Web3 Gaming Updates + What's Coming Up

$298k prize pools, $250k tournaments, and a 1M $PIXEL treasure hunt. Here's what's actually worth your time...

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Blockonaut
August 11, 2025

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

Web3 gaming updates + what’s coming up:

$298k prize pools, $250k tournaments, and a 1M $PIXEL treasure hunt.

Here's what's actually worth your time.

What To Expect

  • Web3 Gaming Updates

  • Community Spotlight

  • Ravenquest Major Update

  • Job Opportunities

Weekly Web3 Gaming Updates

Today:

  • Fantasy Top Season 4 starts Aug 11; adds 5 new Heroes, Burn Battle Leaderboard, F2P improvements, and weekly league prize pools totaling ~$298k.

Upcoming:

  • RavenQuest's Treasures Below expansion launches August 15, introducing new gameplay systems including a roguelike Expeditions PvE mode, ranked 2v2 Arena PvP, over 60 new class combinations, new weapon types, a Gemstones gear modification system, a new Thaw Festival event, expanded zones with tougher enemies, improved land resource collection, new cosmetic Adornments, and an upgraded $QUEST token economy, coinciding with the game's debut on the Epic Games Store.

  • Illuvium Arena is launching its Pro League 2025 with a $250,000 total prize pool, featuring multiple tournament tiers (IPL 250, IPL 500, IPL 1000) and offering various ways to qualify for the Main Event in December.

Ongoing:

  • Pixels Leon’s Neon Zone arcade area in Terra Villa features classic 8-bit style games with biweekly leaderboards that reset every 14 days, offering competitive play where the top 500 ranked players on both the Overall and Higher Lower leaderboards earn $PIXEL prizes, plus exclusive rewards including limited edition trophies for the top 3 players.

  • Sleepagotchi Lite × Pixels “Find Reina” event runs on Telegram from August 7–21, offering a 1,000,000 $PIXEL (~$35K) prize pool split among the top 1,000 players, with rewards claimable via Ronin wallet submission.

This past week:

  • Parallel Colony's latest update introduces on-chain item extraction (up to 3 items/run), AI Pings, an Instability Meter, a badge system, NPC hiring, and a refreshed UX, with more testers invited ahead of open alpha.

  • Animoca Brands has partnered with AMGI Studios and begun acquiring KARRAT tokens on the open market to support the development of web3 gaming infrastructure, including the launch of Studio Chain and the My Pet Hooligan ecosystem.

  • Sky Mavis and Ronin Network have launched the Ronin Forge Innovation Grant program, offering up to $300,000 in RON tokens, infrastructure support, and advisory services to Web3 game and app developers to foster innovation and scale projects on the Ronin blockchain.

  • Cross The Ages has completed its migration from Immutable to the Solana blockchain, enabling features like account consolidation, a new CTA-token marketplace, and gameplay updates as it prepares for Season 4.

The Alchemists Community Spotlight

Ravenquest: Treasures Below Expansion Launches August 15th

Ravenquest Treasures Below Expansion launches August 15th

Beneath the familiar lands of RavenQuest lies an uncharted world of danger, discovery, and reward. On August 15th, Treasures Below — RavenQuest’s first major expansion — will change the game forever.

This update brings brand-new systems, high-stakes challenges, and powerful rewards for adventurers ready to push their limits.

What’s New in Treasures Below

  • 🧭 Expeditions – Every run is a fresh challenge with bigger rewards the deeper you go.

  • ⚔️ Ranked Arena PvP – Climb the MMR ladder and prove your skill in competitive battles.

  • ✨ New Archetypes – Become the primal Naturalist or the precise Ballistics, unlocking 60+ new class combinations.

  • 🔫 New Weapons – Discover tools of war that change the way you fight.

  • 🥔 Mass Collect – Gather all your land resources at once.

  • 💎 Gemstones – Enhance and customize your gear like never before.

  • 🔥 Thaw Festival – Seasonal event with unique lore and limited-time rewards.

  • 🐉 High-Level Spawns in Ostera – Greater danger, greater rewards.

  • 🪖 More Cosmetics – Show your style with new customization options.

  • 🌌 New Rift Maps – Two fresh challenges to conquer.

  • 👑 Adornments – Display your success for all to see.

  • 💰 $QUEST Ecosystem 2.0 – New sinks, upgrades, and expanded utility.

Epic Games Release

The expansion will also mark RavenQuest’s debut on Epic Games. This is a huge step that will bring thousands of new adventurers into the fold. Whether you greet them as an ally or face them as an enemy, the choice is yours.

📅 Mark your calendars. Rally your guilds. Sharpen your blades.
Treasures Below launches August 15th — and the real adventure is just beginning.

💼 Web3 Gaming Job Opportunities

  • MagicCraft: Web3 Developer Apply

  • Aethir: Web3 QA Engineer Apply

  • Offchain Labs: Senior Marketing Manager, Gaming Apply

Websites to Continue Your Job Search

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May your strategies always lead to victory,

Until we meet again in the gaming realm,