The Spark (ep. #30)

Hello and welcome to the episode #30 of “The Spark“ newsletter!

Here you can find everything you need to stay up-to-date with upcoming and existing NFT projects and web3 games.

Now let’s dive into the info

Episode structure:

[Early alpha] section:

1. EV2 (545 followers)

• Building a futuristic 3rd person shooter with MMORPG elements

• Developed by Funtico, well funded web3 native game studio

• Currently in a semi-stealth mode

My take:

EV2 is one of ten titles that are being developed by Funtico right now, however, it seems like EV2 is their flagship product.

Based on trailer, game looks solid so far. Launch is expected to occur in Q2 this year on Steam and Epic Games.

I suspect that they might run an incentivized playtest, as Funtico’s native token is yet to launch in the future.

Either way, for now, team doesn’t push heavily with the marketing, so I would just add this project to watchlist and keep an eye on further development.

2. Early mix

Zentry (17.3k followers, but still early)

• Gamified layer for web2 and web3 activities; VC funded + $105M in treasury

• Soft-confirmed a NFT collection launch later this year

• For more in-depth info you can check my post

Spot Zero (426 followers)

• 3D ARPG Adventure Game

• Limited amount of information available right now, but game looks great so far

Dead Zombie (328 followers)

• Idle survival 2D game, coming in May

• In development by GFAL, gaming studio with existing track record

Reign (2264 followers)

• 3rd Person Moba Royale game

• Developed by Monark Games studio, 2+ years in making

[Updates] section:

• XBorg token presale is now live

• Anichess completed a $1.8M VC funding round

• Legend of Arcadia teased an ecosystem token launch

• Uncharted concluded a $1.7M seed round fundraise

• Domenation announced a play-to-WL event

• Blade of God X revealed mint details

• iAgent launched a “Nodecity” season 1 farming (WL + airdrop allocation opportunity)

[News] section:

• Immutable introduced “The Main Quest” web3 gaming rewards program

• Pixelmon shared development update (new game preview)

• Xociety announced its game launch on SUI blockchain

• InfiniGods concluded a $8M ‘series A’ investment round

• Xterio announced ecosystem partnership with Fableborne

• Somo revealed its game-related whitepaper

• L3E7 raised $10M in latest VC funding round

That’s a wrap for this time!

Don’t forget to make your own due diligence on those upcoming projects

I’ll see you on the next week with even more alpha

And remember - everything starts with the spark

Kin