Issue 69: Web3 Gaming Weekly

Welcome to This Week's Edition of The Alchemists Informer!

Issue 69: One major Web3 RPG just shut down while $400k in fresh prizes dropped elsewhere.

The landscape is shifting faster than most players realize.

Here's your weekly survival guide.

What To Expect

• Web3 Gaming Updates

• Community Spotlight

• Feature

Weekly Web3 Gaming Updates

Ongoing:

• Boss Fighters' Season's End leaderboard started on August 21, and ends on September 4, featuring two separate boards for Fighters and Bosses, with the top 100 players on each leaderboard receiving resource boxes and the top 3 securing exclusive rewards.

• BloodLoop Season 2 six weekly competitive events running through mid-September (August 13 - third week of September) with $1,000 prize pools each week distributed among top 10 players; requires $5 Season Pass in $BLS tokens and combines weekday crafting/refining activities with weekend PvP gameplay for leaderboard points.

• L3E7's Summer event is running through August 31, featuring a $100,000 prize pool distributed in $MNT and $ARB tokens, where players complete quests, summon characters, and compete for rewards on Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Mantle blockchains.

• Avalanche Battle Pass Season 2 launched on August 18, offering a 30-day event with $25,000 in prizes, free NFT rewards, AVAX tokens, and even real Pokémon cards, featuring major gameplay upgrades in collaboration with Playfull and ecosystem partners.

• Dante Games launched an 8-week Hellmaster × Immutable Leaderboard Season running from August 19 to October 14, offering 2,000,000 $DANTE tokens as prizes through competitive play in Adventure and Battle Arena modes.

• Base is offering up to $250,000 in rewards through their Onchain Summer Awards program running from July 9 to September 2, spotlighting and funding innovative apps and projects building on the Base blockchain with multiple prize tracks.

• RavenQuest launched a month-long "Expedition Leaderboard" event starting August 22, offering players weekly chances to compete for top rankings and share a total reward pool of 2.8 million $QUEST tokens through its new roguelike dungeon system.

• Star Atlas launched Holosim Season One on August 20, a free-to-play browser-based space strategy game in partnership with Solflare, featuring $35,000 in rewards including $5,000 in USDC, $30,000 in Star Atlas assets, and exclusive in-game skins, with no wallet required unless players win rewards.

This past week:

• Pirate Nation, a blockchain RPG by Proof of Play, is shutting down due to insufficient user engagement and high operational costs, with gameplay and $PIRATE token rewards ending within 30 days and a shift in focus toward smaller arcade-style experiences.

• Project O, a fast-paced and competitive mobile trading card game (TCG) blending deep collection mechanics with accessible gameplay, announced it’s launching on Immutable, featuring digital ownership through blockchain technology and promising 7-9 minute matches with rich strategic depth.

• BR1: Infinite introduced "Cash Drops," allowing players to find and loot real $USD money across the map during high-stakes matches, with dropped cash accessible to enemies upon player elimination and requiring extraction to secure the earnings.

• Wilder World launched its Super Early Access on the Epic Games Store, featuring the first public release of its FPS mode with three playable maps, over ten weapons, onchain progression via ZERO account integration, and kicked off the Legend of the WILD global tournament with a $100,000 prize pool.

• EVE Frontier's Cycle 2: "Ash and Resolve" launched on August 20, 2025, featuring a full server reset, new missions, evolving threats, weekly dynamic in-game events, redesigned Small Gate Assemblies, and the introduction of the Broadcast Terminal for news and story updates, with Cycle 1 Grace points convertible to EVE Points.

• The ChronoForge Founder's Edition is available for pre-order at $29.90, offering exclusive in-game cosmetics, $CHRONO token rewards, and a 50% revenue share opportunity through referrals, with the game launching on PC via the Epic Games Store in 2025.

• Season 2 of Moonveil launched, expanding the MORE gaming ecosystem with enhanced Layer 2 infrastructure, new titles in development like the stealth-action Bushwhack alpha, and partnerships for decentralized cloud integration to support scalable, low-cost gameplay.

• The Beacon's public playtest started on August 27, on Epic Games Store, introducing a new seasonal model with plans for Season 1 to launch in early 2026 featuring fresh content, dungeons, and multiplayer features, while emphasizing player collaboration in developing a massive planet using Beacons and User-Generated Content.

The Alchemists Community Spotlight

Ethereum Hits New All-Time High: What's Next for ETH? (Benjamin Cowen Youtube Summary)

After four years, Ethereum has finally broken into new all-time high territory above $4,000. This breakthrough came after ETH found strong support around $1,600, allowing it to complete what analysts call "going home" before launching higher.

The Rally Setup

Bitcoin's temporary weakness created space for Ethereum to outperform, with the ETH/BTC pair bottoming out and providing the buying pressure needed for this explosive move. This dynamic follows a predictable pattern that occurs every market cycle.

September Warning Signs

History suggests caution ahead. September has been brutal for Ethereum in post-election years:

• 2021: -34% drop

• 2017: -48% drop

Critical Timeline: Next 7-8 Days

The window for Ethereum's local top appears compressed into the next week, possibly extending into early September. From a strategic standpoint, hitting new highs in August sets up an ideal scenario where any pullback aligns with September's historically weak seasonality.

Key Price Levels

• $5,000: Critical psychological barrier worth clearing before any correction

• $5,100-$5,200: Acceptable extension levels

• Above $6,000: Could signal an overheated move

The September-October Pattern

The most likely scenario involves:

1. Local top within 7 days

2. September pullback as Bitcoin tests its 20-week moving average

3. October rally to fresh all-time highs

This pattern would be healthier than a continuous melt-up, allowing Ethereum to clear resistance levels now and consolidate during weak seasonality before the next major leg higher.

Bottom Line

Ethereum's new all-time high validates its long-term trajectory, but the journey likely involves a September dip before another surge in October. Investors should prepare for typical crypto volatility of 20-30% drawdowns while positioning for the next major move higher.

The current setup offers both the psychological victory of new highs and a potential buying opportunity during September's anticipated weakness.

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