YouTube’s ‘direct attack’ on Web3 gaming, riskiest crypto game tease: Web3 Gamer

YouTube’s ‘nail in the casket’ for Web3 video gaming material

YouTube’s most current material guidelines statement hasn’t decreased well with Web3 video gaming developers, who state the platform is unjustly targeting them.

” YouTube’s brand-new policy is a direct attack on Web3 video gaming and CS skins,” Player Leevai stated in an X post. Fellow player Predz included, “Know any Web3 developers? They require to see this.”

The upgrade, which is anticipated to present on Nov. 17, broadens YouTube’s meaning of forbidden online video gaming material to cover digital items with financial worth, consisting of skins, cosmetics, NFTs, and other blockchain-based possessions.

Video gaming expert Eliza Crichton-Stuart stated the modifications might “effect countless developers in the Web3 and blockchain video gaming area.”

Video gaming analyst Easy asked, “Is this the nail in the casket?”

Nevertheless, not all believe that it’s end ofthe world for Web3 video gaming material. Anjali restated that it is not “an overall restriction.”

He even more discussed that material around playing the video game itself and not concentrating on the financial worth elements of the video game must be “primarily all right,” while diving into anything that “includes staking, making, or squandering” might be more dangerous and result in YouTube prohibiting the account.

The policy tweak comes in the middle of a more comprehensive crackdown on crypto material on YouTube.

Crypto YouTuber Kyle Chassé just recently informed Publication that he has one strike left on his YouTube account before it may be prohibited permanently.

Animoca Brands’ tactical strategy to get noted on the Nasdaq

Web3 video gaming giant Animoca Brands is making its long-awaited approach the Nasdaq stock market, setting out a strategy to go public through a reverse merger with fintech company Currenc Group Inc.

Creator Yat Siu called the offer part of Animoca’s “tactical strategy” to open its 600-plus business portfolio, covering Web3 video gaming, real-world possession (RWA) tokenization, and AI, to traditional financiers.

Under the proposition, Animoca investors would own roughly 95% of the merged entity, which will continue to run under the Animoca Brands name. A reverse merger lets a personal business go public by taking in a currently noted one– a quicker and less dangerous course than a conventional IPO.

Popular YouTuber Conor Kenny stated it is a “watershed minute for crypto stocks.”

” Web3 video gaming, RWA, AI, and a $600+ business portfolio now available to a more comprehensive financier base,” Kenny stated.

The Sandbox co-founder Sebastien Borget stated, “Today marks a strong brand-new action towards its vision of empowering digital home rights and forming a much better future for all.”

Areta co-founder Karl-Martin Ahrend stated, “The lines in between conventional financing and digital possessions continue to blur.”

” Today marks another significant action in that instructions,” he included.

The riskiest crypto video game is returning with a couple of more million in the bank

Web3’s riskiest and possibly most thrill-seeking video game, Cambria, is returning for another season, this time with a couple of additional million in its war chest.

” Delighted to reveal that we have actually raised an extra $2m in Strategic fundraising from @BITKRAFTVC @SkyMavisHQ to continue constructing our degen-native MMO with enormous onchain stakes,” Cambria stated in an X post.

Cambria, a risk-to-earn seasonal MMO, has actually currently had 2 extremely effective seasons and won over the hardcore Web3 players. Motivated by classics like Runescape and Ultima, the video game is based upon Ronin and Abstract.

It’s embeded in a harsh middle ages dream world, and gamers stake crypto, NFTs and other in-game possessions, however if they lose a fight, they can lose whatever they have actually put on the line.

By the end of Season 2 in April, some gamers were so connected they were squeezing in raids in between work calls. Player “Birdie” stated they did their “finest while working a 9-6 task.”

After 2 seasons of chaos, Cambria states it’s constructed “a commanding first-mover lead in producing among the most sophisticated crypto-native MMORPGs in what our company believe to be a brand-new classification of video games.”

No date has actually been set yet for Cambria’s Season 3.

Yuga Labs’ Otherside launch might ‘entirely alter the video game’

Yuga Labs’ Otherside is set to introduce in mid-November, and market speculators state an effective launching might be a turning point for the whole Web3 video gaming market.

” There will be a scriptural shift in attention back to NFTs, digital land and possessions,” player Nathan Head stated in an X post. Others state the belief for the video game has actually altered substantially in current times.

” Otherside made it from the most significant Yuga’s FUD case to the most significant capacity driver on the entire market,” player Marcel stated.

Otherside is a gamified metaverse that mixes MMORPG mechanics with Web3 virtual worlds. It has actually remained in advancement for 3 years and draws motivation from the Bored Ape Luxury Yacht Club (BAYC), the once-hyped NFT collection that has actually seen its interest decrease given that its launch in 2021.

On the other hand, the task’s native token has actually likewise had a hard time. Apecoin has actually dropped 60% over the previous 12 months, according to CoinMarketCap.

Otherside is set to introduce on Nov. 12.

Other News

— The Ronin-based social open-world farming video game Pixels has actually launched its most current upgrade, Chapter 3: Bountyfall.

— MapleStory Universe launched its Q3 2025 report and exposed that it has actually exceeded 1.75 million cumulative accounts.

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Ciaran Lyons

Ciaran Lyons is an Australian crypto reporter. He’s likewise a standup comic and has actually been a radio and television speaker on Triple J, SBS and The Task.