The Sandbox has auctioned off new lands.
The Sandbox has auctioned off new lands.
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The Sandbox sells $1.66M of virtual land for its metaverse

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Sandbox has sold more than $1.66 million worth of virtual land across the map of its metaverse in the past few weeks.

That’s not a bad accomplishment, considering we’re in the middle of a crypto winter. The company just finished sales of its LAND, where would-be developers purchase plots of virtual space in its metaverse where they can develop games and other attractions.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.