The Sandbox, the most popular decentralized gaming metaverses around is ablaze with its Alpha Season 4. It’s on pace to shatter all past player and engagement records! With eight weeks still remaining, the platform is gearing up for Estate and 1×1 LAND auctions on OpenSea, scheduled from May 11th to May 15th. This season promises an array of new games, prizes, wearables, and exclusive domains, further enriching the metaverse experience for its expanding community. The Sandbox may be creating a cutting-edge virtual world for the future, but they are creating real-world impacts for good. Later this year, it will roll out a corporate carbon offsetting and reforestation project in partnership with Offsetra, Nori, and WeForest.
Alpha Season 4 Breaks Records
The Sandbox is in the midst of Alpha Season 4. It means that this season is on pace to shatter all prior records.
Those figures from the first two weeks of Alpha Season 4 say a lot! 107,000 unique users for the season and an impressive 276,000 unique players for the full season. Through maintaining an average session length of 64 minutes, they completed over 8.8 million quests!
"If there’s one thing the first two weeks of The Sandbox’s Alpha Season 4 shows us, it’s that the metaverse is alive and well, and players are hungry for content and experiences." - Sebastien Borget
LAND Sales and New Features
Estate and 1×1 LAND auctions on OpenSea From May 11th to May 15th, The Sandbox will hold Estate & 1×1 LAND auctions on OpenSea. This launch marks an exclusive opening for users to get their first piece of virtual real estate in the metaverse.
The Sandbox is thrilled to launch to move outside of LAND sales. Later this fall, they’ll be rolling out new games, new prizes, new wearables and new exclusive domains for players to win! These three new features will greatly increase the platform’s utility and attract additional users. They will innovate to provide users new, more imaginative ways to interact and experience the metaverse.
That said, more than 100,000 unique players explored The Sandbox metaverse this past quarter. These actors created an astonishing 1.73 million experience visits over 25 events. This milestone serves as a testament to the platform’s increasing popularity and the commitment of its active users.
Expanding the Metaverse
The Sandbox is continuously adding new content and engaging with new partners to enrich user experiences and foster creativity. The platform plans to release a limited collection of 3,000 avatars on November 29th. This thrilling new development provides even greater flexibility to help users like you convey whatever your vibe is in the metaverse!
The Sandbox opened registration for an allowlist between January 22-28th to guarantee access to the limited-edition experience. This is a great example of the platform’s dedication to offering unique, first-of-their-kind opportunities for their community members.
In a bid to further widen its reach, The Sandbox is planning to launch a mobile version in 2024. This will make it possible for users to access all aspects of the metaverse while on the go, increasing the appeal of this technology even more.
Strategic Partnerships and Initiatives
In addition to this increased user base, The Sandbox is continuing to create strategic partnerships to build their ecosystem and outreach. On April 23rd, The Sandbox signed a multi-year agreement with Bruce Lee Enterprises.
This past May 31st, The Sandbox announced their collaboration with Monopoly-style metaverse Upland, to enhance the development of communities and interaction across different ecosystems. This collaboration is an exciting opportunity to drive more engagement and collaboration between the two platforms’ communities, right from the start.
"Our partnership signifies another step towards revolutionizing digital interaction, opening up access for creators and players to connect in new, immersive ways where interoperability drives cross-pollination of creation and innovation between different ecosystems." - Sebastien Borget
"This is an exciting level-up for our vision of the Open Metaverse, where players and assets move across platforms for an elevated, immersive web experience." - Dirk Lueth
Commitment to Sustainability
Through participating in this effort, The Sandbox is showing serious commitment to environmental sustainability. The platform is getting ready to kickoff a new project with Offsetra, Nori and WeForest. This new initiative would further scale up carbon offsetting and reforestation efforts in late 2023.
"Seeing the effects of climate change on such a beautiful region of our planet led us to consider ways that we can help. Now more than ever, we’re committed to creating a tangible impact by offsetting the carbon footprint generated by our players, community, and platform." - Arthur Madrid and Sebastien Borget
Previous Updates and Milestones
In addition to its land sales and launches, The Sandbox has continued to release updates and initiatives to make its platform more appealing and user-friendly. On December 4th, The Sandbox released a big update to their Game Client Beta, adding tons of new features and under-the-hood improvements.
The Sandbox started its Builder’s Challenge, encouraging creators to make engaging experiences, with rewards determined by three factors: player engagement, experience quality, and community voting. Through this initiative, we’re giving creators the opportunity and resources to help define the metaverse and build its future.
"We took a first step in decentralizing the economy of the platform by introducing the SAND utility tokens in 2020, to empower the Creators, allowing them to buy and sell virtual plots of LANDS, publish their creations on the marketplace and earn SAND that they could exchange for FIAT globally, without an intermediary on either centralized or decentralized exchanges." - Sebastien Borget
"This will allow The Sandbox to continue to exist in full autonomy, building a timeless open world platform that is ruled and governed by its users." - Sebastien Borget
Other Notable Partnerships
Generally known as colorful blocks and avatars, The Sandbox has worked with dozens of brands and personalities to create one-of-a-kind experiences in their metaverse. These collaborations include partnerships with: The Little Prince, Cut the Rope, The Voice, and Slipknot.
"Bringing The Little Prince – one of the most globally known cultural icons of our times – into The Sandbox open metaverse is a meaningful moment for me." - Sebastien Borget
"We're thrilled to combine the familiar magic of Cut the Rope with the new opportunities to play provided by The Sandbox virtual world." - Kristina Truvaleva
"The Sandbox is a hub for creativity, discovery, and self-expression, naturally making it the perfect venue for The Voice." - Arthur Madrid
"Heavy metal belongs in our platform and provides the opportunity for tremendous creative expression, resulting in an immersive world unlike any other." - Sebastien Borget
"We are delighted to join hands with T&B Media Global. Their expertise in storytelling and our commitment to cutting-edge technology create a synergy that promises to reshape the landscape of virtual experiences." - Sebastien Borget
"Together, we will provide users with an unprecedented level of access to immersive storytelling and entertainment, bridging the gap between imagination and reality." - Dr. Jwanwat Ahriyavraromp
