‘Monkeying Around’: $30,000 in Prizes up for Grabs Starting September 30th

https://youtu.be/KJ7LwzTUp98

We have more information and a BIG surprise early next week, leading up to the launch of ‘Monkeying Around’ Friday, September 30th!

If you’ve missed the news, ‘Monkeying Around’ is the first community driven Bored Ape Experience built in The Sandbox for Alpha Season 3.

In this adventure, your character arrives at the biggest and most hotly anticipated Metaverse party. But do you have what it takes to get your ticket in?

You do not need an Alpha Pass in order to play and compete for the $30,000 that we have in rewards for the top players! (More info on the reward tiers to be announced next week.)

For our initial announcement and more info, click here!

FREE Majestic Pearl Polygon Pet NFT Registration

Our next Polygon Pet rarity is one that you can also win for FREE by following the directions in the article below…

Introducing Majestic Pearl!

Get a Majestic Pearl Polygon Pet and a hint about what’s coming next with Polygon Pets here: bit.ly/3ewuOsb

Cryptosaurs’ First NFT Drop and Your Chance to Self-Mint!

Egg-citing news from Cryptosaurs!

Everyone who has registered still has the chance to self-mint their first Cryptosaurs NFT!

More info: bit.ly/3S3PI02

There are some awesome perks that come with yours, so if you’ve signed up be sure to get yours!

Polygon Pets: FREE Noble Onyx NFT Claim

If you registered to receive a FREE Noble Onyx Polygon Pet, you can now claim yours!

Stay tuned as we’ll announce more details about how soon, but if you haven’t seen our Majestic Pearl rarity announcement and NFT giveaway, read more and register here: bit.ly/3REVoO6

Binance Live & Forj: CEO, Harry Liu Co-Hosts Ultiverse Show

If you didn’t get a chance to tune in the other night, here is a recap of our CEO, Harry Liu’s appearance on Binance x Ultiverse DAO’s show, with a link to view it as well!

View here: bit.ly/3UdtfQd

Harry will be representing Forj on the show weekly until November 9th to share hot topics about Web3, updates about Animoca Brands and ultimately to drive more awareness to Forj and our areas of innovation.

Tune in weekly on Thursday nights at 2AM UTC or 10PM EST/7PM PST Wednesday, so mark your calendars!

About Forj

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

Website | Twitter | Telegram | Medium| Discord

About PolkaPet World

PolkaPet World is an NFT project created by Bondly in partnership with some of the biggest names in the Polkadot ecosystem. Each PolkaPet is embodied as an artistic creature that represents a specific Polkadot project.

All PolkaPets hold unique project-specific utility to reward community members for holding their PolkaPet NFTs in their wallets. The utility can be a discount on fees, an airdrop of tokens to PolkaPet cardholders, or various other utilities.

The $PETS token is the utility token used to engage with PolkaPet World products and services, as well as allowing governance rights and access to exclusive sales.

Polkapet.world | Twitter | Telegram | Discord

About Metaprints

Metaprints is the gateway for brands to accelerate their presence in numerous metaverse ecosystems in one simple step. Backed by Animoca Brands, Metaprints has a unique network of the biggest metaverse projects in the space that allows them to facilitate the creation and curation of branded assets across multiple platforms through one partnership.

Metaprint NFTs are branded asset ‘blueprints’ sold to buyers to facilitate the creation of the 3D assets required in the metaverse platforms by some of the best animation specialists. Creators and brands also receive a share of future revenue for assets created, ensuring everyone through the chain benefits from the model.

The Metaprints INO, featuring ‘Genesis’ metaprints for 10 well-known brands, will be taking place in December 2021. Follow the project community channels for more information.

Website | Twitter | Telegram | Discord

September 16th, 2022 — This past Thursday, September 15th, Binance Live hosted Forj CEO, Harry Liu for their Ultiverse show to discuss crypto, NFTs and Web3.

If you didn’t get a chance to tune in or view the show, you can do so by simply clicking here.

Harry and Forj will be appearing weekly on the show moving forward, appearing on a Thursday night at 2AM UTC/10PM EST/7PM PST – so be sure watch next week for some great insights and alpha!

About Forj

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

Website | Twitter | Telegram | Medium| Discord

September 13th, 2022 — Have you received your free Cryptosaurs NFT yet? If you signed-up and haven’t checked your email or wallet, then we strongly suggest that you do straight away!

Last Friday Gumbotron, the team behind Cryptosaurs, in collaboration with Forj and Animoca Brands  — dropped the first Cryptosaurs Free NFT! It’s the first in a series of NFT drops, and is one that is not to be missed!

So, what does this free NFT get you?

• The opportunity to access the final NFT drop (buy eggs before public launch)
• VIP access to community channels — VIP status with additional advantages
• The first essential step to gain later access to whitelist(s)
• Collect all NFTs for other special rewards

Feeling left out? Well, don’t, because if you missed it, never fear! You can now start the self-mint process by heading over to the Cryptosaurs site and signing up here.

Alternatively, simply follow the instructions on the homepage by clicking on the “Get Your Free NFT” button in the top right corner.

About Forj

Forj, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming, and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprintsand leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

Website | Twitter | Telegram | Medium| Discord

About Gumbotron

Gumbotron is a Web3 studio founded in 2021 by Donald Kushner, John Scheele and Mike Bonifer to specialise in metaverse storytelling. Gumbotron combines cinematic techniques, game mechanics, art, technology and a distributed production model to build profound new worlds that let audiences engage deeply with a story and its outcomes and to provide, via smart contracts, equitable participation in intellectual properties for their creators and investors.

About Animoca Brands

Animoca Brands, a Deloitte Tech Fast winner and ranked in the Financial Times list of High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2021, is a leader in digital entertainment, blockchain, and gamification that is working to advance digital property rights and contribute to the establishment of the open metaverse.

The company develops and publishes a broad portfolio of products including the REVV token and SAND token; original games including The Sandbox, Crazy Kings, and Crazy Defense Heroes; and products utilizing popular intellectual properties including Disney, WWE, Snoop Dogg, The Walking Dead, Power Rangers, MotoGP™, and Formula E. It has multiple subsidiaries, including The Sandbox, Blowfish Studios, Quidd, GAMEE, nWay, Pixowl, Forj, Lympo, Grease Monkey Games, Eden Games, Darewise Entertainment, Notre Game, and TinyTap.

Animoca Brands has a growing portfolio of more than 340 investments, including Colossal, Axie Infinity, OpenSea, Dapper Labs (NBA Top Shot), Yield Guild Games, Harmony, Alien Worlds, Star Atlas, and others. For more information visit www.animocabrands.com or follow on Twitter or Facebook.

Forj CMO Chas Stanton talks to City A.M. about the importance of building a brand in the metaverse

Another week, and another appearance in the media for a member of our team here at Forj.

This time it was our CMO Chas Stanton, who sat down with the popular City A.M., to talk about a host of topics related to building a brand in the metaverse – including adapting brand strategy accordingly, behavioural economics, the changing demands of the audience, and plenty more.

You can read Chas’s article here, and if you’d like to speak to us about anything he mentions in the article, or about one of our other projects, then get in touch with a member of our team today, it would be great to hear from you.

FREE Majestic Pearl Polygon Pet NFT Registration

Our next Polygon Pet rarity is one that you can also win for FREE by following the directions in the article below…

Introducing Majestic Pearl!

Get a Majestic Pearl Polygon Pet and a hint about what’s coming next with Polygon Pets here: http://bit.ly/3ewuOsb

Metaprints New ‘Monkeying Around’ Teaser

https://youtu.be/KJ7LwzTUp98

The coolest & quirkiest metaverse game starts Sept. 30th — so does your chance to win some of the $30k we have in prizes!

More info: http://bit.ly/3cGWHNB

This fun adventure has you battling gators, slaying mutants and more!

Join us in The Sandbox for the first community driven Bored Ape experience.

More information about the ‘Monkeying Around’ experience and how to get an Alpha Season Pass will be released very soon, so stay tuned!

Cryptosaurs NFT Airdrop

Happy Friday everyone!

For all of those who subscribed for a free Cryptosaurs NFT, you might want to check your email or wallet for a surprise…

PolkaPet World Announces Noble Onxy Pet NFT Claim Starting Monday, September 12th

Attention everyone who registered to receive their FREE Noble Onyx Polygon Pet: starting Monday, Sept. 12th you’ll be able to claim yours!

Stay tuned as we’ll announce more details about how soon, but if you haven’t seen our Majestic Pearl rarity announcement and NFT giveaway, read more and register here: bit.ly/3REVoO6

Metaprints x Polygon Studios AMA

Our CEO, Harry Liu, joined Polygon Studios, OmniX and Meta0 for a discussion on interoperability, NFTs and more.

All the participants offered a lot of thoughtful insights and alpha!

Listen to the conversation here: bit.ly/3KZ8VOa

Forj CMO, Chas Stanton, Talks to City A.M. About the Importance of Building a Brand in the Metaverse

Forj and Metaprints CMO, Chas Stanton, talked to City A.M. about the importance of building a brand in the metaverse!

See his insights and read the whole article here: bit.ly/3RN0TLf

About Forj

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

Website | Twitter | Telegram | Medium| Discord

About PolkaPet World

PolkaPet World is an NFT project created by Bondly in partnership with some of the biggest names in the Polkadot ecosystem. Each PolkaPet is embodied as an artistic creature that represents a specific Polkadot project.

All PolkaPets hold unique project-specific utility to reward community members for holding their PolkaPet NFTs in their wallets. The utility can be a discount on fees, an airdrop of tokens to PolkaPet cardholders, or various other utilities.

The $PETS token is the utility token used to engage with PolkaPet World products and services, as well as allowing governance rights and access to exclusive sales.

Polkapet.world | Twitter | Telegram | Discord

About Metaprints

Metaprints is the gateway for brands to accelerate their presence in numerous metaverse ecosystems in one simple step. Backed by Animoca Brands, Metaprints has a unique network of the biggest metaverse projects in the space that allows them to facilitate the creation and curation of branded assets across multiple platforms through one partnership.

Metaprint NFTs are branded asset ‘blueprints’ sold to buyers to facilitate the creation of the 3D assets required in the metaverse platforms by some of the best animation specialists. Creators and brands also receive a share of future revenue for assets created, ensuring everyone through the chain benefits from the model.

The Metaprints INO, featuring ‘Genesis’ metaprints for 10 well-known brands, will be taking place in December 2021. Follow the project community channels for more information.

Website | Twitter | Telegram | Discord

Week In Review: August 22— August 26

Polygon Pets! All you need to know about the new Pets collection…

Last week we announced our brand new collection of Pet characters, in partnership with popular L2 project Polygon: Polygon Pets!

The Polkapet World community were introduced to our three new characters, inspired by some of the famous big cats of India:

• A Royal Bengal Tiger (Paarja)
• A Clouded Leopard (Kaali)
• An Indian Leopard (Baiyun)

The incredible utilities for Polygon Pets will be announced soon, and will include an exclusive pass to P2E treasure hunt events within The Sandbox!

We go more in depth on the three cat’s rarities and how to get your FREE NFT in the article below!

More Info: bit.ly/3CyhH3C

Read our Featured Piece, Metaverse Hustle: Top 5 Ways to Make Money in Virtual Worlds

The metaverse won’t just be a place for entertainment in the future…..it will also be a new medium for creators and community members to make a living!

Our ‘Metaverse Hustle’ overview in Be In Crypto gives some interesting ways you can earn money — while also having fun!

Read More: bit.ly/3dUKCV9

Polygon Studios features PolkaPet World Collaboration in Weekly Brief

Each week, Polygon Studios recaps all of the major events and news that has happened in their ecosystem that week.

This past week, they featured PolkaPet World and our Polygon Pets collaboration!

You can watch the full recap here: bit.ly/3RdxXex

About Forj

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

Website | Twitter | Telegram | Medium| Discord

About PolkaPet World

PolkaPet World is an NFT project created by Bondly in partnership with some of the biggest names in the Polkadot ecosystem. Each PolkaPet is embodied as an artistic creature that represents a specific Polkadot project.

All PolkaPets hold unique project-specific utility to reward community members for holding their PolkaPet NFTs in their wallets. The utility can be a discount on fees, an airdrop of tokens to PolkaPet cardholders, or various other utilities.

The $PETS token is the utility token used to engage with PolkaPet World products and services, as well as allowing governance rights and access to exclusive sales.

Polkapet.world | Twitter | Telegram | Discord

About Metaprints

Metaprints is the gateway for brands to accelerate their presence in numerous metaverse ecosystems in one simple step. Backed by Animoca Brands, Metaprints has a unique network of the biggest metaverse projects in the space that allows them to facilitate the creation and curation of branded assets across multiple platforms through one partnership.

Metaprint NFTs are branded asset ‘blueprints’ sold to buyers to facilitate the creation of the 3D assets required in the metaverse platforms by some of the best animation specialists. Creators and brands also receive a share of future revenue for assets created, ensuring everyone through the chain benefits from the model.

The Metaprints INO, featuring ‘Genesis’ metaprints for 10 well-known brands, will be taking place in December 2021. Follow the project community channels for more information.

Website | Twitter | Telegram | Discord

Metaprints and Forj, in Conjunction with The Sandbox, Announce ‘Monkeying Around’ Experience For Alpha Season 3

August 30th, 2022 – With their mission to push the boundaries of metaverse and Web3 experiences, Metaprints and Forj have teamed up with The Sandbox to launch a unique and mysterious Social Hub and adventure for Alpha Season 3! This experience, featuring Bored Ape characters, combines the trendiest in gaming, NFTs and culture in a fun and exciting way. 

‘Monkeying Around’ Experience

The Sandbox kicked off Alpha Season 3 on August 24th, featuring a number of updates to the gameplay as well as more than 90 different, playable experiences. There are 22 brands that will debut in Alpha Season 3, including Metaprints and Forj who have worked with The Sandbox to create a one of a kind adventure! 

The coolest party is in full swing at the spot to be – the Metaverse Club. To gain entry, you must run, jump, kick and fight your way through quests to get your ticket!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViEHqlN5ssU

The ‘Monkeying Around’ experience will be live for three weeks and available for anyone to play. However, you must complete KYC, in order to be eligible for the tens of thousands of dollars we have in token rewards for those that complete the quest the fastest each week. More details about the storyline, NFT avatar interoperability, gameplay and rewards are to come, so stay tuned!

“The ‘Monkeying Around’ Experience is a showcase project from the team at Metaprints and Forj, illustrating both the fun and creative experiences that brands can create for their communities in the metaverse ” said Harry Liu, CEO of Forj and Team Lead at Metaprints.”One of our core beliefs is that experiences like these are at the forefront of how brands and communities will use their IP and new mediums to storytell and engage in the future.”

Sebastien Borget, Co-Founder and COO at The Sandbox stated that “The Sandbox is co-building the open Metaverse together with major brands, builders and a community of creators and players.” 

He continued, “We’re pleased to work with inspiring Metaverse builders in our ecosystem such as Metaprints and Forj who are bringing creativity, fun and immersion to the experiences and help onboard more brands into Web3 to engage their users & communities”

More information about the ‘Monkeying Around’ experience and how to get an Alpha Season Pass will be released soon, so make sure you follow our channels so you don’t miss the adventure!  

About Metaprints

Metaprints is the gateway for crypto projects to accelerate their presence in numerous metaverse ecosystems in one simple step. Backed by Animoca Brands, Metaprints has a

unique network of the biggest metaverse projects in the space that allows them to facilitate the creation and curation of branded assets across multiple platforms through one partnership.

Website | Twitter | Telegram | Discord

About Forj

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

Website | Twitter | Telegram | Medium| Discord

About Animoca Brands

Animoca Brands is a leader in digital entertainment, blockchain and gamification. It develops and publishes a broad portfolio of products, including the REVV token and SAND token; original games, including The Sandbox, Crazy Kings and Crazy Defense Heroes; and products utilizing popular intellectual properties including Formula 1®, Disney, WWE, Power Rangers, MotoGP™ and Doraemon. 
Website | Twitter | Facebook

In the media: Polygon Studios partner with Forj and PolkaPet World to launch Polygon Pet NFT collection

If you missed the news, where have you been?

Last week we announced our brand new collection of Pet characters, in partnership with popular L2 project Polygon: Polygon Pets!

The Polkapet World community were introduced to our three new characters, inspired by some of the famous big cats of India:

• A Royal Bengal Tiger (Paarja)
• A Clouded Leopard (Baiyun)
• An Indian Leopard (Kaali)

Each character will come in four different rarities: Noble Onyx, Majestic Pearl, Royal Sapphire, and Opulent Diamond. The mints will be done in stages, beginning with the most common rarity: Noble Onyx.

The announcement has been well received by the online media, appearing in no less than half-dozen outlets. And, to make life easier for you, we’ve compiled the list right here, so that you can browse through at your leisure over the weekend.

You’re welcome!

The NFT Unicorn

NFT Cable

Gadget Officials

Kolaycoin

CryptoshitCompra

NFT Culture

About PolkaPet World

PolkaPet World is an NFT project created by Forj in partnership with some of the biggest names in the Polkadot ecosystem. Each PolkaPet is embodied as an artistic creature that represents a specific Polkadot project.

All PolkaPets hold unique project-specific utility to reward community members for holding their PolkaPet NFTs in their wallets. The utility can be a discount on fees, an airdrop of tokens to PolkaPet cardholders, or various other utilities.

The $PETS token is the utility token used to engage with PolkaPet World products and services, as well as allowing governance rights and access to exclusive sales.

Follow PolkaPet World:

Polkapet.world | Twitter | Telegram | Discord

About Polygon

Polygon is the leading blockchain development platform, offering scalable, affordable, secure and sustainable blockchains for Web3. Its growing suite of products offers developers easy access to major scaling solutions including L2 (ZK Rollups and Optimistic Rollups), sidechains, hybrid, stand-alone and enterprise chains, and data availability. Polygon’s scaling solutions have seen widespread adoption with 37,000+ decentralized applications hosted, 1.6B+ total transactions processed, 142M+ unique user addresses, and $5B+ in assets secured. Polygon is carbon neutral with the goal of leading the Web3 ecosystem in becoming carbon negative.

If you’re an Ethereum Developer, you’re already a Polygon developer! Leverage Polygon’s fast and secure txns for your dApp, get started here.

Website | Twitter | Ecosystem Twitter | Developer Twitter | Studios Twitter | Telegram | LinkedIn | Reddit | Discord | Instagram | Facebook

Forj in the media: making money in the Metaverse

From some of the biggest and best technology giants in the world, through to high street fashion brands – everyone has something to say about the Metaverse, and how individuals and organizations can make money from it.

What we can say is that things are certainly moving at a fast pace, and in the first of a series of online insight pieces featuring members of the Forj team, our Head of Content Tom McDermott talks to BeInCrypto, and shares his top 5 Ways to Make Money in Virtual Worlds.

Take a look as Tom discusses passive income through advertising, play-to-earn (P2E) gaming in the Metaverse, strategic land purchasing, existing land development, and creative experiences that everyone can enjoy.

You can read the full article here.

If you have any questions about anything we’ve mentioned in this article, then get in touch with a member of our team today. We’d love to hear from you.