The founding team includes:
CEO Robin Squire – who was a former employee of Rovio and ex-marketing director at PlayRaven.
CPO Paul Kurowski – who was previously the lead artist at Rockstar North during the development and release of GTAIII, Vice City, and San Andreas.
CTO is Stanislav Semakin – who is a former PlayRaven employee.
The company chairman Matthew Wilson – who is a former Rovio business development director.
Black Block CEO Robin Squire made the follow statement in a press release:
“We established Black Block to push the boundaries of online open worlds and have been laser-focused on how player-driven economies, ownership, and governance can impact these spaces since day one. This City Pass drop is our first step to realizing this vision in web3 ahead of providing our holders with a first glimpse of their digital selves and job roles in 2023.”

The Sprawl’s newly minted NFTs allow for priority whitelist access to the job avatar drop in 2023. Also of note, one percent of the NFTs will be Platinum passes. These rare NFTs include exclusive access to the first home sale. Owning a home in the city gives you a permanent address and voting rights in your neighborhood.
Black Block CEO Robin Squire stated:
“We established Black Block to push the boundaries of online open worlds and have been laser focused on how player-driven economies, ownership and governance can impact these spaces since day one. This City Pass drop is our first step to realizing this vision in web3 ahead of providing our holders with a first glimpse of their digital selves and job roles in 2023.”
