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Big Money Apes Into Blockchain Gaming With $725M Fundraising for Forte

Forte will use the funding, which brings its total capital raised this year to more than $900 million, to expand its products and services.

Game Developer Mythical Games CEO on Its $75M Raise for Playable NFTs

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FTX, Lightspeed, Solana Ventures to Invest $100M in Web 3 Gaming

FTX, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Solana Ventures are investing $100 million in Web 3 gaming development. The funding will go towards gaming studios and technology integrating the Solana blockchain into video games on desktop and mobile platforms. The Hash" group discusses the implications for the initiative, one of the largest capital investments ever in the growing Web 3 gaming space.

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A16z Leads $150M Round for NFT Game Platform Mythical Games at $1.25B Valuation

The startup has launched its own play-to-earn game and plans to license the technology to other developers.

Andreessen Horowitz co-founder and General Partner Marc Andreessen (Fortune Live Media via Flickr)

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FTX, Lightspeed Lead $21M Funding Round in Gaming Studio Faraway

Faraway’s Mini Royale will be the first multiplayer title to integrate Solana-based FTXPay with NFTs and wallets.

Mini Royale (Faraway)

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Blockchain Game Companies Pen Open Letter to Valve: ‘Don’t Ban Web3 Games’

The developer booted the games from its Steam platform last month.

Steam

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Paradigm Leads $5M Seed Funding Round for Play-to-Earn Game AI Arena

Developer ArenaX Labs plans to launch the game in early 2022.

Play-to-earn game AI Arena (ArenaX Labs)

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GameStop Enters the Metaverse With ‘Web3 Gaming’ Job Post

A new job listing posted by Gamestop reveals it is looking to build an Ethereum-based Web 3 arm after teasing an NFT marketplace in May. "The Hash" squad discusses the specifics, reactions, and implications following the latest sign a metaverse-esque future could be ahead for the gaming industry.

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Play-to-Earn Game Firm Sipher Raises $6.8M in Seed Round Co-Led by Arrington Capital

The funding will help speed up the development of Sipher’s soon-to-launch World of Sipheria play-to-earn game.

Michael Arrington, founder of the TechCrunch blog.

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DraftKings Founders Back ‘Play-to-Earn’ Soccer Game With $3M Raise

MonkeyBall, a self-described mashup of “FIFA Street” and “Final Fantasy,” will run on the Solana blockchain.

Solana-based MonkeyBall is bringing soccer to the world of GameFi. (MonkeyBall)

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‘League of Legends’ Vets Launch $90M Gaming Seed Fund

The fund will invest heavily in Web 3.0 projects and includes a16z’s Chris Dixon as a backer.

Patron founders Jason Yeh and Brian Cho (Patron)