ChainCatcher news, Animoca Brands announced on X that Animoca Brands, The Sandbox, and Smobler have jointly launched the metaverse game Universal Peace Sanctuary. This game is an innovative immersive open gaming experience within The Sandbox metaverse.Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, stated: "We are very excited to develop the digital version of Universal Peace Sanctuary, a project aimed at promoting inclusive and harmonious spaces in both the real and virtual realms. The new virtual sanctuary in The Sandbox creates an immersive experience using Web3 and fosters peace, tolerance, and understanding. We believe that such initiatives can drive meaningful engagement and contribute to positive change in the real world and the open metaverse."

ChainCatcher message, according to official news, the metaverse game Genso Meta has announced the launch of its own blockchain MV CHAIN based on Arbitrum Orbit. Genso Meta will ensure the complete migration of all assets and game progress of players on the Polygon chain to MV CHAIN.

ChainCatcher news, the metaverse game AlterVerse announced on X that the economic model for nodes is ready and will be launched soon.

ChainCatcher message, the on-chain metaverse game Realms.World posted on platform X that the Starknet Foundation granted it 2 million STRK through Biblio DAO, with 1 million paid immediately and another 1 million locked for 4 years.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the AI metaverse game AVALON has completed a $10 million financing round, led by BITKRAFT Ventures and HASHED, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Foresight Ventures, Delphi Digital, Spirit DAO, Sanctor Capital, DEXT Force Ventures, Follow the Seed, LVT Capital, Andromeda Capital, FocusLabs, LiquidX, and Momentum6.It is reported that the studio plans to release a massively multiplayer online game, Avalon, with a closed early access version set to launch later this year. The Avalon metaverse will combine technologies such as Unreal Engine 5 with an AI-assisted user-generated content system. In addition, the upcoming NFT series for Avalon will introduce AI-driven avatar NFTs.

ChainCatcher news, the metaverse platform HYTOPIA (formerly NFT Worlds) announced the completion of a $3 million financing round, led by Delphi Ventures, with several VCs and angel investors participating.According to the crypto data platform RootData, HYTOPIA is an independent video game built on cryptocurrency that integrates social features and provides developers with a Minecraft-inspired game creation toolkit.

ChainCatcher News: Japanese game publisher Bandai Namco today announced the suspension of downloads for its newly launched metaverse game Gundam Metaverse on October 11. The date and time for reopening downloads will be announced later, and the statement did not specify the reason for the suspension.There were previous rumors that the downloaded content included unencrypted design files related to certain models from Gundam Seed Freedom, the upcoming animated film set to be released in January 2024.

ChainCatcher news, Yuga Labs' metaverse game Otherside officially announced that "Shattered" is being taken down, and the resumption of "Shattered" will be notified separately. Currently, the camp is still available for farming and passive hunting, and Yuga Labs has not disclosed the reason for the takedown.It is reported that "Shattered" is a new character introduced in the second season of Otherside, and players (Voyagers) can obtain special treasures after defeating this character.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, BAYC parent company Yuga Labs announced that the public beta test of its Legends of the Mara (LotM) game will launch in September, and all Otherdeed holders can participate in LotM.Legends of the Mara is a "collection-based 2D strategy game," which Yuga Labs first announced in March.

ChainCatcher, the crypto claims and trading platform Open Exchange (OPNX) founded by Three Arrows Capital's Zhu Su and others, announced that its second Launchpad project is Gameplan, a new sports metaverse venture by UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. The investment is led by 3AC Ventures, and a portion of the GPLAN tokens will be allocated to OX staking users.Gameplan aims to establish a deeper connection between renowned athletes and their supporters, allowing users to own tokens of their favorite sports teams and contribute to decision-making processes related to team management, strategy, and more through token voting.

ChainCatcher news, Hong Kong McDonald's collaborates with The Sandbox to create the McNuggets Land metaverse space to celebrate the 40th anniversary of McNuggets, and offers the first McDonald's-themed game to promote Web3 digital culture. The game will launch on July 20, 2023, at 10 PM.

ChainCatcher news, metaverse game advertising company Anzu announced the completion of a $48 million Series B funding round, led by Emmis Corporation, with participation from PayPal Ventures, Evolution, Simon Equity Partners, and Bandai Namco Entertainment 021 Fund. The new funds will be used to expand partnerships with more AAA games and high-quality content providers.Previously reported, Anzu completed a $20 million funding round, led by NBCUniversal and HTC. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the metaverse game BurgerCities has completed a $4 million strategic financing round at a valuation of $50 million, led by Vega Ventures, with participation from SAYUAN Labs and Bitfly Capital. This round of financing will be used to promote the development of the BurgerCities ecosystem, expand the development team, accelerate the construction of the game ecosystem, and collaborate with other well-known projects to host large-scale events.BurgerCities evolved from the DeFi product Burgerswap on the BNB Chain, aiming to create a unified and standardized Web3 metaverse world by integrating DeFi and NFTs into the metaverse. Users can engage in social, gaming, and other daily activities while experiencing DeFi and NFT features such as trading, staking, NFT exhibitions, or Gamefi with their avatars. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the metaverse game Bullieverse has announced the acquisition of the Indian gaming guild Beyond Gaming Guild to expand into the Indian market. This strategic acquisition enables Bullieverse to collaborate with partners in the region to develop the local player base and promote the adoption of Web3 games. As part of the acquisition, Beyond Gaming Guild will be renamed Bullieverse India. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the developer of the metaverse game Star Life, Flying Sheep Studios, has announced that it has raised $1.2 million in funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.Star Life will be an easily accessible metaverse game available on any device's browser. The game also prioritizes diversity, offering players a variety of options for character creation, shopping, and community-driven activities such as concerts and exhibitions. Additionally, Star Life will include blockchain-supported items or NFTs, giving players more ownership and agency over their virtual property. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the Shiba Inu-themed project Floki will launch a Chinese version of its upcoming metaverse game Valhalla using the FLOKI token on a testnet in the coming months, and will conduct a three-month airdrop campaign for users on the Chinese social media platform Btok.Floki developers stated that the game's content and technical documents will be available in both Traditional and Simplified Chinese, specifically targeting the Chinese gaming market. The first version of Valhalla was launched in the fourth quarter of 2022 and is currently available for experience on the Optimism Goerli testnet. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 metaverse game "My NFT Wars" has announced the completion of a $2 million private fundraising round, led by Social Discovery Group, with participation from Nika Tech Family, Blackshield Capital, Wannabiz, and angel investors including singer Potap and Megogo.net co-founder Fedor Drozdovski.It is reported that My NFT Wars is a Web3 massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that adopts a token-based Play-Create-Own model and utilizes NFTs and the game's native token to incentivize players. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, Binance's official blog released a summary of the AMA held on January 14. In response to the question "Is there a plan to build a Binance metaverse? Will it be powered by BNB?", Zhao Changpeng stated that if Binance were to build a metaverse, it would definitely be supported by BNB. However, since they are (not yet) game builders and do not have a game development team, he would prefer to invest in other virtual reality or metaverse games.Binance's product head Mayur Kamat mentioned that there may be more "metaverses supported by Binance" this year. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the metaverse game Neopets Metaverse launched by the online game Neopets has completed a $4 million financing round, with participation from Polygon Ventures, Blizzard Avalanche Ecosystem Fund, Hashkey Capital, IDG Capital, and NetDragon Websoft. The funds raised will be used to further drive growth and provide an immersive gaming experience, while collaborating with investors and the broader GameFi community.It is reported that Neopets Metaverse is a P2E, community-driven virtual pet game based on the original Neopets classic game. (PRNewswire)

ChainCatcher news, Animoca Brands announced the launch of its first sci-fi metaverse game Life Beyond, based on NFT and ERC-20 tokens. Each player character is equipped with an NFT jacket, and the first batch of "Agent Zero Jacket" NFTs has been minted. Holders can stake and gain access to the game whitelist. (source link)