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TLDR :
Ronin zkEVM
MapleStory Universe The Genesis
Sonic SVM Chain
Goat Gaming
🗞️ NEWS
LAYER 2s COMING TO RONIN
Ronin introduced its own zkEVM yesterday, this means builders can start to leverage Polygon’s CDK and create their own zkEVM L2 on Ronin
This takes away from the load on the Ronin chain and allows them to handle hundreds of millions of transactions per day (“infinite scalability”)
Also allowing Ronin to onboard new games faster
Polygon’s CDKs are now both on Immutable and Ronin
The initiative will launch sometime in Q1 2025, builders will require 250K RON tokens to start their chain
MAPLESTORY UNIVERSE TEASERS
Last Monday Maplestory announced MapleStory Universe The Genesis, there are a few things we can derive from the teaser video:
There seems to be a questing hub with a point system (but we already knew this)
The round token asset with a “P” on it alludes to some token coming
Players will be able to customize their characters inside the Dressroom, just like the event
People are speculating they are launching either in the last week of June or the first of July, because of the dates being projected in the video
Lastly, they also opened their Discord, you can still join it to get the “Welcome” role, which might have some perks attached
SONIC RAISED $12M
Sonic announced they raised $12M in a Series A funding round led by Bitkraft, making their total capital $16M. So, what is Sonic?
It’s the first “atomic SVM chain on Solana” that empowers gaming economies. This means their chain is optimized to process millions of requests per second per game
They also announced Lumiterra will be the first flagship game on Sonic
Lumiterra is an open-world survival farming game
Pretty big when it comes to bringing more attention to Solana Gaming and attracting more games to the chain
GOAT GAMING
Goat Gaming (GG) came out of stealth this week and revealed that the team behind Mighty Action Heroes is working on this project
GG is a platform where you play, compete, and win prizes
The platform will feature 100s of cross-platform PvP games on Telegram, Fortnite, browser, and mobile
GG will employ and leverage AI to rapidly deploy new games
On top of the $10M the team raised back in 2022, they received a grant of $2M to expand their tech stack
FLASH NEWS:
Moku announced they are releasing an 8888 Genesis collection
LowLife Forms is now listed on Xterio and will launch in Q4 ‘24 according to the Xterio page
The Beacon reported they surpassed a 120K DAU in less than a week
Crypto Unicorns announced an asset airdrop to XAI Node holders
MAYG announced their IP and games will be exclusive on a new chain
Jon Jones will be starring in Raini Studios’ new fighter game
Avarik Saga announced they received a grant from Arbitrum and are integrating with the chain
Champions Tactics announced its Champions Mint on July 15th
Space Nation released Orion, a minigame you play inside of Twitter
Heroes of Mavia is rolling out Phase 2, which comes with a MAVIA marketplace, additional game modes, and more
Kaiju Cards decided to shut down, due to being unable to generate the growth and revenue to sustain the game
🆕ALPHA CORNER
Early Games: Pirate Clash, Boom and Bloom, Plank Pushers, and Waifu Tactical Force.