Animoca Brands backed web3 game Moonray that just announced its Playstation 5 launch later next year has seen its first NFT collection sell out as collection aims to serve as a boost for the project’s upcoming airdrop campaign, amongst other holder benefits.
Called ‘Godspawn NFTs,’ a collection of 5000 free-mint NFTs sold out within its first-come-first-serve phase, with over 4,573 NFTs being claimed through guaranteed spots. The floor price of the collection currently stands at 0.008 ETH at the time of writing.
Powered by the project’s native MNRY token set to launch later in 2024, the collection holds a host of benefits for its holders which includes airdrop during Moonray token generation event.
While the game is currently available to play on Epic Games store without any blockchain based elements, the NFT will provide exclusive in-game utilities including early access to features and events as well as airdrops for its on-chain version of the game.
The game offers multiple playable modes, including a multiplayer menu that includes 4v4 arenas and large-scale battle royale environments.
The company has been around since 2021, and aims to expand its existing product offerings to newer audiences daily. Moonray has also ventured into artforms outside of gaming, with the release last year of “Mother’s Skin,” a graphic novel that develops the lore of the Moonray universe, and a second graphic novel called “Echoes of Ascension,” which was released earlier this year. The series is written by comic book artist Brandon Graham and is available in 4,000 comic book stores in North America and the UK, including Midtown Comics and Barnes & Noble.
Hans Andersson, CBO and co-founder of Moonray Studios said that “the Godspawn PFP is an integral part of our ecosystem and will be a way for us to more intimately interact with the broader PFP community. It provides access to exclusive in-game items, early access to playtests, and questing events. We have some interesting partnerships in the works for those events that we believe the community will truly appreciate”
Moonray initially debuted with early access to select players in March 2022 and has since expanded into a competitive multiplayer combat arena game and an ecosystem to become the ‘post-human’ universe, currently led by its action game and graphic novels. The early access version of the original PC game launched on the Epic Games Store in July, offering campaigns with rewards for players. “While we focus on consoles as an important platform to reach broader audiences, we want to continue rewarding our web3 community as they now get a chance to grab the Godspawn NFTs to really elevate their Moonray experience,” said Hans Andersson, who strongly believes in the company’s vision to to bring the Moonray IP to life within and beyond web3.
He explained that the company has also partnered up with the renowned animation studio Reel FX to bring the game and comic book to the screen in an animated series.
Moonray Studios launched in 2021 and has formed strategic partnerships with Digital Void for game development, Reel FX for streaming content, and gaming guilds like YGG, Snack Club, and Unix for user acquisition.
The success of Godspawn NFTs is another example of this week’s NFT market surge, as it saw a notable recovery this past week, with $91 million in total transactions.
The NFT market overall has seen a 20% surge in the last week with popular cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Solana and Ethereum recovering. The NFT sector appears to be recovering, with rising sales and increasing interest in new collections. With major events like ApeFest2024 and Token2049 this year, the market is likely to experience further growth, helping to solidify its presence and attract long-term interest.