gm/gn/ga/what is up you guys.

One day left until the weekend and we’re here again to make sure you have something to say you were looking into as you wait to log off and touch grass for the next few days. We, on the other hand have been diving into speed run game development (no OpenZepplin here) and running Nine Chronicles, so needless to say we’ll be inside til you hear from us again on Tuesday.

Been a while since you got a Tuesday post, but we’re just going to give you the “big things coming” and leave you in suspense until that hits your inbox. Anyway, here’s what went on last week in web3 gaming:

• 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.

• CARV ($10M). Carv, aiming to simplify data monetization for gamers, raised $10M in a Series A funding round led by Tribe Capital and IOSG Ventures.

• GFAL ($3.3M). Web3 game startup GFAL secured $3.3M Seed Round from Mitch Lasky, Supercell, The Managing Director of ESL amongst others.

• Patriots Division ($5M). Shadow War developer Patriots Division raised $5M in a Series A funding round from Momentum 6, Cointelligence Fund, Xborg and others.

• Victory Chain ($40M). Animoca Brands and Delphi Digital led Victory Chain’s Series A round to support Victory’s fan controlled football ecosystem.

Co-Op Campaigns

Who’s teaming up in the gaming world?

• Nouns Esports x Matcha. DEX aggregator Match will be the first web3 sponsor of Nouns Esports.

• PlayFi Gaming x MultiverseX. Multiverse X will be collaborating with PlayFi Gaming to incorporate MultiverseX infrastructure on PlayFi’s PlayBase Network.

• Rumble Kong League x Gatorade. Avalanche’s ****Rumble Kong League unvieled a partnership with Gateroade and exclusive in-game items.

• Solana Labs x Google Cloud. Solana Labs partnered with Google Cloud to integrate its game engine, GameShift, into Google’s services.

• TALON Esports x Planet Mojo. TALON will develop and support launch strategies for Mojo Melee across Asia, conduct playtesting with esports players and create esports events.

• Zentry x Beam x Sophon. Zentry is teaming up with Beam to incubate Sophon, a zkSync hyperchain optimized for AI.

Change Log

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

• Arc8 is back with more Mocaverse missions for GAMEE ecosystem and Animoca enjoyoors.

• Axie Infinity Origins S8 Mystic Era is now live.

• Illuvium’s Private Beta Patch 0.4.0 moved the game onto the blockchain (testnet).

• Nine Chronicles launched the Rune Master Pass and started a new seasons of Arena, Adventure, and Boss Bottles.

• Parallel is releasing an interim fix to patch memory and other bugs following its Planetfall expansion.

• Pirate Nations updated cooldowns, tweaked ship mechanics, and updated some cards.

• Wilder World released its Dev Log 7, covering highlights from the month including its partnership with Samsung.

Release Radar

Upcoming games, playtests, and drops.

• 🎮 Parallel (Planetfall): Live

• 🎮 ACE Arenas (Launch): May 15

• 🎮 BloodLoop (Public Playtest): May 26

• 🎮 SolForge Fusion (Steam Release): June 24

• 🖼️ RTLOL (Legacy Sale): Ongoing

• 🖼️ Paradise Tycoon (ParadisePass): May 3

• 🪙 XBorg (Presale): Ongoing

On-Chain Activity

New on-chain game announcements and network migrations.

• Rebel Bots (Immutable). Rebel Bots Epic War is a mobile-first MOBA backed by Ubisoft and Animoca Brands.

• Olderfall (SKALE). Olderfall is a gladiator autobattler currently in closed alpha.

• TOM (SKALE). The Tomato-based game ecosystem TOM is expanding from Telegram to create new games on SKALE.

Other News

• Animoca Brands and Darewise Entertainment launched Opal Protocol, a Bitcoin-based gaming protocol, and named Ordz Games as the ecosystem’s first member.

• Delabs announced that its upcoming gaming ecosystem, Delabs Games, will be built on Arbitrum One.

• Golden Tides onboarded ex-Sony, WAX, and nWay executive David Kim as CSO and Head of Publishing.

• Immutable has launched the largest web3 gaming rewards program with $50M up for grabs for users who play titles, trade assets and stake in the Immutable ecosystem.

• NA esports organisation Complexity Gaming has appointed Adam ‘Spike’ Rivera as its Web3 Gaming Advisor to expand the org’s reach and influence in the space.

• Sequence launched its new no code NFT tool, Sequence Collections.

• YGG’s Treasury update showed that the guild held $67M in token positions, NFT gaming assets, and node validators.

Bonus Loot

Cool media we’ve been digesting this week.

• 📘 Highest Level MapleStory Protests Max Level ,0xkapital_k (Read)

• 📘 What were the top 10 PC and console games by cumulative revenue in the US and Europe in Q1 2024?, Newzoo (Read)

• 📘 Gaming IPO Watch List 2024, Konvoy (Read)