$90 million price of SAND tokens unlocking 14th February

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fifth February: The unlock of The Sandbox utility token SAND is anticipated later this month, 14th February.

206 million token, or 9%, of the token’s circulating provide shall be unlocked, which is at the moment price round $90 million. The whole provide of SAND tokens is 3 billion and with this unlock, 86% of them shall be circulating.

Though the approaching unlock hasn’t turned the downward development of the worth of SAND, it appears to have slowed its lower. Whereas the token is down 44% over the past 12 months, it’s down solely 12% over the past month and 5.2% over the last 7 days, as per Coingecko. 

Extra usually, SAND is down 95% since its all-time excessive in November 2021, however in the end up 1,385% since its all-time low a 12 months earlier.

twelfth December: In its newest occasion known as Season’s Greetings, The Sandbox has designed a reward system aimed each at onboarding new gamers in addition to rewarding its current neighborhood. With a beneficiant reward pool totalling 600,000 SAND, 100,000 SAND is up for grabs for everybody enjoying the sport. 200,000 SAND are for avatar holders and half of the pot is designated to LAND holders.

IPs comparable to The Strolling Useless, Warner Music, The Little Prince, Zeptolab, Playboy, Invincible, Gordon Ramsay and DanceFight are among the many 60 varied experiences playable all through the occasion. Operating for 43 days throughout the peak of winter celebrations, the experiences are designed to immerse gamers into the spirit of winter with snowy landscapes and festive decorations.

Out there from eleventh December by twenty second January, The Sandbox may be downloaded to PC right here. Customers have to create an account, and to say rewards in Season’s Greetings gamers might want to undergo KYC and clear anti-fraud examine.

4th December: Two months following its 0.8 launch, The Sandbox has launched a serious replace to its Sport Consumer. Described as one of the crucial vital updates but – the present model is 0.9.7 – new key parts embody

fully revamped UI, the introduction of gameplay options comparable to oxygen consumption, fall harm and buffs and debuffs, multiplayer options comparable to rankings and a brand new metaverse map out there on the dashboard.

To offer total smoother sport efficiency, The Sandbox has additionally revamped the engine in Sport Consumer 0.9 resulting in sooner loading instances and higher digicam and navigation capabilities.

Studying by the changelog, we additionally seen the point out of “carried out graphics high quality settings segmentation to assist lower-end cellular units,” which means that The Sandbox is getting ready to launch a cellular model in 2024, though it’s at the moment unclear whether or not it might be capable of do that through the app shops.

The Sandbox and Ubisoft drop Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix avatar assortment

The Sandbox and Ubisoft have teamed as much as launch an avatar assortment primarily based on Ubisoft TV manufacturing Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix. Every of the three,000 avatars has been created in collaboration with Ubisoft, and can allow The Sandbox customers to play as residents of Eden within the metaverse, whereas additionally with the ability to earn SAND.

Launched on Netflix in October, Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix is an animated collection impressed by Ubisoft’s 2013 online game title Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon.

Containing a complete of three,000 avatars, the gathering is scheduled for mint twenty ninth November, with allowlist registrations opening Twenty first November through HeyMint.

The Sandbox set for Cinerama LAND sale Twenty third November

The Sandbox has opened registrations for its Cinerama LAND sale raffle which supplies customers an opportunity of shopping for 1 of the completely 487 Cinerama LANDs out there. Raffle outcomes shall be introduced Thursday Twenty third adopted by the official LAND sale going down between Twenty third-Twenty seventh November. On the similar time, LAND sale auctions begin on Opensea.

Cinerama LAND house owners might find yourself with neighbours comparable to Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen, Peaky Blinders, The Strolling Useless or Clay Nation, to say a couple of. 

“Ominous” Sport Jam in collaboration with Avenged Sevenfold

Registrations are actually open for The Sandbox‘s upcoming Sport Jam, which is being launched in collaboration with US-based heavy steel band Avenged Sevenfold. Profitable contestants have an opportunity of getting their video games revealed on the band’s digital LAND within the metaverse. As well as, creators have an opportunity of a share from the $15,000 prize pool, which shall be distributed in SAND tokens.

Utilizing The Sandbox’s free no-code Sport Maker software program, with the choice of utilizing its VoxEdit software program for customized belongings, anybody can participate within the Jam by constructing an expertise across the theme of “one thing ominous lurking at midnight”. Nonetheless, the total theme shall be revealed on the Sport Jam kick-off on thirteenth November. Following this, members may have till 4th December to submit their video games.

The Sandbox buys 111 LAND NFTs to reward its most proficient creators

The staff behind The Sandbox is getting ready for its first international Creators Day in Hong Kong on third November, the place creators, manufacturers and The Sandbox’ huge catalogue of companions will meet to pave the way in which forward for the main web3 metaverse.

Forward of the occasion, The Sandbox has introduced on X that it’s begun a LAND Ignition Initiative to make sure its most devoted and proficient creators get entry to LAND for constructing their metaverse experiences.

To attain this, the staff has bought 111 LAND NFTs from secondary markets which is able to develop into out there although Sport Jam and different reward contests.

Drecom’s Everlasting Crypt — Wizardry BC joins The Sandbox

A collaboration between The Sandbox and cellular sport developer Drecom has been introduced, enabling the Wizardry franchise to convey its web3 experiences to the metaverse.

Earlier in October, Drecom introduced a partnership with Animoca Manufacturers Japan, with a joint intention to broaden web3 gaming globally. As a part of the efforts, the Drecom-licensed Wizardry IP, which has been tailored to blockchain by Everlasting Crypt — Wizardry BC, shall be built-in on Animoca Manufacturers’ ecosystem. First cease is The Sandbox, with extra social and gaming experiences aimed toward The Sandbox’s 5 million sturdy person base and gamers of Everlasting Crypt — Wizardry BC. 

“We’re delighted to be partnering with The Sandbox, a number one firm within the Web3 business. Not solely will we’ve got the chance to convey “Everlasting Crypt — Wizardry BC -” to the numerous customers of The Sandbox, additionally we hope to be taught rather a lot from their international success within the Web3 house as we work collectively to spice up the Web3 business,” commented Drecom consultant director for Everlasting Crypt — Wizardry BC Yuki Naito.

T&B Media International companions with The Sandbox

Thailand-based leisure firm T&B Media International has partnered with The Sandbox. Set to convey its Mittaria IP and different story-driven experiences to the metaverse, the collaboration goals to advance The Sandbox’s broader imaginative and prescient of interoperability and seamless navigation between interconnected worlds.

The Sandbox co-founder and COO Sebastien Borget commented, “We’re delighted to hitch fingers with T&B Media International. Their experience in storytelling and our dedication to cutting-edge know-how create a synergy that guarantees to reshape the panorama of digital experiences.”

“Collectively, we’ll present customers with an unprecedented stage of entry to immersive storytelling and leisure, bridging the hole between creativeness and actuality,” added T&B Media founder and CEO Dr. Jwanwat Ahriyavraromp.

Aavegotchi coming to The Sandbox, twenty fifth October

Whereas brewing beneath the floor for some time, following the latest launch of its Gotchi-themed Sport Middle, Aavegotchi has formally introduced its partnership with The Sandbox. The launch of its sport in-built The Sandbox is about to go dwell Wednesday twenty fifth October, together with over 20,000 Aavegotchi NFTs and rewards of over 50K SAND and 5000 GHST distributed between sport members.

No Aavegotchi is required to play the sport, nevertheless proudly owning one would possibly unlock particular advantages.

Clay Nation’s Cardano-based NFTs now suitable with The Sandbox

From Tuesday twenty sixth September, holders of a Clay Nation NFT can unlock its voxel twin VOX-CLAY, which serves as a passport to Clay Nation’s playable expertise in The Sandbox. 

To do that, customers should join their Cardano pockets to a Polygon pockets through Clay Nation’s occasion listener. This permits the usage of VOX-CLAYs in The Sandbox, whereas protecting the unique Clay Nation NFT securely throughout the Cardano pockets.

Created by the Clay Nation staff, that is the primary NFT bridge between Cardano and Polygon, the place blockchain is proving NFT possession on Cardano for Polygon interoperability and compatibility with The Sandbox.

The Sandbox, Unstoppable Domains and Smobler announce new metaverse expertise

The Sandbox has introduced a brand new partnership with web3 area supplier Unstoppable Domains and The Sandbox-backed metaverse developer Smobler. 

Collectively the trio will launch an in-game journey known as the Unstoppable Expertise. Slated for launch later in 2023, the expertise will embody new video games, prizes, wearables, and the chance for gamers to amass unique domains.

In extra The Sandbox information, sign-ups for the Lion Metropolis Land sale raffle has opened, with the sale beginning on Twenty seventh September.

Soccer manga Captain Tsubasa avatars coming to The Sandbox

Japanese soccer manga Captain Tsubasa is bringing its avatar assortment and playable expertise to The Sandbox. 

A complete of 2060 Tsubasa avatars, designed by the manga’s creator Yoichi Takahashi, shall be minted. These are a part of Tsubasa’s center college staff and Hyuga’s center college staff from the unique collection, with the addition of unique goalkeeper avatars which might be distinctive to the gathering.

Furthermore, every avatar contains a particular Tsubasa styled soccer themed animation and can allow holders to take part in Captain Tsubasa experiences. Gamers may also be capable of full quests in return for rewards from a prize pool of 100,000 SAND.

Registration opens Tuesday fifth September and ends Monday eleventh, adopted by the official mint on Tuesday twelfth September.

Agoria and The Sandbox launch self-transforming avatars

In partnership with French artist and DJ Agoria, The Sandbox has introduced the upcoming launch of Agorians avatar assortment. Being the primary ever web3 avatar assortment with an automated look transformation, the avatar will rework each six hours aligning itself to the true life time of day.

Following the launch, Agoria’s first playable expertise, One Life Two Our bodies, will develop into out there within the metaverse. From Seventh-Twenty first September avatar holders can play One Life Two Our bodies, embarking on unique quests and in-game necessities, whereas additionally having an opportunity to obtain part of the 100,000 SAND prize pool.

For extra particulars, see the total announcement.

Anime NFT platform Hinata joins The Sandbox

Anime NFT market Hinata by Metagen NFT Labs has introduced a brand new partnership with The Sandbox.

Whereas not many particulars have been revealed but, Hinata’s expertise within the metaverse will allow gamers to journey by varied lands accompanied by the bravest of waifus.

ZeptoLabs’ Lower the Rope expertise in The Sandbox

Lower the Rope sport studio ZeptoLab’s partnership with The Sandbox has introduced forth a brand new Om Nom-themed expertise within the metaverse.

Referred to as the Om Nom Social Hub, the occasion gives Om Nom avatar holders an immersive mixture of the acquainted Lower the Rope franchise, its Om Nom IP, and the digital world of The Sandbox.

“We have been thrilled to mix the acquainted magic of Lower the Rope with the brand new alternatives to play supplied by The Sandbox digital world. In consequence, gamers will get a sense that they’ve been transported into an entire new world — permeated with nostalgia however filled with recent challenges”, commented enterprise growth director at ZeptoLab Kristina Truvaleva.

The preliminary Om Nom Social Hub occasion is unique to holders of Om Nom avatars, which have been just lately introduced to have bought out, however will develop into out there to everybody later in 2023. Operating between Tenth-18th August, the Om Nom Social Hub features a reward pool of 120,000 SAND for gamers who full all quests and in-game necessities.

For extra particulars, go to The Sandbox’s medium.

Elvis Presley mints in The Sandbox

One of the vital high-profile musical avatars are prepared for minting in The Sandbox. The Elvis Presley Assortment shall be launched Tuesday eighth August.

Within the first stage of the mint solely permit listed customers, The Sandbox native avatars, land house owners and people who have registered by heymint.xyz can participate. Two avatars per pockets may be minted inside a 24-hour time interval, priced at 100 SAND.

As of the second stage of the mint, the general public sale is slated for Wednesday ninth August, the place customers can mint as much as 4 avatars per pockets.

Revealed on eleventh August, every Elvis avatar shall be playable in all of The Sandbox’s future multiplayer experiences. Extra usually, holding avatars throughout the metaverse will unlock particular options and content material and function solution to earn SAND by gameplay.

For extra particulars, go to the Elvis avatar assortment web page.

D.OASIS bringing new experiences to the metaverse

NFT and metaverse company D.OASIS is the most recent in line to be introduced to enter The Sandbox. The partnership will supply gamers new experiences in D.OASIS Metropolis, in addition to unique advantages comparable to reductions and promotions from a spread of recent partnership manufacturers and celebrities. These embody Warrix Sports activities, Dhurakij Pundit College, Index Inventive Village, Eventpass, Prakit promoting, and extra.

The Sandbox joins fingers with the British Museum

One other partnership has been introduced, with the British Museum getting into The Sandbox. 

Seeking to supply customers digital experiences and NFTs primarily based on the British Museum’s collections, the metaverse joins forces with the museum’s licensing accomplice laCollection. The latter serves as an NFT hub for museums around the globe. Collectively the 2 will create NFTs and experiences showcasing historic items from the British Museum since its basis in 1753.

“We’re very excited to collaborate with the British Museum to share its unimaginable collections to new audiences within the metaverse. It is a nice alternative for The Sandbox gamers, no matter the place they’re, to study and benefit from the superb collections of human historical past, artwork, and tradition within the British Museum,” stated COO and co-founder of The Sandbox Sebastien Borget.

Step one in direction of a completely open metaverse

A primary milestone in one in every of The Sandbox’s lengthy standing intentions to develop into a completely open metaverse has been reached. Landowners can now submit their early person generated content material (UGC) for early launch approval earlier than the foremost launch later in 2023. Moreover, customers can create their very own web page to market the expertise by making it seen on the Land’s location on the map. 

Seeking to allow the UGC-feature to all The Sandbox Landowners earlier than the top of 2023, this can be a first main step within the metaverse’s ambition to empower artistic freedom and gas the worldwide digital creator economic system.

In a press release it says, “Publishing is extremely thrilling to all in The Sandbox ecosystem as a result of it would empower members by furthering artistic freedom and enhancing variety within the leisure and gaming industries”.

Infinite Pulse enlargement and Land sale

The Sandbox’s music hub Infinite Pulse retains increasing. Not too long ago added to the musical haven is without doubt one of the world’s main marketplaces for DJs and followers of digital music, Beatport. 

One other latest inclusion of digital dance music is Swedish duo Galantis. 

Additionally introduced to hitch Infinite Pulse is Dutch artist and musician Younger & Sick.

The Inifinte Pulse Land sale is about to begin Friday 14th July at 12pm UTC and run for a length of 4 days.

MetaFight expertise coming to The Sandbox

MMA administration sport MetaFight is getting into The Sandbox. The MMA-themed expertise will allow customers a construct their gyms, prepare up fighters and battle in opposition to different gamers within the eight sided digital octagon, with new rewards for probably the most succesful rivals.

“This partnership performs to each of our strengths with MetaFight’s data of MMA gaming and our expansive metaverse and distinctive gameplay alternatives”, commented The Sandbox’s COO and co-founder Sebastien Borget.

The Sandbox reveals Lion Metropolis neighborhood as a part of its Asian enlargement

Animoca Manufacturers’ subsidiary The Sandbox has launched its Singaporean neighborhood Lion Metropolis as a part of its Singapore Companion Day occasion. An expertise that’s been in growth by the metaverse’s native Singapore staff for 9 months, the neighborhood consists of 512 digital land NFTs within the decentralized digital world Lion Metropolis. 

A nation which has been on the forefront of innovation and web3 developments, Singapore was a straightforward choose for The Sandbox when trying to broaden within the southeast Asia area, one of many metaverse’s strongest areas when it comes to customers, in line with COO and co-founder Sebastien Borget.

That is additionally according to Animoca Manufacturers’ co-founder and chairman Yat Sui’s latest statements of how the corporate is trying to broaden in areas with extra progressive crypto laws — Singapore and Hong Kong being two of the very best regarded on this respect.

With over 400 international manufacturers together with Singapore’s DBS financial institution already onboard, Lion Metropolis is meant to function a gateway and launchpad for Southeast Asia, with 35 new manufacturers just lately introduced to hitch the metaverse.

“The Sandbox staff has laid the muse for increasing Metaverse alternatives in Singapore by partnering with over 30 manufacturers and IPs. Moreover, we’ve got licensed 8 native businesses and can proceed to onboard new companions, positioning Singapore as a world hub in web3 and the Metaverse”, says Borget.

Music themed LAND sale Infinite Pulse launches

Got down to develop into the primary music hub within the metaverse, The Sandbox has launched its newest LAND sale Infinite Pulse. Aimed significantly at music creators, followers, artists, and music manufacturers desirous to make their means in web3,  the LAND sale is themed round The Sandbox’s new music neighborhood.

Amongst a number of the plans are digital live shows and dwell jam periods with every LAND proprietor with the ability to customise their LANDs with music studios and venues, and extra. At its core is a imaginative and prescient of constructing a decentralized international neighborhood for music fanatics. 

A number of the outstanding manufacturers already current within the neighborhood are Warner Music Group, Slipknot, Pixelynx, Blond:ish, Manifest and Elvis Presley.

The Pickaxe Grasp NFTs playable in The Sandbox

Because the metaverse’s first mining expertise, The Pickaxe Grasp will bridge to The Sandbox on Thursday twenty second June. What began as a board sport in 2020 was an adaptation of a board sport in The Sandbox in 2022. Now The Pickaxe Masters’ Fortunate Miner NFTs, which launched on Polygon 1st June, may be mixed, develop into clans and households, and shall be playable avatars within the metaverse from twenty second June.

Collab with Nuclear Blast to construct heavy steel expertise

Music retains enjoying an integral half to the event of The Sandbox’s cultural experiences. A brand new partnership has been introduced with German unbiased document label Nuclear Blast, renown for its signing and fostering of a number of the most outstanding names on the heavy steel scene. 

As a part of the partnership, a brand new expertise known as Blast Valley, together with a heavy steel atmosphere created by followers of the style will enter the metaverse. 

“Heavy steel belongs in our platform and offers the chance for great artistic expression, leading to an immersive world not like every other. We’re tremendously excited to make The Sandbox the house of the style within the metaverse, and sit up for collaborating within the novel experiences that may launch in Blast Valley”, stated The Sandbox‘s COO and co-founder Sebastien Borget.

Partnership with Forkast Labs to index metaverse belongings

The Sandbox companions up with international web3 intelligence firm Forkast Labs to revolutionize the way in which digital belongings are valued.

As a part of the collaboration, Forkast will present complete protection and insights into the blockchain video games business in addition to make the most of Forkast’s multichain infrastructure to ensure that The Sandbox will get elevated publicity in international media.

“That is the primary and most vital step within the maturing of the digital asset house. We’re creating the requisite requirements that traders, funds, customers, and companies might want to agnostically decide worth,” commented co-CEO and co-founder of Forkast Labs Angie Lau.

Forkast will produce metaverse indexes for trend, gaming, music, and different NFT belongings in The Sandbox, which signifies that its companions like Warner Music Group, Gucci Vault, Ubisoft, and about 400 extra model companions would be capable of monitor their belongings’ advertising and marketing efficiency in real-time. 

“Partnering with Forkast Labs will convey extra on-chain information evaluation and in-depth articles concerning the actions taking place within the metaverse, contributing to extra transparency and a greater understanding of how this new know-how is remodeling the habits and metrics of customers exploring and interesting with digital worlds,” commented co-founder and COO of The Sandbox Sebastien Borget.

Cross-chain interoperability and new expertise with Clay Nation

The Sandbox has introduced a brand new partnership with Cardano-based clay animation, NFT and metaverse venture Clay Nation. Collectively they plan to make a step towards cross-chain interoperability. Notably, Clay Nation is the primary Cardano venture to enter The Sandbox. 

Because of this collaboration, Clay Nation holders will now be capable of use their avatars in The Sandbox. Additional, Clay Nation shall be teaming up with metaverse architects Smobler Studios to convey the Sonic Sands expertise to the two×2 LAND in addition to a social hub to the 1×1 LAND.

Sonic Sands will function ten quests, mini-games, and two social areas, that are Sonic Sands Central and a live performance space.

Collabs with Bilibili Worldwide and CryptoNatty

The Sandbox has introduced new strategic partnerships with Bilibili Worldwide and its licensed crypto-native platform CryptoNatty. The entities plan to create immersive experiences and digital gaming software situations in a digital house.

With this partnership, The Sandbox will allow the seamless integration of Cheers UP, the primary NFT assortment by CryptoNatty. To begin issues off, two Cheers UP pixel-style characters shall be built-in into the metaverse.

“We’re thrilled to accomplice with Bilibili Worldwide to convey distinctive content material into The Sandbox. We strongly consider that the mixture of Bilibili Worldwide’s vibrant neighborhood and The Sandbox’s immersive metaverse will create extraordinary experiences for customers,” commented COO and co-founder of The Sandbox Sebastien Borget.

Cultural icon The Little Prince expertise within the metaverse

French media and leisure producer Mediawan Youngsters & Household is collaborating with The Sandbox to convey a brand new expertise primarily based on its iconic character The Little Prince to the metaverse. Marking the eightieth anniversary for the reason that ebook’s first publication, The Little Prince immersive expertise shall be out there to The Sandbox’ international viewers.

President of Mediawan Youngsters & Household Julien Borde feedback, “Youngsters & Households around the globe dream with the Little Prince since 80 years and we’re thrilled to discover new methods of storytelling to perpetuate Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s values and produce them to new audiences.”

Through its predominant label Methodology Animation, Mediawan Youngsters & Household has been working with the Saint-Exupéry-d’Agay property for a few years to adapt the world of The Little Prince to right this moment’s audiences.

“Bringing The Little Prince – one of the crucial globally identified cultural icons of our instances – into The Sandbox open metaverse is a significant second for me,” stated COO and co-founder of The Sandbox Sebastien Borget.

Korean TV community Channel A bringing new content material to The Sandbox

South Korean cable TV community Channel A is bringing new IPs and broadcasting to The Sandbox. With reveals like “The Fishermen and the Sea”, “The Iron Squad” and courting present “Coronary heart Sign”, the broadcaster is trying to convey their IPs to the metaverse, in addition to create new NFTs and contents that couldn’t be showcased on the reveals.

“We’re trying ahead to collaborating with different firms in additional participating and pleasing methods on the brand new platforms. We anticipate that collaborations that have been as soon as finished solely offline can now additionally happen within the metaverse,” feedback Channel A.

BBC finds new residence within the metaverse

A brand new trio has been introduced within the web3 house, consisting of The Sandbox, BBC Studios and web3 specialist Actuality+. Aiming to convey new experiences to the metaverse, its customers can sit up for content material from manufacturers like High Gear and Physician Who.

“I’m delighted that BBC Studios is partnering with Actuality+ and The Sandbox on this thrilling enterprise. Whereas the metaverse continues to be in its infancy, it might form how we devour and expertise leisure sooner or later and I’m trying ahead to seeing how followers work together with our manufacturers on this house“, stated president of manufacturers & licensing at BBC Studios Nicki Sheard.

With this collaboration BBC is getting into new floor because it’s the corporate’s first established residence within the metaverse.

COO and co-founder at The Sandbox, Sebastien Borget, added, “We’re proud that BBC Studios selected Actuality+, a licensed metaverse company accomplice engaged on The Sandbox platform, to enter the metaverse with prime international manufacturers like Physician Who and High Gear. The BBC has a historical past of pioneering content material that leverages the most recent know-how and placing it into mainstream households. We predict this enterprise is a crucial step to bringing British tradition and followers into digital worlds.”

Seeking to put sustainability at its core, with Offsetra and Nori to spice up carbon offsetting and WeForest serving to with reforestation efforts, the venture is about to launch later in 2023.

New avatars by Paris Hilton

In keeping with a brand new tweet by movie star and entrepreneur Paris Hilton, she shall be dropping newavatars in The Sandbox. The upcoming 5,555 avatars are all set to function Hilton’s iconic looksand costumes. The allowlist for the avatars opens on Could twenty fourth.

Gamers even have an opportunity to get their fingers on 11 1-of-1 NFTs, that are additionally the tickets toHilton’s bought out present in LA. Additional particulars of minting and gross sales shall be revealed quickly.

Reaching 1 million gasless transactions

Day-after-day we see new partnerships introduced within the web3 video games business, some extra vital than others. 

One such collaboration was just lately highlighted by The Sandbox, as a reminder of how far the main web3 metaverse has come since February 2022. On the time it signed a take care of Biconomy to offer gasless transactions for migrating LAND, following a flagged vulnerability within the good contract. 

Since first being deployed on Polygon and bridging its LAND and SAND token in 2022, The Sandbox and its neighborhood have accomplished 1 million “gasless transactions”, with the assistance of Biconomy. 200,000 distinctive wallets have benefited with The Sandbox paying 18,000 MATIC to cowl the fuel for these customers’ transactions.

And now the corporate has introduced plans to equally cowl all transactions and costs that will have been paid within the SAND token. 

“Constructing on Polygon gives us the chance to cut back our carbon footprint and optimize on-chain transactions to cut back prices for our neighborhood. We couldn’t be extra excited to proceed alongside this path as pioneers of creating a greener metaverse ecosystem”, The Sandbox states in a blogpost.

South Korean pop, village and NFTs enter the metaverse

Owned by Dice Leisure, one of many prime leisure firms in South Korea, Okay-Village is an area in The Sandbox the place Korean tradition will get represented, with a number of landmarks fromSeoul, IPs and rather more.

Holders of one of many new Okay-Village NFTs can enter a draw and have an opportunity to win anAnibear T-shirt. Holders who’ve all the 20 Okay-village NFTs will get an Anibear NFT as a reward.

Anicube, a three way partnership between Dice Leisure and Animoca Manufacturers, has additional introduced Okay-pop performances for his or her Music Metaverse theme. All of those occasions are set to happen on the musician planet and mainstage. Moreover, the Anicube NFT assortment has dropped and it consists of collectibles like music drone, music bot, Anibear hologram, and extra.

As within the case of the Okay-Village NFT assortment, if gamers personal an Anicube NFT they will win an Anibear T-shirt, and people who personal all 20 Anicube NFTs shall be rewared with an Anibear NFT.

Each the Okay-Village NFT assortment and the Anicube assortment shall be out there for buy by TheSandbox market from Could eleventh, 2023.

Interoperability in focus with Affyn partnership

“We couldn’t be extra excited to unveil our partnership with The Sandbox. Our shared perception andvision of an open metaverse is the driving drive behind this collaboration,” commented LucazLee, the CEO and co-founder of Affyn.

Singaporean web3 sport developer Affyn has partnered with The Sandbox to create interoperable metaverse experiences. Affyn is concentrated on creating Nexus World, a cellular free-to-play, play-and-earn, geolocation-based metaverse.

“We’re excited to see extra platforms embracing interoperability as a alternative slightly than working inindependent silos and we hope that this brings forth extra artistic alternatives and excitinguse-cases to collaboratively develop the metaverse expertise,” stated the Head of Singapore Sandbox, George Wong.

Within the upcoming keynote occasion Evolution on Could Tenth, Affyn will share glimpses of its metaverse Nexus World. Extra particulars about their tasks, the place The Sandbox is without doubt one of the predominant companions, are additionally set to be revealed.

Get artistic within the Steve Aoki Sport Jam

Steve Aoki has teamed up with The Sandbox for Steve Aoki Sport Jam. Ranging from Could eighth,gamers can submit their entries impressed by the music artist, with the objective to discover Aoki’sperspective and create a sport expertise round it.

The perfect video games will obtain a reward from the 50,000 SAND prize pool, and 100 participantswill be rewarded 100 SAND every. Aside from this, there are awards for finest thought and bestdesign.

The deadline for the submission is Could Twenty first, at 3pm UTC. Following the voting, which is able to happen Could twenty second until June 4th, the outcomes shall be introduced on June Tenth, 2023. For extra particulars, guidelines, and T&Cs, take a look at the competitors publish.

Gamer Enviornment partnership occasions launched

The Sandbox and Gamer Enviornment, one in every of Turkey’s main gaming platforms, accomplice as much as convey distinctive, interactive experiences to the metaverse. 

By way of this collaboration Gamer Enviornment’s “Problem & Earn” mannequin shall be built-in with The Sandbox’s mannequin of “Play, Create, Earn”. Gamer Enviornment is trying to leverage blockchain know-how and ship immersive, interactive experiences by The Sandbox. Customers will be capable of take part in varied digital occasions, compete in opposition to one another, showcase their expertise and earn rewards in SAND and GAU.

“We’re thrilled to be partnering with The Sandbox, because it represents a brand new frontier in gaming and gives us the chance to create cutting-edge experiences for our customers,” commented Gamer Enviornment’s CEO Kerim Yılmaz. 

The occasions will go dwell on Could 2nd, and be out there for 14 days. Customers can expertise varied tournaments sponsored by The Sandbox within the Gamer’s Enviornment.

For extra particulars concerning the occasions, go to the Gamer Enviornment platform.

The Mega Metropolis 3 LAND sale raffle is dwell

With 17 varied partnerships, the cultural hub of Higher China Mega Metropolis 3, is internet hosting the third part of its LAND sale in The Sandbox. The raffle began on April twenty sixth, whereas the LAND sale and public sale will go dwell on Could eleventh.

To be part of the raffle, customers are required to have no less than 1,011 SAND, bridged to Polygon, of their wallets. Beginning on April twenty sixth at 3PM UTC, the raffle will conclude on Could eleventh at 11AM UTC. Customers cangrab from 222 common LANDs and 12 premium LANDs. Each raffles will run concurrently.

The premium LANDs are themed intently with the IPs like Angela Ho, Macau EC, Meet48, andmore. Premium NFTs are bundled with the premium LANDs, so proprietor will obtain NFTs as nicely.As part of this sale, gamers should purchase

222 Common LANDs12 Premium LANDs6 Estates12 1×1 LANDs

The winners of the raffle will then be capable of purchase their LAND from Could eleventh to Could fifteenth. TheMega Metropolis 3 LAND sale second likelihood auctions are scheduled for Could fifteenth to Could seventeenth.Additional, the Property and 1×1 LAND auctions will run from Could eleventh to Could fifteenth on OpenSea.

With the raffle and the sale, customers have a possibility to get LAND in addition to HKUST, Nouns,Softstar and different widespread Chinese language business leaders.

Discover out extra concerning the LAND sale in The Sandbox’s detailed blogpost.

Liberty Legends coming to The Sandbox Could third

Liberty Gaming, the guild turned web3 gaming platform, has partnered with The Sandbox tointroduce a brand new expertise within the metaverse.

Titled Liberty Legends, the brand new expertise will go dwell on Wednesday third Could and include soccer,basketball, races, and different quests for gamers to take part in.

Liberty’s expertise may also be supported by its companions, which embody Galaxy BlitzGame, Supa Basis, Meta Strike, Dragon Grasp, Nemesis Downfall, Swords of Blood, SurfGuild, and extra

With these 12 companions, Liberty Gaming has created a contest for gamers to seek out the 12logos hidden within the metaverse metropolis. Gamers who efficiently discover the logos shall be rewarded withprizes.

Q1 venture replace

The Sandbox has launched a venture replace of its accomplished progress throughout Q1 2023. We’ve summarized a number of the growth staff’s key work.

The Sport Maker continues to be a major focus. The 0.8 model noticed almost 30,000 downloads and over 10,000 experiences created. Customers can sit up for new Sport Maker updates which may have a multiplayer-first focus and embody options comparable to enhanced visible FX, timed occasions, and efficiency enhancements. 

VoxEdit added multi-selection options, improved hotkeys and contextual menus. The Market additionally had a powerful begin with over 34,000 belongings created with VoxEdit and 4,119 NFTs bought. 

LAND possession grew by 2%, with over 23,500 LAND house owners globally, and Voxel Insanity LAND Sale generated over $1 million price of SAND gross sales. The staff highlights its dedication to belongings and can incorporate new utility options to extend holder advantages.

By way of gamers, over 100,000 distinctive gamers entered the metaverse this quarter, producing 1.73 million expertise visits throughout 25 occasions. Moreover, over 150,000 avatars have been custom-made and over 20,000 avatars geared up. 

The Sandbox has additionally made a key replace for brand spanking new customers, who can now create an account utilizing simply their e mail and password, with out the necessity of a web3 pockets. 

New partnerships have been added, digital AMAs hosted, and German sport growth studio Sviper Gmbh has been acquired by The Sandbox. 

“As we proceed to work in direction of absolutely opening The Sandbox, our staff is extra energized than ever to construct the platform that our unimaginable neighborhood deserves – one which shines as a world-leading digital house for limitless creativity, innovation, and gaming.” Learn the total Q1 venture replace right here.

Collaboration with Open Campus

The Sandbox has collaborated with Open Campus to convey immersive training to web3. Each entities share the objective of bringing international communities collectively to assist, inform, educate, and entertain.

Open Campus is all set to amass land in The Sandbox and construct instructional experiences. Customers will be capable of go to this half and work together with enjoyable studying experiences, full missions, and take programs by TinyTap, and different companions.

To mark this collaboration, Open Campus has additionally introduced a particular giveaway. About 500 eligible land holders will obtain a Silver Pocket book NFT, which is able to give them early entry and another perks.

To be eligible for this giveaway, the standards is

Maintain LandFollow The Sandbox and Open Campus on TwitterJoin Open Campus’ Discord serverSign up through Premint

The Wild Ones mint in partnership with The Sandbox

‘Dance your means by the metaverse’ with DanceFight’s The Wild Ones road dancer NFT avatars minting in collaboration with The Sandbox.

10 of the world’s prime road dancers shall be represented by 3,130 distinctive avatars, which have been co-created with the dancers themselves. Every dancer can be set as much as obtain nearly all of gross sales from every avatar buy.

Mint date is 18th April, the place allowlist customers can mint as much as two NFT avatars per pockets. The general public sale begins nineteenth April, and can permit customers to mint as much as 4 avatars per pockets.

The Marathon Metropolis bringing Los Angeles landmarks to the metaverse

In collaboration with The Marathon, The Sandbox metaverse shall be enriched by remade landmarks of Los Angeles within the venture The Marathon Metropolis. In legacy of west coast rapper Nipsey Hussle, the founding father of The Marathon model, the expertise will give gamers an opportunity to work together, compete, and go to reimagined key places all through Los Angeles.

The Marathon Metropolis LAND goals to be “a optimistic house that embraces creativity and celebrates the legacy and values of Nipsey Hussle.”

The Sandbox is collaborating with the Playground Studios to create a singular metaverse world for followers of NBA star and trendsetter LaMelo Ball. Aiming to create a digital playground for creators, collectors and followers, the initiative may also deal with educating customers on how you can leverage blockchain in a protected method.

The primary occasion is about to begin seventeenth April and run to 1st Could.

Gamers can expertise OliveX’s Health Metropolis in The Sandbox from Tuesday eleventh to Monday seventeenth of April. In an try to finish varied quests gamers should overcome challenges comparable to labyrinths, obstacles, ladders and discover hidden corners. 

As a part of the occasion, gamers may also expertise Polygon’s main move-and-own sport Dustland Runner, by beginning in The Sandbox from the long-lasting New Alice Springs.

The launch additionally marks the debut of playable avatars for Health club A Membership holders.

The Sandbox introducing Netmarble world

South Korean cellular gaming large Netmarble has joined fingers with The Sandbox. Initially, The Sandbox will introduce a ‘Netmarble IP LAND’ inside its Korean-focused Okay-Verse, a 6×6-sized plot the place gamers can immerse themselves in a Netmarble-inspired expertise.

The Sandbox has revealed its extremely anticipated roadmap updates.

A number of the options included will see LAND house owners in a position to additional personalise their LANDs and publish them for everybody to get pleasure from, and creators to promote their creations within the market, in addition to new $SAND staking swimming pools.

For extra particulars, learn the LAND proprietor roadmap replace in full.

The Sandbox kicks off its April Pageant. This meta-event is accessible to all and can run from April fifth to Could 2ndm, with thriller containers, unique occasions, and new prize swimming pools together with 1.15 million $SAND in rewards.

The Sandbox be part of forces with Ledger. To supply a better stage of safety integration to its model companions, The Sandbox has introduced a brand new partnership with Ledger Enterprise, the enterprise arm of {hardware} pockets firm Ledger.

The Sandbox has introduced a brand new partnership with Havas Play, Vivendi’s new international comms model. Specifically, the partnership will assist empower the already sturdy shopper manufacturers and communities energetic inside Havas, whereas increasing its choices in highly-immersive, interactive experiences. 

The Sandbox declares new IPs coming to the metaverse. deadmau5, the favored digital music producer and DJ, has made a number of appearances in The Sandbox. Together with Smearballs, the director, animator, and visible artist, deadmau5 has created ‘Head5′, a set of 5,555 generative avatars.

The Sandbox companions with AIMC (a subsidiary of Astory), a world leisure firm. With this collab, one of many most-watched Okay-dramas on Netflix, ‘Extraordinary Lawyer Woo’ will enter The Sandbox.

The present’s story revolves round Woo Younger Woo, a witty, high-functioning feminine rookie lawyer on the autism spectrum, who will get fixated on a whale that acts as a visible cue for Woo.

Collectively, AIMC and The Sandbox will recreate a number of the widespread places just like the courtroom, Woo Younger Woo kimbap restaurant, Hanbada workplace, and extra together with the floating blue whale.

Along with this, AIMC has additionally launched ‘Extraordinary Whale Membership’ – an NFT venture to unfold consciousness about autism.

Charles & Keith, the Singapore-based international trend model has opened up their first CHARLESKEITHHAUS in The Sandbox. The digital retailers may have a gap occasion from March thirteenth to March Twenty seventh. The playhouse will show the 2023 Spring Assortment – A State of Play.

To prime all of it off, the Okay-pop artist APOKI shall be internet hosting a rooftop social gathering. This social gathering may also function a digital runway that may show the most recent assortment. The 2023 spring assortment shall be made out there within the retailers for buy later.

Madballs, the froth and rubber bouncing balls that turned widespread throughout the Eighties, will now have a digital type as The Sandbox is all set to take it to the metaverse. The long-lasting toys had an icky look, odd names, and a bizarre character synopsis for every Madball.

In The Sandbox, Madballs will tackle a digital type. The unique Madball characters shall be revived as collectible avatars. The metaverse venture guarantees that “Every Avatar shall be primarily based on the unique, outrageously disgusting Madballs characters, plus never-before-seen designs from the ’80s, that includes ghastly faces, grotesque names, and disruptively humorous attitudes to match.”

The Sandbox, the digital world and Animoca Manufacturers subsidiary, has introduced its latest acquisition, this time of the German sport developer Sviper GmbH. Based in 2016 and identified for its artistic excellence working with main model companions and its senior-level expertise, Sviper has been a rising participant ever since. (1st March)

‘Parisland’ is coming to The Sandbox. As a particular Valentine’s Day celebration, this new collaborative expertise is constructed as a romantic journey on a tropical island and options Paris Hilton. Within the new expertise, which shall be out there solely in The Sandbox, gamers will take part in an in-game courting actuality present hosted by Paris Hilton, the place they are going to work together with 5 potential romantic companions.

The Sandbox has introduced a partnership with ZeptoLab, the event studio behind Lower the Rope, amongst others. The partnership will convey new experiences to the metaverse by the creation of a brand new house and web3 engagement with the ZeptoLab neighborhood.

ZeptoLab may have its personal particular LAND, enabling gamers to handle the Om Nom Cafe inside Nomville, whereas serving clients as a part of an thrilling arcade administration sport primarily based on the developer’s widespread sport.

The Sandbox secures $1.66 million of digital land gross sales.