Gamefi Corner #10
My Neighbor Alice Alpha Season 4: The fourth season of My Neighbor Alice is now live. This season introduces a variety of enhancements and upgrades, including a revamped terrain graphic design and immersive interactions such as mining, woodcutting, and fiber gathering. A unique feature of this season is the integration of ALICE tokens in crafting. When creating NFT items, a portion of ALICE tokens becomes collateral, ensuring a baseline value. Players can use their crafted items within the game or opt to stake them to earn passive rewards in ALICE tokens.
Axie Infinity Homeland Beta: Axie Infinity has launched the beta version of its flagship land-based game, Homeland. Players can now play Homeland using their own NFT axies, whether they own a land plot or not. The game also introduces new in-game features and an updated AXS reward loop. The total reward pool will be 190,000 AXS/month, reducing AXS inflation from land by approximately 40%.
Immutable and Endless Clouds Partnership: Immutable, a leading web3 gaming platform, has partnered with mobile gaming studio Endless Clouds to release two highly anticipated games, Treeverse and Capsule Heroes. The games will be built on Immutable zkEVM, powered by Polygon, and are projected for mainnet launch early in 2024. Both games will initially launch in open alpha and beta formats, allowing the gaming community to actively participate in the development process.
SkyArk Chronicles Funding: SkyArk Chronicles, a AAA gaming platform, has successfully raised $15 million in a funding round led by Binance Labs. The funding round saw participation from over 40 institutions, including notable investors such as VividThree, GuildFi, Jambo, BreederDAO, and LayerZero CEO Bryan Pellegrino, Tangent Ventures co-founder Wangarian, and Story Protocol CEO S.Y. Lee. This funding success follows Binance's strategic selection of SkyArk Studios to represent Singapore.
Apeiron God Game Airdrop: Apeiron, an Ethereum game on the Ronin network, has launched a "play-to-airdrop" campaign. The game merges elements of "god games" and "roguelite" genres, where players assume the role of powerful entities, shaping planets, and engaging in epic battles. The ongoing airdrop campaign encourages player participation by awarding points for various in-game activities. These points will subsequently convert into ANIMA tokens during the token generation event (TGE) planned for February, offering players a tangible stake in the game's ecosystem.
Vulcan Forged Agora 2.0 Elysium Marketplace: Vulcan Forged has unveiled Agora 2.0, a significant upgrade to the Elysium marketplace. The new platform brings many new features and improvements, aiming to enhance the minting and future trading processes. As part of this transition, the old Vulcan Marketplace will gradually cease operations, with new bids and auctions shifting to Agora over the next 6-8 weeks.
Snaky Cat Game Tower Token Rewards: Snaky Cat, a blockchain-based game, has launched a new reward system featuring its native Tower token. The game, which is available on Coinbase Base, allows players to earn Tower tokens as they progress through the game. The tokens can be used within the game or traded on the open market
10N8 Little Dragon Fundraise: 10N8 Little Dragon, a blockchain game, has successfully raised $1.5 million in a 72-hour fundraising round. The funds will be used to further develop the game and expand its features. The game has gained significant attention for its unique gameplay and the potential for players to earn while playing.
Illuvium on Epic Games Store: Illuvium, a blockchain-based game, has made its debut on the Epic Games Store. This move is expected to significantly increase the game's visibility and reach, as the Epic Games Store has a user base of over 180 million. The game will also benefit from the store's auto-update feature, ensuring players have uninterrupted access to the latest version of the game.
Arcade2Earn Private Token Round and Public ARC Sale: Arcade2Earn, a play-to-earn gaming platform, has raised $4.8 million in a funding round led by Crypto.com Capital. The platform, which recently transitioned from Solana to Ethereum and Avalanche, will conduct a public token sale for its $ARC token starting February 27. The sale will last 72 hours on the Fjord Foundry platform, with 15 million tokens (1.875% of the total supply) up for sale. Arcade2Earn provides access to games through a system called "Mission Pools," allowing gamers to play and earn without owning NFTs.
Blocklords LRDS Token Airdrop Events: Blocklords, a medieval-themed blockchain game, has announced details about its LRDS token airdrop event. The LRDS token serves as the ecosystem's governance token and main in-game currency. Players can earn it through active gameplay to gain governance influence in the Blocklords ecosystem. Eligible players for the airdrop have been divided into two categories: those who hold a minimum of 5 hero NFTs and have sufficient gameplay time, and those based on gameplay alone.
Nyan Heroes Play-to-Airdrop Campaign: Nyan Heroes, a team-based hero shooter game, has launched its Early Access Play-to-Airdrop campaign. This initiative allows new and existing players to engage with the Nyan Heroes game and earn rewards through $NYN tokens. The $NYN token is designed to be deflationary, with a fixed total supply, ensuring its value is maintained over time. Participation in the airdrop campaign includes joining the community, early access and ownership, active engagement, promotion and support, and keeping up with scheduled events and updates.
Treeverse Studio and Endless Clouds Choose Immutable zkEVM: Treeverse Studio and Endless Clouds have chosen Immutable's zkEVM for their NFT games. Immutable's zkEVM is a Layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum that provides fast and secure transactions with low fees. This partnership will allow Treeverse Studio and Endless Clouds to leverage the benefits of blockchain technology while providing a seamless gaming experience for their users.
Funtico's Gaming Platform and Heroes of the Citadel: Funtico has announced its new gaming platform and its first game, "Heroes of the Citadel." The platform aims to bridge the gap between traditional gaming (Web2) and blockchain-based gaming (Web3), offering a wide variety of game genres. "Heroes of the Citadel" is an adventure game that will be available on Steam. Funtico's platform emphasizes timeless fun, smooth gameplay, and worthwhile rewards, and allows players to truly own their in-game items and progress.