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🎮 US Gaming Market Update: October 2025 The U.S. market hit $4.89B (+3% YoY) this October, fueled by a massive hardware surge and a historic shake-up in the shooter genre. • Hardware Boom: Sales jumped 36%, led by Nintendo Switch 2 and the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally. • Battlefield 6: Now the #1 game of 2025, effectively challenging Call of Duty 20-year dominance. • Mobile & Subs: Mobile revenue climbed 10% and subscription spending grew 9%. • Console Trends: Switch 2 is outpacing PlayStation 4 launch numbers, while older gen sales slowed. A strong Q4 kickoff proving that new hardware and hit IP remain the ultimate market movers. 📊 Trade $GAME on: Gate.io | Pancakeswap | Uniswap 🔖Follow Gamestarter on: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Announcements | Discord | TikTok | Twitch | Medium | Instagram

💔 End of an Era: DappRadar Shuts Down After 7 Years This is tough news for the Web3 community. @DappRadar , the leading platform for tracking dApps, NFTs, and GameFi, has announced it is beginning to shut down. After 7 years of service, founders cited ongoing financial challenges and a difficult market environment as the primary reason. ▫️ Financial Strain: The core reason for the closure is the platform becoming "financially unsustainable" in the current market. ▫️ Winding Down: DappRadar will phase out its blockchain/dApp tracking and associated analytics services over the coming days. ▫️ Token & DAO: The future of the $RADAR token and the DappRadar DAO is uncertain. Updates will be shared through the DAO's community governance channels. ▫️ Market Pressure: This closure follows a growing list of Web3 and GameFi shutdowns in 2025, highlighting funding shortages and declining user engagement across the sector. ▫️ Legacy: DappRadar was a vital tool for making on-chain data accessible, used widely by investors, developers, and media since 2018. What are your thoughts on DappRadar’s legacy and what this means for other analytics platforms? 📊 Trade $GAME on: Gate.io | Pancakeswap | Uniswap 🔖Follow Gamestarter on: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Announcements | Discord | TikTok | Twitch | Medium | Instagram

🌐 Web3 IPs Are Going Mainstream What started as NFTs and memes is turning into global entertainment. Web3 brands are breaking into traditional media, and Pudgy Penguins just set another milestone. • Pudgy x DreamWorks – Partnering with Kung Fu Panda brings Pudgy Penguins into Hollywood’s spotlight. • Beyond NFTs – From toys to mobile games, Pudgy is now a full-blown entertainment brand. • Mass Adoption – Pudgy Party hit 1M+ downloads in under a month, showing reach far beyond Web3. Web3 and mainstream media are no longer separate worlds. The next big IP might just be born on-chain.

🤖 AI is stepping onto the main stage of gaming. In 2025, it is reshaping how players interact, compete, and build in web3 worlds, adding new layers of depth, ownership, and autonomy. ▫️ Smarter Companions: AI NPCs learn from players and keep exploring even when you are offline. ▫️ New Game Dynamics: They can join raids, manage resources, and blend automation with player strategy. ▫️ Cultural Shift: As AI takes over the grind, players can focus on creativity and collaboration. ▫️ On-Chain Innovation: AI agents can earn, trade, and generate value within tokenized economies. ▫️ Human Touch: Emotion and creativity remain the core of real gameplay. AI companions are not replacing players, they are empowering them. The next era of gaming will merge human imagination with intelligent systems to create richer, more immersive worlds. 📊 Trade $GAME on: Gate.io | Pancakeswap | Uniswap 🔖Follow Gamestarter on: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Announcements | Discord | TikTok | Twitch | Medium | Instagram

👾 The Asian Gaming Market is the New Meta A new report from Niko Partners confirms the flippening: Asia isn't just playing, it's setting the agenda for the entire gaming world. 🔹 SEA is creating a "parallel economy," ditching app store fees for direct-to-player monetization. 🔹 India's player base is scaling to 700M+, creating a massive new user acquisition funnel. 🔹 China is back online, approving 170+ titles & using WeChat/Douyin as new mini-game distribution rails. 🔹 MENA is opening up fast, with new player demographics (37% women) & less content censorship. 🔹 AI is being rapidly adopted, with 60% of Chinese devs already integrating it into their workflows. The takeaway is simple: Asia is building faster, smarter, and more direct. That's the meta. 📊 Trade $GAME on: Gate.io | Pancakeswap | Uniswap 🔖Follow Gamestarter on: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Announcements | Discord | TikTok | Twitch | Medium | Instagram

🎮 Web3 Gaming Gains Mainstream Traction at Steam Next Fest The latest Steam Next Fest, running until Oct 20, is a significant indicator of Web3's growth in the gaming industry. The lineup demonstrates a diversity of genres and approaches to blockchain integration: ▫️ Wildcard: A competitive strategy game. ▫️ Warped Universe: A player-driven sci-fi co-op. ▫️ Gravity Blasters: A tactical PvP and MOBA blend. ▫️ Super-B: A collection of mini-games on Sui. Featuring these games on a major platform like Steam marks a key step for the space, moving from niche concepts to polished, accessible experiences and highlighting the industry's maturation. 📊 Trade $GAME on: Gate.io | Pancakeswap | Uniswap 🔖Follow Gamestarter on: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Announcements | Discord | TikTok | Twitch | Medium | Instagram

⛵️ OpenSea and the Future of Web3 Gaming Redefining gaming through real ownership, cross-chain access, and secure player-driven economies. Its focus goes beyond trading, it’s about empowering players and developers to shape the next era of web3 gaming: ▪️ NFTs enable true in-game ownership and free trading. ▪️ Cross-chain purchases simplify access across blockchains. ▪️ New dev tools & AI integrations boost innovation. ▪️ Enhanced security protects players and creators. ▪️ Community and quality remain at the heart of success. By bridging innovation, security, and community, Opensea is helping transform gaming from play-to-own into play-and-own, setting the stage for web3’s next breakthrough. 📊 Trade $GAME on: Gate.io | Pancakeswap | Uniswap 🔖Follow Gamestarter on: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Announcements | Discord | TikTok | Twitch | Medium | Instagram

🎮 A Necessary Reset for Web3 Gaming The shift is clear: speculation is out, sustainability is in. Developers see the market correction not as a setback, but as the foundation for real growth. • From hype-driven P2E to gameplay-first design • Digital ownership as a permanent industry shift • Stronger infrastructure: wallets, scalability, standards • AI agents set to transform PvP, NPCs & in-game economies • Interoperability remains the biggest challenge to solve • Regulation & public trust will define the next era The noise is fading. What’s left is a stronger Web3 gaming industry built to last. 📊 Trade $GAME on: Gate.io | Pancakeswap | Uniswap 🔖Follow Gamestarter on: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Announcements | Discord | TikTok | Twitch | Medium | Instagram

🔥 The GameFi market shows resilience, holding steady at $18.79B while pushing boundaries with new integrations, investments, and experiments. Here’s what shaped the space this week: • Mythical Games pushes NFTs into mainstream with $PENGU & $MYTH • XRPL Gamechain testnet expands XRP’s role in gaming • Playgigaverse raises $2M from 1confirmation • GUNbyGUNZ becomes first MiCAR-compliant asset in EU • Pudgy Party adds fresh energy to blockchain gaming • Eldarune shuts down over funding challenges Despite setbacks, Web3 gaming continues to evolve, building the bridge from niche to mainstream adoption. 📊 Trade $GAME on: Gate.io | Pancakeswap | Uniswap 🔖Follow Gamestarter on: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Announcements | Discord | TikTok | Twitch | Medium | Instagram

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📊August 2025 Web3 Report: Key Takeaways DappRadar shows overall activity down, but gaming, NFTs, and DeFi stay strong. 🔜 Gaming down 4%, now top on-chain category (@Ronin_Network , @0xPolygon , @base , @solana active) 🔜 NFTs up 7%, growth driven by in-game items & passes 🔜 Social dapps down 63%, incentive hype fades 🔜 DeFi TVL hits $292B, +13% MoM 🔜 Infra gains: gas abstraction & cross-chain tools ease UX 🔜 Outlook: fewer farms, more quality & loyalty 🔥 The shift is clear: less speculation, more utility and sustainable growth. 📊 Trade $GAME on: Gate.io | Pancakeswap | Uniswap 🔖Follow Gamestarter on: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Announcements | Discord | TikTok | Twitch | Medium | Instagram

Chain Leaderboard Snapshot ⚡️ Who is currently winning web3 gamers attention❓ 🔸 opBNB leads by players (daily unique active wallets) in Q2 ’25. 🔸 WAX leads by on-chain actions (gaming tx count) 🔸 Ronin is spiking on new content: Lumiterra crossed 300k daily wallets. 🔸 Avalanche got a lift from MapleStory, reaching 1.86M unique accounts in ~2 months and surpassing 1M daily transactions on multiple days post-launch. 🔸 TON is rising as a funnel for casual game loops, with Notcoin reaching ~2.8M on-chain holders and generating over $1B in DEX volume. In conclusion, Web3 gaming held steady at ~4.9M dUAW in July (+2% MoM), with growth concentrated in areas where quality content delivered. 📊 Trade $GAME on: Gate.io | Pancakeswap | Uniswap 🔖Follow Gamestarter on: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Announcements | Discord | TikTok | Twitch | Medium | Instagram

🔥🔥🔥 Generative AI is triggering one of the biggest shakeups in gaming history. 🤖 This isn’t just another tech update, it’s survival of the fittest. Some studios will adapt and thrive. Others will collapse under the pressure. And entirely new giants will be born from this revolution. ▫️ 50%+ of playtime is locked in games 6+ years old ▫️ Broken models = layoffs, cancellations, fading engagement ▫️ 9/10 devs already tapping AI to slash dev time ▫️ “Living games” that adapt in real time.. minutes, not months ▫️ Risks: talent displacement & union pushback The next generation of gaming is being built right now, and not everyone will make it. ☠️ 📊 Trade $GAME on: Gate.io | Pancakeswap | Uniswap 🔖Follow Gamestarter on: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Announcements | Discord | TikTok | Twitch | Medium | Instagram

❗️ Web3 x AI Agents NEW PAPER The research explores how AI agents can transform Web3 gaming by creating living, autonomous worlds: 🔜 Smarter NPCs – Characters that adapt and evolve with every player. 🔜 Dynamic economies – AI balancing in-game supply & demand in real time. 🔜 DAO support – Agents acting as mediators to make governance scalable and fair. 🔜 Immersive storytelling – LLM-powered NPCs generating unique, branching narratives. Instead of static play-to-earn loops, imagine a self-sustaining GameFi ecosystem where AI and blockchain together build trust, depth, and replayability. 🚀 Could this be the framework Web3 gaming has been missing? 💭 📝 Read more about it on arXiv 📊 Trade $GAME on: Gate.io | Pancakeswap | Uniswap 🔖Follow Gamestarter on: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Announcements | Discord | TikTok | Twitch | Medium | Instagram

🔥🔥🔥 It’s happening again… Millions 💸 are pouring back into Web3 Gaming and this is just the start: 💵 $15M – SuperGaming 💵 $5M – ARIA (AAA RPG) 💵 $4.7M – Astra Nova (AI Arcade) 💵 $4.5M – Ark of Panda (VR+GameFi) 💵 $1M+ – The Lost Glitches (Cyberpunk TCG) The bull run for blockchain games is waking up… and the next wave will be even bigger 🚀 📊 Trade $GAME on: Gate.io | Pancakeswap | Uniswap 🔖Follow Gamestarter on: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Announcements | Discord | TikTok | Twitch | Medium | Instagram

🎮 Blockchain Gaming in Q2 2025: A Wake-Up Call or the Calm Before the Storm? Despite: ▶️ A 17% drop in gaming activity, ▶️ A 93% YoY collapse in funding, ▶️ And 300+ Web3 games going offline... Legacy giants like Sega, Ubisoft, FIFA, and Netmarble are doubling down on blockchain. Why? Because the reset is real, but so is the rebuild. The hype may have cooled, but the infrastructure is maturing, and the next big game is out there... loading. Highlights: ▶️ opBNB dominates in users, WAX leads in transactions ▶️ Pixels, Off the Grid, World of Dypians, and Axie Infinity are still pushing updates ▶️ Web2 titans are shipping: Sega’s card battler, FIFA’s soccer sim, Ubisoft’s NFT TCG ▶️ Investments shifted toward infra, not play-to-earn promises ▶️ Some of 2021's biggest names? Gone. But new models are emerging (AI blends, skill-based loops, and deeper economies). The space doesn’t need another metaverse. It needs a damn good game. 😡 📊 Trade $GAME on: Gate.io | Pancakeswap | Uniswap 🔖Follow Gamestarter on: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Announcements | Discord | TikTok | Twitch | Medium | Instagram

Web3 gaming doesn’t need more token emissions, it needs better games and real ownership. P2E promised payouts but delivered short-term hype and long-term collapse. P2O (Play-to-Own) offers a better path: ➡️ Fixed-supply assets: Skins, land, weapons with real scarcity ➡️ Ownership-first: Value tied to utility & aesthetics, not speculation ➡️ Healthy markets: No token floods, just player-driven economies ➡️ Sink mechanics: Burn & remove items to balance supply ➡️ Sustainability: Not “earn-to-dump,” but “play-to-keep” The future isn’t about yield. It’s about why players stay when the rewards are gone. Ownership > extraction. Quality > emissions. 📊 Trade $GAME on: Gate.io | Pancakeswap | Uniswap 🔖Follow Gamestarter on: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Announcements | Discord | TikTok | Twitch | Medium | Instagram

‼️ The gaming renaissance is real, but without Europe, it won’t last. While the U.S. polishes legacy systems… Europe is rebuilding gaming from the ground up. 🛠 No legacy baggage → leaner, more creative studios 🔍 Strict regulation → baked-in user rights & transparency 🚫 No hype-chasing → real tools, real ownership 💡 Underdog mindset → systems built to empower, not extract While U.S. platforms doubled down on ads & control... Europe focused on purpose, equity, and interoperability. 💪 This isn’t play-to-earn, it’s play with purpose. Player-led, creator-powered, and Europe-built. 🙌 📊 Trade $GAME on: Gate.io | Pancakeswap | Uniswap 🔖Follow Gamestarter on: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Announcements | Discord | TikTok | Twitch | Medium | Instagram

💡💡💡 Web3 gaming continues to prove it's one of the strongest pillars in crypto 🔥 Despite a tough macro environment and a 71% drop in funding, it remains the 2nd most funded sector in the space, and the momentum hasn’t stopped. ✅ Deal count is up 35% ✅ 5.8M daily active wallets ✅ Key infra projects raised millions (Beamable, MARBLEX, The Game Company) ✅ opBNB leads as the most used gaming chain Investors are doubling down on infrastructure, because they know what’s coming. What we’re seeing isn’t a slowdown, it’s a build phase. A setup for the next wave. Web3 gaming isn’t fading, it’s evolving❗️ 📊 Trade $GAME on: Gate.io | Pancakeswap | Uniswap 🔖Follow Gamestarter on: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Announcements | Discord | TikTok | Twitch | Medium | Instagram

🔥🔥🔥 The $MEMECOIN WARS are officially on 🔥. Here’s what the landscape looks like right now: 🔜 20,000+ meme tokens launched daily 🔜 ~1% “graduate” to DeFi with real liquidity 🔜 Pump.fun still leads, with ~24k launches/day 🔜 But only ~270 tokens/day actually make it through Pump.fun was once the only game in town, controlling 📈 98%+ of the memecoin launch market. But in the last 3 months, cracks have formed. New challengers are rising fast, outperforming them in quality. 👑 Graduation rates by platform (approx): 🔜 Pump.fun: ~1.1% 🔜 LetsBonk: ~1.7% 🔜 LaunchLab: ~1.2% 🔜 Believe: also gaining strong traction The memecoin meta isn’t just growing, it’s mutating. 🤯 More launchpads. Better success rates. New token mechanics. Less monopoly. And the next $PEPE might not come from where you expect. 🤔 📊 Trade $GAME on: Gate.io | Pancakeswap | Uniswap 🔖Follow Gamestarter on: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Announcements | Discord | TikTok | Twitch | Medium | Instagram

Epic Games fined a Fortnite cheater $175K 😱 They’re done just handing out bans. This marks a shift: devs taking cheaters to court, treating them like real criminals. ❌ South Korea already does this, with laws that put cheat sellers behind bars. Now the conversation is global. As gaming becomes a massive industry, protecting fair play is serious business. ⛔️ Cheating isn’t just breaking the rules. It’s breaking the law ‼️ 📊 Trade $GAME on: Gate.io | Pancakeswap | Uniswap 🔖Follow Gamestarter on: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Announcements | Discord | TikTok | Twitch | Medium | Instagram