- Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram, has reported losses of over $40 billion in its metaverse unit.
- Investors remain optimistic about Mark Zuckerberg’s bet on the metaverse, leading to a 7% increase in Meta’s stock after the Q2 2023 earnings call.
- Zuckerberg believes that an immersive version of the internet is the future, supported by trends such as smart glasses and immersive communication.
- A new blockchain game, Alchemy: Battle for Ankhos, will be hosted on Discord and combines AI and NFT elements.
- Web3 gaming platform Ultra is launching its own esports tournament platform called Ultra Arena, allowing players to organize tournaments with NFTs and platform tokens as prizes.
- The popular free-to-play Web3 game, Gods Unchained, has been released on the Epic Games Store, offering tradeable NFT cards and a player-focused community marketplace.
Role-playing game combines AI and NFT on Discord
Alchemy: Battle for Ankhos is a new blockchain game that will run on Discord and use AI and NFT elements to create battles in a fantasy world. The game is being developed by four developers with the support of generative AI tools.
A new challenger: Web3 gets a new esports platform
Professional Dota 2 player Erik “Tofu” Engel has expressed interest in the Web3 stage, leading to the launch of Ultra Arena, a Web3-based esports tournament platform. Ultra Arena will support popular Web2 games as well as games available on the Ultra Games store.
Hot Take: Gods Unchained
Gods Unchained is a popular free-to-play Web3 card game that has been released on the Epic Games Store. The game distinguishes itself with its Web3 elements, allowing players to trade cards as NFTs and participate in a player-focused community marketplace.
More from Web3 gaming space:
- Axie Infinity creator Sky Mavis partnered with CyberKongz to enrich the Ronin platform.
- Solana-based NFT game Aurory will integrate Ethereum scaling technology Arbitrum.
- Web3 gaming guild Yield Guild Games announced an extended collaboration with Polygon Labs.
- Hasbro will collaborate with Xplored to experiment with integrating smart-sensing technology, AI, and dynamic multimedia.
- Rumble Racing Star developer Delabs Games raised $4.7 million in seed funding for development on Polygon.
- Solert Games will launch Legends at War on the Avalanche blockchain.
- Mobile tower defense strategy game EF Defense is set to launch on the Ethereum scaling network, Immutable zkEVM.
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Author: Erhan Kahraman
