Tony Hawk is doing NFTs in 'the biggest skate park in the metaverse'
We're not getting any more Tony Hawk Pro Skater remakes, but what we are getting are Tony Hawk NFTs. The famed skater has done a deal with The Sandbox to create «the biggest skate park in the metaverse.»
The park, and the characters in it, are chunky and blocky, very much like the sort of thing you'd see in Minecraft. That's not an issue in itself—obviously, Minecraft is pretty popular—but it does run counter to Hawk's promise that «you have never seen skating like this.» The lack of imagination is less disappointing than the fact that this venture is focused on non-fungible tokens, the digital detritus that serves as a sort of nexus between crime(opens in new tab), financial collapse(opens in new tab), and environmental catastrophe(opens in new tab).
«Autograph will create Tony Hawk avatar NFTs based on Tony Hawk and his most iconic skateboards, equipment, and apparel including the legendary skateboard Tony Hawk used to land the 900 at the X Games in 1999,» the announcement states. «The Sandbox will make these NFTs interoperable in its open metaverse, turning Autograph’s high-fidelity avatars into 3D voxel versions that have in-game functionality for experiences, adding utility and value for their owners.»
«Tony Hawk embodies the perseverance of constantly striving for improvement while never giving up, and it forged him into a skateboarding legend and successful entrepreneur,» The Sandbox co-founder Sebastien Borget said. «We share his passion for innovation, creativity, and the drive to constantly create something: this is the energy that powers our entertainment metaverse.»
The Sandbox(opens in new tab), for those unfamiliar, began life in 2012 as a 2D open-world sandbox game for mobile devices, but transitioned into
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