Pudgy Penguins are expanding their metaverse into My Neighbor Alice

Not satisfied with staying confined to their own Pudgy World metaverse, Pudgy Penguins are expanding into a new virtual world.

Pudgy Penguins are expanding their metaverse escapades, this time integrating with My Neighbor Alice. The partnership will see a special zone in the game built for Pudgy Penguin NFT collection holders.

My Neighbor Alice, a web3 multiplayer game, is launching a Snowflake Wilds area of the game, which will feature Pudgy Land. The zone is designed for holders of Pudgy Penguins, Lil Pudgys and Pudgy Rods.

Pudgy Land is part of the game “where the community can hang out, quest, craft, and connect,” according to a press release.

Holders of Pudgy Penguins and Lil Pudgys will enter the game with their NFT as an egg that hatches to become their specific NFT. Pudgy Rods will be able to equip custom fishing rod skins and use them to catch special fish.

“With this partnership we're pushing the envelope when it comes to interoperability,” said Steve Haßenpflug, vice president of games at ChromaWay and My Neighbor Alice.

My Neighbor Alice is built on the Chromia blockchain, where players can own, trade and sell virtual asset NFTs. Pudgy Penguins NFT collections are based on Ethereum.

Penguins Everywhere

The Pudgy Penguin brand’s own Pudgy World metaverse, built on ZKSync, is currently in closed beta but promises to launch “soon.”

December’s launch of the project’s Solana-based PENGU token via airdrop was controversial, and characterized by high volatility for both the token and the NFT collection, with Pudgy Penguins’ floor price spiking as high as 25 ETH as the launch approached. It is currently 9.24 ETH, according to NFTPriceFloor.

Last month, Pudgy Penguins waddled over to the TON blockchain, allowing 1 billion-plus Telegram users to play Pengu Clash, a multiplayer skill game with mini-games like darts, football and bomber with token-based incentives, tournament rules, unlockable gear, accessories and team cosmetics, according to Pudgy Penguins. It is “pay-to-win” free, the company said in a release.

Also in May, Pudgy Penguins revealed that it was expanding its off-chain activities beyond physical plushies to publishing a children’s book with Random House titled “The Worst Birthday Present Ever.”

NFT prices have dropped dramatically since the airdrop high, which lasted through January, but could be going up if the Securities and Exchange Commission green-lights Canary Capital’s proposed Pudgy Penguin ETF, which will hold PENGU tokens as well as up to 15% of its assets in Pudgy Penguin NFTs.

PENGU is up about 2% on the day and 16% on the week, according to The Defiant’s price data.