gm/gn and welcome back to another addition to Web3 Weekly. This is a special edition of our weekly newsletter because, much like the date, Tom is also 5’9.

In the spirit of the holiday (and Tom) we’ll keep this intro short—here’s what we got for you this week:

• 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.

• Legends of Arcadia (Strategic). Animoca-backed strategic card game Legends of Arcadia received a strategic investment from OKX Ventures.

• Seed Labs ($12M). The developers of battle royale game Bladerite raised $12M in a seed funding round from Blizzard, Hashkey, IVC, Solana Foundation, and others.

• Shadow War ($5M). Web3 hybrid action game Shadow War raised $5M in a Series A funding round from Andromeda, Spicy, NewTribe, and others.

• Slingshot DAO ($3M). Roblox-based game development DAO Slingshot DAO raised $3M in a strategic investment from Alphabit.

• Void Labs (Unknown). The developers of the Nordic action-RPG Blade of God X raised a “multimillion-dollar” investment from Delphi, OKX, YGG, Longhash and others.

Co-Op Campaigns

Who’s teaming up in the gaming world?

• Cross The Ages x Elixir Games. Ubisoft’s Cross The Ages announced that it will be living on Elixir, making Elixir the exclusive launchpad of the TGE.

• Sequence x Astar Network. Sequence Network and Astar Network are working together to integrate Sequence’s development tools into the Astar ecosystem.

• Shrapnel x Halliday. Halliday and Shrpanel are teaming up to bring a direct SHRAP onramp to the Shrapnel website.

• Space Falcon x TARS Protocol. Aviatrix game developers Space Falcon will be integrating TARS Protocol to bridge AI and gaming with TARS’ Blockchain-as-a-Service tech.

Change Log

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

• Age of Mars updated Redline racing simulator adding a new physics replication system, map and graphics interface.

• Axie Infinity launched its latest Axie game, Duet Monsters, for iOS and Android.

• Gods Unchained’s latest update patched issues including the Zaheer infinite loop, mistriggered effects, and other bugs.

• Heroes of Mavia launched a Ruby Marketplace, bringing in-game purchases directly to Android and iOS devices.

• Low Lifeforms released its first game trailer showcasing exclusively real gameplay.

• Pirate Nations relaunched referrals and launched the daily gameplay streak multiplier for Jolly Roger.

• Rumble Racing Star added non-transferable Platinum and Golden Ticket SBTs that offer a temporary leaderboard boost for racers.

• Wilder World added leaderboard filters and wallet address support for collecting WILD rewards.

Release Radar

Upcoming games, playtests, and drops.

• 🎮 Chain of Alliance (Beta): Live

• 🎮 Legends of Venari (Playtest): Live

• 🎮 ACE Arenas (Launch): May 15

• 🎮 BloodLoop (Public Playtest): May 26

• 🎮 SolForge Fusion (Steam Release): June 24

• 🎮 Kompete (Test Tournament): Ongoing

• 🖼️ Phantom of the Kill (Free Mint): Ongoing

• 🪙 Cross The Ages, $CTA (IDO): May 13

On-Chain Activity

New on-chain game announcements and network migrations.

• CryptoFights (SKALE). FYX Gaming’s D&D-inspired RPG CryptoFights is launching on SKALE, with more FYX games potentially launching on the blockchain in the future.

• CyberKart (Beam). AI-generated map and kart racing game CyberKart is the latest game to build on Beam.

• Gangsters Arena (BASE → BLAST). Uncharted’s Gangsters Arena announced a move from BASE to BLAST for its upcoming S2 following a 150 ETH prize pool in the previous season.

• Night of Dead (Beam). Night of Dead is a post-apocalyptic survival game meats PvP battle royale built by a ex Ubisoft, Luxoft and Allianz developers.

Other News

• DeepLink is the latest web3 gaming / cloud infrastructure provider to join the NVIDIA Inception Program.

• MOCA Foundation concluded the public sale of MOCA with $29.3M committed at a 12x oversubscription. *NoReaga/No Re did not receive any allocation in the public sale

• Ronin Blockchain is launching a new set of analytic and identity tooling that will hopefully make the No Re’s team a lot easier in researching projects on Ronin.

Bonus Loot

• 📘 Thoughts on TGE Circulating Supply & Airdrops, Vader Research (Read)

• 📘 Homo Ludens, Johan Huizinga (Read)

• 📺 Fallout, Amazon (Watch)