Welcome to the OpenSea digest. Let’s look back through the biggest NFT and web3 news of the week.

Dolce & Gabbana digital suit fractionalized on Base

Italian luxury fashion house Dolce & Gabbana is turning its Glass Suit, a translucent, gem-encrusted tuxedo, into a fractionalized NFT on Base, an Ethereum L2 blockchain developed by Coinbase.

The suit was originally auctioned in 2021 as part of “Collezione Genesi,” Dolce & Gabbana’s debut NFT collection, and reportedly sold for $1 million to Boson Protocol, a decentralized commerce platform.

The auction included the physical suit, which was said to have taken eight months to create, and a digital version minted as an Ethereum NFT.

‍Fermion Protocol, a new tokenization platform founded by Boson co-founder Justin Banon, is now fractionalizing the NFT to expand its ownership among a larger number of collectors.

To mark the launch, Fermion will transfer fragments of the Glass Suit to select web3 communities. Interested collectors can sign up for related updates on the Fermion website. 

Illuvium changes strategy as Overworld moves to MMO-lite 

Illuvium, a blockchain gaming studio known for its sci-fi fantasy universe, is restructuring its operations. The team is shifting its open-world creature collection RPG, Overworld, to an MMO-lite model. 

The decision aims to simplify gaming while making the game more accessible to new players. Illuvium reportedly plans to make Overworld’s new structure its primary focus starting mid-year, after completing planned updates to PvP mode in Arena, its autobattler game, in Q2.

Yuga Labs goes all-in on Otherside, retires Dookey Dash

Yuga Labs, the company behind Bored Ape Yacht Club, announced its concentrating the full force of its efforts on the Otherside metaverse. As part of this shift, Dookey Dash, the fast-paced endless runner game that launched in 2023, will close on Feb. 28. 

Co-founder Greg Solana said the game, which started as a light-hearted experiment and evolved into a competitive web3 experience, will return in a new form once Otherside’s persistent world launches in June 2025. 

Pudgy Penguins adds Solana Pay and $PENGU payments on Shopify

Pudgy Penguins has added Solana Pay to its Shopify store. Users can now buy items in the official Pudgy Penguins store and Igloo apparel store with $PENGU and other Solana tokens. This gives the community a new way to use $PENGU while helping the brand create a unique shopping experience for users. 

Nifty Island’s AI agents go live 

Nifty Island, an open-world multichain social game, has activated AI agents that players can use in and out of the game. The agents remember past interactions by reading and writing data from third-party sources, so they don’t start fresh every session. That makes the gameplay more fun and dynamic, while keeping players on their toes.

According to the announcement, players can create intelligent NPCs with distinct storylines and personalities, or send agents to complete tasks, chat with others, and keep things running when they are not online. 

The agents also work on X, Discord, and Telegram, so players can set them up to interact across different platforms.

Nifty Island says more updates are on the way to make the AI agents even more useful.

Pudgy Penguins original artist, Antoine Mingo, leads new project ‘Burrrs’

Antoine Mingo, the original illustrator behind Pudgy Penguins, is launching a new NFT collection called “Burrs” on Berachain, a blockchain designed as an identical layer-one (L1) blockchain to Ethereum. 

The collection introduces a fresh set of characters that contain within their DNA the signature style that made Pudgy Penguins so popular. 

The project’s next steps allude possibly to 3D printing and a roadmap that includes real-world fashion and collectibles.

SuperGaming teams up with B3 to launch a dedicated gamechain

Indian game developer SuperGaming is launching its own blockchain-powered gamechain on B3, a gaming-focused layer-three (L3) network built on Base.

The move brings SuperGamin’s popular mobile titles, including MaskGun and Indus, onto the blockchain while keeping a streamlined, interconnected gaming experience. 

B3’s ecosystem has reportedly already processed over 200 million transactions and onboarded 6 million wallets. 

Anime.com hosts premiere party for ‘Enter The Garden: Fractured Reflections’

Anime.com, a digital platform owned by web3 manga brand Azuki, announced a premiere watch party for “Enter the Garden: Fractured Reflections” on Feb. 27 at 6 p.m. PT. 

The episode, part of Azuki’s original anime anthology, is directed by Japanese animator Yukio Takatsu and produced by Gorō Taniguchi. 

The storyline follows two sisters, Shao and Raizan, who grew up in the Alley. Raizan’s mysterious disappearance prompts Shao to search for her sister, leading her to the otherworldly setting of the Garden.

Fans can join the event by creating an account on Anime.com, where they can customize avatars and use digital stickers in the live chat. After the premiere, the episode will be available on demand on the Azuki YouTube channel. 

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