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Neopets Metaverse Funding Round Announced

The Neopets Metaverse is a play-and-earn, community-driven virtual pet game based on the classic Neopets experience. Designed for both seasoned Neopians and new players worldwide, it offers an immersive gaming experience with a robust variety of exciting features and activities.

Its blockchain-based virtual world allows users to raise, look after, customize, and battle their Neopets while building, owning, and monetizing their gaming experiences on the blockchain. The game features intense mini-games, breathtaking PvP fights, and a special Neopet care and customization system.

Neopets is a wildly successful online video game that has been around since 1999. The popular pet-creation platform has a massive player base, and has been a major influence on Millennials and Gen Zs.

However, a lot of people in the neopets community are unhappy with its latest project. It’s putting NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) on the website, and many players are calling for it to be banned.

Earlier this year, Neopets CEO JumpStart announced the Neopets Metaverse NFT project on Twitter to much fanfare, but he later clarified it was an official collaboration with a company called “Game-Fi.” This is the first time a major brand has tried to enter the crypto space and insert a cryptocurrency scheme into their game.

With the funding round, Neopets Metaverse will be able to continue its development of an immersive gaming experience and improve site stability. This will allow veteran gamers to reconnect with long-lost pets and introduce new players to Neopia, which is currently characterized by glitches and site lag.

In addition, the Neopets Metaverse will be introducing a number of new activities for players to take part in. These include a diverse Neopets customization and care system, personalized Neohomes for designing, creating, and visiting, several PvE activities to train and grow your Neopets, and a unique shopping experience where you can buy, sell, or trade items in the reimagined shops and marketplace.

Neopets Metaverse will also feature a number of in-game plots that have been created to tell stories about the Neopian world. These plots will help the Neopets Metaverse community build relationships with one another and create a sense of a shared community that has been missing from the site for years.

As for the future of the Neopets Metaverse, JumpStart plans to revamp the website in 2021, migrate it to a mobile-friendly template, and improve the overall user experience. This will enable Neopets Metaverse to become a true community-driven, user-driven game that continues to bring joy and adventure to fans of all ages across the globe.

The team behind the Neopets Metaverse is planning on introducing a new, in-game story that will help fans connect with their favorite characters and discover new plots. This story will revolve around a mysterious threat to the land of Neopia and its citizens.

There will be a number of events and quests to complete to unlock these events, but no details have been revealed as yet. The story will be open to Neopets Metaverse players who own NFTs from the Neopets Metaverse Collection, Pizzaroo’s Unique Pizzas, and Masterpiece collections.