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TLDR :
OKX announces a gaming launchpad
Redacted Coin announced they raised $10M
HV-MTL X SHATTERLINE IN 2024
Sugartown announced the end of Chapter 0
🗞️ NEWS
OKX GAMING LAUNCHPAD
Crypto exchange OKX pre-launched OKX Gamesphere, a new gaming launchpad to help game devs with their marketing and distribution.
Devs will get access to different tools and resources such as Wallet as a Service solution, APIs, and game promotions
Through OKX’s API game studios will also be able to support new NFT launches and flash sales + create royalties for NFT transactions
Gamesphere will provide exclusive game pages with various resources, and games will be able to launch personalized promotions
The platform already features a few games including Lumiterra, Metacene, Elfin Metaverse, Space Nation, Counter Fire, and Football Craft
Earlier this year in March they announced the initiative in partnership with IMX
You can now fill out a Google Form on their website to register for the platform
HV-MTL X SHATTERLINE IN 2024
Today we got an interesting announcement from Faraway, announcing that Shatterline is coming to Web3 (?)
Shatterline is a Web2 FPS that launched on PC in September 2022. Taking a look at its Steam player data, we see that the game’s launch was pretty promising with an avg. of 11.5K online players in the first month
However, its numbers quickly declined in the following months, which continued a downward spiral, with only 55 players playing at the time of writing
Likely the result of the fierce competition in this segment of the market
Its Steam page still mentions the game is in Early Access, however, it lost its “launch velocity” you could say
When it comes to the (potential) Web3 integration it remains unknown what we can expect. But if this title were to become a Web3 game, it still be one of the best if not the best FPS games in this space
Can a game that didn’t manage to succeed in Web2 become a success in Web3 though?
REDACTED COIN $10M RAISE
Last week Redacted Coin (RC) announced a $10M raise from various VCs and angels
RC has been quite mysterious in its doings, but here’s what we know so far:
They are building an entertainment and gamification ecosystem - "Play, trade, watch, and get rewarded”. This idea seems to hold some similarities with Zentry
Powered by the RDAC token
The project is backed by PG Group, a community-turned-incubator, that backs various gaming and trading-related projects in the industry (e.g. iAgentProtocol, Maxis, and Bullx)
RC has launched Multi Farm, a rewards aggregator (multiple rewards campaigns condensed in one platform)
SUGARTOWN ENDS CHAPTER 0
Last week Sugartown announced the end of Chapter 0 and announced the coming of Chapter 1.
Before Chapter 0 ends, there will be one large send-off event
Then, in Chapter 1, there will be an immediate next event, “ecosystem scaling”, access for new participants (High Card?), new partners, and a revamp of the rewards system
“Ecosystem scaling” likely refers to the L2 Sugartown has been working on, which they haven’t been too vocal about
Sugartown has built a fairly strong community in a short period, and their opening up and scaling the ecosystem seems a development worth paying attention to
FLASH NEWS:
Play Cambria announced they raised $2.5M in a Seed Round led by BITKRAFT
The Beacon successfully sold out its Writ of Passage NFT mint
Frame was acquired by Igloo Inc., the parent company of Pudgy Penguins, to contribute towards Abstract
MapleStory Universe opened up registrations for its first Pioneer Test
Animoca signed a MoU with Futureverse to create a strategic partnership
Lore announced something is in the works with AI Arena - GWEI: “Complete game changer for AI Arena and its game economy”
Supervillain Idle RPG rebranded to Supervillain Wanted - you can now pre-register
Faraway released a trailer for Dookey Dash - “there’s a lot going on behind the scenes”
SpinTycoon is a new (mobile) social casino game coming to Solana
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