It's Friday already?

Time flies when you are busy gaming.

Here's your weekly essential gaming roundup:

💚 G3 Updates

• Counter Strike quest - Win Glove Case + Key
• Marvel Rivals quest - Win ANY skin
• Balatro quest - Win Steam Gift Card
• Forgotten Playground quest - Win Cornerstone Toybox
• New game guides featured | check them out

🎁 Mystery Boxes to Open

• Pokémon Starter: Win $100.00 Legendary Pack
• Igloo Box: Win Lil Pudgy & additional rewards
• Ronin World: Win Ronin game assets
• Bera Box: Win Berachain game assets

🕹️ Tournaments and Rewards
• Trial Xtreme Freedom introduced a play-to-earn feature, players can now earn tokens by completing races and stunts in-game.
• Xociety launched its $XO token, enabling players to earn by engaging in platform activities like tournaments and social events using $XO.
• Shatterpoint launched a P2E–airdrop event, players earn points through matches to qualify for token distribution.
• Triumph Games is running a $1 million airdrop event, earn eligibility by logging in and playing select titles during the event window.
• Freya: The Starfall open beta now live: players get rewarded with in-game assets and tokens for daily playthroughs.

📣 Game Announcements
• Uprising Labs has revealed the structure for its $UPR ecosystem token ahead of a June 24 presale
• Pixels unveiled new crafting recipes, pet reputation tweaks, and the upcoming Shorelime event
• Gigaverse passed $3 million in total revenue and reached 73,000 active users
• Katana Inu is offering free PC open beta access, players can download now to test gameplay and earn early bird rewards.

💰 Raisings and Partnerships
• Uptopia has secured $4 million in funding
• $B3 has acquired Andromeda Insights, expanding its data analytics capabilities.
• Somnia announced a new $10 million gaming accelerator aimed at supporting early-stage Web3 game developers in scaling and launching titles.
• Thousands, in partnership with Wildcard Alliance, closed a $9 million funding round
• Root has secured $9 million to build an advanced, Web3-enabled social platform for gamers and creators
• Bigger Games recently closed a $25 million funding round, earmarked for expanding its Web3 casual gaming portfolio.

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See you all next week for more gaming!