Though overall player numbers for web3 gaming continue to grow, not all projects have the success or funding they need to continue to develop and grow. In some cases, such as Neopets, this leads to a shutdown. In other case, such as Star Atlas, it results in a severe downsizing instead.<\/strong><\/p>\n Despite positive trends in the web3 gaming scene, a number of developers are still struggling. There are many factors that could be in play here \u2014 overambitious projects, lackluster NFT markets, not enough funding, etc, etc. But whatever the reasons, we have news from two projects this week. Neopets announced the closing of Neopets Metaverse, while Star Atlas saw a major downsizing of their development teasm.<\/p>\n The Neopets team recently announced the closing of their Neopets Metaverse project. Neopets Metaverse was a web3-enabled game in the Neopets universe. This game will no longer be developed. Instead, Neopets is returning to their web2 roots.<\/p>\n Neopets Metaverse already released and sold several collections \u2014 Genesis, Pizzaroo, and Masterpiece. The Neopets team says that they will \u201csupport the community that has embraced ownership of these collections.\u201d What this means exactly is unclear. It seems apparent that Neopets is pulling back from blockchain and NFT integration, so it seems unlikely that these NFTs will have any future use case in the Neopets suite of games. They say that they will leave the Neopets Metaverse Discord open and mention the possibility of future benefits such as access to physical merchandise, Neopets game items, and IRL events. We\u2019ll see if anything actually happens on this front.<\/p>\nFarewell Neopets Metaverse<\/h2>\n
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