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TLDR :
NPC Labs raised $18M
BLOCKLORDS TGE today
Telegram mini app store
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NPC LABS RAISED $18M
Two days ago NPC Labs announced they raised $18M, making their total funding $21M. Investors include Pantera Capital, Makers Fund, Hashed, Sfermion, other VCs, and 100+ angels. So, what are they building?
NPC Labs aims to accelerate the onboarding and dev of on-chain gaming on Base and is the core contributor to B3(dot)fun
B3 is a horizontally-scaled gaming ecosystem, built on Base. Both a chain and an ecosystem. To enable devs to focus on building fun games
āYour power-up, your cheat code to a future where gaming is brought on-chainā.
On the surface, this seems like another default infrastructure solution that raised a lot of money
However, they are bringing niche solutions such as on-chain microservices specific to gaming, and tools for chain abstraction
Plus the fact they have ābeen building with some of the best Web3 gaming foundersā (signifying PMF), makes me think something is interesting here
The current games on B3 are simple, and nothing of quality Iād add here, which understandably added to the criticism of some
All-in-all I am carefully positive about this news. It shows an interest of devs and VCs to grow the nascent gaming ecosystem on Base
BLOCKLORDS TGE TODAY
The strategy game BLOCKLORDS is releasing its LRDS token today, and released more info on the token recently:
LRDS will both serve as a utility and governance token
Players can gain the token through strategic gameplay
Players can lock the token to gain influence, allowing them to purchase in-game items that accelerate progress
Players can hold and use the token to participate in community voting
Beyond the game, there will be a LORDCHAIN, wherein the token will play a role in validation and treasury usage voting
Plus players who lock their tokens will able to get an allocation to nodes
100M total supply, 36% to community and ecosystem, 3M tokens dedicated to āLRDS TGE gamedropsā
Today the team also performed its 4th gamedrop, where 300K LRDS was distributed to players who fulfilled the criteria
TELEGRAM GAMING
TG MINI APP STORE
In his personal Telegram channel, the CEO of Telegram announced the app will add a mini app store at the end of this month (with support for Web3-pages). Hereās why this is great:
Currently, in-app discoverability is almost non-existent. Web3 devs have to rely on incentives, referral programs, WoM, and virality potential when launching their app on the platform
This contributes to why devs de-risk building on the platform by launching low-budget clicker games
With the coming of an app store, we can assume better games naturally will be pushed forward. Titles that do more than just release carbon-copy clicker games
Devs that want to allocate more time and effort to their mini apps see more incentive (less risk) to do so
Overall, this will contribute to the TG game ecosystem evolving from a clicker casino to more fun and deep experiences
Additionally, Telegram will work on fighting scammers through third-party verification and features that prove provenance
A great read, that inspired this piece of text: āWill Telegram become the next gaming distribution Super App?ā
OTHER TG NEWS:
Binance Labs announced they invested in Pluto Vision Labs (the studio CatizenAI)
MOCA Network announced a partnership with TON to grow the interoperable consumer network
Valiants, a monster-battler game, released a clicker game on Telegram
Sidus is releasing a Telegram game called Nidum Arena Battler
FLASH NEWS:
Oh Gamers! announced they raised $3M in a seed round from Axia8 Ventures
Avarik Saga is airdropping 10% of the AVRK supply to NFT holders
Synergy Land is migrating to the Treasure DAO ecosystem
Ancient8 launched its token last week and surprisingly got a Coinbase listing
GOAT Gaming is launching the Genesis GOATs collection soon
MAYG announced they will drop 40% of the token supply at TGE
Forgotten Runiverse released a new trailer and will have a Land mint on Ronin
Juicy Adventure released a trailer, mentioning the game will come to mobile soon
Persona released a new trailer and teased that a new game is coming
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