The Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT ecosystem is expanding. Last month it was the launch of ApeCoin, an Ethereum token to power Web3 applications—and now it’s Otherside.

What is Otherside? It’s a metaverse game world that will bring together various NFT projects including the Apes, CryptoPunks, Meebits, Cool Cats, and more. Bored Ape creator Yuga Labs is developing the experience in partnership with NFT game publisher Animoca Brands.

On Saturday, Yuga Labs will launch “Otherdeed” NFTs for the game, which are believed to serve as a deed to some type of virtual land in the metaverse game, similar to such NFTs for The Sandbox and Decentraland. Otherdeeds will both be sold to the public and also provided to existing Bored Ape and Mutant Ape owners.

Ahead of the drop on Saturday, here’s what you need to know.

What are Otherdeeds?

Otherdeeds are NFTs for Otherside, a metaverse game experience that Yuga Labs has teased out in recent weeks. A teaser trailer for the game shows Bored Apes and Mutant Apes sharing the screen with CryptoPunks and Meebits (which Yuga Labs recently acquired), along with other notable NFT collections like Cool Cats, World of Women, Nouns, and CrypToadz.

That said, while many NFT collectors believe that an Otherdeed will serve as some sort of deed to virtual land in the game world, that hasn’t been officially announced yet. However, a leaked…