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Alex Becker Joins Photo Finish Live as Advisor

Alex Becker, Founder of Hyros and content creator with more than 1.3 million YouTube subscribers and 927k X followers, has joined Third Time Games as an advisor.

Virtual horse-racing game Photo Finish Live, built on the Solana blockchain, has already seen great success, amassing over $12 million in horse sales, $9 million in awarded purse prizes, and nearly $2 million in earnings from those who staked the game’s $CROWN token for track ownership.

The addition of Becker as an advisor is sure to boost the game’s chances of long-term success, leaning on his knowledge in business, marketing, and the gaming industry.

The $CROWN token is currently trading at $0.67c with a Fully Diluted Market Cap of $168 million.

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Ronin Partners with Footprint Analytics

Ronin has partnered with Footprint Analytics, a blockchain data provider that will help empower Ronin users.

Footprint allows users to explore Ronin data, including daily active addresses, individual address activity, and SQL queries. The user-friendly interface will allow all Ronin users to enhance their experience with data and analytics.

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First-Person Shooter Shrapnel Releases Gameplay from Early Access Map

Shrapnel posted gameplay footage on YouTube from a playtest session of the Early Access Map, STX.01. STX.01 is the launch of Shrapnel’s early access program, and can be accessed by purchasing an extraction pack. Shrapnel developers will be using the early access program to collect feedback that they can use to improve all in-game mechanics.

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Beam Releases Updates on 13 Partner Games

Beam released updates on 13 partner games this week. Here’s an excerpt taken from the Beam Newsletter, with links to articles with more information:

• Amino Rewards — Actively preparing to launch its full integration onto the Beam network in Q1, 2024.

• Age of Battles — Integrating their latest release with the Beam-SDK to launch an in-game marketplace, account abstraction and NFTs on Beam in Q1, 2024.

• Arcade Galaxy — Internally preparing for a marketing overhaul including a variety of assets to launch on the Beam network in 2024.

• Castle of Blackwater — Bridged over a variety of assets to the Beam network including NFTs and plans to fully launch in 2024.

• Devomon — Launched the first release of the game that is actively using the Beam SDK for account abstraction.

• Domi Online — Releasing their latest patch to prepare for various rounds of playtesting. in-game storefront, working assets and merchant scheduled for 2024.
  Edenhorde — Working on improvement of the Eclipse card game, that will eventually make its way onto Beam.

• Forgotten Playland — The DAO’s very own game, scheduled to go live in Q1, 2024.

• Goons of Balatroon — Launched their ERC-20 token $GOB on Beam which is actively trading on Beam Swap. Hosted a card pack sale that minted out on the Beam network.

• Haven’s Compass — Actively experimenting with the Beam testnet in preparation for deployment in Q1, 2024.

• Megaweapon  is preparing to release its very first NFT collection on the Beam network somewhere in Q1, 2024.

• Nekoverse  is scheduled to launch its full game on the Beam network in January 2024.

• Rumble Arcade — Currently implementing a range of new features in preparation for the full launch in Q2, 2024.

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Photo Finish Live’s 3 Biggest Sales from Saturday, January 20th

Virtual horse racing game Photo Finish Live has seen great success the past week with sales exploding after a new batch of foals entered the sale yards. Here are the three biggest sales from Saturday, January 20th.