🔥Highlights

Voodoo — Launches Blockchain Ecosystem Platform Voodoo Infinity

• Hypercasual game publisher Voodoo announced its blockchain ecosystem platform, Voodoo Infinity. The full-stack platform aims to bring blockchain games to mobile users by supporting game studios with product coaching, tokenomics expertise, an end-to-end blockchain tech stack with growth capabilities and liveops support

• As of 2022, Voodoo was one of the top 5 companies with the most downloads in the Apple Store

Createra — Raised $10m from a16z

• Createra, a UGC metaverse engine, raised $10m from a16z to develop web3 multiplayer metaverse games that anyone can play with just one click

• Their free mint genesis land NFT collection traded over 1.5 ETH & surged past 1,500 ETH in trading volume

Thetan Rivals — Soft Launch

• Wolffun Game soft launched its fourth title, Thetan Rivals, a multiplayer knockout arena game & the successor to the hit MOBA NFT PvP Game, Thetan Arena

• The game soft launched in Canada, Malaysia, Indonesia & Thailand and is playable on both PC & Mobile (Android + IOS)

Nifty Island — Townhall

• Nifty Island is organizing a townhall session to discuss its road to an open beta launch

Smashverse — Titanhall Playtest

• Smashverse is organizing a live playtest for Titanhall NFT holders on Jan 19 (Thursday) as they demo the game live with their founder

Hash Rush 2023 Update

• Hash Rush released a detailed 2023 update that discussed the game's current state and their plans going forward. Some notable highlights were:

  • Game is still not where they want it to be

  • Downsized the team to conserve resources & reduce costs

  • Postponed Early Access launch date

  • Post-Beta revealed many issues of the current state of the game

👁️ Others

Influence — Testnet Phase 3 (Jan 25, 11am EST)

Helix Metaverse — Game Modes Soon

EstforKingdom — New Blockchain Game on Fantom

• EstforKingdom is a new P2E MMORPG being developed by the PaintSwap team on the Fantom blockchain

MatchboxDAO — Battle of Titans World Cup for 0xMonaco

• MatchboxDAO announced that it is organizing the 0xMonaco World Cup, a racing coding CTF designed by Paradigm that will be held from Jan 22 - 29

Skyweaver — Hexbound Invasion is now Live

AI Arena — Mint Passes live on OpenSea

Bladerite — Last chance to signup for Alpha Test (Jan 19, 12:00AM EST)

Paradise Tycoon — Update for Alpha v3

Pixelmon — E2 Sneak Peak

HighTides — NFT Mint

• HighTides, a F2P Sandbox Pirate Game on Polygon will have a free mint for its NFTs in Q2

Decentral Games — Player Hub v1

• Decentral Games announced that Player Hub v1 is now live on ICE Poker Flex allowing players to purchase $ICE using $ETH & any other token on any EVM chain

Smash Stars — Smashverse Story

• The team released the story behind smashverse diving into the lore of the origins of the Smash Stars characters and how they will operate as NFT