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 👇

📁 Reports / Research / Essays

1. G7 DAO - Web 3 Game Developer Report
2. RE3W - Epic Games Is At The Center Of The Metaverse
3. Ex Populus - Why Web 3 Games
4. Axios Gaming - Investment in game companies soared in first half of 2022
5. Drake Star - Global Gaming Report: H1 2022
6. BlockCrunch - Game Design Lessons from VBA: The NBA of the Metaverse
7. Vader Research - Night Clubs & Web3 Games
8. Delphi Digital - The Future of (Crypto) Gaming

🎬 Podcasts / AMAs / Watches

1. Yield Guild Games Panel Discussion - What do VCs look for in Web 3 Products
2. Colossus Podcast - A Manual to the Metaverse with Matthew Ball
3. Hello Metaverse Podcast - Innovation Led by Digital Property Rights
4. Bored Elon Musk Twitter Spaces - Gaming, Dungeon & PoW tech in NFTs
5. The Town - How the Metaverse Could Transform the Entertainment Industry
6. Welcome to the Metaverse - What is coming for Life Beyond
7. Delphi x FTX Twitter Spaces - State of Play
8. Delphi Podcast - Civitas, a Play and Earn Community-driven 4x Strategy Game
9. Elite Game Developers Podcast - Industry Life Cycles in Gaming
10. Deconstructor of Fun - Tokenomics #12 | How UnCaged Studios combines Web 3 & Esports while building its custom platform
11. Into The Metaverse - S2E13 | Dean Takahashi on Gaming’s Next Era in the Metaverse
12. Real Vision - The Metaverse Is Made for Big Brands From Any World
13. Coin Telegraph Twitter Spaces - Crypto Raiders on Gameplay & NFTs
14. Future of Gaming - Pre-Game Token/NFT Sales, Realms Master Scrolls, Winning Blockchains
15. Future of Gaming - Would Oldschool MMOs Benefit from Web 3

📝 Notes / Summaries

1. Delphi Digital - Future of Crypto Gaming Summary
2. Delphi Digital x FTX - State of Play Twitter Space Notes
3. Deconstructor of Fun Podcast - 11 Insights on Blockchain Gaming
4. Real Vision Podcast Notes - GameFi is a whole new world for VCs
5. GamesBeat - Interview with a16z’s Arianna Simpson

🧵 Threads on Web 3 Gaming

1. 5 Gaming Companies coming to Avalanche
2. a16z Games Fund One Portfolio Breakdown by @0xkapital_k and @cloudxgmf
3. Web 3 Gaming’s Big Winners will be just as unpredictable
4. Yunt Capital - 3 Questions to ask GameFi projects
5. Yat Siu - On the Minecraft Ban
6. What we can learn from Decentralized Community Building
7. 0xAikoDai - Thoughts on Everseed
8. John Patten - A Reflection on Treasure, the Web 3 Game Console
9. Andrew Steinwold - Collectibles vs Gaming NFTs
10. Jon Lai - The death of Web 3 Games has been greatly exaggerated

📰 Web 3 Gaming News / Updates

1. Merit Circle - Gaming Platform soft launch
2. On Chain Gaming - Curio launches playable sandbox
3. Legends of Venari - Beta Season at end of July
4. Mythical Games - Blankos coming soon to Epic Games Store
5. Mobile On-Chain Gaming is closer than you think
6. Philippine Blockchain Week - November 2022!
7. Treeverse - Combat Trailer
8. Pulsar - Alfa Leak
9. Planet Mojo - Gameplay Reveal
10. Play Ascenders - Land NFT Utilities
11. Webaverse - AMA Next Week + August 3
12. Crypto Raiders - Mac Client now available
13. Merit Circle - Accomplishments in the Bear Market
14. Special Mention - The Core Loop for all your Web 2 & Web 3 Gaming Industry News

🔍 Newly Spotted Games

Black Block - The Sprawl (@TheSprawlGame)

Azra Games - Legions & Legends (@legions_legends)

εxgrasia (@exgrasia)

Ex Populus - Final Form (@FinalFormXP)

🗨️ Quotable Quotes

The way you deliver value to your holders is by building out you product - Loopify of Treeverse

Making a blockchain game is not as simple as getting people who have worked on successful games before - Loopify of Treeverse

Reliance on Web 2 for distribution is a point of attack - Jiho of Sky Mavis

Crypto-native pioneers are still best positioned to succeed in GameFi - Vance Spencer of Framework Ventures

Epic Games allowing blockchain games on their platform is massive for the Web 3 Industry - Loopify of Treeverse

Whether you’re a game developer or a player, you want as many players playing the game because it makes it fun & it makes sense from a business point of view - Anil Das-Gupta of Blast Royale

What stands out among the top P2E games is the vital importance of the long term utility of the token - Clay Merriitt of Azra Games

Gaming probably has the best shot at becoming the Trojan Horse to get 100 million people into DeFi, where they don’t necessarily use DeFi, but they’re using it in-game - Vance Spencer of Framework Ventures