Newsletter Kickstart | Knight Weekly

Welcome to the first edition of our newsletter digest, Knight Weekly! We are excited to bring you the latest updates, news, and insights all around web3 & indie gaming and of course the KNIGHT ecosystem.
In this digest, you will find a compilation of the most important and interesting articles, events, and announcements that have taken place over the past month. We hope you find this newsletter informative and engaging as we strive to keep you informed about all the happenings within our community.

🚀 Igniting Innovation: This Week's Unmissable Breakthroughs Rock the Headlines!

• Baldur's Gate 3 Emergency Update Makes Important Fix

• Web3 Games Become More Accessible For Web2 Users

• Leak Reveals How Long GTA 6 Has Been In Development

• Promising Indie Souls-like Deathbound Announced

• GameStop Ends Crypto Wallet Support

• Illuminati Capital Eyes Web3 Games and NFT Infrastructure with New $50M Fund

• Epic vs Apple: What’s Next for NFTs and Web3 Gaming

• AIKODE – An impressive NieR-inspired Dystopian Action RPG solo-developed by ACE

• Guild of Guardians Recaps Beautiful Corner Demo Performance

• Rain World: All Slugcats, Ranked

Knight Ecosystem Update:

This weekly newsletter is going to cover all recent updates in the Knight ecosystem. Expect this section to be more and more dominant as we release more products for the community

• Forest Knight Hub has received several UX improvements as well as reactivated the Walletconnect feature.

• Knight Improvement proposal has been passed! This means a treasury address will be created in the coming weeks.

• Patch 0.5.1.13.6 for Forest Knight went live introducing several balancing changes, as well as a new guild leaderboard for Boss.

Video Game Releases Coming Soon For Nintendo Switch & PC

The Nintendo Switch has been a highly successful console, proving that raw power isn't the only factor that determines success. With a variety of first-party games from Nintendo, a strong selection of triple-A third-party titles, and a vast array of indie projects, the Switch has built up a fantastic library of games that rivals most other platforms in both quality and quantity.

Those playing games on a PC have a lot to look forward to in 2023 and beyond, with some high-profile ports, awesome-looking Indie releases, and AAA titles that are sure to look absolutely stunning on a high-end build. Here's a look at all the titles we can expect to see on the PC in 2023, along with games that do not have specific release years.

• August 10: Pipe Dream (Switch)

• August 10: Backrooms Doors (PC)

• August 11: Acceptance (Switch)

• August 11: WildTrax Racing (PC)

• August 12: Tow Truck Driver Simulator 2023 (Switch)

• August 14: Forklift 2024 - The Simulation (PC)

• August 15: Astro Flame Starfighter (Switch)

• August 15: BlazBlue Entropy Effect (PC)

Indie Showcase

Inside sits as the perfect example of how to tell a story through gameplay rather than dialogue. It plays similarly to Playdead’s other game, Limbo, but with a totalitarian government as the backdrop instead of a forest.

Like Limbo, in Inside, you play as a young boy going through a hostile world, where everyone and everything is trying to kill you. There are countless ways to die, with the entertaining ragdoll physics and great sound design really making you feel for the poor nameless boy.

Inside is a puzzle platformer. The player character is an unnamed boy who explores a surreal and mostly monochromatic environment presented as a 2.5D platform game. The game is dark, with color used sparingly to highlight both the player and certain parts of the environment. The game is mostly silent, with the exception of occasional musical cues, the boy's vocals, dogs barking, equipment, and sound effects. The player controls the boy who walks, runs, swims, climbs, and uses objects to overcome obstacles and progress in the game. The boy gains the ability to control bodies to complete certain puzzles, a mechanic that IGN's Marty Sliva compared to a similar mechanic in The Swapper. At various points in the game, the player may discover hidden rooms containing glowing orbs. If all the orbs are deactivated during a playthrough, the player unlocks the game's alternate ending.

The boy can die in a multitude of ways, including drowning, being shot with a gun or tranquilizer dart, being mauled by dogs, ensnared by security machines, being blown apart by shockwaves, and others. As in the predecessor game Limbo, these deaths are presented realistically and are often graphic, but to a larger degree, earning the ESRB's Mature rating as opposed to Limbo's Teen rating. If the character dies, the game continues from the most recent checkpoint.

Official Launch Trailer

📺 Video of the Week

Luto is a first-person psychological horror narrative game where players embody a person that is trapped in his own home. As players search for a way to escape, multiple paths will put their senses to the test. The game will explore the emotions of the pain of a lost one, anxiety, and depression. Luto is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S|X, and PC.

• Did you know that the first ever Web3 game was CryptoKitties? CryptoKitties is a blockchain-based game where players collect, breed, and trade digital cats.

• The most expensive NFT ever sold was a CryptoPunk. A CryptoPunk is a unique collectible token that is stored on the Ethereum blockchain. The most expensive CryptoPunk sold for $11.8 million.

• The total market capitalization of the Web3 gaming industry is estimated to be over $30 billion.

Disclaimer:

The content provided in this newsletter is for informational purposes only. The inclusion of any specific game or source does not constitute an endorsement.