Krapopolis, the NFT-related cartoon series from Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon has been renewed for a third season by Fox, although season one has yet to air.
The Krapopolis team announced the renewal via Twitter in March. 2, and confirms that NFT holders can still participate in the show before it airs.
HOLY CRAP! Our residents just got BIG news that Krapopolis has been renewed for a *third season*. You don’t need to wait for the event to start, you can start participating by voting, viewing exclusive content, redeeming prizes and more at https://t.co/vQCCep6yyq!
— Krapopolis (,) (@Krapopolis) March 2, 2023
Speaking to Deadline in March. 2, Michael Thorn, president of Fox scripted programs noted that “We’re so bullish about the work that we want to support and the ability to find an audience and succeed,” as emphasizing faith in Harmon. “When [a third season order] it’s atypical, it’s a no-brainer for us with it Krapopolis,” he added.
Krapopolis is an animated comedy set in ancient Greece that follows “a family of deformed humans, gods and monsters trying to run one of the world’s first cities without killing each other.”
The case involves some big names such as Richard Ayode, Matt Berry, Pam Murphy, Duncan Trussell and Hannah Waddingham.
The series is produced by Fox Corp’s NFT company Blockchain Creative Labs, which also provides NFT-related elements for the show.
The NFT itself is called “Krap Chickens” and depicts cartoon chicken avatars in the same art style as the show. There are a total of 10,420 tokens, with some still up for minting at 0.18 Ether (ETH).
Holders are given exclusive access to experiences, content, rewards and voting rights in certain aspects of the event.
Square Enix CEO resigns
NFT-friendly Square Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda is stepping down after nearly 10 years at the helm of the company behind the Fantasy franchise.
In the March announcement of the company’s changes, Square Enix stated that Takashi Kiryu would take over the role of CEO from Matsuda. However, the move is not officially completed until the annual shareholder meeting in May.
While Web 3 and NFTs were not clearly referenced in the news, the company indicated that it still wants to move forward with the integration of new technologies, which suggests that its blockchain-related plans may not be hindered.
“In the rapidly changing business environment surrounding the entertainment industry, the proposed changes are intended to reshape the management team with the aim of leveraging the ever-growing technological innovation and maximizing the creativity of the Company group,” the filing said.
During his time at Square Enix, Matsuda expressed bullish sentiments about Web3 games on several occasions.
In a New Year’s letter from January 1 in particular, Matsuda confirmed that Square Enix has applied “aggressive investment and business development efforts” to the space in 2022, and will continue to do so in 2023.
“After the excitement and excitement surrounding NFTs and the metaverse in 2021, 2022 is a year of great volatility in the blockchain-related space,” he said in the note, adding:
“However, if this proves to be a step in the process that leads to the creation of a more transparent business environment and rules, it will surely be a boon for the development of blockchain entertainment.”
Under Mastuda’s leadership, Square Enix launched a collection of token Final Fantasy characters in July 2022 and partnered with blockchain game project Oasys in September. In December, the company also invested $52.7 million in mobile game developer Gumi Games, to help develop mobile-based play-to-ear titles.
Mint Madness
Multi-chain NFT marketplace Magic Eden has launched a “Mint Madness” campaign offering free access, or “free mints” to 13 Web3 games in March.
Mint Madness aired in March. 3, and the name is a nod to the famous NCAA college basketball tournament nicknamed “March Madness” which sees approximately 67 basketball games crammed into the month.
The blockchain game spreads on Polygon, Ethereum and Solana, with nine, three and one respectively. Magic Eden also offers a 20,000 Polygon (MATIC) prize pool worth approximately $23,200.
Announcing MINT MADNESS: 12+ FREE game candies on Polygon, ETH & SOL in March ️
Top 10 traders for our 9+ @0xPolygon mints can win $ from our 20K $MATIC prize pool
Sign up for Polygon wallet to enter https://t.co/hpXudzuaS1!
Don’t forget to follow @MEOnPolygon! pic.twitter.com/KLFTBrnwxZ– Magic Eden (@MagicEden) March 2, 2023
Prizes will go to the top 10 traders of NFTs related to nine new games based on Polygon, with the top prize taking 4,500 MATIC ($5,220).
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The full list of games available during the promo includes Planet Mojo, Meta Star Strikers, Alaska Gold Rush, Shrapnel, Petobots, Blast Royale, Rogue Nation, Tearing Spaces, Freckle Trivia, Realm Hunter, Legendary: Heroes Unchained, Shrapnel, and Papu Superstars.
Declining sales of Disney-backed studios
Nine-time Emmy Award-winning Disney-backed Baobab Studios sold out its first collection of 8,888 NFTs within nine hours of its launch in March. 2.
The journey begins, we are sold out. pic.twitter.com/letPxGkhUR
— Momoguro (@MomoguroNFT) March 3, 2023
The cartoon avatar focus drop is called “Momoguro” and is connected to the upcoming role-playing game (RPG) on the Ethereum layer-2 scale solution, Immutable X.
The game has a breeding element, along with a quest in a world called “Uno Plane,” with NFT being an important part of the game experience.
According to data from CryptoSlam, NFT has generated $8.1 million in secondary sales so far, with $7.6 million coming on launch day.
More Good News:
Layer-1 Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) blockchain Flare welcomes its first NFT platform, after Sparkles went live in March. 2. The platform is set to sharpen the native Flare protocol interoperability to improve use cases for NFT utilities.
In March. 1, trading platform Robinhood launched its Web3 wallet on the Apple App Store, making it available to iOS users in more than 130 countries.