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Chance — Raised $3.2M to build super app for TCG Collectors The round was co-led by Makers Fund and Hashed with participation from Arbitrum Gaming Ventures, Gam3Girl Ventures and Digital Elm Read More

LimitBreak — Launched Puzzle Panic, a 3D arcade puzzle game set in the DigiDaigaku Universe The game is currently live in iOS in New Zealand, Australia and Singapore Note: Current limited test build doesn’t include Web 3 features Read More

Gamecraft — Season 4 Premiere w/ Mitch Lasky & Blake Robbins Read More

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Sensor Tower — Prediction for the Digital Economy in 2026 🤔 Prediction 1: Generative AI apps will earn more than $10 Billion in 2026 Prediction 2: Vertical video will spur app growth — led by Short Drama Prediction 3: Gen AI will rival paid advertising for driving website traffic Prediction 4: Digital advertisers will shift ad dollars to image creatives over videos Prediction 5: Winning mobile games in 2026 will pair ad-friendly hooks with deep monetization Prediction 6: Shorter, smarter development cycles are returning for video games

✍️ Wrote about some of my learnings from collecting watches and Pokemon cards for the past 5 years! Opening up my world to the world! 👋 Hope you guys like it — Read More

…in the game of venture lotto, "too much money chasing too few deals" is an oft-cited phrase among VCs who find themselves in competition for deals. The most sought after deals are led by proven entrepreneurs. Especially popular are serial entrepreneurs who have made money before - they get investors lining up like sheep. Ironically, the people who end up creating the blockbusters are usually unproven. They emerge from the fringes, and start small, in niche or overlooked markets. — Read More

👋 Web3 Gaming Recap — Up to Nov 10 Recap 🗓 💭 Authors Notes Long time no see! • See 2 teams raise 💸 from Web3 (Ragnarok Monster World + Moonfrost) and now pivot / closed down 😭 • Kuroro Beast launch they token on BELIEVE platform and now seem rug .. 🤡 • Anichess announce ecosystem token and seem have another title in development (Chess Gambit) 👉 Fun Fact: The Alexandra Botez actually create indie game studio (not Web3) called Millions of Monsters and just announce they first title Chess Arena (Chess Battle Royale) — Trailer ♟ 2 interesting must-see 👀 experiment from: 🟢 Cambria (use veNFT to reward long-term holder and fix early liquidity issues) 🟢 Fishing Frenzy (use AppTokens to reward real contributor & positive ecosystem actions instead of staking or day-1 speculation) • Have some new funding rounds announced but first time hear the MoonClash (Raise at $100M Valuation in this market 😳) + Tatakai (Don't think Tencent invested) 🔄 Gaming Updates • Ragnarok Monster World — Game is shutting down on Dec 30 😓 • Kuroro Beasts — Team launched token on BELIEVE and rug 😳 • Hy Foundation — $HYBUX TGE is planning to release on Nov 14 • Anichess — Released token whitepaper for $CHECK • Forkast — Burning all $CGX tokens they hold to focus on its USDC-native prediction market platform • Spellborne — Monster Minting and Marketplace is now LIVE • ReplyCorp — $REPLY is coming to Virtuals Protocol • XR One Network — Ceasing operations & decommissioning mainnet since they failed to raise follow-on funding • Deep dive into the whitepaper of Fishing Frenzy • Kieran — How Web 3 gaming will look next year 🔖 Gaming Reads • Cambria — Introduced Renown (ve for NFTs) to reward long-term holders with perks and fix early liquidity issues to better align incentives between players, builders and investors in the Web3 gaming industry • PlayEmber — Expanding and pivoting towards Consumer Apps (Allow consumers, apps, agents and their own personal context and contributions to unlock better earning opportunities, savings and rewards across apps) • Moonfrost — Leaving Open Loot Platform & launching on Steam as premium PC game (no crypto/NFT/token). Other half of team to develop "Frost Arcade" (Browser-based ecosystem of simpler games for Web3 experience) • Derek Lau — Proof of Contribution & $FISH Whitepaper Summary Experiment using ERC20-C AppTokens where rewards and unlocks are based on reputation (Karma) and meaningful ecosystem actions are rewarded instead of pure staking or day-one speculation. $FISH to launch in a spend-only form ($xFISH) with controlled conversion to $FISH and the end goal of showing that contribution-based incentives can reward real participants instead of bots and day-one sellers ▶️ Gaming Watch/Listens • BidCast — How LOL Land's 30 mm rev to $YGG is just the start to its publishing biz • LOL Lounge — Why Nexon’s Former CEO Is Betting on the Casual Degen ✅ Gaming Projects • Tatakai • Azuki Escape • Pet Raiders 💸 Gaming Fundraising • Cambria — Raised $2M from BITKRAFT Ventures & Sky Mavis to continue building on-chain degen-native MMO • Currenc Group — Proposed reverse merger with Animoca Brands • MoonClash — Closed Strategic Round at $100M valuation from Candaq Ventures, Becker Ventures, Oasis Labs, BlockPulse and APUS Capital (Web3 Tower Defense Strategy Game) • Tatakai — Raised $7M in angel funding to develop an anime-inspired Web3 RPG hope helpful wuwu 😆💞 ✅ TheCoreLoop — Your Go to Gaming News

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👋 Web3 Gaming Recap — Weekend + Oct 20 to 21 🗓 💭 Authors Notes • See more activity now on the Starknet (BTCFi narrative) + bit of games launch also on there • Now after the Korea Blockchain Week + Tokyo Game Show + SG Token2049 event finish, last potential conference for the year now the YGG Play Summit in Philippines (Nov 19 - 22) • Good read about State of Steam Wishlists — Median conversion ratios about 0.10 - 0.15x for non-adult, regularly priced games but success varies (10-20x range) depending on factors like genre, virality and pricing rather than launch timing • Recommend watch the DealMakers podcast — “The best founders make you a little uncomfortable. They’re either so smart or so driven that you immediately know you want to be part of their story." — "Find out what you're good at, spend time to become the best at it and assemble a team of others who spent time to hone their own talents and that's ideally a team that you'd also want to invest in" 🔄 Gaming Updates • Cartridge — Partnering with Popularium, new game studio from designer Richard Garfield to launch its second title, Prevarus • Dont Die Game — Launched their playtest (Can use invite link) • Blob Arena — Released their app and will launch on Google Play & Apple App Store next week • Ponzi.land — Token agnostic crypto game went live on Starknet (Oct 15) • Bornless — Hosting another Weekend Playtest (Oct 25 - 26) 🔖 Gaming Reads • Calc.eth — The $SURVIVOR thesis • 1mpal — YGG Play Launchpad will be huge • Game Discover Co — State of Steam wishlist conversions (2024 - 2025) • Naavik — App Stores finally play along with Games ▶️ Gaming Watch/Listens • DealMakers — Henric Suuronen on building & selling a gaming company for $100M and now backing gaming startups through a $450M VC Firm ✅ Gaming Projects • Don't Die Game • Elysium Descent • Trove hope helpful wuwu 😆💞 ✅ TheCoreLoop — Your Go to Gaming News

September 2025 — Top 15 Games on Steam (Downloads & Top Grossing)

Perplexity — Hired a Head of Games 🤔 Seems building a game studio with their first title, Wormhole now playable on Comet Browser Also looking to collab with individuals well-versed in Three.js & Javascript multiplayer online infrastructure — Read More

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Yoon & Yang — Proposed Full Amendment to the Game Industry Act The proposed amendment seeks to respond to rapid changes in the gaming industry by shifting from a regulation-focused governance to a regime centered on autonomy and creativity by restructuring the Game Rating and Administration Committee into the Game Promotion Agency and delegating digital game rating to private autonomous rating operators which will aim to: • Ease online/P2E prize bans • Tighten loot box & agent rules • Boost global competitiveness Filed by Rep. Seungrae Cho — Read More

🚗 OhBabyGames — Releasing Oh Baby Pass on Opensea Public mint will be available on October 8th 11AM EST — Read More

Business Wire — Games Veteran Michael Chang joins Arbitrum Gaming Ventures as GM As General Manager, Chang will lead strategy, investments, and partnerships to drive long-term growth of the AGV portfolio and broader ecosystem, serving as both a capital allocator and public-facing leader "Every industry is experiencing tremendous change because of new technologies, said Chang. Gaming is experiencing a period of transition, which is why I am eager to open new investment and business models for this exciting industry with Arbitrum Gaming Ventures. There is no shortage of incredible creators with amazing ideas constantly innovating. I look forward to bringing the very best of these visionaries to Arbitrum." — Read More

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝗯-𝟯, 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆-𝘁𝗼-𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻, 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗨𝗔 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲? 🤔 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 2 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 — Jeff Cohen (PvX Partners)

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