The main cast of the cult classic film, napoleon dynamiteis being assembled for an animated series to be released via blockchain technology.
According to a Tuesday report from the Hollywood news outlet Deadline, all the stars of napoleon dynamite have signed on to voice the CyKo KO characters, an animated interpretation of the Rob Feldman comic of the same name, with a 12-minute pilot to be released on the Web3 Rewarded.TV streaming service.
napoleon dynamite is a 2004 indie comedy that developed a cult following around the world despite the fact that it was shot in only 22 days and with a limited budget of 400,000 dollars. The main cast includes Jon Heder, Tina Majorino, Efrén Ramírez and Jon Gries.
Heder, who played napoleon dynamitewill play the role of the main character, who also bears the same name as the series. CyKo KO follows the story of a hero and his companions who protect the colonies of the “SuperEarth” from enemies and giant monsters.. A 12-minute pilot is currently in the works.
As part of the series’ fundraising process, Rewarded.TV will offer non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for salefor its acronym in English) of trading card packs of CyKo KO on October 1st.
The packs cost $59 each and have been developed in collaboration with Theta Labs. NFT buyers will have access to all episodes of the series’ first season, as well as other shows and movies on Rewarded.TV..
have also been announced monthly prizes and the chance to meet the cast of CyKo KO or make a cameo in the pilot.
Web3 Streaming Platform Lets Users Earn RPLAY Tokens and NFT Rewards for time spent viewing media, while people can also earn for posting their own content.
Sega’s first blockchain game
segathe Japanese gaming giant, is set to launch its first blockchain game over the Oasys layer 2 network, called The HOME verse.
According to a Tuesday announcement from Oasys, the game is based on the mythology of the Romance of the Three Kingdomswhich comes from the franchise of card games based on Sega’s arcade SANGOKUSHI TAISEN.
The game itself will be developed and operated by double jump.tokyo and will consist of a digital collectible card gamemost likely with a PVP battle mode attached.
While this doesn’t represent the release of a triple-A quality game, the move is significant as it shows that Sega is finally ready to dive into the blockchain gaming market.
Speaking to Cointelegraph at the 2022 Tokyo Games Show earlier this month, Oasys representative director Ryo Matsubara emphasized that big game companies in Japan such as Bandai Namco, Sega and Square Enix have a long-term vision for blockchain-based games.
“They don’t want to change that policy. They really understand the future adoption of blockchain. They’re not thinking about, you know, just revenue, they want to create the next future [del juego]”said.
PUBG creator studies next Metaverse game
Brendan Greenethe creator of the extremely popular survival shooter PUBG, has revealed that its next game, called Artemis, will be a metaverse-focused title that will likely have NFT and blockchain elements.
Greene noted in an interview Wednesday with Hit Points that the game will allow players to create whatever they want in a huge open world and that digital items such as NFTs will be incorporated so that users can extract value from the game through digital goods:
“We’re building a digital place. That has to have an economy, and it has to have systems that work. And I think you have to be able to extract value from a digital place; it has to be like the Internet, where you can do things that make you money. “.
“But it’s not about, say, Chanel and Louis Vuitton. It’s about a guy named AwesomePickle who sells cool skins because he understands what people want.”
Mega loan of ETH against Mega Mutant Apes
A daring NFT collector has used the NFT Arcade lending platform to borrow 1,044 Ether (ETH) against two of his Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) NFTs this week.
At the time of writing, 1,044 ETH is worth $1.33 million, and the headline, who goes by fragmentxyz on Twitter, used the borrowed capital to buy another rare MAYC NFT for 1,000 ETH.
1000 ETH was borrowed against two mega mutants today on @arcade_xyz! The payback is set to be 1,044 ETH in 90 days (18% APY). Additionally the borrower (@fragmentxyz) has bought a third mega mutant from @machibigbrother pic.twitter.com/0dkWIVOGYo
— 0xTIGΞR (@PltTiger) September 27, 2022
Loaned 1,000 ETH against two mega mutants today at @arcade_xyz! The refund will be 1,044 ETH in 90 days (18% APY). Also the borrower (@fragmentxyz) has bought a third mega mutant from @machibigbrother
According to the loan repayment conditions, fragmentxyz has an interest rate of 18% annual return that must be paid in 90 days. The move marks a novel method of extracting liquidity from NFTs without selling them (in theory). and suggests that the hodler is betting on no further price volatility for MAYC NFTs in the next three months.
Other Nifty News
Christie’s has launched its own “on-chain auction platform” for NFTsallowing auctions to take place completely on-chain on the Ethereum network.
The Walt Disney Company could be about to expand into the cryptocurrency space after posting a new job posting for an “experienced corporate lawyer” working on “emerging technologies” like NFTs and the Metaverse.
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