Weekly GameFi Update (Week 18, 06/05/2022 – 12/05/2022)

NASA and Epic Games team up to post a challenge to help build a ‘Martian Metaverse’. Samsung plans to create its own Metaverse and creates a dedicated task force. Crypto.com Capital participates in the $7.5M funding round for Nyan Heroes, a play-to-earn AAA battle royale shooter.

Key Takeaways

• NASA has teamed up with Epic Games, posting a challenge to help build a ‘Martian metaverse’ experience with the help of Unreal Engine 5. The aim is to help prepare astronauts for the experiences and situations that will be encountered on Mars. 
• Last Friday, Samsung’s Vice Chairman ​​Han Jong-hee revealed that Samsung is planning to create their own version of the metaverse. The company has reportedly created a dedicated task force to explore metaverse topics.
• Nyan Heroes recently closed a $7.5M funding round with the help of Crypto.com Capital, among others. The game is a AAA Battle Royale shooter, and is focusing on building an immersive gameplay experience with sustainable play-to-earn mechanics.
• The total market cap for GameFi tokens now stands at US$34.98 billion, down -14.56% from last week.

Highlights

• Untamed Planet gets US$24.3M to build natural world in metaverse
• P2E game Illuvium preps auction of 20,000 virtual plots
• NFT Plazas launches world’s first automated Metaverse advertising system
• Ready Games raises $3M to bring Web2 gaming to the Web3 world
• ‘Tamagotchi on crack’: Irreverent Labs raises $40M for NFT cockfighting game
• Jamestown spending $500M to bring the Metaverse experience to Times Square
• The Vatican is creating a Metaverse art gallery
• Susquehanna leads $10M funding in metaverse platform StarryNift
• The Global Esports Federation sets up the Metaverse council
• League of Kingdoms game introduces new-gen play-to-earn mechanics
• Lighthouse raises $7M to be the search engine of the Metaverse

Game Updates

• Axie Infinity: Origin goes live for Android devices
• Axie Infinity releases marketplace update
• Metamon team to use transaction fees to buy back metamons
• Sunflower Land releases new features
• New patch notes for Super Galactic

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