
💚 OP Gaming Weekly Digest #35
Let's explore the latest events in the web3 gaming realm this week!
📰News
Illuvium Private Beta 2 is almost here, bringing new regions and movement mechanics to explore! Whether you prefer gliding or sliding, there's plenty of fun to be had in this exciting update.
Get ready to hit the slopes, because Private Beta 2 is just around the corner! 🏂🏽
— Illuvium (@illuviumio) May 4, 2023
With new regions and movement mechanics to explore, which will you use more: gliding or sliding? 🪂 Let us know in the comments! #Illuvium #PrivateBeta2 pic.twitter.com/UVyD8JGloZ
The Mega City 3 Land Sale Raffle is offering users a chance to buy virtual land within The Sandbox platform. The sale featured 222 regular LANDS, 6 ESTATES, 12 Premium LANDS, and 12 LANDS auctioned.

The new epoch of the Mithraeum Bronze Age is coming on July 25th!
The great epoch of the Mithraeum Bronze Age, which included two major tests and one tournament, is ending.
— Mithraeum (@MithraeumIO) May 9, 2023
But there's no need to be sad!
A new, more powerful epoch of the Mithraeum Iron Age is upon us! ☀️
Mark your calendars for the start of the new tournament on July 25th 🗓️ pic.twitter.com/UEHFutRcjR
The Parallel ecosystem is expanding each day. Learn about the recent updates in the ParagonsDAO thread.
@ParallelTCG has been blessing us with a ton of goodies.
— ParagonsDAO (@ParagonsDAO) May 8, 2023
Let's dive into what we know about
🖥️ Terminals
💎 Shard Fragments
🔋 Batteries
🐕 Companions
🌝 Avatars
🧵 👇
Cross The Ages is in the 6th position of the best trading card game by AppStore. Not bad for a Web3 game, what do you think?
We didn't expect this! 🔥🔥
— Chlagou Sami (@chlagousami) May 8, 2023
After being in the top 5 last week
We did not expect to preserve our place in the TOP 10! Today we are in 6th position of the best trading card game by AppStore 🃏
🦊 Our teams work hard and this ranking represents their combine effort ! I am proud… pic.twitter.com/z3cRots3E5
💰Raises
Aether Games secured $4.5M to develop its world-building project, encompassing Cards of Eternity, Aether Saga, Augmented Reality, and AI integration within its offerings.
⚔️Aether Games raised $4.5M to support the development of the Aether world-building project, which includes @CoECardGame, @AetherSaga, Augmented Reality, and AI integrated into its products pic.twitter.com/JmuzthdbiF
— Aether Games - CoE Open Beta LIVE🟢 (@AetherGamesInc) May 9, 2023
🔍Research
A dive into a Coingecko Report about the state of Web3 Gaming.
What categories of games do web2 players play the most?
— Moeklassique.wallet (@0xMoeklassique) May 5, 2023
How long will it take Web3 games to go mainstream?
What’s the growth potential of Web3 games?
A Report from @coingecko
🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/oexiiUdgOH
🏆Tournaments
Join us at our first Cometh Tournament on the 20th of May!
Attention, gamers! Metaguild has an exciting tournament coming up that you won't want to miss. Have you been longing to take your ships for a spin? The time has come to let them soar once more.
— Metaguild (@Metaguild) May 8, 2023
🔗https://t.co/lGldu216Rm pic.twitter.com/L2yUshJEJQ
🕮Reads
Is Web3 gaming not the flavor of the month? Check out the thread of Johan, one of the thought leaders in this space.
A lot of people falling out of love with web3 gaming. It’s not the flavor of the month. Let’s assume web3 gaming is dead (I don’t think it is) it still made people realize that they could earn money or assets in a game and add new designs. Pandora’s box has been opened in web2.
— Jonah 🎮 (@RealJonahBlake) May 10, 2023
Immutable's Passport wallet simplifies onboarding and security for Web3 gamers. Will this innovation successfully draw a mainstream audience to Web3 gaming?

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