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Blueprinting Jin Anomaly

• Mobile-first cyperpunk fantasy action RPG with roguelite mechanics • Designed as a live-service gacha game • Will fill a market gap by leveraging upon Chinese cultural elements in contrast to Japanese/Norse mythology

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Indie.fun launching on January 15 — Making it easier to build & fundraise for Web3 games 🐦 Read More

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Fully autonomous agent gaming successfully on-chain in Loot Survivor 🌐 Github 🐦 Read More

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👋 Web3 Gaming Recap — Weekend + Jan 13 🗓 💭 Authors Notes

• Nifty Island ($ISLAND) & Sipher ($SIPHER) announce they listing on the Hyperliquid + $WANDER launch token on the Base ($6m mc as of write) • New AIAG launch: Biosphere3 (From the HKUST), LeonardoAI (Elixir Games CEO) & Stealth SDK (RBLX Stealth) • Interest read on the AI Agents: Crypto's Fit in Gaming, Digimon: Engine Framework, and roadmap for White Wizard (Now ISTAR AI) • Some interest watch on the NCSoft: Strategy, Partnerships & Korean Gaming Trends from Naavik + Doubl3Tap new episode on the Pixion Studios and for founders recommend the a16zcrypto podcast: How to build you presence (Because build in the Web3 is all about attention)

🔄 Gaming Updates • Nifty Island — Reserved $ISLAND listing on Hyperliquid • Sipher — Announced $SIPHER listing on Hyperliquid • Wanderers — $WANDER token listed on Base • Soccerverse — Officially launched their fully autonomous football management MMO • The Machines Arena — Launching on Steam & PS5 (Jan 14) • Sabong Saga — Genesis Chicken Mint presale & details (Jan 15) • Sugarverse — Loyalty Program Airdrop (Jan 16) • Moonwalk Fitness — Announced Moonwalk iOS App • Market Wars — Released Open Beta on HyperPlay • Zentry — Announced that $ZENT token is now multichain and live on RONIN • Avarik Saga — Announced partnership with Virtuals to build agentic streamers • Stoke Fire — Stoke and speed up costs updated to 4 $FIRE (From 3) 🔖 Gaming Reads • Sean Pinnock (AVALON) — ELI5 of Limit Break's Apptokens release • Derek Lau — Why is Gangster Arena still around after 9 months? (Seasonal economy resets) • gg.xyz — Onchain reputation is the key to unlocking personalized gaming experiences • Daes — AI Agents coming to Pirate Nation? • Carlos Roldan (Elixir Games) — Leonardo AI: Hello World • 77-Bit — Introduced BitHub, a hub for Crypto Browser Gaming • Redstone Chain — Cafe Cosmos Season 1 Launch • Biosphere3 — First AI-powered town in the blockchain universe • Game — Betting on AI Agents: Crypto's Fit in Gaming • Digimon — Announced Digimon Engine, a Multi Agent, Multi Player Framework for AI-native games and Agentic Metaverses • Jonah — Roadmap for Agent Sploots • technoir (BITKRAFT) — Thoughts and plans on White Wizard being reborn from the ashes as ISTAR AI • Miratisu — Introducing GAME SDK • Pixocracy — Thread on our team, vision and ambitions • 1mpal — Wemix's Godfather is back: Jang Hyun-guk to be CEO of Action Square & launch $CROSS ICO • Neo Olympus — Litepaper v1.0 • Yuga Labs — Eliza Agents x ApeChain • Dark Shuffle — Roguelike deck building game on Starknet ▶️ Gaming Watch/Listens • Naavik — Inside NCSoft: Strategy, Partnerships & Korean gaming Trends • Doubl3Tap — Episode 30: Kam Punia (Pixion Studios) • a16zcrypto — Social Media Secrets: How to build your presence ✅ Gaming Projects • Leonardo AI • zKube • Miraimax Studios • Tokito • Stealth SDK • Stealth Studio • Pixcadia • ARU 💸 Gaming Fundraising • Vader AI — Announced strategic investment in AgentYP • FOCGERS — Announced FOCG money, a content series connecting game ecosystems, angel investors & VCs • Aethir — Announced $10m XAI x Aethir Ecosystem Grant Program for AI-powered games & Studios • Virtuals Protocol — Announced their partnership w/ Animoca Brands to invest in AI Gaming hope helpful wuwu 😆💞 ✅ TheCoreLoop — Your Go to Gaming News

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Gaming is one of the areas that nearly nobody is allocated towards

Last year confirmed interest in degen money games on-chain, worth taking time to make lists there

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👋 Web3 Gaming Recap — Weekend + Jan 13 🗓 💭 Authors Notes

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🔄 Gaming Updates • Market Wars — Released Open Beta on HyperPlay • The Machines Arena — Launching on Steam & PS5 (Jan 14) • Zentry — Announced that $ZENT token is now multichain and live on RONIN • Avarik Saga — Announced partnership with Virtuals to build agentic streamers 🔖 Gaming Reads • Derek Lau — Why is Gangster Arena still around after 9 months? (Seasonal economy resets) • gg.xyz — Onchain reputation is the key to unlocking personalized gaming experiences ▶️ Gaming Watch/Listens • ✅ Gaming Projects • 💸 Gaming Fundraising • hope helpful wuwu 😆💞 ✅ TheCoreLoop — Your Go to Gaming News

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💎 Sonzai Labs — X Spaces AMA

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👋 Web3 Gaming Recap — Jan 7 to 8 🗓 💭 Authors Notes

• Sonzai Labs announce they project, TeleMafia (Deeply social mafia game ecosystem on Telegram), signup for powerup • Xterio list they $XTER today ($45m mc as of write) + Overworld NFT Airdrop not impressive (Many user complain) • Wanderers announce TGE delay to Jan 10 and the Moemate $MATES do they TGE on the Jan 14 • Helix release monthly dev log announce rebrand & NFT collection migration to L2 (Feb-April) + Closed alpha game demo access for NFT Holder (Q2 2025) • Some interest read article about the Eliza Daydreams Protocol for Onchain Gaming Agents + thoughts from shipping crypto games in 2024 • Pixocracy team lock 58% dev tokens + announce plan to deploy AI-powered villager as unique NPC in Minecraft via launchpad + expand other games w/ modding support • Signup for Neo Olympus wave 2 whitelist, new project by the Laguna Labs (Crypto Unicorns Team) • For the crypto founders goodGame podcast Q1 State of Crypto Market is a helpful overview

🔄 Gaming Updates • L3E7 — Announced closed beta test (Jan 6 - 26) • Smolcoin — V1 ➡️ V2 token migration proposal on zkSync (Treasure Chain) • Wanderers — $WANDER TGE moved to Jan 10 • Neo Olympus — Signup for Wave 2 Prime Core Mint Allowlist • HELIX — January 2025 Dev Log Update • Planet Mojo — Launched WorldWideAgents ($WWA) on Virtuals Protocol • Pixocracy — Locked 58.33% of dev tokens (12 month vesting, 1.75m tokens unlocked every month) • Cosmik Battle — Q1 2025 Roadmap • Blob Arena — Update 1.1.0 Preview • Metacene — Officially launching on Mantle Network (Transitioned from Rangers Chain) • stokarz — Battle for Blockchain hits daily transaction ATHs • Nifty Island — 50% of claimed $ISLAND now staked • Illuvium — Announced partnership w/ Virtuals to Revolutionize NPCs in Overworld MMO Lite 🔖 Gaming Reads • TeleMafia — Deeply social mafia game ecosystem on Telegram • Bankless — Eliza Daydreams: A New Blueprint for Onchain Gaming Agents • Derek — Thoughts from shipping crypto games in 2024 • Moemate — $MATES launch on January 14 (Priority for $MOE holders) • Middle Earth AI — The first social strategy game led by AI Agents • Pixocracy — What we're building at Pixocracy ▶️ Gaming Watch/Listens • goodGame — Q1 State of the Crypto Market | EP 68 • Blockchain Gaming World — From Crypto Unicorns to Neo Olympus ✅ Gaming Projects • Infected • Stardusts • FOCG Studio • Neo Olympus 💸 Gaming Fundraising • ZKcandy — Announced $4m funding round from Wemix, Animoca, Spartan Group and more to develop gaming-focused L2 on ZkSync with mainnet launch slated for H1 2025 hope helpful wuwu 😆💞 ✅ TheCoreLoop — Your Go to Gaming News

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Look at Gaming #409 | 01.08.2024 GM! Welcome back to another Weekly LAG. Three key headlines for this week. When AI first entered the gaming conversation it was largely around how AI improves/accelerates the game production process but we're starting to see some player-centric innovations. Nvidia's AI NPC evolved beyond just a chatbot to support characters in your game. The first example is with PUBG but I could imagine a resurgence of the golden era of MMORPG. The fun of playing that genre derives from playing with friends. Well now, AIs could fulfill that companionship void. But games are more than just about playing and so is your AI. Nvidia introduced SIGHT for your AI so it can literally watch you play and provide commentary and guidance. What a new world we're in. Last headline is about the major game exits over the past decade. Catch y'all next week! ----- ⚡ Spotlight 🤩 Nvidia’s AI NPCs are no longer chatbots — they’re your new PUBG teammate | TheVerge Inworld AI teams with Nvidia and Streamlabs on intelligent streaming assistant | GamesBeat InvestGame & GDEV: Major exits in the Gaming Industry over the last 10 years | GameDevReports 🌊 MARKET 📞 Game Industry Layoffs: 14,600 people lost their jobs in 2024 | GameDevReports Aream & Co.: Gaming Company CEOs on expectations for 2025 | GameDevReports 💎 Deep Dives 🔎 InvestGame & GDEV: Major exits in the Gaming Industry over the last 10 years | GameDevReports 🌈 Platforms 🏠 Nvidia’s AI NPCs are no longer chatbots — they’re your new PUBG teammate | TheVerge Nvidia launches blueprint for AI agents that can analyze video | GamesBeat Inworld AI teams with Nvidia and Streamlabs on intelligent streaming assistant | GamesBeat Microsoft is combining ‘the best of Xbox and Windows together’ for handhelds | TheVerge 🧠 Knowledge Hub 📘 How much does it cost to make a game? Clear Formula | Keruvu 💲 Fundraising 🤑 ZKcandy raises $4M for its gaming-focused Layer 2 chain | GamesBeat Fresh $10 Million in Funding for Nakamoto Games | Gam3s.gg 👾 Game & Stats Releases 📊 Development costs for 2020's Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War exceeded $700m | GamesIndustry.biz A Ghost of Tsushima anime series is in development at Sony | GameDeveloper Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers 2 movies announced | GamesIndustry.biz Sony is making a location-based experience based on The Last of Us | GamesBeat

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👋 Web3 Gaming Recap — Jan 6 🗓 💭 Authors Notes

• Wanderers announce their $WANDER token launch (Jan 8), MON Protocol list $MON on the Hyperliquid spot market and Seraph list on the ByBit launchpool • Starkware x Realms do now their Agent Hackathon (Submissions close on the Jan 31), there is quite some interest project 👀 • Can connect X account to the Infomon for they AI Airdrop Event • Game ecosystem x AI is now start get recognize with "AIAG" term (AI Agent Gaming). Expect see more AIAG launch

🔄 Gaming Updates • MON Protocol — Listed $MON on Hyperliquid Spot Market • Variance — P2A Playtest Event (Jan 6) • Wanderers — $WANDER token launch (Jan 8) • Cosmic Bomber — Launching (Jan 8) • CafeCosmos — Season 1 (Jan 10 to Jan 17) • Loot Realms — Starkware x Realms World Agent Hackathon (Submissions close on Jan 31) • Parallel — Released Open Beta Season 11 • Battle for Blockchain — Introduced Daily Login Rewards • Seraph — Launched pre-download and listed on ByBit launchpool • Farcade AI — Link TG & Warpcast accounts to Farcade • Getsu — Announced that their action RPG Overmage will release in 2026 • Sabong Saga — Released WL eligibility checker • Infomon — Released AI Airdrop Event 🔖 Gaming Reads • HYTOPIA — December Update: Breaking Boundaries in Voxel Gaming • hitesh.eth — Billion Dollar Idea for AI Gaming • Xterio — Xterio & Artificial Intelligence • lordOfAFew — Agents will play games by relying on Hierarchical Task Networks (HTNs) • Calc.eth — 2024 Realms Ecosystem Rundown • thefarm.fun — Ambitious Tokenomic Design for the Autonomous Agentic Era • Arto — How much time and money does it take to max out a game that is running a f2p economy? • Kaidro — $KDR Token Utility & Ecosystem Update • gigaverse — Early details around gigaverse, an onchain RPG built by crypto natives ▶️ Gaming Watch/Listens • LevelUp — How tilting point is unlocking the value of D2C web stores • Unchained — With AI Agents Now Trading Crypto, What Does Their Future Look Like? • Delphi — Shaw: The rise of ai16z's Eliza, Crypto x AI Agents, $2.5b valuation, trending globally on GitHub ✅ Gaming Projects • Pixocracy • Sipher AGI • Limbo • SIAMES • Middle Earth AI • gigaverse hope helpful wuwu 😆💞 ✅ TheCoreLoop — Your Go to Gaming News

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👋 Web3 Gaming Recap — Jan 6 🗓 💭 Authors Notes

• Wanderers announce their $WANDER token launch (Jan 8), MON Protocol list $MON on the Hyperliquid spot market and Seraph list on the ByBit launchpool • Starkware x Realms do now their Agent Hackathon (Submissions close on the Jan 31), there is quite some interest project 👀 • Can connect X account to the Infomon for they AI Airdrop Event • Game ecosystem x AI is now start get recognize with "AIAG" term (AI Agent Gaming). Expect see more AIAG launch

🔄 Gaming Updates • MON Protocol — Listed $MON on Hyperliquid Spot Market • Variance — P2A Playtest Event (Jan 6) • Wanderers — $WANDER token launch (Jan 8) • Cosmic Bomber — Launching (Jan 8) • CafeCosmos — Season 1 (Jan 10 to Jan 17) • Loot Realms — Starkware x Realms World Agent Hackathon (Submissions close on Jan 31) • Parallel — Released Open Beta Season 11 • Battle for Blockchain — Introduced Daily Login Rewards • Seraph — Launched pre-download and listed on ByBit launchpool • Farcade AI — Link TG & Warpcast accounts to Farcade • Getsu — Announced that their action RPG Overmage will release in 2026 • Sabong Saga — Released WL eligibility checker • Infomon — Released AI Airdrop Event 🔖 Gaming Reads • HYTOPIA — December Update: Breaking Boundaries in Voxel Gaming • hitesh.eth — Billion Dollar Idea for AI Gaming • Xterio — Xterio & Artificial Intelligence • lordOfAFew — Agents will play games by relying on Hierarchical Task Networks (HTNs) • Calc.eth — 2024 Realms Ecosystem Rundown • thefarm.fun — Ambitious Tokenomic Design for the Autonomous Agentic Era • Arto — How much time and money does it take to max out a game that is running a f2p economy? • Kaidro — $KDR Token Utility & Ecosystem Update • gigaverse — Early details around gigaverse, an onchain RPG built by crypto natives ▶️ Gaming Watch/Listens • LevelUp — How tilting point is unlocking the value of D2C web stores • Unchained — With AI Agents Now Trading Crypto, What Does Their Future Look Like? • Delphi — Shaw: The rise of ai16z's Eliza, Crypto x AI Agents, $2.5b valuation, trending globally on GitHub ✅ Gaming Projects • Pixocracy • Sipher AGI • Limbo • SIAMES • Middle Earth AI • gigaverse hope helpful wuwu 😆💞 ✅ TheCoreLoop — Your Go to Gaming News

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Minecraft 2? 🤔 https://x.com/notch/status/1875230756437479658?s=46

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Some fun AI Agent Gaming (AIAG) happening on Arbitrum Barring coin performance, it's pretty cool to see the experimentation https://x.com/0xkapital_k/status/1874769115380158794

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Look at Gaming #408 | 01.02.2024 GM frens! Happy New Year!! Kicking the year off right with your Weekly LAG. Publishing has always been an interest for me but in 2025, I'm prepared to go deeper. I want to find publishers who are open to publishing web3 games so if you know of some crypto-friendly shops, please DM! In this edition of the LAG, I want to highlight the 2025 predictions for mobile marketing by Mobile Dev Memo and GamesIndustry.biz's 2024 by the Numbers. If you're keen to learn more about User Acquisition and Creative insights, then check out Brutally Honest's 2024 reflections. There's also a data piece on consoles and why the market could only sustain 3 major consoles. That's it for this week fam. Will catch you next week! Have a wonderful start to 2025. ❤️ ----- ⚡ Spotlight 🤩 The Price of Publishing | SystemTalk GamesIndustry.biz presents… The Year In Numbers 2024 | GamesIndustry.biz 2025 predictions for mobile marketing | MobileDevMemo 🌊 MARKET 📞 SuperJoost: 154 million people watched The Game Awards 2024 | SuperJoost Playlist 2024 has been an amazing year for roguelikes | TheVerge The Price of Publishing | SystemTalk Cloning Isn’t a Strategy: Why Mobile Games Must Bet Big on IP | DeconstructorOfFun The State of Video Game Publishing (with Serenity Forge) | Naavik GamesIndustry.biz presents… The Year In Numbers 2024 | GamesIndustry.biz 2025 predictions for mobile marketing | MobileDevMemo What do we expect to see in 2025? | GamesIndustry.biz 💎 Deep Dives 🔎 DFC Intelligence: There won’t be room for three consoles in the gaming industry | GameDevReports StreamHatchet: 2024 Streaming Results | StreamHatchet 🧠 Knowledge Hub 📘 User Acquisition & Creative learnings with comments - 2024 | BrutallyHonest 💲 Fundraising 🤑 Aonic secures over €150m in funding | GamesIndustry.Biz Ray Browser raises $6.5m to boost web-based gaming | PGBiz Moon Beast Productions secures $4.5m in seed funding | GamesIndustry.biz --------------------- ✅ TheCoreLoop — Your Go to Gaming News

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👋 Web3 Gaming Recap — Jan 1 + EOY Dec 🗓 💭 Authors Notes

• Forkast prediction market launch on the Ronin (Jan 7) + Xterio TGE (Jan 8) + Wilder World super early access (can sign up) • For the Sipher holder, do not forget process Genesis NFT conversion to receive $SIPHER token reward (later NFT set mint on they Funki Chain) & update on $SIPHER tokenomics (2021 Seed Round Backers begin unlock March 2025, Founder & Team tokens begin unlock April 2025 + 50% founders allocation re-locked for another 2 year) • Some interest piece by the SovRun about NFTs (potential revival) + Evolution of P2E Models (See Pixels and they new game Pixel Dungeons outperforming existing Pixels Online game with 2x Return on Reward Spend) • Expect more novel use-case of AI x Gaming but the AI combine w/ on-chain game has been quite interest to see. Keep attention on the White Wizard, Sauron, Eternum, DayDreams Protocol & Smolworld. • Wuu wish all happy the new year, thank you subscribe and read our post. See more soon — TheCoreLoop ❤️

🔄 Gaming Updates • Paradise Tycoon — Launching iOS Beta (Jan 2) • Forkast — Launching their prediction market platform on Ronin (Jan 7) • Xterio — $XTER TGE on January 8 • Wilder World — Released Super Early Access Form • OhBabyGames — Released mobile client on Android & iOS • Auto Legends — Released their closed beta on Epic Games • Rumble Arcade — Released 2025 Roadmap • 77-Bit — Releasing Open Beta in January on Abstract Chain • Battle of Three Kingdoms — Closed beta is now live • Treasure DAO — Announced that BidGrid, a competitive turn-based risk game is coming to Treasure in 2025 • Treasure DAO — Announced that Warlock Paper Scissors, a fully onchain turn-based battle royale w/ extraction gameplay is launching on Treasure in early 2025 • Farcade AI — Announced their first game launched by a user, Geo Crush 🔖 Gaming Reads • Sipher — Genesis NFT Conversion + $SIPHER Token Rewards, Metadata Update & New NFT Set Minting on Funki Chain • Daydreams Protocol — A blueprint for creating autonomous onchain game agents that interpret game states, use historical data for context & continually refine their strategies through an evolving chain of thought • ggQuest — Announced their rebrand to gg.xyz • Technoir (BITKRAFT) — The White Wizard agent has taken his first steps in fully onchain game Eternum • Luke Barwikowski (Pixels) — Pixel Dungeons burned more $PIXEL then it gave out. Currently outperforming Pixels Online by 2x w/ positive return on reward spend • Jonah Blake — Open thesis on Agent Sploots • Sovrun — Are NFTs back? • Sovrun — The Evolution of P2E Models • Tin (Sipher) — Update on Backers, Founders and Team Tokens • Mary — Why I'm excited about Kamigotchi world • DC — Stoke Fire, a game changer built on Base & Farcaster ▶️ Gaming Watch/Listens • Smol Dev — Smolworld Preview • Blockchain Gaming World — 2024 in Review • Bankless — Jansen Teng (Virtuals Protocol) on the Agent Revolution • Building Better Games — Why AAA is Failing ✅ Gaming Projects • Forkast • Animix • Ragnarok Landverse: Genesis • BidGrid • Sabong Saga • Horsy.games • Sekai Studio • Getsu • Caravana Studio hope helpful wuwu 😆💞 ✅ TheCoreLoop — Your Go to Gaming News

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Binance Labs — Investment deal recap + outlook for 2025 and beyond

The key areas of focus in 2025 for Binance Labs are crypto/ blockchain, AI and Biotech. We are also excited to see innovations emerging at the intersection of these three areas. We anticipate that underperforming sectors like gaming, ZK technologies, and privacy solutions may experience a resurgence as they transition from development to production, enabling new use cases. Further, existing narratives like DeSci, RWAs/Stablecoins, and AI agents should continue to do well with strong momentum, as we are only scratching the surface of what can be achieved.