Our top headline this week comes from one of the first web3, TCG games. Gods Unchained partners with Epic Games to be included in their launcher, potentially exposing GU to millions of players!

We also have (what is likely to be just the first) NPCs controlled by a conversational AI in Sky City. This has so much potential to raise the quality of NPC interactions and help create living, breathing worlds. I’m excited to see where this avenue of AI usage takes us!

Other interesting blockchain developments are coming from Open Campus, who are now minting their Genesis NFTs which will be a part of their ongoing push to build a market of educational games minted as NFTs!

If you’re in the mood to own some land, raffle registration for the latest land sale in The Sandbox is currently open. We also have special adventures arriving soon for MoDragons, and a game called HV-MTL Forge from the Bored Ape Yacht Club.

If you need some new gameplay, we have an open alpha for Synergy of Serra, Beta 2 Phase 2 of Phantom Galaxies, and Season 3 Alpha for My Neighbor Alice!

Read on for a look at the most active web3 games and NFT projects for the week. And be sure to keep an eye on our website and Twitter feed for the latest developments in the web3 gaming space!

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Hippo Dash remains strong this week, fighting with Farmer’s World and Splinterlands for that second place spot.

Defi Kingdoms continues to grow as well. Which is a bit surprising as it requires purchasing JEWEL tokens to get started and is on the DFK sidechain, two barriers to entry that I would expect to put players off. But I guess the potential play and earn options are enough to attract a steady flow of new players!

Another mobile, play to earn contender joins our charts this week. Carrom Blitz. Though I’m not sure what caused such a surge in popularity. We’ll investigate further it it’s still on the charts next week.

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The Azuki and BEANZ Official NFT collections are riding high this week on the back of an announcement about a new collection from Azuki. Holders of Azuki and BEANZ NFTs receive pre-sale access to this collection, known as Elementals, slated to launch this week on June 27th. And though the floor price for the BEANZ NFTs hasn’t really changed much, the trading volume has shot through the roof. With 61% of the BEANZ holders only owning one NFT, it looks like the rush is on to earn access to the Elementals pre-sale!

And Milday Maker is back. Somewhat surprising (IMO) considering the extremely low quality production of the artwork, website, and posts on social media. But I guess they have a following!

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More playtests coming at you this week, most of them with play and earn opportunities! Synergy Land is finishing up their early access weekend, while Life Beyond has an ongoing series of weekly leaderboards with prizes for those engaging with their new Solo Combat Trials feature. Blast Royale is also hosting an ongoing summer event, and Aradena Battlegrounds just opened up their public beta!

In other news, Axie Homelands now allows land delegation, the Otherside revealed numerous details about Legends of the Mara, their upcoming, land based game, and Planet IX is selling MetaShares for their NetEmpire corporation, allowing holders to earn passive income from the in-game markets!

Read on for a look at the most active web3 games and NFT projects for the week. And be sure to keep an eye on our website and Twitter feed for the latest developments in the web3 gaming space!

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Not much change in the top ranks of the charts this week, though we some trending games in the bottom half of the top 10 with Defit Kingdoms and Arc8. DeFi Kingdoms recently launched their own sub-net and this game on hero questing and mini-games seem to be riding the hype wave.

Arc8 is a collection of competitive mini-games who just started a new season, allowing players to advance in leagues and earn simply by playing. It looks like they have attracted quite a following as well!

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NFTs are in the mainstream news again as an NFT known as ‘The Goose’ sold at a Sotheby’s auction for a cool $6.2 million! This one sale alone would put the collection at number 5 on our top 10 list, but since the sale was an off-chain transaction, it isn’t tracked by DappRadar.

After a brief hiatus from our top NFT collections, Cryptopunks are back in their usual spot near the top of the charts. And Gods Unchained seems to have locked down their spot, steadily pulling in over $5 million worth of trades on a weekly basis!

And though Snoop Dogg’s latest NFTs aren’t on these charts, his continued presence in the web3 world and the continued support from Sotheby’s bode well for the future of mainstream, NFT adoption!

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The markets were certainly shaken by the recent announcements from the United States SEC concerning charges against Binance and Coinbase. But despite the turmoil and uncertainty, the building continues!

Lots of new announcements this week from a variety of games. Skyweaver implemented a new quest system for their trading card game, while Continuum World opened up Season 2 of their First Explorers event, giving players another opportunity to gather resources and trade them for NFTs.

If you’re looking for playtests, Alterverse opens up their Sky City beta, Ascenders launches an alpha playtest for their base building, City Simulation game, Worlds Beyond showcases two different types of games in an alpha test for their virtual world metaverse, and Heroes of Mavia announces plans to start their beta test later this month!

Read on for a look at the most active web3 games and NFT projects for the week. And be sure to keep an eye on our website and Twitter feed for the latest developments in the web3 gaming space!

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Some downard trending numbers in the gaming charts this week. Which is not surprising as the active player numbers for web3 gaming seem to often be affected by general fluctuations in the market. But otherwise we still have all the same players in the top 10 this week, except for one newcomer.

Lifeform is our new entry this week, though I’m not sure that I would classify it as a game. Lifeform is an avatar creator, allowing users to create a digital identity. The Lifeform team hopes to use these avatars to bridge apps across both the web2 and web3 spaces. Interesting, perhaps? A web3 game? Not so much!

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Despite a dip in the numbers, Gods Unchained holds their spot at #5, with over $5 million in volume from over 67 thousand trades! Perhaps their more frequent balance patches have sparked a greater interest in trading and collecting Gods Unchained NFTs?

CryptoPunks returns to our charts this week after a brief hiatus and the Nakamigos hype finally drops off a bit. Otherwise we just see some reshuffling of the ranks, and, for the most part, an overall downward trend in sales, mirroring the current negative sentiment in the broader crypto markets.

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The biggest news this week comes from a little game franchise you might have heard of called Assassin’s Creed. They are launching a mint for a special, customizable collectible that will be tied to, and verifiable from, the blockchain! This collection will definitely see a ton of interest from the web3 crowd, but it will be interesting to see if it attracts web2 gamers and collectors as well.

And the musical artists deadmau5, through the mau5trap music label, is partnering with Pixelynx for a very unique NFT drop that ties into Korus, their AI, musical creation assistant! If you’re into music, blockchain, and AI, then this drop is for you!

Star Atlas releases an update to their Showroom, which has quickly become a slice of their game universe, including an explorable world, arena combat in space, and a racing game! Mobox moves their efforts cross-chain as they add a new MoDragon, NFT-based game on the Arbitrum chain. Tollan Worlds began the minting ritual for their Genesis Avatars. And Champions Ascension issues a challenge to everyone — assemble your teams and try to be the first to defeat the Boss creature known as Old Sally for bragging rights and rewards!

Read on for a look at the most active web3 games and NFT projects for the week. And be sure to keep an eye on our website and Twitter feed for the latest developments in the web3 gaming space!

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An amazing comeback from Splinterlands this week with a huge surge in active players pushing them back into second place! But look out! Here comes Hippo Dash, a pretty simple, mobile, PvE racing game. However, they did just recently open their beta to the general public and run a giveaway contest, which is at least part of reason for the recent rise in player numbers. We’ll see if Hippo Dash can keep their audience entertained next week!

Otherwise, our top 10 chart has the usual suspects, though some have moved around a bit. Both Iskra and Pixels saw huge declines in their active playerbases while Farmer’s World and Superwalk remained strong. There are lots of popular games in the 20-30k range, including Mobox, Meta Apes, Sunflower Land, and Nine Chronicles. Will any of these make their way up? Or will we see another sudden, meteoric launch from a new game next week?

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Wow! Look at Gods Unchained go! Not only have they stayed in the top 10 chart for three weeks in a row (something we never see from gaming NFTs), but they even increased their sales over this past week, claiming fifth spot on our charts!

A lot of volatility and spot swapping in the charts this week. And Cryptopunks even falls from the top 10 for the first time in a long while! Hot projects this week include Azuki, Nakamigos, The Captainz, and BEANZ Official. Bored Ape Yacht Club reclaimed their top spot while Pudgy Penguins, a hot item two weeks ago, took a rather bit hit this week.

Nakamigos seems to be a project built on hype alone, with no apparent plan and minimal social media presence. So it’s interesting to see them remain on our charts. Will the hype be enough to maintain this project?

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Lots of news this week, from many different games.

Grit is officially released, letting players shoot to earn in a wild west setting. Gala makes the first web3 implementation with their suite of mobile games as they add NFTs to Dragon Strike.

There are still a few days left to play to mint with the Tearing Spaces beta. And Illuvium Zero moves onto Season One, opening up the opportunity for players to mint Blueprints! Life Beyond players have a new Combat Trials portal, giving them a chance to show off their skills against increasingly difficult obstacles and foes.

If it’s information that you want, both Mojo Melee and Gods Unchained gave us new roadmaps. Or perhaps it might be good to know that City States: Medieval and Axes Metaverse have both closed down their servers.

Read on for a look at the most active web3 games and NFT projects for the week. And be sure to keep an eye on our website and Twitter feed for the latest developments in the web3 gaming space!

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Splinterlands takes another hit this week, pushing Farmer’s World into the top 4. And Hippo Dash, a web3 mobile game, jumps onto the charts.

Superwalk remains strong after their debut last week, while Benji Bananas makes a return and Planet IX drops out of the top 10. Superwalk is especially interesting as it lives on the Klatlyn blockchain — which is one we don’t hear as much about.

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Mutant Ape Yacht makes it three in a row for most NFT sales over the past week with a commanding $27 million worth of trading!

Milday Maker still rides the crest of the meme-wave, taking the third spot. And Opepen Edition, a mutable NFT collection from Jack Butcher, sees a major surge.

Another surprise repeat this week on the NFT charts is Gods Unchained! They have often popped in and out of the top 10, but holding a steady $5 million in sales from week to week is surely a good sign. Perhaps players like what they see in the recently released roadmap.

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Lots of news from the web3 gaming space this week. Topia dropped a document with lots of details around their future plans, tokenomics, and sidechain. Genopets showed us their next roadmap, which includes lots of Augment updates and PvP battles. Life Beyond also told us about their tokenomics, while Gala Games completed their migration to the new GALA token, and burned over 20 billion of their own tokens!

And we also have new playtests for Illuvium Overworld and Superior!

Read on for a look at the most active web3 games and NFT projects for the week. And be sure to keep an eye on our website and Twitter feed for the latest developments in the web3 gaming space!

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Some excitement in the gaming charts this week as two new entries vault into the top 10! Pixels hasn’t really had that much of a player surge over the past week. Instead, their appearance on the charts is due to a change in their tech, allowing their custodial wallets to be counted as active players. They are also working to ban bots, a significant issue in any play to earn game.

The other new entry, SuperWalk, is a move to earn game on the Klaytn blockchain. They just implemented their token this past week, and what they call a ‘Proof of Walk’ system. You can read more about it on their Twitter feed.

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The Mutant Apes hold the top spot in NFT trading for the second week in a row! Meanwhile, at number 10, we see Gods Unchained make a reappearance on the charts with over $4 million in NFT sales over the past week!

The Apes had a reveal on their HV-MTL collection, sparking a buying and selling spree on these unique, dynamic, mech NFTs. The current floor price for getting in on this collection is 1 ETH. Milady Maker saw the expected post-hype drop in activity and Azuki also took a bit hit. Meanwhile Pudgy Penguins remains strong this week.

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With summer rapidly approaching (for the northern hemisphere anyway), gamers sometimes start looking for new games to occupy them over the coming months. And while traditional games still dominate the markets, there are plenty of choices in web3 gaming as well!

The options continue to grow this week with an upcoming Mirandus playtest, a May Festival event in The Sandbox, an open, Community Beta for Blocklords, and a new season with an improved player experience in Axie Origins!

Community created virtual worlds continues to be a growing, and still wide-open space in the web3 scene. NFT Worlds has been burning the candle on both ends over the past year as they worked to rebuild from the ground up. It will still be a few months before they re-release their gaming worlds, but in the meantime, they have rebranded and are now known as Topia. They also re-issued all of the World NFTs in a new format (though all the details remain the same). Worlds Beyond joins the virtual worlds crew, with a focus on templates, AI assistance, and allowing easy exporting, copying and monetizing for their content creators!

Read on for a look at the most active web3 games and NFT projects for the week. And be sure to keep an eye on our website and Twitter feed for the latest developments in the web3 gaming space!

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Iskra sees another huge drop in player numbers this week, as Alien Worlds reclaims their long-held top position. Splinterlands, Upland, and Benji Bananas also took big hits as well. Planet IX surges as they continue to update their game and are in the midst of selling shares for the major, in-game corporations.

Now new entries in the top 10 games for this week.

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Elon Musk still has the power to move markets with a single Tweet. And to be honest, that’s a bit disconcerting. On the back of a random tweet from Musk, Milady Maker shoots to second place on our charts this week with a 170% increase in sales volume from the previous week!

Otherdeeds see a resurgence, mainly on the back of a sale of a rare plot for over $300k! And Pudgy Penguins made a splash this week when they raised $9 million USD in a seed round to expand their IP and grow their ecosystem. They also teased some sort of announcement or release next week!

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Web3 gaming continues to launch new playtests left and right. New entries this week include Mojo Melee bringing players a chance to play to mint in their open beta, Everseed launching a new demo with numerous updates, Uldor updating their Dread Arena, R3V3NGE offering players a chance to kill zombies in their open beta, and Gala Games dropping some May Mayhem on their players, with events happening across their entire game portfolio!

And best of all, these are all actual games! Ones where you need to use skill and/or strategy to succeed. The latest web3 game developments are rapidly putting the days of casino games and click-miners behind us. Which of these up and coming games will manage to catch and hold the attention of gamers over the upcoming months?

Read on for a look at the most active web3 games and NFT projects for the week. And be sure to keep an eye on our website and Twitter feed for the latest developments in the web3 gaming space!

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DappRadar cant seem to make up their minds, as Iskra is back on top of their charts this week, even with a 78% decline in active users. But we talked before about how most of the Iskra player count comes from users (bots most likely) hitting the website for the daily spin-to-win feature. Which is a good example of how stats like these can be misleading at times. But, we work with what we have, and these numbers are still meaningful.

Planet IX goes down. Planet IX goes up. After a 50% reduction in active players last week, Planet IX rebounds with a 50% gain this week. Splinterlands managed to stop their bleeding, for now at least. Though they are still way down from their peak of 300k weekly users.

Otherwise, we still have the usual list of suspects in our top 10 this week.

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Well look at this. A project not affiliated with BAYC takes the top spot this week! Azuki leads the pack with an impressive 23 million in sales over the past week!

And despite some major increases for a few projects, overall NFT sales continue to remain depressed this week. Which reinforces the idea that a lot of the heavy activity over the past few months was wash trading and market manipulation rather than actual user interest.

We also have another surprising entry from Blocklords. This is a rare sighting of a game project in the top 10, and is also the only project in the top 20 on Immutable X. Though I suspect we may see more from Immutable X over the coming months!

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Playtests, playtests, and more playtests! Did I mention there were some playtests? You can play and earn with Tearing Spaces, Champions Arena, and Star Atlas. Echoes of Empire and Eternal Dragons also have ongoing playtests, while MetalCore is preparing to launch their latest playtest to showcase their new PvE feature this week!

In other gaming news, Mist announces the Mist blockchain, Splinterlands introduces the first dual-element card, and Chainmonsters is forced to shut down development!

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DappRadar must have changed the way they count users as Iskra drops on our charts from nearly 843k users last week to just over 2k this week! Unfortunately, it’s difficult to find out about these changes from DappRadar, so we just have to make some assumptions. Anyway, after flying close to the sun, Iskra is now completely off the top 10 chart, and the top spot is reclaimed by Alien Worlds.

Splinterlands continues to slide as Farmer’s World makes a surprising surge. Planet IX drops off the top 10 chart as well, with a 57% loss of active users from the past week!

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NFT sales took a huge beating this week, with significant drops in eight out of the top 10! Even Moonbirds which announced the planned construction of a virtual world took a major hit in activity. And though this decline in financial numbers may seem like bad news, it could also represent a significant decline in wash trading, which has seemed to dominate the NFT markets for some time now. If so, then the current numbers we see may be a better representation of the actual demand for these NFTs. We’ll have to keep an eye on these numbers over the coming weeks!

In other interesting NFT news, Sotheby’s plans to auction off an NFT collection held by Three Arrows Capital to raise funds to help repay creditors.

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Though the announcement from The Otherside about an upcoming game called Legends of Mara caused lots of buzz, it was the Mutant Apes that got the most attention this week. Long a neglected part of the Bored Ape franchise, the Mutants may soon be getting their own game called Serum City.

Gala Games also caused a stir with the announcement a new version of their GALA token. Other recent gaming news includes the implementation of cross-chain dependencies on Mega World, Axie launching season 2 of their Homeland alpha, Undead Blocks holding a new Genesis tournament with a 10k prize pool, and Mighty Action Heroes opening up a staking option.

The web3 gaming world is really revving up their overall output! Continue reading for more stories and subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly summary, as well as links to all of our articles from the week!

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Iskra shoots even higher on the charts. But, as we mentioned in our first look at Iskra article, these numbers seem to be people logging into the website for a daily spin and win opportunity, which is even less of a game than mining in Alien Worlds.

In other gaming activity, both Splinterlands and Planet IX take a huge hit in player numbers. Arc8 on the other hand, sees a nice boost. Perhaps related to their event with Mocaverse?

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Bored Ape is back on top this week, despite a drop in total sales numbers. And the Mutant Apes see renewed interest as an in-development game called Serum City aims to make Mutant Apes the main characters.

The Moonbirds are back in the charts as they renew IP rights for NFT holders and also announce some other upcoming events. Check their Twitter feed for updates.

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