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👋 Web3 Gaming Recap — March 12 🗓

💭 Authors Notes

• Today another studio also announce shut down — Speaks volume about even trying to survive is hard 🥺

• Interesting to see how Parallel TCG mobile performs (March 18) when launch on traditional app stores as Web3 elements will likely be obfuscated and only accessible in D2C web shop / browser) 🤔

• Interesting read from Ronin about the Ronin Growth Playbook (Share they experience from Axie, Pixels, etc)

• WILDCARD release they $WC whitepaper (100% community unlock) — But believe there is a governance token that will be issued later on as well*)


🔄 Gaming Updates
Parallel — Launching on mobile (March 18)
Nyan Heroes — Battledome Early Access (March 19)
MetaCene — Asia Server Merge (March 20)
Middle Earth AI — Game I is now LIVE
Maxx AI — Mixmob Racer 1 is Live

🔖 Gaming Reads
Forgotten Runiverse — A new Era of Player-Owned Gaming
Ronin — Introducing the Ronin Growth Playbook
Fame Network — $FAME Claim & NFT Staking Platform
WILDCARD — Released $WC whitepaper (100% community allocation)

▶️ Gaming Watch/Listens
GAM3S.GG — Building the Next Star Wars
GameSpot — Inside Koin Games' Web3 Marketing Playbook

Gaming Projects
FAME Network
DEFECT

💸 Gaming Fundraising
Metal Slug — Recipient of Starknet Seed Grant

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👋 Web3 Gaming Recap — March 13 🗓

💭 Authors Notes

• Treeverse announce their launch on Windows + Google Play Store, BEAM Nodes now live (user can start delegate $BEAM) + PlayDuper announce ACE migration 🎮

• Some interest listen are Deconstructor of Fun: Future of Skill-Based Gaming especially since see more games pivot towards skill-based PvP (instead of P2E) + Blockchain Gaming World interview w/ Hilmar Peturrson regarding EVE Frontier Ethos & Building Better Games: The Real Cost of Founding a Game Startup — Very apt especially for Web3 game studios & founders trying to survive the bear market
📉

• Interest see today strategic equity investment from ATMA (Developers of Star Atlas) into Shaga (Decentralized Cloud Gaming Platform) 🎮


🔄 Gaming Updates
MEGAWEAPON — Playtest launch today (March 13, 5PM EST)
Beam — Announced that BEAM Nodes are now live and users can start delegating their $BEAM and node tokens to earn rewards
Star Atlas — New preseason patch (March 19)
DUPER — ACE Migration, Staking and 1st DUPER Skin release
FAME Network — $FAME Token Claiming & Staking Portal is now LIVE

🔖 Gaming Reads
Treeverse — Announced their launch on Epic Games (Windows) + Google Play Store (Android)

▶️ Gaming Watch/Listens
Deconstructor of Fun — 274: Skillz CEO Andrew Paradise on the $75M Accelerator and the Future of Skill-Based Gaming
Blockchain Gaming World — 194: EVE Frontier's Blockchain Ethos w/ Hilmar Petursson
Building Better Games — E84: The Real Cost of Founding a Game Startup w/ Joseph Kim

Gaming Projects
Shaga

💸 Gaming Fundraising
Shaga — Announced a strategic equity investment from ATMA (Developers of Star Atlas) to build a decentralized cloud gaming platform

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Mobile Dev Memo — The Evolution of Browser Gaming w/ Antti Jäderholm (Ray Browser)

Very important watch especially since >75% of Web3 games have explored either Browser, PWA (Progressive Web App), or TWA (Telegram Web App) builds beyond Steam/Epic/Apple/Google 🌐Watch Here

• The history of browser gaming and where it stands today
• The limitations that have historically prevented the browser from becoming a mainstream platform for AAA-quality gaming
• The forces of change that are expanding the browser gaming category
• The current size of the browser gaming market, and it is expected to grow in the medium term
• The web technologies that enable high-fidelity browser gaming experiences
• Whether most console streaming services will end up in the browser
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🔫 Counter-Strike 2 Skin Market Cap Hits $4.3 Billion, an All-Time HighSource
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👋 Web3 Gaming Recap — March 14 to 15 🗓

💭 Authors Notes

• Excite for the GDC, see you all ❤️

• Interest read on the PIXELS Ronin Validator (100% validator commission will go back to Pixels Community when
$PIXEL staking goes live in early April 2025)

• Revolving Games 2025 Roadmap — Project Nova Mobile & PC Client Launch in May 2025 and
$RCADE TGE on May 22, 2025

• Can claim key to try ARBO: Arena Tactics Steam Playtest —
Link

• Another interest infographic on entire Runiverse ecosystem by
Arualex (Twitter) — View Here

• 2 new funding rounds announced — Sugarverse (Casual mobile studio on Tezos) & M10 (Shooter studio on Sui)


🔄 Gaming Updates
Off the Grid — Launching New Battle Pass (March 15)
ARBO: Arena Tactics — Steam Playtest (March 20 to 24)
L3E7 — Limited Early Access on Mobile (March 24)
Hello Monsters — Announced their migration to Ronin
HYTOPIA — Minecraft Map Conversion is LIVE
Hyve Labs — Announced their launch on Telegram
My Pet Hooligan — Can now be wishlisted on Steam
Fantasy Top — F2P Rewards on Monad are now LIVE

🔖 Gaming Reads
Pixels — Launched validator on Ronin
Arualex — Entire Runiverse Ecosystem in 1 infographic
ohhimark — Introducing Sankonnect.fun
Pockit Studios — Introducing Draw It: Onchain 2 Player Drawing Game
Revolving Games — Announced 2025 Roadmap

▶️ Gaming Watch/Listens
GAM3S.GG — The Rise of Axie Infinity & The Future of Ronin

Gaming Projects
Pockit Studios
lol.land.game
REACH

💸 Gaming Fundraising
Sugarverse — Announced their $1 million funding round to launch Sugar Match, the first in a five-game saga of casual Web3 mobile titles. The games will be built on Etherlink, Tezos' Layer 2 Solution

M10 — Announced their $3m seed round from Sui, GSR, Big Brain Holdings, Monoceros, Blockchain Founders Fund and Presto Labs to develop a competitive multiplayer shooter with a fresh take on the F2P model, making it accessible to all

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🎮 GDC 2025 Web3 Side Events List — Link

List of all Web3 gaming side events for GDC!

Drop a DM if you'll be around to meet
@kapital_k @wassiecapital 👋

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👋 Web3 Gaming Recap — March 16 to 22 (GDC Week) 🗓

💭 Authors Notes

• Not many GDC announcements + not as many physical booths + sentiment was very poor (likely lowest ever for Web3 gaming so far). Add more information about GDC insights and learnings soon but good to see LimitBreak technology is now expand to Ronin (721C/1155C/20C)

• Forgotten Runiverse now on iOS + approved for Nintendo/PlayStation/Xbox. Global early access on March 26

• Slingshot DAO release
$SLING token: $1.4m mcap, $41m FDV (as of write) — DexScreener

• FAME Network (Powering Rumble Arcade) launch
$FAME token: $807k mcap, $4.1m FDV
(as of write) —
DexScreener

• Interest read on the Showdown(#1 ranked MTG & #1 ranked Hearthstone) building TCG on MegaETH (they are also raising)

• Another interest listen is the "goodGame — How Long will this Bear Market Last?" since gaming sector has performed very bad all this time, helpful especially for founders navigating this period

• Karel is now stepping back as co-founder of Treasure DAO after 3 years (
$MAGIC as of write — $42.9m mcap, $49.7m FDV)

• 4 new funding rounds announced — Kamigotchi World (they also complete community echo round), Slingshot DAO, PlaysOut and Game Beast (now Ephyra AI)


🔄 Gaming Updates
Forgotten Runiverse — Officially approved for development on Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox + Global Early Access Launch on March 26
Zentry — Meta Madness (March 26)
LimitBreak — ERC721/ERC1155C & AppTokens (ERC20C) are now live on Ronin
Treeverse — Available on iOS App Store (Also on Google Play Store + Epic Games)
XOCIETY — Now on Epic Games Store
Animix — Airdrop Rescheduled to April 15
Kuroro Beasts — Kuroro Wilds Alpha 2.0 suspended
WEMIX — Delay in disclosing $6.2million hack was to prevent panic
ARBO: Arena Tactics — Alpha Playtest Round 2 now LIVE
Axie Infinity — All Axie accessories will soon become ERC-1155 tokens (make sure to claim)
Stoke Fire — Launched farcaster (v2 frame) mini app
Mithraeum — Now available on mobile

🔖 Gaming Reads
Showdown — Why the #1 ranked players in Magic The Gathering & Hearthstone are building a TCG on MegaETH
YGG — Announced LOL Land, a browser-based casual board game (inspired by Monopoly Go) using Pudgy IP, launching at Abstract chain on April 15
MetaGravity — Quark Multiplayer: The Networking Engine Powering the Future of Online Worlds
SNG Archive — BTC x ETH: What does this mean for Gaming?
Karel — Stepping away as co-founder of Treasure DAO
zang immortal (Metacraft Studio) — Building Under Realm, a grand strategy trading card game in public

▶️ Gaming Watch/Listens
goodGame — How Long Will This Bear Market Last?
Open Metaverse Podcast — What Everyone Should Know About Animoca Brands

Gaming Projects
Under Realm

💸 Gaming Fundraising
Kamigotchi World — Raised $1.3m seed round from Seed Club, TempleDAO, dcfgod and more to build a fully onchain idle-MMORPG

Slingshot DAO — Raised $16M from DragonFly, Animoca Brands, DCG, Sfermion, Sanctor Capital, Collab+Currency, Alphabit and more

PlaysOut — Raised $7m from OKX Ventures, KBW Ventures, Kenetic Capital and more to simplify the integration of mini-games w/ blockchain technology

Game Beast — Rebranded to Ephyra AI and announced their $10.5M Series A round led by BECKER ventures to create AI-powered companions for gaming

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Reward players fairly, lower CAC and increase LTV — Read More
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Gunzilla added to Binance Launchpool — Source
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Treasure DAO announces major resetRead More

It was revealed that at their current burn ($8.3M annually), the DAO would only have runway until July 2025 (USDC only) and their treasury would be fully depleted by September 2025

To address this, John is stepping back into the role of lead contributor to guide the turnaround. The DAO is cutting costs by sunsetting its game publishing arm, retiring the Treasure Chain, cancelling the grants program, and refocusing efforts on four key products in Bridgeworld, Smolworld, the Marketplace, and AI Agent Infrastructure (Neurochimp/Mastermind)


TLDR

📉 Burn reduced from $7.5M/year to $3.8M/year (Goal: $3M)

💸 Runway: ~$2.4M in stables, extendable to $3.2M via FlowDesk recovery

✂️ 15 contributors let go, publishing stack retired

🔚 Treasure Chain proposed to be shut down (cost: $450K/year)

🎯 Key Products: Bridgeworld, Smolworld, Marketplace, AI Agents

🧠 AI tech: Agents interacting on-chain with NFTs, Unity clients

⚰️ Grant model killed: No more MAGIC giveaways without value return

📜 Governance proposals coming: strategy ratification, asset withdrawals, marketplace relocation
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🔫 Gunzilla Games current DAU metrics snapshotSource
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$PROMPT (Wayfinder) to be listed on OKX — Source

Spot trading starts April 10, 1PM UTC
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GOOD NEWS:

Cheers our G (prev. Makers Fund and friend of the channel)!

G is now leading games at Monad. Excited to see what he can cook up!

Here's his reflection on his time at Makers and what his future plans are for Monad gaming.

https://x.com/G_G_M_F/status/1918334524939006336
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👋 Web3 Gaming Recap — June 30 🗓

💭 Authors Notes

• Treeverse announce $END token and release token whitepaper — View Here

• Azuki TCG docs released — View Here

• Interest see the $PIXEL token will soon shift towards staking/governance with goal to lock most in staking & $vPIXEL contracts to unlock fiat spend

• Some interest listen are Game Economist Cast: Best Web3 Arguments + Animoca Brands: Spearheading Web3 Adoption in Asia with Kaia + GameMakers: HTML5 Gaming is back but this time it's different


🔄 Gaming Updates
Treeverse — $END token launching soon
Azuki — Released docs for their Azuki TCG
Eve Frontier — Free Trial from (June 27 - July 7)
Bitcraft — Released Early Access
MetaGravity — Launched early access to its multiplayer infrastructure, quark
Variance — Somnia Open Playtest in July
ChainCraft — Accepted into Arbitrum Grants Program
Raini Studios — Shifting $RST into a fully deflationary token model

🔖 Gaming Reads
Pixels — $PIXEL to be phased out as reward currency and USDC given instead
Lumiterra — What is Lumiterra
Peter — Jin's Fortune Spin is a circular economy (85% of loot recycled back into the market)

▶️ Gaming Watch/Listens
Game Economist Cast — The Best Web3 Arguments w/ Yat Siu, Co-Founder of Animoca Brands
Animoca Brands Presents — Spearheading Web3 Adoption in Asia with Kaia
GameMakers — HTML5 Gaming is back but this time it's different

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$END — July 7, 1PM GST
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Treeverse ($END) as of write

$3.2M mcap
$10.4M FDV
90 ETH liq


$END Tokenomics
10% Ecosystem
19.2% Investors
20% Team
50.8% Community


Tradeable on the ETH L1 (Uniswap) + Immutable zkEVM (QuickSwap)

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Web3 Gaming / Metaverse Funding now back to 2019-2020 levels 😮

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🐧 Pudgy Penguins — Soon launch they competitive multiplayer game, Pudgy Party on iOS & Google App Stores

• Work w/ the Mythical Games Team
• August 29, 2025 launch date?


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🎮 State of Video Game Layoffs (Matthew Ball) — Read More

• 2022 — 8,500
• 2023 — 10,500
• 2024 — 15,650
• 2025 — 6,700*

*Estimated: 12,000 based on Jan-July Annualized Rate
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Binance to launch USD-Margined SLPUSDT Perpetual Contracts

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