Arbitrum unveils eight week long event called the Arbitrum Arcade. The on-chain Gameathon has been designed to showcase web3's most innovative gaming experiences, provide exposure and prizes to up-and-coming content creators, and bring in-game achievements on-chain with Clique, built on top of EAS (Ethereum Attestation Service). Arbitrum Arcade will kick off on March 11th through the Arbitrum Portal. There will also be an info session on Tuesday, March 5th, to learn more.

Prizes and Rewards

As a content creator, you’ll have the chance to have your content featured on the official Arbitrum X account, compete for the chance to win a custom gaming PC, and receive a share of a $200,000 grant prize pool in USD dedicated to creators.

You can sign up here between now and March 4th, 12pm EST to be eligible for consideration as an Arbitrum Arcade creator.

As a user you’ll have the opportunity to try out 3 or more games every week, use Clique to create attestations about your progress across games, and mint an NFT on OpenSea at the end of the campaign signifying your participation.

As a gaming team, deploy your game on Arbitrum One, Nova, or on an Orbit chain by April 15th, and you’ll have the opportunity to join in on the last week of the campaign after applying here.

Arcade Lineup

Each chapter will last for one week, totaling 8 weeks, featuring a lineup of over 24 games native to the Arbitrum ecosystem and pushing the boundaries of what it means to game on-chain.

Ai Arena, Army of Tactics, BattleFly, BattlePlan!, Bitmates, Cosmik Battle, Dininho, Forgotten Runiverse, Kaiju Cards, Knights of the Ether, Kuroro Beasts, Lost Donkeys, Mighty Action Heroes, Minters World, Monkey Empire, Pirate Nation, Realm, SankoGameCorp, Tales of Elleria, The Beacon, Treasure, Xai, Zeeverse, and ZTX are all involved in the first 7 chapters of the Arbitrum Arcade.

Gaming projects not included in the first seven chapters will have the opportunity to join the fun in the last chapter, chapter eight.

If you’re a gaming project and wish to be eligible for consideration in the Arcade, (1) launch your game on Arbitrum Nova or One between now and April 15th, (2) apply to be listed on the Arbitrum Portal, and (3) submit your interest in joining the Arbitrum Arcade here.

Creating with Creators

A big part of the Arbitrum Arcade revolves around content creation. To uplift emerging content creators and reward those who generate the most engagement for both themselves and the games, the Arbitrum team has allocated $200,000 in grants to be equally distributed amongst all creators who participate.

In addition to the $200,000 worth of grants, the Arbitrum team are also giving away 3 fully loaded PCs (up to $5,000 in value) so they’ll never have to worry about bitrate again. 

1st PC will go to the creator with the highest amount of referrals

2nd PC will go to the creator with the highest amount of video content produced:

• X, Youtube, Twitch, and Sanko TV
• MUST include hashtag #ArbitrumArcade in content on X for posts to be eligible

3rd PC goes to the creator with the highest number of impressions generated through the total content produced:

• X, Youtube, Twitch, and Sanko TV
• MUST include hashtag #ArbitrumArcade in content on X for posts to be eligible

Eligibility

To be a creator as part of the Arbitrum Arcade, creators must have created at least 10 forms of web3 gaming video content (shorts or full-length videos) from X, Youtube, Tik Tok, or Twitch within the last 60 days (before 2/27/2024).

To remain eligible for a part of the $200,000 worth of grants and PC giveaway, content creators must produce at least 1 piece of web3 gaming video content per week related to the participating games for that chapter. Winners will be decided following a manual review of content produced during the campaign. Creators can apply here.

The Arbitrum Foundation will also join the fun through weekly live streams simulcasted on X and Youtube. The team are excited to have some of web3’s most popular content creators streaming with them throughout the Arcade — stay tuned for the names to be announced soon.