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Tom is back from spending all his money in Copenhagen and watching NAVI steamroll FaZe on the the final map to win Counstrstrike-2’s first major trophy. Was hoping to see our frens at Nouns Esports in the playoff spot but we’ll just have to wait a little while longer.

As for Griff, he’ll be lurking around NFT NYC so if you see a tall guy with a yellow phone screen and QR code, please ignore all security red flags and scan it. But seriously, say hi!

You know the drill, here’s what we’ve got:

• Insert Coin to Continue: The latest funding rounds in web3 gaming.

• Co-op Campaigns: Who’s teaming up in the gaming world?

• Change Log: Updates, patches, and new features from games we’ve covered.

• Release Radar: Upcoming games, playtests, and drops.

• On-Chain Activity: New on-chain game announcements and network migrations.

• Other News: The other things that happened in web3 gaming this week.

• Bonus Loot: Cool media we’ve been digesting this week.

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The latest funding rounds in web3 gaming.

• A16z Games Speedrun SR003 ($30M Fund). a16Z Games announced the next season of its Speedrun incubator for tech game startups in areas like web3, XR/VR, and AI, with successful incubator entrants securing a $750k investment from a16z Games.

• Bitkraft Fund 3 ($275M Fund). Bitkraft’s Venture Fund 3 is an early-stage investment fund for gaming and interactive media companies.

• Catalyze Futureverse Ecosystem Fund ($10M Fund). Born Ready Ventures and Catalyze Research launched a $10M fund investing in web3, metaverse, AI and content startups and provide support to the Futureverse and Root Network.

• Gomble Games ($10M). Strategic casual game studio Gomble Games raised $10M, building upon its initial round in 2023 with support from Spartan, Hashed, IOSG, Big Brain Holdings, and several others.

• Helika Accelerator ($50M Fund). Helika Games launched a $50M accelerator program with Pantera, Spartan Capital, and Sfermion, offering support and services for early stage web3 games and infra.

• Planet Mojo ($10.5M). Indie game studio Planet Mojo raised a $10.5M led by Animoca, Merit Circle, and Courtside Ventures, with additional participation from Sfermion, Spartan, Big Brain, and others.

Co-Op Campaigns

Who’s teaming up in the gaming world?

• Delabs Games x Surgence. Delabs is teaming up with Surgence to provide early support for the upcoming Delabs ecosystem launch.

• XPLA x Unanimous Capital. Following a strategic investment from Unanimous Capital, the partnership will see collaborations between the two on XPLA-based projects.

Change Log

Updates, patches, and new features from games we’ve covered.

• Citizen Conflict unveiled a new map, Elite Enclave, set in the wealthy wealthy community of Ether Islands.

• Crypto Unicorn players can now claim Rainbow Rumble rewards including Lootboxes and Badges.

• Parallel kicked off season 2 of its open beta.

• Pixelmon shared Arena gameplay development updates, adding that early initial testing should be coming to the community soon.

• Spellborne is nearing completion of its Season 1 build, with new side quests, UI and battle system.

• Wild World v0.3.0 added new race routes, shortcuts, voice chat and other early access updates.

Release Radar

Upcoming games, playtests, and drops.

• 🎮 Space Nation (Closed Beta): Live

• 🎮 Pegaxy (Mobile): Live

• 🎮 Guild of Guardians (Read-Only Test): Live

• 🎮 Nyan Heroes (Pre-Alpha Showdown): Tomorrow

• 🪙 Mocaverse, $MOCA (Public Sale): April 11

• 🪙BloodLoop, $BLS (P2A): Soon

• 🖼️  Kaidro (Spark Suit Mint): April 9

• 🖼️ Captain & Company (Skellies Mint): April 12

On-Chain Activity

New on-chain game announcements and network migrations.

• BattlePlan (Xai). Pixe Vault’s flagship game and auto-brawler BattlePlan is migrating to Arbitrum L3 Xai Network

• Bones and Blade (WEMIX). Developed by Revolve Games, Bones and Blade is a car-based battle RPG with RPS-style mechanics.

• Dark Times (???). Nearly emerging from stealth, Dark Times is set to be the latest web3 game developed by Animoca’s Blowfish Studios. The team was annouced as a MON Protocol Partner.

• Space Rush (SKALE). Space Rush is a gaming ecosystem, featuring its flagship rouguelike shooter, Space Rush Odyssey.

Other News

• Imaginary Ones $BUBBLE social farming campaign kicked off ahead of its token release.

• Moonveil Studio announced the development of a play-centric gaming ecosystem built with Polygon CDK.

• Palio launched on Xterio offering social gaming features and opportunities for airdrop points.

• Solana launched a gaming ambassador program, Solana Gaming Channel.

• Xterio announced the development of its own OP and Eigen-based L2 in collaboration with Alt Layer.

Bonus Loot

• 📘 Marketplace Development Journey, Root Network (Read)

• 📘 Scalability on Ronin: Enshrined zkEVM, Ronin Network (Read)

• 📺 CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 - Grand Final, PGL (Watch)