Jurassic World Enters The Sandbox To Create New Games and Experiences in the Metaverse

LOS ANGELES – March 18, 2024 – The Sandbox, the leading social gaming and metaverse platform and a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, is collaborating with Universal Products & Experiences and Amblin Entertainment to bring the beloved Jurassic World franchise to life in the metaverse. This collaboration will bring fans new games and immersive experiences inspired by the Jurassic World franchise, along with exclusive, limited-edition Jurassic World-inspired digital collectibles including playable characters, dinosaurs, and wearables. The first Jurassic World game will serve as the flagship release for The Sandbox’s next major in-game event, Alpha Season 5, in March 2025. 
 

“Jurassic World is one of the most iconic franchises in the world that taps into the excitement and thrill of coming face-to-face with dinosaurs and we’re excited to launch a new collaboration to bring Jurassic World into The Sandbox,” said Arthur Madrid, CEO and Co-Founder of The Sandbox. “ Gamified experiences are the future of how fans want to interact with their favorite brands, and this collaboration allows us to deliver exactly that.”  

The debut gameplay experience of the collaboration, Jurassic World: Dinosaur Preserve, invites fans to create brand-new Jurassic World memories. Set in a dinosaur sanctuary in Arizona, players serve as members of the Dinosaur Protection Group and are responsible for keeping the facilities running smoothly by exploring, collecting, and completing quests. The experience will be accompanied by the release of a special, limited-quantity dinosaur egg collection that will allow players to hatch and evolve different dinosaur species of varying rarities as they progress through the experience, including Tyrannosaurus’, and Velociraptors. Every trip to the sanctuary will be different, with variables and events introducing new challenges to keep the experience fresh and exciting.

“The metaverse can bring our childhood dreams to life. Who hasn’t been fascinated by dinosaurs since they were a kid?” added Sebastien BORGET, COO & Co-Founder of The Sandbox. “Now, you can explore experiences in The Sandbox alongside them, or even create your own adventures inspired by those from Jurassic World. I’m sure these creatures that capture so much of our imagination will leave a giant footprint in the virtual world.”

Beginning in April, fans will also be able to purchase virtual real estate and build their own experiences. Premium LAND purchasers in the new neighborhood will receive a Creator Asset Pack featuring collectible digital dinosaurs and props, designed to enhance their experiences and evoke the theme of prehistoric adventure.

The first Jurassic World experience, Jurassic World: Dinosaur Preserve, will debut in The Sandbox’s upcoming Alpha Season 5 in March 2025 with more information being released in the weeks ahead. To learn more about the collaboration and its upcoming activations, visit <>.      

The Sandbox is available for free on Windows and Mac computers. Players and creators can download The Sandbox at sandbox.game.

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About The Sandbox

The Sandbox, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, is an immersive metaverse platform in which users play, create, and monetize unique experiences alongside their favorite brands, IPs, and celebrities across gaming, entertainment, music, art, and more. The Sandbox leverages web3 technologies to fully enable end-user creation and creator economies, disrupting existing platforms by providing both players and creators with true ownership of their assets, creations, and rewards as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Over 400 partners have joined The Sandbox, including Warner Music Group, Gucci, Ubisoft, Paris Hilton, Attack on Titan, Snoop Dogg, Lacoste, Steve Aoki, The Smurfs, and many more. For more information, please visit www.sandbox.game and follow the regular updates on Twitter, Medium, and Discord.

About the Jurassic World Franchise

From Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, Jurassic World immerses audiences of all ages in a new era of wonder and thrills where dinosaurs and humankind must learn to coexist. Jurassic World is more than a film franchise. At every turn, this $6 billion film series delivers a larger-than-life destination for exploration, discovery, and epic adventure. Dinosaurs live again and they live in Jurassic World.

About Universal Products & Experiences

Universal Products & Experiences (UP&E) globally drives the expansion and elevation of NBCUniversal’s iconic collection of brands, intellectual properties, characters, and stories based on the company’s extensive portfolio of properties created by Universal Pictures, Illumination, DreamWorks Animation, and NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. The division executes this through innovative physical and digital products, as well as engaging retail and product experiences across our expansive global theme park destinations (for both owned and third-party IP), location-based venues, e-commerce product platforms, and retailers around the world. Along with global brand strategy and creative, UP&E’s lines of business include Consumer Products and Games, along with Theme Parks Products & Retail. UP&E is a division of Universal Destinations & Experiences, part of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. More information is available at universalproductsexperiences.com.