The multiplayer sport is creating a brand new winter wonderland zone for everybody and a personal enclave for homeowners of the favored NFTs.
Pudgy Penguins are getting their metaverse on once more.
Not happy with staying confined to their very own Pudgy World metaverse, Pudgy Penguins are increasing into a brand new digital world, in line with a press launch shared with The Defiant. The beloved NFT model is integrating with My Neighbor Alice, a web3 multiplayer sport, as a part of a broader partnership.
A core a part of the partnership is a particular zone within the sport constructed for Pudgy Penguin NFT assortment holders. My Neighbor Alice will function a particular Pudgy Land area in its new Snowflake Wilds, “a frosty, feel-good winter wonderland” space of the sport.
Whereas Snowflake Wilds are open to everybody, Pudgy Land is completely for homeowners of Pudgy Penguin NFTs, together with Lil Pudgys and Pudgy Rod assortment holders. Pudgy Land is part of the sport “where the community can hang out, quest, craft, and connect,” in line with the press launch.
Holders of Pudgy Penguins and Lil Pudgys will enter the sport with their NFT as an egg that hatches to develop into their particular NFT. Holders of Pudgy Rods, that are fishing rods created to accompany every Pudgy Penguin NFT, will have the ability to equip them with customized fishing rod skins and use them to catch particular fish.
“With this partnership we’re pushing the envelope when it comes to interoperability,” mentioned Steve Haßenpflug, vp of video games at ChromaWay and My Neighbor Alice in an announcement, persevering with:
“Now, Pudgy holders can see their own unique NFTs come to life in-game, interact with the world, enjoy exclusive gameplay and even create new experiences for others. That’s the power of connected ecosystems and a big step towards the open metaverse.”
My Neighbor Alice is constructed on the Chromia blockchain, the place gamers can personal, commerce and promote digital asset NFTs. Pudgy Penguins NFT collections are based mostly on Ethereum.
Penguins All over the place
The Pudgy Penguin model’s personal Pudgy World metaverse, constructed on ZKSync, is presently in closed beta however guarantees to launch “soon.”
December’s launch of the mission’s Solana-based PENGU token through airdrop was controversial, and characterised by excessive volatility for each the token and the NFT assortment, with Pudgy Penguins’ flooring value spiking as excessive as 25 ETH because the launch approached. It’s presently 9.24 ETH, in accordance to NFTPriceFloor.
Final month, Pudgy Penguins waddled over to the TON blockchain, permitting 1 billion-plus Telegram customers to play Pengu Conflict, a multiplayer ability sport with mini-games like darts, soccer and bomber with token-based incentives, event guidelines, unlockable gear, equipment and staff cosmetics, in line with Pudgy Penguins. It’s “pay-to-win” free, the corporate mentioned in a launch.
Additionally in Could, Pudgy Penguins revealed that it was increasing its off-chain actions past bodily plushies to publishing a kids’s e book with Random Home titled “The Worst Birthday Present Ever.”
NFT costs have dropped dramatically because the airdrop excessive, which lasted by January, however might be going up if the Securities and Alternate Fee green-lights Canary Capital’s proposed Pudgy Penguin ETF, which can maintain PENGU tokens in addition to as much as 15% of its belongings in Pudgy Penguin NFTs.
PENGU is up about 2% on the day and 16% on the week, in accordance to The Defiant’s value information.
