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Perplexity — Hired a Head of Games 🤔

Seems building a game studio with their first title, Wormhole now playable on Comet Browser

Also looking to collab with individuals well-versed in Three.js & Javascript multiplayer online infrastructure
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September 2025 — Top 15 Games on Steam (Downloads & Top Grossing)
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👋 Web3 Gaming Recap — Weekend + Oct 20 to 21 🗓

💭 Authors Notes

• See more activity now on the Starknet (BTCFi narrative) + bit of games launch also on there

• Now after the Korea Blockchain Week + Tokyo Game Show + SG Token2049 event finish, last potential conference for the year now the
YGG Play Summit in Philippines (Nov 19 - 22)

• Good read about State of Steam Wishlists — Median conversion ratios about 0.10 - 0.15x for non-adult, regularly priced games but success varies (10-20x range) depending on factors like genre, virality and pricing rather than launch timing

• Recommend watch the DealMakers podcast

— “The best founders make you a little uncomfortable. They’re either so smart or so driven that you immediately know you want to be part of their story."

— "Find out what you're good at, spend time to become the best at it and assemble a team of others who spent time to hone their own talents and that's ideally a team that you'd also want to invest in"


🔄 Gaming Updates
Cartridge — Partnering with Popularium, new game studio from designer Richard Garfield to launch its second title, Prevarus
Dont Die Game — Launched their playtest (Can use invite link)
Blob Arena — Released their app and will launch on Google Play & Apple App Store next week
Ponzi.land — Token agnostic crypto game went live on Starknet (Oct 15)
Bornless — Hosting another Weekend Playtest (Oct 25 - 26)

🔖 Gaming Reads
Calc.eth — The $SURVIVOR thesis
1mpal — YGG Play Launchpad will be huge
Game Discover Co — State of Steam wishlist conversions (2024 - 2025)
Naavik — App Stores finally play along with Games

▶️ Gaming Watch/Listens
DealMakers — Henric Suuronen on building & selling a gaming company for $100M and now backing gaming startups through a $450M VC Firm

Gaming Projects
Don't Die Game
Elysium Descent
Trove

hope helpful wuwu 😆💞

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After siphoning millions from Web 3, we will launch with no Web3 — 99% of Web3 games

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👋 Web3 Gaming Recap — Up to Nov 10 Recap 🗓

💭 Authors Notes

Long time no see!

• See 2 teams raise
💸 from Web3 (Ragnarok Monster World + Moonfrost) and now pivot / closed down 😭

• Kuroro Beast launch they token on BELIEVE platform and now seem rug ..
🤡

• Anichess announce ecosystem token and seem have another title in development (Chess Gambit)

👉 Fun Fact: The Alexandra Botez actually create indie game studio (not Web3) called Millions of Monsters and just announce they first title Chess Arena (Chess Battle Royale) — Trailer

2 interesting must-see
👀 experiment from:

🟢 Cambria (use veNFT to reward long-term holder and fix early liquidity issues)
🟢 Fishing Frenzy (use AppTokens to reward real contributor & positive ecosystem actions instead of staking or day-1 speculation)

• Have some new funding rounds announced but first time hear the MoonClash (Raise at $100M Valuation in this market
😳) + Tatakai (Don't think Tencent invested)


🔄 Gaming Updates

Ragnarok Monster World Game is shutting down on Dec 30 😓
Kuroro Beasts Team launched token on BELIEVE and rug 😳
Hy Foundation $HYBUX TGE is planning to release on Nov 14
Anichess — Released token whitepaper for $CHECK
Forkast — Burning all $CGX tokens they hold to focus on its USDC-native prediction market platform
Spellborne Monster Minting and Marketplace is now LIVE
ReplyCorp $REPLY is coming to Virtuals Protocol
XR One Network — Ceasing operations & decommissioning mainnet since they failed to raise follow-on funding
Deep dive into the whitepaper of Fishing Frenzy
Kieran — How Web 3 gaming will look next year

🔖 Gaming Reads

Cambria — Introduced Renown (ve for NFTs) to reward long-term holders with perks and fix early liquidity issues to better align incentives between players, builders and investors in the Web3 gaming industry

PlayEmber — Expanding and pivoting towards Consumer Apps (Allow consumers, apps, agents and their own personal context and contributions to unlock better earning opportunities, savings and rewards across apps)

Moonfrost — Leaving Open Loot Platform & launching on Steam as premium PC game (no crypto/NFT/token). Other half of team to develop "Frost Arcade" (Browser-based ecosystem of simpler games for Web3 experience)

Derek Lau — Proof of Contribution & $FISH Whitepaper Summary

Experiment using ERC20-C AppTokens where rewards and unlocks are based on reputation (Karma) and meaningful ecosystem actions are rewarded instead of pure staking or day-one speculation. $FISH to launch in a spend-only form ($xFISH) with controlled conversion to $FISH and the end goal of showing that contribution-based incentives can reward real participants instead of bots and day-one sellers


▶️ Gaming Watch/Listens

BidCast — How LOL Land's 30 mm rev to $YGG is just the start to its publishing biz
LOL Lounge — Why Nexon’s Former CEO Is Betting on the Casual Degen

Gaming Projects
Tatakai
Azuki Escape
Pet Raiders

💸 Gaming Fundraising

Cambria — Raised $2M from BITKRAFT Ventures & Sky Mavis to continue building on-chain degen-native MMO

Currenc Group — Proposed reverse merger with Animoca Brands

MoonClash — Closed Strategic Round at $100M valuation from Candaq Ventures, Becker Ventures, Oasis Labs, BlockPulse and APUS Capital (Web3 Tower Defense Strategy Game)

Tatakai — Raised $7M in angel funding to develop an anime-inspired Web3 RPG

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…in the game of venture lotto, "too much money chasing too few deals" is an oft-cited phrase among VCs who find themselves in competition for deals. The most sought after deals are led by proven entrepreneurs. Especially popular are serial entrepreneurs who have made money before - they get investors lining up like sheep.

Ironically, the people who end up creating the blockbusters are usually unproven. They emerge from the fringes, and start small, in niche or overlooked markets. —
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✍️ Wrote about some of my learnings from collecting watches and Pokemon cards for the past 5 years!

Opening up my world to the world! 👋
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Sensor Tower - Prediction For the Digital Economy in 2026.pdf
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Sensor Tower — Prediction for the Digital Economy in 2026 🤔

Prediction 1: Generative AI apps will earn more than $10 Billion in 2026

Prediction 2: Vertical video will spur app growth — led by Short Drama

Prediction 3: Gen AI will rival paid advertising for driving website traffic

Prediction 4: Digital advertisers will shift ad dollars to image creatives over videos

Prediction 5: Winning mobile games in 2026 will pair ad-friendly hooks with deep monetization

Prediction 6: Shorter, smarter development cycles are returning for video games
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Gamecraft — Season 4 Premiere w/ Mitch Lasky & Blake Robbins

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LimitBreak — Launched Puzzle Panic, a 3D arcade puzzle game set in the DigiDaigaku Universe

The game is currently live in iOS in New Zealand, Australia and Singapore

Note: Current limited test build doesn’t include Web 3 features

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Chance — Raised $3.2M to build super app for TCG Collectors

The round was co-led by Makers Fund and Hashed with participation from Arbitrum Gaming Ventures, Gam3Girl Ventures and Digital Elm


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