Gaming


Web3

It’s Game On for Web3: How Gaming Will Onboard a Billion People

As we look to onboard new users into Web3, experts argue that gaming is the ideal vehicle for adoption “because there are so many gamers in the world who are already used to trading digital items and buying digital things.”

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Finance

Animoca Brands' Anichess Secures $1.5M for Decentralized Chess Game

The game, launching in early 2024, was made in partnership with Chess.com.

Matrxiport prefers systematic call overwriting strategy for 2023 (PIRO4D/Pixabay)

Web3

Nike Brings .SWOOSH to Fortnite's 240M Users With 'Airphoria' Virtual Experience

All Fortnite players who visit the virtual Air-Max-themed island for 10 minutes or more will receive the Air Max 1 '86 Back Bling digital sneaker.

Fortnite's Airphoria experience. (Fortnite)

Web3

Haun Ventures Leads $10M Seed Round for Web3 Gaming Studio Argus

Argus also announced the World Engine, an SDK that helps developers build their own blockchain-based gaming ecosystems.

Video game controller (Jose Gil/Unsplash)

Finance

Gaming Studio Bitblox to Build On-Chain Games for $68B Online Gambling Industry

Bitblox Games will exclusively build crypto games on the Hxro Network, a Solana-based distributed liquidity layer for betting applications.

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Videos

Metaverse-Focused Gala Games to Airdrop Version 2 Tokens in May

A new version of the native tokens of metaverse-focused Gala Games will be airdropped to users on May 15, developers said in a blog post on Tuesday. "The Hash" panel discusses the larger implications for Web3 gaming and digital ownership.

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Web3

Smurf Happens: Beloved Blue Characters Enter Web3

The small, blue beings that originated as a comic and became internationally known as cartoon and movie stars are entering the NFT arena.

(The Smurf Society)

Finance

Venture Capital Bitkraft Raises $220.6M for Second 'Token' Fund: Filing

The firm didn’t comment on the new SEC filing, but did outline its crypto investment strategy.

Carlos Pereira (Bitkraft Ventures)

Finance

DWF Labs Invests $16M in RACA to Spur Web3 Gaming Ecosystem

RACA has evolved from managing the NFT collection of Elon Musk’s mom to a Steam-like blockchain gaming ecosystem.

DWF Labs managing partner Andrei Grachev(LinkedIn)