“The Sandbox,” Animoca Brands’ gaming and virtual real estate company, is set to make its Metaverse partially available to players for the first time through an Alpha play-to-earn (P2E) event, but there will be a few lucky players. Only to experience this full experience for the first time.
The virtual sandbox game world allows users to monetize their time spent in the Metaverse through a play-to-earn model, where players can purchase lands and create NFTs within the game, and earn SAND tokens by doing Complete missions and they can also stake their tokens.
According to the announcement on 17 Nov. from workIt will begin on Nov 29 at 8 p.m. and will last until December 20. Apha Pass, an NFT ticket that gives full access to only 5,000 lucky winners who will have a chance to win money. Up to 1000 SAND rewards (approximately $3,500 at current prices) and 3 exclusive NFTs developed by The Sandbox team.
All three special NFTs will be distributed during the event only. It is a medieval style door model, a blue and black dragon. and all usable longswords in the Sandbox Metaverse.
The Alpha Pass will be an NFT ticket that grants full access to the event to 5,000 individuals, divided into 1,000 raffle winners from LAND owners in the sandbox, and 2,250 to holders. Sandbox account through daily social contests over three weeks. The tickets will be available on OpenSea’s secondary market between 29 Nov and 19 Dec.Do not purchase the Alpha Pass on OpenSea after December 20th, as the Alpha Test has closed and you will no longer be able to earn the Pass Alpha Rewards.)
For players without tickets Three functions will be accessible in Alpha Hub, a multiplayer game mode with a variety of locations and missions. but will not be eligible for P2E rewards
According to OpenSea, the floor price for the Sandbox NFT is around 1.019 Ether (ETH) worth $4,284 at the time of writing. and has total trade volume of 39,700 ETH ($165.3 million) since the end of 2019.
For new users who want to enter the virtual game on the side Yat Siu Animoca Brands co-founder and chairman says people should take the time to carefully experience the Sandbox before buying LAND.
“We would recommend it for people who want to experience it, you know, just go to different places and try them. Or join the community on Discord and talk to them. To see what it’s all about before you decide to buy land, you know, it’s like buying real estate anywhere in the world.”
Earlier this month, The Sandbox closed a $93 million Series B funding led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.During the development to beIt’s been four years now, and Metaverse will be launching on a “gradual basis,” with the funding reportedly going to lead to scaling The Sandbox through new game development and live experiences. And will find more partners with popular brands and various intellectual property.
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