Ubisoft's Announces New Web3 Game | GAM3S Grid Weekly

🔥 Top headlines from this week’s digest:

• Ubisoft Announces New Web3 Game, “Champions Tactics”

• Yuga Labs Launches 1st Season of HV-MTL Forge 

• Abyss World Alpha Test Phase 1 Starts July 3rd

• BR1: INFINITE Rolls Out Major Game Update

• Heroes of Mavia Beta Phase 1 Goes Live

• HyperPlay Game Launcher Raises $12 Million in Series A Funding

• Anichess Raises $1.5 Million to Develop Decentralized Chess Game

💀 Ubisoft Announces First Web3 Native Game

Ubisoft's made headlines this week with the announcement of their newest web3 native title Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles. Yes, that Ubisoft.

What’s Going On Here? 

Champions Tactics™ Grimoria Chronicles is a brand new PVP Tactical RPG experimental game on PC currently in development at Ubisoft. Not much information is currently available online besides the following “Assemble a team of mythical Champions, engage in thrilling tactical battles against other players, and discover the legends of the dark and mystical world of Grimoria”.

From early web3 experiments like the introduction of NFT-based items in Ghost Recon Breakpoint and the launch of One Shot League, to more recent efforts like Assassin’s Creed Smart Collectibles, Ubisoft has been testing the blockchain gaming waters and appears to have now found the conviction to take an extra step.

What Does This Mean?

Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles, as a web3 game title, will essentially incorporate web3 elements to offer a complete gaming experience leveraging the potential of blockchain technology (namely partnering with the Oasys chain) to improve the overall gaming experience with a planned free drop at launch.

Why Should I Care?

If the title is successful, it could serve as a blueprint for more developers looking to integrate blockchain technology into their games, potentially leading to increased and fast-tracked adoption of web3 tech in the gaming industry.

The involvement of a major game publisher like Ubisoft in web3 gaming brings credibility to blockchain technology's role in the industry. If successful, other major studios such as Square Enix, Sega, and Bandai Namco, who've already shown interest in blockchain gaming, might follow suit - leading to a broader and quicker adoption of web3 technologies in gaming and potentially silencing critics and skeptics. For now, only time can tell.

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This week we spoke with Sami Chlagou - CEO at Cross the Ages to learn more about how their game is breaking into the App Store charts!

Singapore-based TGC Cross The Ages raised $12 million in its seed funding round from Cypher Capital late last year. They also revealed the opening of their new marketplace on Immutable X.

What You Need to Know About Cross The Ages:

• The game's storyline is enriched by a literary series, with the first installment, “The Chrome Spell Book,” penned by a team of 13 writers led by renowned science fiction author Arnaud Dollen

• CTA boasts a creative team of over 70 international artists, including talents from Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and Marvel Entertainment

• The game is now available for download on iOS devices, featuring a new update with several enhancements and new features

🎧 Listen to the full conversation recording here

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