Summary
Ubisofthas had a rough couple of months and it seems unlikely what will almost certainly be its last release of the year will win over anyone doubting the stability of the studio’s future. Released today, and free-to-start right now, is Ubisoft’s Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles, a Blockchain game featuring NFTs that cost up to $64,000.
Reported by Eurogamer, even though the arrival of Champions Tactics will have come as a surprise to almost everyone, the NFT game was revealed by Ubisoft earlier this year. As for why it likely didn’t leave a mark on many people’s radars, and why it has been quietly pushed out the door with very little fanfare, the announcement came at a time when most other studios had realized NFTs and the blockchain on which they reside were not in fact the future of video games.
As for how the game works, as demonstrated in the Champions Tactics launch trailer below, players get cards that transform into figurines. Those figurines are procedurally generated which is where the blockchain and NFT elements come in. Each of your figures is unique, as are their stats, and they can be traded with other players. Getting the figures will cost you though, even though the game is free to download, and you can spend cryptocurrency or in-game gold to obtain them.
Ubisoft’s Champions Tactics Has An NFT That Costs Just Shy Of $64,000
NFTs Are Still A Thing, Apparently
The prices of Champion Tactics' NFT figurinesbegin at $7 and go all the way up to a whopping $64,000. As for what makes the most expensive figurines so much better than the cheapest ones, I have no idea. It’s also apparently possible to play the game and get figures without spending any money at all, though again, it’s unclear how that works. I can’t imagine those unwilling to pick up a few NFTs will fare nearly as well in the game’s 3-on-3 virtual tabletop battles as those dropping thousands on their blockchain collectibles.
That said, there may not be many NFT-hungry gamers flocking to Champion Tactics. Ubisoft has dabbled with the blockchain before which, coupled with gaming’s move away from trying to make NFTs happen, makes this attempt at keeping the ill-fated way to play alive even more baffling. Its first attempt, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint, reportedly convinced just 15 people to part with cryptocurrency in exchange for its NFTs, and its NFT announcement video was quicklydelisted after receiving 16,000 dislikesin a matter of hours.
