After the failure of the NFT platform Quartz to combine the props and equipment of “Wire Hunt: Extremis”, Ubisoft has not given up on using the blockchain to make money, and recently quietly launched the first native blockchain game “Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles” (tentative translation, Champion Strategy: Chronicles of Grimoria).
According to IGN reports, “Champions Strategy” was developed by Ubisoft Paris Studio, and is operated by Ubisoft’s Strategic Innovation Lab in cooperation with the game blockchain team Oasys. On the surface, it is a PvP strategy game with no campaign and no PvE cooperative confrontation.
Players deploy three heroes to form a team to compete for rankings. The heroes come from seven factions, each with their own unique attributes and skills. Each round, the dice are rolled to determine the order of battle. Then both parties choose skills to fight, and use strategies to attack the enemy’s weaknesses. The game begins with This cycle continues until one of the parties is defeated.
“Champion Strategy” low-key released an early gameplay trailer six months ago, allowing players to download and play it for free. However, the gameplay is not a traditional farming-based chain game. The business opportunity lies in the heroic characters in the game.
Each hero is an NFT (non-fungible token), and players must first register a Ubisoft account and bind an encrypted wallet that supports Oasys before they can play, which is contrary to the concept of blockchain decentralization.
In addition to forging existing heroes, you can also purchase heroes from the game market. You can use OAS cryptocurrency or ordinary cash to purchase heroes. The cheapest one is about 7 US dollars, and the most expensive “Swift Zealot” is priced at 63,000 US dollars. Ubisoft has a price for each hero. A royalty fee of 6% is charged per transaction.
Judging from the market page of the official website of “Champions Strategy”, there are about 2,700 heroes on the shelf. Players holding more heroes will increase their VIP level. The higher the level, the more experience points and in-game currency they will receive. The official uses this to encourage players to spend money to collect heroes.
Chasing the VIP level is not enough. “Champion Strategy” also has additional unique NFT collections called “warlords”. The official website shows that each time you hold a warlord, you can unlock access to special events, and you can even activate promotions to obtain them. Ability to gain experience points and gold coins.
The investment hype of blockchain and Metaverse has subsided after the epidemic. The Metaverse has become an ideal concept. The currency circle and NFT have also experienced a wave of recession. Ubisoft continues to be optimistic about the possibility of making big money from blockchain games, despite the opposition of internal employees. Shenglang also established a strategic partnership with the Web3 gaming platform Immutable late last year.
“Champions Tactics” seems to have a good card-drawing game mechanism. The purchase of forged heroes and the market are suitable for small-scale transactions. You can even directly swipe cards to buy heroes without cryptocurrency, but it remains to be seen whether it will be attractive to real players. .
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