• Forkast prediction market launch on the Ronin (Jan 7) + Xterio TGE (Jan 8) + Wilder World super early access (can sign up)

• For the Sipher holder, do not forget process Genesis NFT conversion to receive $SIPHER token reward (later NFT set mint on they Funki Chain) & update on $SIPHER tokenomics (2021 Seed Round Backers begin unlock March 2025, Founder & Team tokens begin unlock April 2025 + 50% founders allocation re-locked for another 2 year)

• Some interest piece by the SovRun about NFTs (potential revival) + Evolution of P2E Models (See Pixels and they new game Pixel Dungeons outperforming existing Pixels Online game with 2x Return on Reward Spend)

• Expect more novel use-case of AI x Gaming but the AI combine w/ on-chain game has been quite interest to see. Keep attention on the White Wizard, Sauron, Eternum, DayDreams Protocol & Smolworld.

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• Wanderers announce their $WANDER token launch (Jan 8), MON Protocol list $MON on the Hyperliquid spot market and Seraph list on the ByBit launchpool

• Starkware x Realms do now their Agent Hackathon (Submissions close on the Jan 31), there is quite some interest project 👀

• Can connect X account to the Infomon for they AI Airdrop Event

• Game ecosystem x AI is now start get recognize with "AIAG" term (AI Agent Gaming). Expect see more AIAG launch

• Sonzai Labs announce they project, TeleMafia (Deeply social mafia game ecosystem on Telegram), signup for powerup

• Xterio list they $XTER today ($45m mc as of write) + Overworld NFT Airdrop not impressive (Many user complain)

• Wanderers announce TGE delay to Jan 10 and the Moemate $MATES do they TGE on the Jan 14

• Helix release monthly dev log announce rebrand & NFT collection migration to L2 (Feb-April) + Closed alpha game demo access for NFT Holder (Q2 2025)

• Some interest read article about the Eliza Daydreams Protocol for Onchain Gaming Agents + thoughts from shipping crypto games in 2024

• Pixocracy team lock 58% dev tokens + announce plan to deploy AI-powered villager as unique NPC in Minecraft via launchpad + expand other games w/ modding support

• Signup for Neo Olympus wave 2 whitelist, new project by the Laguna Labs (Crypto Unicorns Team)

• For the crypto founders goodGame podcast Q1 State of Crypto Market is a helpful overview

• Nifty Island ($ISLAND) & Sipher ($SIPHER) announce they listing on the Hyperliquid + $WANDER launch token on the Base ($6m mc as of write)

• New AIAG launch: Biosphere3 (From the HKUST), LeonardoAI (Elixir Games CEO) & Stealth SDK (RBLX Stealth)

• Interest read on the AI Agents: Crypto's Fit in Gaming, Digimon: Engine Framework, and roadmap for White Wizard (Now ISTAR AI)

• Some interest watch on the NCSoft: Strategy, Partnerships & Korean Gaming Trends from Naavik + Doubl3Tap new episode on the Pixion Studios and for founders recommend the a16zcrypto podcast: How to build you presence (Because build in the Web3 is all about attention)

• Mobile-first cyperpunk fantasy action RPG with roguelite mechanics

• Designed as a live-service gacha game

• Will fill a market gap by leveraging upon Chinese cultural elements in contrast to Japanese/Norse mythology

GM! This week Matthew Ball dropped a massive presentation about the State of Video Games in 2025. He painted a pretty sour picture of the industry with player spending less time and money plus mobile growth is now dependent on population growth and smart phone adoption in low ARPU markets.

There's a lot of data in there so check out the data and make draw your own conclusions!

There was also an AppsFlyer reporting on mobile market ad spending in 2024. It showed significant drop in spending for mid core genre as well as a broad decline in ad spending across the globe with Japan leading at -23%. On the brightside, NON-gaming apps started tapping into gaming ad networks, seeing an increase of 38% in 2024.