The Animoca Manufacturers-owned blockchain gaming ecosystem, The Sandbox, has entered right into a partnership with the favored watch model, G-SHOCK, to host a digital sky race competitors.
Based on a tweet by the official PlayToEarn X account, The Sandbox and G-SHOCK are providing prizes for the competitors in SAND and NFT avatars. The first requirement for collaborating within the sport is a G-SHOCK DROID Avatar, which is at present on sale on The Sandbox’s market.
The G-SHOCK DROID Avatar Sky Race competitors permits gamers to discover Casio’s G-SHOCK historical past by way of adventure-style gameplay. This competitors options shock-resistant survival races in G-SHOCK Metropolis, a digital world inside The Sandbox metaverse. G-SHOCK launched the digital metropolis in The Sandbox in September 2025.
contributors should use their avatars within the sky race, take a screenshot of their outcomes exhibiting their avatar and race time, and publish on X earlier than April 22 to qualify.
On the finish of the competitors, The Sandbox and G-SHOCK will award 100 SAND every to the highest 10 quickest verified occasions and 46 G-SHOCK DROID Avatars to different winners. The avatars will embody 25 widespread, 15 unusual, and 6 uncommon collectibles.
The newest improvement comes shortly after The Sandbox introduced that it’s going to launch synthetic intelligence (AI) instruments to assist creators construct within the gaming ecosystem. By introducing instruments that improve each novice {and professional} creators within the ecosystem, The Sandbox goals to unlock new artistic languages and imaginative experiences that aren’t restricted by time or medium.
In growing the subsequent section of The Sandbox, the staff behind the challenge can also be allocating tokens into main liquidity swimming pools throughout the platform’s decentralized alternate (DEX) companions. Moreover, the staff is partnering with top-tier buying and selling counterparties.
“We’re additional strengthening the $SAND ecosystem as we put together for our AI-led future! We hope this prepares us to make the most of the subsequent stage of improvement of The Sandbox this 12 months, which we’ve got detailed in our This autumn replace…This transfer bolsters the muse for our creators and gamers worldwide,” the staff acknowledged.
In the meantime, The Sandbox is working towards launching a cellular software for third-person shooter video games. Known as The Sandbox NEXT, the cellular app is being constructed on the real-time 3D gaming creation device, Unreal Engine. The staff launched an unique cellular playtest, powered by SAND, final month. Keep tuned to know when the cellular app might be launched.
