Another big week in the play-to-earn space. The big headline is for sure the release of the Sandbox Alpha Season 2. The Sandbox is now open to anyone for free! So if you haven’t already, go check it out and complete the quests to earn rewards.

If you haven’t played the game yet, go watch our video review of Phantom Galaxies. With the episode 2 just out, we wanted to showcase this AAA quality project that really exceeded all of our expectations while still in alpha!

We are also super excited about the upcoming pre-alpha version of Guild of Guardians. Another quality game in the making. You can now register to get a chance to be one of the lucky tester of the game before its release.

And let’s finish with the ugly… The Pixelmon NFTs reveal… Not only the buyers were fooled, but the whole NFT gaming ecosystem is getting some more bad press… Well, at least it produced some funny memes and it reminds the community to do proper research before investing large amounts of money in dodgy projects. Sid Meier himself warns game developers about the risk of putting monetization before building fun and original gameplays.

Stay safe out there and see you in The Sanbox Alpha Lobby!

Play to Earn in Sandbox Alpha Season 2

The number of quality gaming experiences available on The Sandbox continues to grow daily. And, to showcase a few of those, Sandbox introduces Season 2 of their Alpha testing. But unlike Season One which had a limited number of participants, this time around, anyone can join and potentially earn SAND as a reward for playing! — Read more

Upland Launches Player Owned Metaventures

[SPONSORED] Though Upland is primarily known as a game of buying and selling virtual properties on a real world map, they have steadily added new features, expanding their game into a virtual world. The most recent step in that direction includes player owned shops, called Metaventures. — Read more

Phantom Galaxies Alpha Video Review

Phantom Galaxies just released the second episode of their closed alpha. While still in alpha, Phantom Galaxies really exceeded our expectations in terms of gameplay and quality. With great graphics, a solid storyline, an action-packed gameplay, good voice acting we have here one of the first AAA title to hit the blockchain gaming space. — Watch it here

Sid Meier’s Take on NFT Gaming – Put the Gameplay First

While NFT games have become extremely popular in the past year, many traditional gamers expressed their concerns about the addition of NFTs in their games. For the 30th anniversary of the Civilization game series, Sid Meier, in an interview with the BBC, criticized this change in the gaming industry by saying that some developers are too focused on the monetization of their games instead of creating good and original gaming experiences. — Read more

Pixelmon’s Big Reveal Turned Into a Big Fail

Pixelmon completed its first pre-sale of NFTs on February 7th. The sale took place in a dutch auction with a starting price of 3 ETH. Pixelmon managed to sell 7,750 NFTs for a total of approximately 22,475 ETH or the equivalent of $70 million. The sale lasted less than 30 minutes.  — Read more

Genopets Treasure Hunt for Genesis Habitats

Genopets continues their tradition of slightly unorthodox NFT releases by sending players on a treasure hunt to acquire pieces for their next Genesis NFTs, the Habitats. Over the next several weeks intrepid treasure hunters can solve the puzzles and unlock the ability to mint Elemental Crystals, with the goal of creating a Genesis Habitat at the end. — Read more

Guild of Guardians – Pre-alpha Application and Sandbox Contest

Guild of Guardians takes the first steps towards putting the initial alpha of their game into the players’ hands. Applications are now open to sign up for the pre-alpha, which will be an off-chain, mobile, testing experience. Crossing over to the Sandbox, Guild of Guardians offers up a special challenge, with tokens and special NFTs as prizes! — Read more

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🥚 Chumbi Valley Generation 1 Breeding Event

🗺 Final Sale for MuTerra Maldives Packs

🗼 Crazy Defense Heroes Adds Tower Map NFT Rewards

🤖 Animoca Brands to Compensate Victims of the Phantom Galaxies Discord Hack

🔗 Gala Games Making Progress on the Gala Chain

🪐 Farsite to Release its Open Marketplace on March 10th

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