Worldwide Webb

Worldwide Webb is an interoperable, dystopian, pixel art browser-based MMORPG that gives utility to popular NFT projects. As well as native NFTs used for land and in-game items, Worldwide Webb allows users to also bring over 1 million NFTs from popular NFT projects into the game as avatars. Worldwide Webb is built on the Ethereum blockchain. It was opened to the public in November 2021.
Background
Worldwide Webb was created by British contemporary artist and video game designer Thomas Webb. On his aspirations for the game, he is quoted in an interview with FAD Magazine as saying "My goal is to create a fully-functional virtual Metaverse based around NFT's in which everything is unique, everything is tradeable, and the marketplace is truly open". Unlike virtual worlds such as Decentraland, which favour 3D spaces that are designed to be compatible with interaction via virtual reality headsets, Worldwide Webb is built using 2D graphics. CNET's Daniel Van Boom noted that this makes the game favourable for multi-platform use, as it "mean it can be played smoothly on most computers and phones".
When it first launched in November 2021, Worldwide Webb's Genesis Land Mint sold properties in the game for between 0.069ETH and 1ETH, with a total of 9,490 properties available. The Genesis Land Mint was reported by DappRadar to have sold out "within hours", and within 24 hours it had generated more than $8.3 million in trading volume. The Genesis Plot NFTs give owners access to private apartments and buildings inside of Worldwide Webb, where they can customise their homes, display their favourite NFTs, show art they may have available for sale, and invite friends to visit.
Reception
Worldwide Webb has been described by decrypt.co journalist Andrew Hayward as "decidedly different in approach" to most metaverse projects, which typically have seek to build an "immersive 3D world". Instead, Worldwide Webb uses a "throwback 2D pixel aesthetic", that is "designed like a massively multiplayer online version of a Super Nintendo or Sega Genesis game environment". While the game uses it's native NFT's for land and in-game items, it is also interoperable with a growing slate of culturally significant NFT projects that can be used in the game as avatars and to unlock access to special areas and events. Popular NFT projects to have been integrated into Worldwide Webb include Crypto Punks, Cool Cats, and CrypToadz, as well as Sprites and Andy Milonakis' Goat Soup. DappRadar's Hristina Yordanova reported in December 2021 that Worldwide Webb is "among the most diverse virtual worlds out there when it comes to interoperability capabilities", stating that the game is "genuinely making the first steps towards tackling long-standing interoperability challenges".
According to Venture Capital fund Andreesen Horowitz, as of May 2022 secondary sales of land in Worldwide Webb have totalled $42 million. In late February 2022, land sales on secondary markets totalled over $3.6 million in a single week. During this week, two Worldwide Webb penthouses sold for six-figure sums, making them the 14th and 15th most expensive NFT properties sold over the period. Penthouse #9051 sold for 50ETH ($139,848 at the time of the transaction) and Penthouse #9056 sold for 48ETH ($131,830 at the time of the transaction). Notable landholders include the creator Pak, who has sold the world's most valuable NFT according to the list of most expensive non-fungible tokens, and musician Mike Shinoda.
Forbes' Jesse Damiani described the game as "uniting Net art, narrative, and a real time multiplayer experience into a first-of-its-kind virtual world".

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