GM! Welcome to the 8th edition of Playlist 🎮
A weekly newsletter containing a curated list of the week’s most notable Web 3 gaming reports, podcasts, events, quotes and threads for you to catch up on during the weekend 👇
Simon Davis - Web3 Games raised enough to succeed but not to fail
Delphi Digital - Why the Future of Fashion is in the Metaverse
LevelUp - What the industry needs to do to make Blockchain Games mainstream
Into The Metaverse - Why Virtual Land in the Metaverse Matters
Into The Metaverse - Why Avatars will be a Big Deal in the Metaverse
Elite Game Developers - David Amor: 2 Decades of Gaming Entrepreneurship
Deconstructor of Fun - Tokenomics #17: Mighty Bear Game’s $10m Pivot to Blockchain Games
Deconstructor of Fun - Tokenomics #18: Building a Better Web3 NFT Marketplace w/ Aqua CEO Sean Ryan
Deconstructor of Fun - Tokenomics #19: Sandbox Tour with Sebastian Borget
The Metacast - Crypto Skepticism: PC Blizzard Dev vs F2P Web3 Game Designer
Yat Siu - Why Asian companies may have the edge in blockchain games
Jon Huang - Insights & Questions from Global Web3 Gamer Study
0xconglomerate - Oasys Blockchain: What features does it offer
Proof of Dork - Notes on Machinations: Design Pillar of Sustainable Game Economies
Successful games looked nothing like the games that came before them
Key Points, Takeaways, Winners & Losers from Apple’s new App Store Rules
Why Apple’s NFT Guidelines are mostly good news for game devs
Josh Lu - Not every great game idea should get funding from a VC
Javier Ang - How TreasureDAO became arguably the best gaming ecosystem
Sal (Galaxy) - Web3 Gaming Manifesto: History of Gaming & its Web3 Future
Greg Isenberg - Those that understand game mechanics can move mountains
Jarindr (GuildFi) - Why NFTs will be a better option for most Web3 Games
A mix of news, updates and action items for notable Web3 games and projects
Alien Worlds - Launched in-game DAOs Link
Aurory - State of Aurory Address Link
Axie Infinity - Land mini-game ‘RayLights’ is now Live Link
Big Time - Opened alpha to Space NFT holders Link
Blast Royale - Launched Open Beta Testing Link
BUD - Launched on Polygon & will release special Gold BUD Passes Link
Cantina Royale - Game Launch (Oct 31) Link
Captain Tsubasa - Launching end of 2022 Link
Castaways - Airdropping 10k Treasure Chests to most active players Link
Cradles: Launched its pre-alpha time-based MMORPG (Oct 10 - Oct 20) Link
Crypto Unicorns - Jousting Gameplay Trailer Link
Curio - Phase 1 Announcement & Playtest coming soon Link
Decentral Games - Launched ICE Poker Season 2 Link
Eternal Dragons - Alpha Demo Launch at Breakpoint Games Day (November 4) Link
Final Form - Early Access PC Version is Live Link
Forge Arena - Launching on Epic Games in December 2022 Link
Gala Games - Superior to go live on Steam later this year Link
GamerGains - Launched closed beta (Earn crypto by playing games) Link
Genopets - Google Fit integration update Link
Grit - Launched closed beta on Epic Games Store with open signups available. Link
Halfwish - Introduction to its PvP Roguelite Card Game Link
Helix Metaverse - Game access Oct 25 - 31 Link
Heroes of Mavia - Alpha Gameplay Footage Link
Illuvium - Private Beta 2 Tutorial Link
Knights of the Ether - Launching Closed Beta Link
Lattice - Announced OPCraft, a 3D Autonomous World Link
LifeForce Games - Launched Pre-Alpha of Spark Defense Link
Limit Break - Running $6.5m Super Bowl ad campaign Link
Loot Realms - Announced Lords Table #11 Link
Mech Infinity - Game Demo Launch Link
Metal Core - Launched Open World Alpha Link
Mighty Bear Games - Announced upcoming free NFT release Link
Mithraeum - Dev Diary for Bronze Age II Test Link
Mythical Games - Launch of the Mythos Foundation & $MYTH utility token Link
Nitro Nation World Tour - Launching Closed Beta in Q4 2022 - Q1 2023 Link
Nyan Heroes - Dev Dispatch #01 Link
Pixels Online - Airdropping tokens to Top 20,000 wallets Link
Shrapnel - Multiplayer Gameplay Footage Link
Sipher - Alpha Playtest Updates Link
Smash Stars: Thunderdome - PvE Demo Launching Soon Link
Sorare - Launches beta for NFT-based NBA Fantasy Sports Game Link
Splinterlands - Airdrop program based on approved SPS proposals Link
Stella Fantasy - Launched Public Beta Test (Oct 27 - Oct 31) Link
STG Football - Launching beta on Epic Games Store later this month Link
Sunflower Land - Next Public Beta Cohort in November Link
Tearing Spaces - Launched Beta Version Link
The Bornless - Released Gameplay Trailer Link
Treeverse - Monthly Treeverse Update #10 Link
World Eternal Online - Announced Alpha Season 0 rewards Link
Worldwide Webb - Opening to all players for Halloweeb Heist Link
Games, protocols & projects that are new, interesting and under the radar
Superior (@SuperiorTheGame)
Under Realm (@PlayUnderRealm)
Parea Labs (@PareaLabs)
Oath of Peak (@oathofpeak)
Hyper Play Gaming (@hyperplaygaming)
Lost In Cairo (@lostincairogame)
Star Symphony (@starsymphony_io)
Eternal Station (@eternalstn)
Metal Genesis (@metalgengame)
Enter The Mythos (@EnterTheMythos)
Huge Brain Games (@HugeBrainGames)
Play Alterra (@PlayAlterra)
Kaeru1 (@project_kaeru1)
Parallel Info (@Parallel_Info_)
Magic Galacticats (@playmgc)
Vox (@TheVOXverse)
Sequel (@sequel_gg)
Nitro Nation: World Tour (@NitroNationTour)
Moonlit Games (@Moonlit_Games)
Battlestar Galactica Eternity (@bsgeternity)
Rich Cabrera on onboarding Web2 gamers to Web3
John Patten on building immersive metaverses
Jonah Blake on the ultimate split between gaming NFTs & other NFTs
Gabby Dizon on GameFi Summer 2023
Piers Kicks and his optimism on crypto gaming for the next 6 - 12 mohnths
ZeroBeta on Liquidity Mining for NFTs
Kickiniteasy on the return of browser gaming
Daes on onchain identity being more interoperable than gaming assets
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