Billing it as the primary occasion of a serious cellular recreation developer constructing a crypto recreation from the bottom up, Take-Two subsidiary Zynga introduced its new Ethereum-based title “Sugartown” in August.
In roughly three weeks, 1000’s of the sport’s entry tokens, referred to as Oras, have generated greater than 3,000 ether (about $5 million) in buying and selling quantity, in line with OpenSea information. That yield comes because the NFT market continues to face a steep decline in quantity and energetic merchants.
The ground value for Oras is at present sitting at about $430, additionally in line with OpenSea.
Take-Two, developer of the well-known “Grand Theft Auto” franchise, acquired Zynga final yr. Zynga is the writer of the wildly fashionable FarmVille recreation. In August, the 2 corporations introduced “Sugartown” as their first foray into web3 gaming.
Whereas on the time the businesses stated they’d drop 10,000 tokens as a part of their preliminary providing, solely 6,000 NFTs had been launched final month, in line with OpenSea information. The NFTs dropped on Sept. 13 in line with a put up on X.
Gamers will use Oras, an Ethereum (or ERC-721) token, to entry “Sugartown” and “earn vitality,” which permits players to earn “an in-game forex,” the businesses stated on the time.