Decentraland’s Metaverse Fashion Week is approaching, but that doesn’t mean Emote creators should take a break—MVFW isn’t only about Wearables! The best way to catch a fashionista’s eye with a snazzy new Wearable is by strutting your stuff on the runway and putting the show in ‘Fashion Show’. The community will be looking for the best stylish and sassy Emotes to use on the catwalk, so Emote creators better find their inner diva and get to work! To encourage Emote creators to get into the MVFW mood, the Decentraland Foundation is holding an Emote contest for the occasion. In addition to MANA pr ..read more

Wilderness P2E is one of the Decentraland DAO’s latest grantee projects and a MMORPG. The game was initially launched on December 21, 2021 by engineering grads Neha Singh and Ryan Pal, now CEO and CTO, who share a passion for art, design, and gaming. The play-to-earn game first became a Decentraland DAO grantee in November of last year when its first proposal was accepted by 92% of voters. After rapidly becoming popular in Decentraland, Wilderness P2E applied for another, larger grant and the proposal, meant to account for the team’s expansion and the acceleration of the project’s progress, as ..read more

Last year Decentraland focused on the growth and improvement of the platform while sticking to a motto of ‘Can’t Be Evil’, based on its intention to be built as an open protocol and a public good. Many features were added, a Desktop Client was released, new platform-wide events were held, initiating crowds of new DCL citizens, and the community was further empowered to contribute to and claim ownership of Decentraland, particularly with all the changes in the DAO Governance platform. Since 2017, Decentraland’s mission has been based upon the belief that a virtual world shouldn’t be owned by an ..read more

Decentraland’s Film Club contest is back for a 3rd year in a row, this time with an exciting partner! Together with HTC, the Decentraland Foundation will be offering prizes consisting of Vive Flow VR headsets + MANA for the best videos that show what you love about Decentraland. Each year’s Film Club contest always yields amazing and inspiring creations from Decentraland’s community which are then featured at Decentraland’s Birthday Party event for everyone to enjoy—this year the expectations are as high as ever. There are so many different things to do in Decentraland and reasons to love it—s ..read more

2022 has been a full and exciting year for Decentraland. Not only did the platform grow in a variety of ways—new in-world content, new features, new tools, and much more—but the spectacular Decentraland community grew and contributed to the platform as well. In 2022, Decentralites were further empowered, created tons of new content from Emotes to experiences, and some DCL citizens even launched amazing projects to benefit both the platform and community with the support of DAO grants. All of these developments and achievements, from both the platform and community perspective, should be celebr ..read more

First announced in the SDK7 Manifesto, the Editor is an all-in-one content creation tool, aimed at replacing the scenes Builder, that will allow for more powerful yet accessible scene creation. Ultimately, it will become a tool that can be used by creators of any knowledge level, combining a visual interface with code editing capabilities. In its final version, creators should even be able to build interactive scenes without needing to use any code, creating through a purely visual process. Both technical and non-technical creators will find the creation process greatly improved through using ..read more

The Decentraland Foundation is thrilled to announce ‘Worlds’, personal 4 parcel-large spaces tied to Decentraland NAMEs that exist separately from Decentraland’s Genesis City and its system of  LANDs. The new feature, currently in beta, is available to anyone who owns a Decentraland NAME (a ‘name NFT’ within the DCL ecosystem that can be assigned to your avatar or LAND and costs 100 MANA to create or can be purchased from a previous owner in the Marketplace). Worlds can best be thought of as your own personal 3D space in the metaverse. You can shape the space however you like, create a gr ..read more

Renting LAND in Decentraland has recently become a quick and easy process anyone can complete without ever having to leave the DCL Marketplace. Since the launch of rentals, only a week ago, already 200+ listings have been posted by LAND owners! Renters will find a listing to suit every need and budget with sizes ranging from one parcel plots to estates of up to 61 LANDs and daily rental costs between 1 and 1,000 MANA. If ever a lack of LAND ownership was holding you back from starting a project in Decentraland, now’s the time to put those ideas into action! How to rent Once you’re in Decentra ..read more

Looking back at the second Decentraland Metaverse Music Festival, one can’t help but remember the exhilarating feeling pulsing through the crowd at the end of the festival’s last day. As a sunrise colored the sky in pinks and purples over Björk’s main stage performance, Decentraland’s community experienced the phenomenon of one of the virtual world’s first ever rainfalls, together. The shared experience was a magical moment for anyone present, and one that left no doubt that #DCLMVMF22, as a whole, was a success. The main goals of the event were to entertain and empower the Decentraland commun ..read more

‘Ugly’ holiday sweaters in the real world are limited to all the weirdness one can create with yarn, pompoms, sequins, and tiny jingle bells (okay, that actually allows for an endless amount of bizarre creations). But what would a collection of ‘ugly sweaters’ look like if they were made in Blender and worn in Decentraland? Based on the numerous unique and outlandish Wearables the DCL community has already created to date, this Ugly Sweater Wearable Contest is sure to result in some winter Wearables that will raise eyebrows. Get creating, designers! What do you have to do to enter? The contest ..read more