The Sandbox, the Web3 social gaming platform and a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, is launching Alpha Season 5 on March 31.The Sandbox said the event kicks off a six-week season of new games, social experiences, and gamified worlds to explore, featuring immersive experiences in partnership with beloved brands and curated community-created content. Alpha Season 5 is headlined by the Jurassic World collaboration with Universal Products Experiences and Amblin Entertainment featuring the new Jurassic World: Dinosaur Preserve experience and is set on a new Jurassic World-inspired island with six thrilling regions in The Sandbox. In The Sandbox’s Alpha Season 5, players can enjoy 40+ games from a diverse range of major entertainment and gaming franchises, including Jurassic World, Teletubbies, Deepak Chopra, Atari, Teletubbies, Hellboy (2019), Love Island, Care Bears, Terminator: Dark Fate, Attack on Titan, and more. In addition, up to $1 million in rewards will be available for players to earn by completing in-game quests as part of the free seasonal battle pass, unlocking unique digital equipment and wearables from featured brands in Alpha Season 5.The Sandbox is available to play completely free by downloading the app for Windows and Mac by visiting: www.sandbox.game  “Alpha Season 5 marks the beginning of a new era for The Sandbox as we take a major step in growing into a more mature, always-on, live services model, consistently providing our players with new and high-quality content to play and explore,” said Sebastien Borget, COO of The Sandbox, in a statement. He added, ““Players can expect to enjoy a huge variety of new and updated games from their favorite brands and franchises like Jurassic World, Attack on Titan, Hellboy (2019), Terminator: Dark Fate, and many more. We’re also excited to showcase the capabilities of Game Maker 0.11 and let players dive into completely new and innovative games, worlds, and experiences built using assets from beloved IP that The Sandbox community has created.” As the featured game in The Sandbox’s Alpha Season 5, Jurassic World: Dinosaur Preserve, invites players to a dinosaur sanctuary in Arizona, where they will take on the role of a Dinosaur Protection Group member. Players must keep the facilities running smoothly by exploring, collecting, and completing a variety of quests to keep the dinosaurs safe

Animoca Brands partnered with Sony’s Soneium blockchain to develop Moca Network’s identity layer and launch San FranTokyo’s anime initiatives on Soneium.The partnership means Animoca Brands will ally with Soneium, an Ethereum Layer 2 open blockchain developed by Sony and powered by Optimism’s Superchain technology. Through this partnership Moca Network, Animoca Brands’ flagship digital identity infrastructure platform for the open internet, will create a premier identity layer on the Soneium blockchain starting with Anime ID, a decentralized identifier (DID) and reputation layer spearheaded by San FranTokyo, a core contributor to Anime Foundation, to enhance user engagement and enable partners on Soneium to issue and verify data credentials.Moca Network’s Account, Identity, and Reputation SDK (AIR SDK) will be integrated into Soneium blockchain, enabling users to maintain embedded accounts, unique identities, and credentials as they explore various dApps on Soneium. San FranTokyo’s Anime ID will be the first decentralized identifier (DID) and reputation layer adopting the AIR SDK to integrate into the Soneium blockchain, enhancing user engagement on anime-related experiences on Soneium.In collaboration with Animoca Brands, San FranTokyo will also launch anime-inspired cultural campaigns on Soneium with the goal to onboard anime fans to Sony’s blockchain and connect them to new anime themed experiences.Soneium is being developed by Sony Block Solutions Labs (SBSL), a joint initiative established by Sony Group Corporation and Startale Group, focused on transcending boundaries with the open internet. Sony Group has built a diverse range of businesses with the purpose of ‘filling the world with emotion through the power of creativity and technology’. The desire to share emotion and excitement and to stay connected with someone no matter where you are is a fundamental human aspiration.Yat Siu, executive chairman of Animoca Brands, said in a statement, “Our partnership with Soneium marks a significant step towards an interconnected Web3 future. By integrating Moca Network’s identity infrastructure, we’re not just enhancing entertainment experiences; we’re creating a seamless digital ecosystem

Animoca Brands collaborates with Soneium to develop Anime ID, a new DID and reputation layer.