $150 million evaluation
• Mystery Society raised $3M in a Seed Round, backed by Shima and other VCs
• Crystal Fun secured a $5M seed round from KuCoin, Comma3, Stratified Capital, Water Drip Fund, and Cypher9 Ventures