TAKE3, 12 September 2024
Welcome to the monthly recap by PLAYA3ULL GAMES! Here, we’ll update you on each game, team, partnerships, and other exciting events happening for PLAYA3ULL GAMES. These include our new Game Developer Producer, exciting developments in ORDINEM and new partnerships to be more 3ULLISH about. Let’s dive in! GLHF.
We're excited to welcome Nicholas to PLAYA3ULL GAMES as the new Game Development Producer. Nicholas joins us after 2.5 years leading the Product Delivery Team at Illuvium, working across four core game products and 25+ Web & Blockchain related initiatives.
With a strong passion for Web3 innovation and how it can be applied to the gaming industry, Nicholas was drawn to PLAYA3ULL GAMES' commitment to revolutionising player ownership, as well as the opportunity to work on some truly unique titles in the Web3 space. This move allows Nick to leverage his extensive experience in product ownership, project management, and Web3 to push PLAYA3ULL GAMES forward as our core suite of games closes in on their public launch dates in Late 2024, Early 2025.
NEXUS is a competitive third-person Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) shooter that soared to the #1 trending game on the Epic Games Store in its first week of release.
Lock onto these exciting updates this month:
3ULLiversary - NEXUS celebrated its 1 year anniversary since its public release on the Epic Games Store.
New abilities announced - Blizzard bomb, energy overload, nuke ultimate (rework), skyfall laser, earth flux, and matrix barrier.
New effect announced - Poison.
New cape effects for applicable NEXUS Skins.
Using Unreal Engine with Lifefinder.
Upgrading player-casting animation.
NEXUS keeps it fresh with new abilities.
ORDINEM lets you command one of five mythical factions, using your deck of cards to cast spells and summon creatures.
Summon your eyes on these updates:
Player menu update.
Change avatars.
Manage packs.
Play a secret card - e.g. essence theft.
Draw cards directly from the weave reservoir.
The card zooms to the centre of the screen.
Added dynamic animations.
Added 90 new cards.
New attack animation.
Drop shadows on cards.
Take the W with all new ORDINEM features.
Build your empire farming on Mars with STARVIN MARTIAN. Through challenges and rewards, expand your holdings by growing intriguing alien crops and raising exotic livestock.
Voyage into the latest updates:
Updated animations and user interface
Astronaut flexing.
Animations - solar sugar refinery, plutonium drill, peculiar pie maker.
New features for silo building with a line that shows how much storage is available.
New shortcut to assign to the Martian colony.
Updated NFT Gaming animations of STARVIN MARTIAN.
WAR OF STEEL delivers fast-paced Battle Royale action combining quick decisions, lightning reflexes, and explosive mech combat.
Dive into its highly anticipated updates:
A behind-the-scenes for the map of WAR OF STEEL.
Introduction of the dev team in a fireside chat.
Concept art with three variants.
A peek into the story of WAR OF STEEL and the mech games.
Multiple arenas.
Weather affects gameplay.
Concept art of mech design lab.
Ready to crashland into WAR OF STEEL?
DOGS OF WAR delivers stylish survival gameplay with a twist - you play as a hybrid canine-human genetically engineered for combat.
Sniff out the updates here:
Slimming mechanics and coral reefs.
Finishing modelling for internal houses in town that players can loot.
Upgrading internals for homes and diners.
Exterior screenshots of the farm.
The DOGS OF WAR team is dedicated to beautiful environments.
We are excited to announce a partnership with our new Web3 agency - Take3!
Take3 is a full-service Web3 digital marketing agency that will primarily focus on our website's SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) strategy and the creation of regular content articles (like this one!) for PLAYA3ULL GAMES.
“We're thrilled to be working with a business that shares our vision for the web3 space, and look forward to growing together.” - Renee Francis, Founder & Director (Take3).
We are excited to announce our partnership with our new Public Relations (PR) Agency - The PR Genius.
The PR Genius agency has experience working with over 200+ companies (including Gala Games) and will be primarily focused on building & executing our PR strategy for PLAYA3ULL GAMES.
“We’re excited to be partnering up with PLAYA3ULL GAMES to expand their reach and bring more eyeballs to their project. We believe in their team and vision and are happy to be part of this journey with them.” - Kim Than, CEO and Founder (The PR Genius).
PLAYA3ULL GAMES won the “Best Play-To-Earn Game Development Company in 2024” at the Corporate Excellence Awards. A big thank you to all who are playing and earning in NEXUS. With more games on the horizon, we feel 3ULLish for the future!
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That was a BIG UPDATE. With August now over, September is looking huge for PLAYA3ULL GAMES.
Did you know that we also release weekly video updates? Watch the video below for more sneak peeks of the brand-new cards and game-changing abilities!
Subscribe to the PLAYA3ULL GAMES YouTube Channel to catch our weekly updates on our games.
Until next time, gamers - GG Well Played!
Want to experience the thrill of NEXUS? The third-person MOBA is free to play now on the Epic Games Store. Download it here.
TAKE3, 14 February 2025
Gamers, you deserve better. For too long, your time in-game and your assets weren’t being rewarded. With the introduction of blockchain/Web3 and NFT (Non-fungible tokens), a new level of ownership has been unlocked. A new way to earn by playing a game and a new way to have power in fostering a gaming community.
Let’s dissect exactly how NFT games give back to gamers.
Imagine this: you’re playing a highly addictive game for multiple hours daily. It’s fun and challenging, plus your friends are playing it. But when you tally up those hours over weeks or years, what do you have to show for it? Most of the time, those countless hours and dollars are spent with little to no tangible benefit in return. Read this cautionary gaming story for proof. NFT games empower users to be rewarded for their time.
These NFT games include the benefit of buying, selling, or trading the NFTs in an open marketplace where the reward can be a cryptocurrency. With that cryptocurrency, you can sell it for real money, spend it within the ecosystem, or trade it for another currency. Another way to earn crypto is to play the game itself. Instead of a locked in-game currency like Fortnite’s ‘Vbucks’, you can earn a tradeable cryptocurrency like 3ULL coin by playing NEXUS. Those countless gaming hours are no longer spent in vain because they now provide a source of income. This appeals to many gamers who wish their time could be more productive, offering a sense of purpose and reducing frustration in grind-heavy games.
For many decades, big video game companies like Blizzard had a stranglehold on player’s ownership. They could ban you for various reasons, and that ban meant your in-game assets would now be frozen indefinitely. Sometimes, this resulted in lost time; other times, it meant losing the money spent purchasing those digital items. Losing years of progress due to a ban or a game shutting down can be incredibly disheartening. Having the option to transfer your characters, skins, items, or assets outside the game is essential. That’s where NFT solves that issue. If unforeseen circumstances force a player to abandon a video game voluntarily, those in-game assets can be traded, so it’s not a complete loss for the player.
A new way of ownership outside NFTs is owning a game/company node. PLAYA3ULL GAMES has decided to distribute nodes so users can claim daily 3ULL coins and help run the network. This becomes another option for gamers who want to be in an ecosystem but may not have many hours to play. The nodes can be fractional, so you can pool with other users and share a node. This allows players to retain value even after they stop playing or take a break.
One of the most unique opportunities new blockchain games offer players is a verified way of deciding the direction of games. A DAO is a Decentralised Autonomous Organisation in which only holders of a specific token can vote. But how do they verify holders? Using the blockchain and a digital wallet, the DAO scans the wallet for the specific NFT or token. This also ensures the decision-makers are invested in the game and have its best interests at heart. DAOs can be responsible for how a game’s treasury is distributed, which proposals get accepted or rejected, and even earning a tax on specific actions in-game. As a result, decisions are no longer solely made by the CEOs; the community also gets their say. Splinterlands is a trading card game that has a strong community focus, where token holders play an active role in shaping future content and making adjustments through community proposals.
This transparency in governance also encourages more collaboration between developers and gamers. In NFT gaming, players also become investors, aligning their interests with the game’s success. This helps ensure that decisions support the game's longevity rather than selfish actions, such as draining the game’s treasury. With the handy edition of Discord, players are equipped with the tools to shape the game they love and can reward community members and leaders with incentives. Recently, we launched the ‘Big3ULL chat’, a dedicated space for investors to connect directly with the PLAYA3ULL GAMES team. NFT games break the barriers of traditional games and let players get insights much earlier than everyone else. Creating a much-needed thriving community experience.
We hope this blog highlighted the benefits of NFT gaming and ushering in a new frontier for video games to explore. Actual ownership of in-game assets and being rewarded for your hard-earned hours of gameplay are things all games should have.
Until next time, gamers - GG Well Played!
Want to experience the thrill of a NEXUS with others? The third-person MOBA is free to play now on the Epic Games Store. Download it here.
TAKE3, 07 February 2025
Welcome to the January Web3 Gaming recap by PLAYA3ULL GAMES! Here, we’ll give you updates on each game, team, partnerships, and other exciting events happening for PLAYA3ULL GAMES (PG). These include new updates to NEXUS, ORDINEM, STARVIN MARTIAN, WAR OF STEEL, and DOGS OF WAR. Previews of new concept art and our new Supporta3ull team Discord members!
Major improvements have been implemented for node operators and 3ULL players in our ecosystem.
Ecosystem updates:
New Coinstore listing for 3ULL coin.
Hosting more giveaways and contests in the Discord community.
The in-game reporting tool is set to enhance the support experience.
For each new game released, the Supporta3ULL team will increase to help everyone.
We’re looking for active community members to join the support team!
More node software will be released in early 2025, allowing users to monitor uptime, track rewards, and access features more easily.
Improved ticketing tools to help staff moderate issues faster.
Cross-chain integration is undergoing a comprehensive upgrade, featuring improved bridging and node-minting mechanisms to ensure smoother and more secure token transfers.
Our main dApp is improving with a more intuitive user flow, sleek new UI, and enhanced functionality.
Fractional nodes will return after the dApp rebuild.
The AI research & development department will focus on procedural world generation, adaptive Non-playable characters (NPCs), and dynamic environments that respond to player actions.
A complete redesign of the website and merch store.
The new Discord role, lemon, can be earned by community participation.
NEXUS is a competitive third-person Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) shooter that soared to the #1 trending game on the Epic Games Store in its first week of release.
Lock onto these exciting updates this month:
Major UI, abilities, and balance updates are on the way.
Finetuning the MOBA 5v5 experience with ongoing bug fixes and balance patches to make gameplay even sharper and more immersive.
Since December, 514 reports have been resolved, resulting in 170 bans of bad actors in NEXUS.
ORDINEM lets you command one of five mythical factions, using your deck of cards to cast spells and summon creatures.
Summon your eyes on these updates:
A new update will bring more balanced battles.
The future ORDINEM full release promises a seamless cross-platform play across desktop, android, and iOS.
Cards that can attack or defend now glow, making it easier to recognise.
On the deck creation screen, quantities automatically adjust as cards are added, giving you a more precise overview.
Corrections were made to the enemy card control feature so users could control certain enemy cards as intended.
Post-match conversations are buzzing on the Discord channels.
Bugs relating to card switching and the number of cards in each deck have been resolved.
Icons and attack lines have been appropriately adjusted.
Build your farming empire on Mars with STARVIN MARTIAN. Through challenges and rewards, expand your holdings by growing intriguing alien crops and raising exotic livestock.
Voyage into the latest updates:
The alpha stage is focused on mastering colony survival.
Stunning cosmic visuals and revamped mechanics elevate the colony-building experience.
Implemented a robust anti-cheat system.
New art for the colonist building, microwave, and warehouse building.
WAR OF STEEL delivers fast-paced Battle Royale action, combining quick decisions, lightning reflexes, and explosive mech combat.
Dive into its highly anticipated updates:
Gearing up for early alpha testing to gain valuable feedback and bug testing.
This feedback will fuel the open beta release, including new characters and biomes.
Introducing the Behemoth and Mammoth mechs that will be ready for epic battles.
New lobby renders when waiting for a game.
DOGS OF WAR delivers stylish survival gameplay with a twist - you play as a hybrid canine-human genetically engineered for combat.
Sniff out the updates here:
The closed beta will ramp up team-based survival gameplay and show off new environments with polished looks.
A first look at the rugged Military Airport Alpha environment.
We’re thrilled to be a GOLD Sponsor at the 14th Global Blockchain Congress, and we look forward to sharing more with the 3ULL Community after the event.
Jonathan Bouzanquet - aka 0ld3ULL (Chief Strategy Officer & Founder) and Jethro Bouzanquet - aka Young3ULL (GameFi Designer & Co-Founder) will attend this event.
0ld3ULL will deliver a keynote speech to all attendees titled ‘Beyond the Hype: PLAYA3ULL GAMES Delivers Trust, AI & Innovation for 1M Players.’
We’re so 3ULLISH in 2025, and all the plans are coming to fruition.
With so much going on, stay in touch via Discord to find all the information you need about our upcoming games.
Did you know that we also release weekly video updates? Watch the video below for more sneak peeks of the fantastic games PLAYA3ULL GAMES are releasing next.
Subscribe to the PLAYA3ULL GAMES YouTube Channel to catch our weekly updates on our games.
Until next time, gamers - GG Well Played!
Want to experience the thrill of a Web3 game called NEXUS with others? The third-person MOBA is free to play now on the Epic Games Store. Download it here.
TAKE3, 23 January 2025
2024 has been one giant leap for PLAYA3ULL GAMES! We’ve upgraded all aspects of our company, enabled our community to thrive, launched a new game ORDINEM, and even got to exhibit at multiple Web3 conventions.
Gaze into some of our biggest milestones for the year of 2024!
2024 marked the 2nd anniversary of PLAYA3ULL GAMES building and delivering across all divisions. We rapidly levelled up our team and increased the community team from a small group of moderators to a large department of specialised roles. We futureproofed ourselves and added a new revenue source by announcing a new AI division that supercharges the progress of our games and diversifies revenue via a SaaS product offering.
Our flagship game on the Epic Games Store, ‘NEXUS,’ celebrated its 1st anniversary in 2024. December 24th, 2024, marked the 1st anniversary of the play and earn model within NEXUS. The players were awarded over 365 million 3ULL coins in total. NEXUS boxes were introduced that contained 16 unique NFT skins that players could unlock. It features a wear and tear attribute that adds uniqueness and rarity to every skin. NEXUS boxes and skins can be traded in the marketplace, allowing players to buy, sell, or exchange items. We also welcomed a new game ambassador, ‘Dacrippa3ULL’, to liaise with the community and developers to improve the game. Dacrippa3ULL has logged over 2,100 hours of NEXUS play. Insane, right?
ORDINEM became our second game on the Epic Games Store, including multiple UI and UX updates that significantly improved the player experience. This is an exciting time as we stay true to our ‘30 games in 10 years’ promise.
Our next 3 games are also ramping up production:
STARVIN MARTIAN is going through a rebuild for PC and mobile. With loads of previews in our weekly recaps, prepare for its official release in 2025.
DOGS of WAR is set to enter closed alpha in 2025 with stunning environments and quirky characters.
WAR OF STEEL completed the vertical slice and is currently in the Alpha 1 phase.
We are thankful for the wonderful community we’ve built on social media networks, especially the ones who interact with everyone in our Discord daily. The Founders connected closely with the community in the PLAYA3ULL GAMES discord general chat. The ‘Big3ULL chat’ was launched, a dedicated space for investors (HODLing 10M+ 3ULL) to connect directly with the team. Introducing guilds fostered collaborations, friendly rivalries, and a stronger sense of belonging in our community.
In 2024, we created the ‘Public Test Grounds’ channel. Community members can use the channel to collaborate with the devs and patch-test the games. The community feedback has directly influenced game improvements, ensuring evolving gaming experiences shaped by the players. Adding the ‘Socials’ category provides a streamlined area for PLAYA3ULL GAMES channels. The ‘Socials’ category also supports community-driven promotion and amplifies our social media footprint.
We’re extra 3ULLISH on the partnerships and general ecosystem updates we’ve had in 2024. In June 2024, we introduced fractional nodes for our community and investors. This gave a new way for investors to pool together with others and own portions of a full node. We upgraded the support system for faster response times and added a 24/7 ticket and support service. The 3ULL coin has continued to make strides in the open market, including listing on XT.com. Buying 3ULL coins on ETH and purchasing 3ULL coins on a credit card became available.
We partnered with Evertreen to plant a tree for every node sold. We also acquired Web3 marketing services from the talented Take3 and PR help with PR Genius. We are now steamrolling ahead into Phase 4 of our marketing plan, which includes paid advertisements and more partnerships. PLAYA3ULL GAMES was also busy in real life, attending four shows.
Token2049, Dubai.
Australian Crypto Convention Sydney.
Digital Assets Oasis, Rak UAE.
Global Blockchain Show Dubai.
What a way to wrap up 2024 for us! We’ve never been so much more proud than right now of our team and community at PLAYA3ULL GAMES. Here’s to an epic 2025!
Until next time, gamers - GG Well Played!
Want to experience the thrill of a NEXUS with others? The third-person MOBA is free to play now on the Epic Games Store. Download it here.
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