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Ubisoft announces first-ever blockchain game

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Ubisoft has announced its first ever Web3 game, Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles, which will launch on the Oasys blockchain.

Oasys is a blockchain which was established in February 2022 and is backed by multiple companies, including Bandai Namco, Sega, Ubisoft, and Square Enix. It is marketed as a specialist blockchain for games.

Ubisoft describes Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles is a "PvP tactical RPG experimental game" and is currently in development for PC.

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Ubisoft hasn't fared well in its previous attempts with blockchain. Its NFT plaform Quartz was criticised by French trade union Solidaires Informatique, which represented Ubisoft Paris employees. Following this, those in charge at Ubisoft said players "don't get it", whilst giving away special Ghost Recon Breakpoint NFTs to the game's developers to thank them for their efforts, rather than monetary compensation.

In September, Ubisoft CEO Yves told Eurogamer the company was continuing to look at "all the Web3 capabilities", despite a lack of success with Ubisoft Quartz and internal pushback from staff.

Other gaming companies which are validators for Oasys have also been involved with NFTs, blockchain, or Web3 previously. Square Enix announced Symbiogenesis, which it touted as a "unique experience" in a "virtual (turn-based) adventure", earlier this year. The company also sold Final Fantasy 7 NFTs as part of the game's 25th anniversary celebrations.

At the beginning of 2022, it was also revealed that Sega had filed trademarks for two projects called Sega Classics NFT Collection and Sega NFT. Sega CEO Haruki Satomi said the company "would like to try out various experiments" with regards to NFTs and play-to-earn, though it would be guided by "what will be accepted and what will not be by the users".

Source: https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-announces-first-ever-blockchain-game
 
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FUBARx89

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Ubisoft are such a shit tier company, dunno how they fucked up so badly from the PS2/xbox/GC era and to an extent the PS3/360 era.

Yves is a bell and should fuck off really
 
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Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles sounds exactly like the name of one of those ultra trash mobile games that are just whale farms.

blade legacy: kingdom of iron
tower royale: defender quest
idle champoins: legacy adventure
 
giving away special ... NFTs to the game's developers to thank them for their efforts, rather than monetary compensation
I guess if it's something they did not have to, it is at least something, but I would feel screwed nevertheless. But okay, I would also have felt the same about getting bitcoins, and that pyramid scheme at least worked out for the nerds scamming people for some time and you could make some money if you are among first in line of the idiots.
 
I worked with someone who at the time was developing a blockchain related project. At some later point, he asked HR to specifically remove "blockchain" from his job title, his public profile on the organisation website, and generally wanted nothing else to do with it.
 
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