“Lion City” is the Singapore neighborhood inside The Sandbox game. For months, The Sandbox local Singapore team has been building a new area in the game known as “Lion City” to serve as a Web3 hub for businesses to connect and share ideas.

In the “Singapore Partner Day” Lion City event, participants get to meet the team who helped build out Lion City and talented leaders in the Web3 industry.

In the “Singapore Partner Day” event, The Sandbox game Co-Founder/COO Sebastien Borget and Head of Singapore George Wong covered a keynote presentation about Web3 and the metaverse in discussions with partners of The Sandbox. Here is what The Sandbox Co-Founder/COO Sebastien Borget had to say:

“The Sandbox team has laid the foundation for expanding Metaverse opportunities in Singapore by partnering with over 30 brands and IPs. Additionally, we have certified 8 local agencies and will continue to onboard new partners, positioning Singapore as a global hub in Web3 and the Metaverse. Through the creative use of NFTs, we aim to empower talented individuals and inspire new job opportunities. On our Singapore Partner Day, we introduced these partners, shared our long-term vision, and highlighted the Lion City as a cultural hub.”

The Sandbox formed partnerships with numerous brands including Oceanus Media Capital, New Moon Studios, and various other companies serving the Singapore market. Through its collaborations with Singaporean companies in the Web3 sector, The Sandbox will be able to foster the expansion of the Web3 ecosystem in Singapore, offering ample opportunities for growth and development.

Game Maker: Update to Game Maker 0.8 and nearly 30,000 downloads of the application and over 10,000 experiences created.

Marketplace: Creators made over 34,000 ASSETS with VoxEdit and sold 4,119 NFTs on the Marketplace.

LAND: First land sale of the year (more coming) grew their community to 23,500 LAND owners (+2%). 

Voxel Madness LAND Sale brought new Estates owners: Invincible, Madballs, Dungeon Siege, Habbo Hotel, Kongregate, Cut the Rope, Tap Nation, Ledger, Dogami, Alien Worlds, Voxies, and Playground Studios. Generated $1 million worth of SAND sales in primary sales and a massive 24×24 Estate XL sold for 750,000 USDT, the biggest virtual estate NFT transaction of 2023.

Map: Logged 6.1 million map interactions, improved the rendering process and made it easier to identify Premium LAND.

Events: Over 100,000 unique players entered the metaverse this quarter, generating 1.73 million experience visits on their way to completing 19 million quests and playing over 446K total hours across 25 Events and a total of 54 experiences and earning over 2.7 million $SAND rewards and valuable NFTs.

Avatars: Over 150,000 avatars customized and over 20,000 avatars equipped.

Partners: Welcomed 20+ partnerships to their Ecosystem and added resources in the form of an Agency Directory and a Partners Resources hub.

The Sandbox Germany (Sviper): Acquired Sviper Gmbh, a German game development studio founded in 2016 by Sebastien Borget who is also COO and Co-Founder of The Sandbox. 

As of March 23rd, 2023, Paradise Tycoon is playable in its fourth Alpha Snapshot for both Android and Web users. Snapshot is an early, limited version of the game that showcases selected features developed by the team.Everyone has access to snapshots without any financial incentives, so there is no need to purchase NFTs or passes. In return, the development team simply asks for feedback from the community to assist them in improving the game, finding bugs, and being a part of the creation process of Paradise Tycoon. GooglePlay states 100K+ downloads at the time of reporting.

Team:

Timo Juuti is a Co-Founder and the COO.

Harri Karppinen is a Co-Founder and the CEO.

Niko Alakastari is CTO.

LandVault’s CEO is Sam Huber. Sebastien BORGET, COO & Co-Founder of The Sandbox. Over the past two years, LandVault has innovated metaverse infrastructure with partners such as Heineken, L’Oreal, and Mastercard. LandVault aims to use the new funds to continue its web3 expansion and hubs located across three continents.

LandVault’s last funding round, a Series B held in November 2021, raised a total of $25 million. At the time, the company mainly used the funds for in-game advertising and developing metaverse infrastructures. Surprisingly, the brand has generated over 100 million digital square feet of new adventures in the Metaverse.

The Sandbox also announced the acquisition of game development studio Sviper. Sviper is led by CEO Ole Schaper and chief product officer Mark Buchholz. The team at Sviper has over 25 years of experience working with well-known brands in mobile, PC, and multiplayer gaming. Sviper has been collaborating with The Sandbox for over a year and is fully integrated into the platform’s ecosystem.

Paris Hilton has collaborated with The Sandbox to launch a Valentine’s-themed metaverse experience. “Parisland” is described as a romantic adventure set on a tropical island featuring Paris Hilton. She will host a metaverse experience where players will participate in an in-game dating reality show where they will interact with five potential romantic partners.

Parisland will be open from February 13th to March 13th, enabling players to enter and participate in Paris Hilton’s reality show to earn rewards. Players can earn points by completing tasks, which include choosing a wedding ring and wedding outfit, finding the secret of the chef’s famed Love Burger, rescuing a castaway, and flirting with other contestants to find their true love. 

Sebastien Borget is the COO and Co-Founder of The Sandbox. Cynthia Miller leads Web3 and metaverse strategy at 11:11 Media, Paris Hilton’s web3 company.

This collaboration expands Hilton’s partnership with the Sandbox after launching Malibu Mansion in August last year. The virtual hub enables her to connect with fans in the metaverse by hosting social events.

The new LAND created by ZeptoLab will enable players to manage the Om Nom Cafe in the city of Nomville and serve customers of the themed cafe in an exciting and challenging arcade management game based on ZeptoLab’s successful intellectual property that has been downloaded billions of times worldwide. 

In addition to Om Nom Cafe, ZeptoLab and The Sandbox will develop digital collectibles, building on the model created around the Nommies from Cut the Rope 2 and the Ancestors from Cut the Rope: Time Travel, as well as accessories and equipment to customize avatars.

Sebastien Borget is currently the COO and Co-Founder of The Sandbox. 

The Sandbox DJ contest by Warner Music Group is an event where 5 DJs/music producers have the chance to launch their careers on various platforms, while also getting exposure and prices in $SAND. The event is being executed by ‘Spinnin’ Records,’ a Dutch electronic music label affiliated with Warner Music Group. Participants have the opportunity to win a share of the 50,000 $SAND reward pool and to be featured by the electronic music label.

Eelko van Kooten is CEO of Spinnin’ Records. He is one of the most well-known entrepreneurs in the international dance industry. He started the music label Spinnin’ Records in 1999, together with A&R specialist Roger de Graaf.

For Habbo Hotel users, this Sandbox launch means they can now experience their favorite virtual world in a new and immersive way. Additionally, they can explore the Sandbox metaverse and participate in a variety of games and activities. 

The web2 version of Habbo Hotel is a virtual world and social networking site where users can create and customize their own avatars, chat with friends, and participate in a variety of activities and games. It has been popular for over two decades, with millions of active users worldwide. Specifically, one of the earliest metaverse experiences along with Club Penguin.

Sebastien Borget is COO and Co-Founder of The Sandbox. 

Jurriaan van Teunenbroek, Vice President of Games and Content at Azerion, stated:

“We are very excited to work with The Sandbox in our own web3 journey to expand the metaverse through interoperability and collaboration.”

Recurring events:

Rabbids Plunga City

The Walking Dead: Alexandria

DeadMau5: Tower of Light

World of Women Tower

The NFT Institute

Snoop Dogg’s Foreplay

Sueco: Split Personalities

Steve Aoki’s Playhouse

New Events:

Midnight in The Metaverse (multiplayer)

Mecha Santa’s Workshop

Aldrak Solstice (multiplayer)

Christmas Moon (multiplayer)

Care Bears’s Merry Beary Winterfest (multiplayer)

Elventown (multiplayer)

Multiversity