Khuga Bash and Memeland team up for $5,000 Potatoz Invasion event

In Brief:

• Khuga Labs has rolled out Potatoz Invasion, a time-limited event within its arena brawler Khuga Bash, created in partnership with Memeland’s Potatoz collection and backed by a $5,000 prize pool.
• The event introduces exclusive event fighters, instant-win lootboxes, idle missions and leaderboard competition, all locked behind an Event Pass.
• The team-up is running on Abstract, the chain toward which Khuga Labs is shifting its ecosystem.

Khuga Bash has switched on its Potatoz Invasion event, putting up a $5,000 prize pool for players who secure an Event Pass and work their way up the leaderboard.

The crossover was built by developer Khuga Labs alongside Memeland, bringing the Potatoz collection into the fighter-cat brawler. It’s already live.

Those who buy in receive exclusive event fighters, instant-win lootboxes, idle missions and leaderboard battles. Everything hinges on the Event Pass: unlock it, and you’re eligible for a share of the prize pool.

What’s in the event

Khuga Labs initially teased the collaboration on July 9, outlining a fresh boss, new gameplay and a prize pool powered by Abstract. The theme comes courtesy of Potatoz, with the invasion angle framing Memeland’s tubers as the foes players battle through.

Top finishers will divide the prize pool, though Khuga Labs has yet to reveal the payout tiers.

The game behind it

Khuga Bash is a one-on-one action title. Players step into the shoes of Kuro, a Khuga warrior fighting his way through PAW Labs, a facility packed with enemies and bosses. The game rewards quick reflexes and combo timing rather than the team-based play of Khuga Rumble Arena, the studio’s other release.

It arrived on Steam Early Access on May 17, 2024, with pricing starting at $2.99. Across 34 user reviews, 88% are positive.

“Attention Basher! We are thrilled to announce that Khuga Bash! is now available on Steam!” Khuga Labs said in its release announcement.

The wider Khugaverse

Khuga began life as a collection of 5,555 fighter-cat NFTs divided across five races, each carrying its own combat traits. Since then, Khuga Labs has grown it into a suite of games under the Khugaverse banner, with the $KOIN token serving as the economic layer.

Khuga Labs released $KOIN’s tokenomics and an initial whitepaper that pegs total supply at one billion, distributed across the ecosystem, presale and public sale, NFT holders, team, treasury, liquidity, marketing and partners. While the whitepaper frames $KOIN as a Base token, the Potatoz event and the studio’s upcoming migration both point to Abstract.

Memeland’s side

The Potatoz are a collection of 9,999 utility PFPs, each one an entry ticket into Memeland’s ecosystem. Memeland free-minted the set in July 2022 as a follow-up to its MVP collection.

The artwork features pixel-art tubers, a wink at 9GAG meme culture, where users frequently cap off a lengthy thread with a picture of a potato.