Paradise Tycoon is being developed by Empires Not Vampires Ltd. They recently raised $1 Million in a seed round led by Shima Capital. Participation also came from Fomocraft Ventures, Devmons Gaming, Zee Prime Capital, Starter Capital, and FireX Capital. Angel investors Mikko Ohtamaa (from Trading Protocol), Kyn Chaturvedi (from Minterest), and Gilgamesh // 0xKepler (from Hiroba).
Empires Not Vampires Ltd. was co-founded in 2017 by Harri Karppinen and Timo Juuti. Niko Alakastari is currently CTO.
Paradise Tycoon also recently hit 250,000 downloads in April!
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Gunzilla Games, an independent AAA game studio, launched GUNZ, a blockchain-based digital economy platform fully built on an Avalanche Subnet.
Gunzilla recently closed two investment rounds. The first raised $25 million and the second $46 million. Major participants included Justin Kan (co-founder of Twitch), Griffin Gaming Partners, Animoca Brands, Jump Crypto, RW3 Ventures, CoinFund, Shima Capital, Dominance Ventures, GSR, Kucoin Labs, Spartan Investment Group, Blizzard, Digital Strategies, Morningstar Ventures, Gamegroove Capital, Formless Capital, NGG and Huobi Group.
Off the Grid is the upcoming web3 battle royale game being built. The Gunzilla team includes Vlad Korolov, Neill Blomkamp, Richard K. Morgan, and Timur Davidenko.
Emin Gün Sirer is CEO of Ava Labs.
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Shrapnel is described as an extraction-based first-person shooter that lets players “hunt and fight for exclusive drops in The Sacrifice Zone – inspired by Escape from Tarkov and the “Dark Zone” mode from The Division”.
Shrapnel is being constructed on a custom-built Avalanche subnet which offers zero latency, EVM compatibility, and in-game assets trading – which contribute to the premium gaming experience being built in Unreal Engine 5.
Neon is the studio behind Shrapnel. They have raised over $17.5 million from prominent leaders in gaming and blockchain including Griffin Gaming Partners, Polychain Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Sfermion, Mechanism Capital, Merit Circle, Spartan, and more. They have also partnered up with Razer.
Shrapnel’s CEO is Mark Long, former head of Xcloud at Microsoft and game publishing at HBO. Ali “Myth” Kabbani, one of the most popular streamers, serves as an advisor. Myth has leveraged his success as a Fortnite pro, boasting over 21 million followers across social platforms.
The event will be headlined by a curated selection of game developers, thought leaders, and leading brands including:
Game7, Avalanche, Polygon Labs, Brave, XBorg, Community Gaming, Coinbase, Magic Eden, YGG, Limit Break, MoonPay, Sequence, Midnight Society, Jungle, The Bornless, Gridiron, Genopets, Planet Mojo, Phantom, SuperLayer, Nouns Esports, STEPN, Sparkadia, BR1, Undead Blocks and EV.io.
Game7 is a Web3 Gaming DAO created to accelerate the adoption of blockchain-enabled game economies, with a treasury with $500 million in capital committed by BitDAO and Forte.
Chris Gonsalves is the CEO of Community Gaming.
Crabada is a crab-themed play-to-earn, cross-platform auto battler game. Crabada uses Avalanche’s subnet technology through its subnet, Swimmer Network. To play individuals need at least three crabs NFTs to set up a team and earn the in-game currency Gold Under Sea ($GUS). Gamers need to buy crab NFTs to play different game modes that include a Battle game with mining and looting features, an Adventure game, and an Arena game.
Backers and Partners:
Avalanche, Sky Vision Capital, Wangarian, Not3lau Capital, Zeep Prime Capital, and Devmons.
Review by Gaming Kor and Klick.gg
https://twitter.com/klickdotgg/status/1653391966552326144?s=20 
Paradise Tycoon is being developed by Empires Not Vampires Ltd. They recently raised $1 Million in a seed round led by Shima Capital. Participation also came from Fomocraft Ventures, Devmons Gaming, Zee Prime Capital, Starter Capital, and FireX Capital. Angel investors Mikko Ohtamaa (from Trading Protocol), Kyn Chaturvedi (from Minterest), and Gilgamesh // 0xKepler (from Hiroba).
Empires Not Vampires Ltd. was co-founded in 2017 by Harri Karppinen and Timo Juuti. Niko Alakastari is currently CTO.
3XP is conducting a $25,000 giveaway to recognize the best projects and content creators in web3 gaming. There will be prizes worth over $25K in 3XP Exhibition Credit, VIP tickets and speaker spots available to win.
Community Gaming, Game7, and 3XP Gaming Expo reveal a partnership for an upcoming in-person event. The event is aimed at highlighting the community around blockchain games, the expo will take place from June 8th to June 9th at the Pasadena Convention Center in California.
The event will be headlined by a curated selection of game developers, thought leaders, and leading brands including:
Game7, Avalanche, Polygon Labs, Brave, XBorg, Community Gaming, Coinbase, Magic Eden, YGG, Limit Break, MoonPay, Sequence, Midnight Society, Jungle, The Bornless, Gridiron, Genopets, Planet Mojo, Phantom, SuperLayer, Nouns Esports, STEPN, Sparkadia, BR1, Undead Blocks and EV.io.
Game7 is a Web3 Gaming DAO created to accelerate the adoption of blockchain-enabled game economies, with a treasury with $500 million in capital committed by BitDAO and Forte. 
Gunzilla recently closed two investment rounds. The first raise $25 million and the second $46 million. Major participants included Justin Kan (co-founder of Twitch), Griffin Gaming Partners, Animoca Brands, Jump Crypto, RW3 Ventures, CoinFund, Shima Capital, Dominance Ventures, GSR, Kucoin Labs, Spartan Investment Group, Blizzard, Digital Strategies, Morningstar Ventures, Gamegroove Capital, Formless Capital, NGG and Huobi Group.
Off the Grid is the upcoming web3 battle royale game being built. The Gunzilla team includes Vlad Korolov, Neill Blomkamp, Richard K. Morgan, and Timur Davidenko.
Emin Gün Sirer is CEO of Ava Labs.

Pulsar just recently announced its upcoming Ladder Event. The registration closed in less than 24 hours, after drawing in 1,000 players. Participants will get the chance to earn the game’s native tokens ($PLRS) in this free-to-play event, where they will vie for a share of the 15,000,000 $PLRS prize pool (TW).
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