Ubisoft Launches NFT Game “Champions Tactics,” with Characters Trading for Up to $63,000

Ubisoft has formally launched its much-awaited non-fungible token (NFT) recreation, “Champions Ways: Grimoria Chronicles.” 

Initially introduced final yr, the sport is a “PVP tactical RPG recreation” the place gamers accumulate digital collectible figurines, or “Warlord” warriors, from the fictional world of Grimoria. In gameplay, gamers assemble squads of three characters to battle in turn-based fight.

NFT characters are known as “Champions,” with a complete of 75,000 minted. They’re at present buying and selling at costs starting from $21 to $63,000. Champions had been first launched in July, initially to holders of NFT collectible figurines from “The Warlords of Champions Ways” assortment, after which by a public mint.

The figurine assortment consists of 9,999 distinctive Warlords, with costs on OpenSea starting from 0.025 ETH (roughly $65) to 10 ETH (over $26,000). The gathering was launched in November 2023, and on the day of minting in December, it offered out in lower than 10 minutes. Since then, the full buying and selling quantity has reached 3,351 ETH, round $9 million, based on OpenSea information.

Ubisoft’s ongoing involvement in Web3 marks a dedication to blockchain know-how, at the same time as different gaming corporations have pulled again from NFTs amid a market downturn and regulatory questions. 

Its entry into Web3 started in early 2022 with Ubisoft Quartz, a platform that allowed gamers to amass “Digits” — the primary NFTs obtainable in an AAA recreation. Though Ubisoft Quartz was finally discontinued, the corporate’s curiosity in blockchain know-how has persevered. 

Earlier this yr, Ubisoft collaborated with Double Leap.Tokyo to additional combine Web3 know-how into its video games. In November 2023, the corporate additionally partnered with Animoca Manufacturers to help Web3 efforts in Mocaverse, which incorporates “Champions Ways: Grimoria Chronicles.”

Final month, Ubisoft took one other step by becoming a member of forces with Magic Eden to launch 10,000 “Niji Warrior ID Playing cards” NFTs for “Captain Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E.” These NFTs grant holders particular entry, rewards, and a task within the recreation’s improvement, increasing Ubisoft’s blockchain footprint additional.