#46 Weekly Gaming News Industry Trends Round Up

Flappy Bird introduces an option to use web 3 features, allowing players to opt-out. Parallel Studios reveals new shooter project Tau Ceti. Pixelverse expands beyond Telegram with browser-based game. Bored Ape Game 'Dookey Dash: Unclogged' launches with $1 Million in prizes. Sky Mavis announces first 7 games in Ronin Forge program. My Neighbor Alice launches Beta Season 2 on Chromia Mainnet. Line Next launching web3 mini-game platform to Line’s 2 billion chat users. Puma enters web3 mobile game UNKJD Soccer. Assassin's Creed Invictus will support 16 players. Twitch to enhance broadcasting, transparent strikes, and shared chat. Rocksteady working on new Batman game. Nintendo prepping mystery "wireless device" that doesn’t look to be Switch 2. Microsoft spends $1 billion a year to bring third-party titles to Game Pass. And Discord CEO sheds light on future of gamer communication as users cross 200M, plus much more!

Also in our weekly round-up:

• How Gamefam built the 1st branded Roblox game to cross 1B visits

• What Hamster Kombat is teaching us about game marketing

• Esports infrastructure firm Nerd Street Gamers raises $6m in funding round

• Soulbound unveils Web3 live streaming at TwitchCon

• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on PC wants 64GB RAM to run at its best

• Cristiano Ronaldo teases collaboration with Fatal Fury

• OVI web3 live streaming platform & Katana Inu announce strategic partnership

Gaming News 🕹️

• Assassin's Creed Invictus will support 16 players and is inspired by Fall Guys-inspired

• God of War Ragnarok review-bombed on Steam

• Quake Champions just got a sudden spike in popularity

• Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom interview reveals host of new details

• New Silent Hill 2 remake trailer confirms no Xbox version until 2025

• Like a dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii has been announced

• Kingdom Two Crowns: Call of Olympus releases October 8th

• Everything you need to know about Silent Hill 2-inspired horror Hollowbody

• Ara: History Untold review

• Steam breaks its record for PC players online

• Doctor Doom's takeover of Fortnite is so complete he has his own game mode

• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on PC wants 64GB RAM to run at its best

• Like a dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii stars a swashbuckling Majima

• Cristiano Ronaldo teases collaboration with Fatal Fury

• Predator: Hunting Grounds launches for Xbox Series X and PS5 in October

• Prince of Persia: the Lost Crown’s new DLC makes a great game even better

• Skyrim grandma Shirley Curry is retiring from making gaming videos

• Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 and 2 Remastered is leaked via PSN. How good is it compared to the previous versions?

• Rocksteady working on new Batman game, it's claimed

Web3 Games 🎯

• NFTs in rent A Hero Z proves you should be careful what you wish for

• Flappy Bird introduces an option to use the Web 3 features as it is no longer mandatory

•  OVI web3 live streaming platform and gaming ecosystem partners up with Katana Inu’s Battle Royale universe to bring the battles to the masses

• My Neighbor Alice launches Beta Season 2 on Chromia Mainnet

• Line Next launching web3 mini-game platform to Line’s 2 billion chat users

• Pixelverse expands beyond Telegram with browser-based game

• Bored Ape Game 'Dookey Dash: Unclogged' launches with $1 Million in prizes

• Why 'Hamster Kombat' purged millions of players from the Telegram airdrop

• Parallel Studios reveals new shooter project Tau Ceti

• double jump.tokyo launches SG Verse for Sangokushi Taisen

• Two years since Blankos’ launch, Epic Games Store lists 175 blockchain games

• Puma enters web3 mobile game UNKJD Soccer

• Sky Mavis announces first 7 games in Ronin Forge program, including Cambria and Kuroro

• GameCentric partners with Aethir in web3 gaming push

• Co-op shooter Riftstorm goes web3 with support from Xai

• Darkbright raises $6M to build life sim RPG Smolbound

• Soulbound unveils Web3 livestreaming at TwitchCon

Trends 📈

• Interview: understanding Astrobotanica’s cozy gameplay loop and inspirations

• Last month, 75% of all games sold in the UK were digital

• BioWare doesn't want to invalidate your earlier choices in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

• Hades is unmatched when it comes to video game storytelling

• Video game previews are not great

• Grand Theft Auto 5 is now "unsupported" by Steam Deck

• Discord CEO sheds light on future of gamer communication as users cross 200M

• Topgolf launches a golfing experience on Fortnite’s UEFN platform

• How Gamefam built the 1st branded Roblox game to cross 1B visits — Sonic Speed

• What Hamster Kombat is teaching us about game marketing

Industry News 🛡️

• Game addiction lawsuits against Activision, Roblox & Epic Games are dismissed

• Elder scrolls online has made $15 million a month for 10 years, it’s claimed

• TwitchCon updates: enhanced broadcasting, transparent strikes, and shared chat

• Here's how experts think Nintendo will get its revenge on Palworld

• Microsoft spends $1 Billion a year to bring third-party titles to Game Pass

• Unity showcases the Unity 6 Engine in Time Ghost demo

• Concord game director steps down as staff at Sony-owned Firewalk await their fate

• Krafton CEO on why The Callisto Protocol struggled

• The new Steam visual editor will let developers edit store pages in real time

• Film production company Stellarblade sues Sony over Stellar Blade

• Pro: Developers share how they’re using new tech to enhance their games

Level Up Your Hardware 🎧

• How to pre-order the PS5 Pro PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection

• Nintendo prepping mystery "wireless device" that doesn’t look to be Switch 2

• The next Xbox console generation could include a handheld

• Switch 2, PS5 Pro, Next Xbox: the state of console gaming 

• 8BitDo now sells the NES-themed keycaps from its retro keyboard

Events 🗓️

• Nexus Dublin Games Conference 2024 Dublin Ireland Sept 25 - Sept 26

• Tokyo Game Show 2024 Sept 26 - Sept 29

• FormatGG Liverpool 2024 Liverpool Uk Sept 26 - Sept 27

• Games Connect Asia Pacific 2024 Melbourne Australia Oct 7 - Oct 9

Esports Players & Teams News 🏆

• Overwatch champions series (OWCS) tournament guide

• OpTic Texas will take on OpTic Dynasty on October 12

• Linkin park’s ‘heavy is the Crown’ is this year’s LoL Worlds anthem

• BLAST premier fall Final 2024: Group A preview

• Esports infrastructure firm Nerd Street Gamers raises $6m in funding round

• Valve’s move against in-game advertisements at TI: bold statement or pointless posturing

• 2Game takes down M80 in five maps to win VCT Americas Ascension

• IGLs boycott BLAST Media Day over Astralis emergency substitute ruling

• jL wins ESL Pro League S20 MVP

Guides, Tips and Tricks 🗝️

• How to complete Scraping the Barrel in Frostpunk 2 Chapter 1

• 10 best Starfield REV-8 mods

• How to get the Speaker’s Sight exotic helmet in Destiny 2

• How to unlock the Gas Mask in Satisfactory 1.0 & use it

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