With summer rapidly approaching (for the northern hemisphere anyway), gamers sometimes start looking for new games to occupy them over the coming months. And while traditional games still dominate the markets, there are plenty of choices in web3 gaming as well!

The options continue to grow this week with an upcoming Mirandus playtest, a May Festival event in The Sandbox, an open, Community Beta for Blocklords, and a new season with an improved player experience in Axie Origins!

Community created virtual worlds continues to be a growing, and still wide-open space in the web3 scene. NFT Worlds has been burning the candle on both ends over the past year as they worked to rebuild from the ground up. It will still be a few months before they re-release their gaming worlds, but in the meantime, they have rebranded and are now known as Topia. They also re-issued all of the World NFTs in a new format (though all the details remain the same). Worlds Beyond joins the virtual worlds crew, with a focus on templates, AI assistance, and allowing easy exporting, copying and monetizing for their content creators!

Read on for a look at the most active web3 games and NFT projects for the week. And be sure to keep an eye on our website and Twitter feed for the latest developments in the web3 gaming space!

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Iskra sees another huge drop in player numbers this week, as Alien Worlds reclaims their long-held top position. Splinterlands, Upland, and Benji Bananas also took big hits as well. Planet IX surges as they continue to update their game and are in the midst of selling shares for the major, in-game corporations.

Now new entries in the top 10 games for this week.

Top 10 NFT collections by volume traded

Elon Musk still has the power to move markets with a single Tweet. And to be honest, that’s a bit disconcerting. On the back of a random tweet from Musk, Milady Maker shoots to second place on our charts this week with a 170% increase in sales volume from the previous week!

Otherdeeds see a resurgence, mainly on the back of a sale of a rare plot for over $300k! And Pudgy Penguins made a splash this week when they raised $9 million USD in a seed round to expand their IP and grow their ecosystem. They also teased some sort of announcement or release next week!

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Web3 gaming continues to launch new playtests left and right. New entries this week include Mojo Melee bringing players a chance to play to mint in their open beta, Everseed launching a new demo with numerous updates, Uldor updating their Dread Arena, R3V3NGE offering players a chance to kill zombies in their open beta, and Gala Games dropping some May Mayhem on their players, with events happening across their entire game portfolio!

And best of all, these are all actual games! Ones where you need to use skill and/or strategy to succeed. The latest web3 game developments are rapidly putting the days of casino games and click-miners behind us. Which of these up and coming games will manage to catch and hold the attention of gamers over the upcoming months?

Read on for a look at the most active web3 games and NFT projects for the week. And be sure to keep an eye on our website and Twitter feed for the latest developments in the web3 gaming space!

Top play-to-earn games by active users

DappRadar cant seem to make up their minds, as Iskra is back on top of their charts this week, even with a 78% decline in active users. But we talked before about how most of the Iskra player count comes from users (bots most likely) hitting the website for the daily spin-to-win feature. Which is a good example of how stats like these can be misleading at times. But, we work with what we have, and these numbers are still meaningful.

Planet IX goes down. Planet IX goes up. After a 50% reduction in active players last week, Planet IX rebounds with a 50% gain this week. Splinterlands managed to stop their bleeding, for now at least. Though they are still way down from their peak of 300k weekly users.

Otherwise, we still have the usual list of suspects in our top 10 this week.

Top 10 NFT collections by volume traded

Well look at this. A project not affiliated with BAYC takes the top spot this week! Azuki leads the pack with an impressive 23 million in sales over the past week!

And despite some major increases for a few projects, overall NFT sales continue to remain depressed this week. Which reinforces the idea that a lot of the heavy activity over the past few months was wash trading and market manipulation rather than actual user interest.

We also have another surprising entry from Blocklords. This is a rare sighting of a game project in the top 10, and is also the only project in the top 20 on Immutable X. Though I suspect we may see more from Immutable X over the coming months!

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Playtests, playtests, and more playtests! Did I mention there were some playtests? You can play and earn with Tearing Spaces, Champions Arena, and Star Atlas. Echoes of Empire and Eternal Dragons also have ongoing playtests, while MetalCore is preparing to launch their latest playtest to showcase their new PvE feature this week!

In other gaming news, Mist announces the Mist blockchain, Splinterlands introduces the first dual-element card, and Chainmonsters is forced to shut down development!

Continue reading for more stories and subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly summary, as well as links to all of our articles from the week!

Read on for a look at the most active web3 games and NFT projects for the week. And be sure to keep an eye on our website and Twitter feed for the latest developments in the web3 gaming space!

Top play-to-earn games by active users

DappRadar must have changed the way they count users as Iskra drops on our charts from nearly 843k users last week to just over 2k this week! Unfortunately, it’s difficult to find out about these changes from DappRadar, so we just have to make some assumptions. Anyway, after flying close to the sun, Iskra is now completely off the top 10 chart, and the top spot is reclaimed by Alien Worlds.

Splinterlands continues to slide as Farmer’s World makes a surprising surge. Planet IX drops off the top 10 chart as well, with a 57% loss of active users from the past week!

Top 10 NFT collections by volume traded

NFT sales took a huge beating this week, with significant drops in eight out of the top 10! Even Moonbirds which announced the planned construction of a virtual world took a major hit in activity. And though this decline in financial numbers may seem like bad news, it could also represent a significant decline in wash trading, which has seemed to dominate the NFT markets for some time now. If so, then the current numbers we see may be a better representation of the actual demand for these NFTs. We’ll have to keep an eye on these numbers over the coming weeks!

In other interesting NFT news, Sotheby’s plans to auction off an NFT collection held by Three Arrows Capital to raise funds to help repay creditors.

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Though the announcement from The Otherside about an upcoming game called Legends of Mara caused lots of buzz, it was the Mutant Apes that got the most attention this week. Long a neglected part of the Bored Ape franchise, the Mutants may soon be getting their own game called Serum City.

Gala Games also caused a stir with the announcement a new version of their GALA token. Other recent gaming news includes the implementation of cross-chain dependencies on Mega World, Axie launching season 2 of their Homeland alpha, Undead Blocks holding a new Genesis tournament with a 10k prize pool, and Mighty Action Heroes opening up a staking option.

The web3 gaming world is really revving up their overall output! Continue reading for more stories and subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly summary, as well as links to all of our articles from the week!

Read on for a look at the most active web3 games and NFT projects for the week. And be sure to keep an eye on our website and Twitter feed for the latest developments in the web3 gaming space!

Top play-to-earn games by active users

Iskra shoots even higher on the charts. But, as we mentioned in our first look at Iskra article, these numbers seem to be people logging into the website for a daily spin and win opportunity, which is even less of a game than mining in Alien Worlds.

In other gaming activity, both Splinterlands and Planet IX take a huge hit in player numbers. Arc8 on the other hand, sees a nice boost. Perhaps related to their event with Mocaverse?

Top 10 NFT collections by volume traded

Bored Ape is back on top this week, despite a drop in total sales numbers. And the Mutant Apes see renewed interest as an in-development game called Serum City aims to make Mutant Apes the main characters.

The Moonbirds are back in the charts as they renew IP rights for NFT holders and also announce some other upcoming events. Check their Twitter feed for updates.

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Iskra is a gaming platform. with built-in tools to help web3 developers connect with gamers. This includes wallet services, a marketplace, and even a DEC (decentralized exchange). This is a similar approach that we see from a growing number of companies including Immutable X, Vulcan Verse, and Mobox, just to name a few.

The Iskra portfolio includes six games in total, but only one currently available – Three Kingdoms Multiverse. Three Kingdoms Multiverse is a mobile RPG game where players assemble teams of characters and battle their way through a storyline. It does include NFTs and their own token, making it a web3 enabled game. But Iskra also features a daily spin and win activity on their website. And according to the app page, Three Kingdoms Multiverse has only been downloaded 10k+ times. So the bulk of the 500k+ active weekly users reported by DappRadar must be interacting with the spinner game.

Participants can win ISK or CP tokens or Mission cards with the spins. Mission Cards are collectible items. Players who complete sets of them can redeem them for ISK tokens. There are literally hundreds of thousands of these cards available on Open Sea for pennies with the rarer ones costing as much as $2 USD. So they’re not especially valuable. But, if bot owners are willing to mine Alien Worlds for fractions of tokens, I don’t see any reason why they wouldn’t also be willing to automate their daily, free claims here. And I suspect that accounts for a lot of the current activity on the Iskra platform.

More about Iskra

Iskra strives to be a decentralized platform and has Pioneer NFTs which allow users to run the platform nodes. Similar to what Gala Games is doing with their nodes. Iskra has their own governance token, ISK token, ISK token can be staked and holders can submit proposals for the platform.

Even though their active player numbers on the charts are a bit misleading, the idea behind the platform of building tools and services to help easily onboard both players and developers is certainly worthwhile. Hopefully Iskra will be able to show that they are are long-term and worthwhile platform with quality games.

Iskra does have more play and earn games in the pipeline. The next one up is called ClashMon Ignition, another RPG with both PvE and PvP.

To learn more about Iskra, visit their website, follow them on Twitter, and join their Discord.

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Is alt-coin season upon us? It’s hard to say for sure. But I can say that playtest season is indeed here! Mojo Melee will seen have an open beta, with chances for players to earn whitelist spots to their next mint. Mighty Action Heroes will have a short playtest as well later this month.

Eldarune is holding an ongoing, play to earn event for whitelist spots for their upcoming mint, which will be free! And those with Mocaverse NFTs (either Mocas or Realm Tickets), can soon join a play and earn event with Arc8, a mobile gaming platform with a dozen, skill-based games available.

Mobile, web3 gaming continues to rise, with a new, mobile-only game, Iskra, shooting to the top of the charts in spectacular fashion! Will it last? That’s another question that’s hard to answer. But whether Iskra stays in the charts or not, don’t be surprised to see other mobile games making appearances over the coming months!

The web3 gaming world is really revving up their overall output! Continue reading for more stories and subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly summary, as well as links to all of our articles from the week!

Read on for a look at the most active web3 games and NFT projects for the week. And be sure to keep an eye on our website and Twitter feed for the latest developments in the web3 gaming space!

Top play-to-earn games by active users

Iskra continues an unprecedented climb in user numbers, jumping up to the top spot this past week! I can’t even tell you when the last time was that the number one spot wasn’t held by Alien Worlds or Splinterlands!

And speaking of Splinterlands, they stopped the bleeding of the last couple of weeks and actually made a nice turnaround in regards to active users. Perhaps a result of the opening of land surveying?

Otherwise, the charts are the usually suspects we see from week to week, with some minor shuffling of spots.

Top 10 NFT collections by volume traded

A lot of volatility this week in the world of NFT sales. The CryptoPunks remain at the top, while the various Bored Ape collections fluctuate up and down on a weekly basis. But they aren’t the only multiple collection, NFT project on the charts. With Azuki and BEANZ Official both in the top 5 this week, we may be seeing the rise of a new dynasty!

But the Bored Ape empire has grown recently, with Otherdeed holders able to mint new Vessel NFTs and decouple their Kodas from the land plots. And the Otherdeed collection has split into those who have ‘expanded’ their deeds, and those who haven’t. This is supposedly an importat step towards an upcoming game called Legends of Mara.

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