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Ubisoft's new blockchain game, Captain Laserhawk, launches with NFTs, redefining player engagement and game development.
Ubisoft is upping the ante in the Captain Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E. game with a blockchain-enabled top-down shooter. It’s coming out on December 18, 2024.
As if that wasn’t enough, the teams just launched the Niji Warrior NFT collection via Magic Eden. The free mint kicks off on Dec. 12, allowing players to shape the game’s future through an interactive component.
Owning a Niji Warrior NFT gives you exclusive gaming perks and lets you shape key pieces of the game development process. So players can help craft game mechanics, map designs, and storylines. Actual contributors to a game’s development?
Ubisoft’s Didier Genevois, Technical Director and Executive Producer, must be thrilled to say this:
“This project represents a new frontier in collaborative game development, where players become co-creators.”
There are 10,000 NFTs in this collection with pixel-art robotic or creature-like designs. These NFTs evolve as players engage with them, to reward participation.
A big part of this collaboration is the Sequence Wallet, which helps with Web3 onboarding. New players and seasoned blockchain users will be able to get the NFTs easily and transition seamlessly into this blockchain-powered ecosystem.
Captain Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E. is influenced by the Netflix animated series Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix, which is based on Ubisoft’s Far Cry franchise. The game puts you square in the dystopian world of Eden, featuring characters from Ubisoft’s most famous titles, like Assassin’s Creed, Rayman, and Beyond Good & Evil.
This competitive, multiplayer top-down shooter aims to redefine player involvement while including a genre-defining level of community input. To the depths and back, players aren’t just playing a game – they get to help shape it.
When it comes to crypto, Ubisoft is one of the industry’s pioneers. They’ve previously released other blockchain games like Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles and collaborated with blockchain companies like Immutable, Cronos, and Hedera.
The Arbitrum Foundation, launched in March 2023, backs the Arbitrum network, which is an Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution. The goal of Arbitrum is to deliver fast, low-cost transactions while preserving Ethereum’s standards of security.
This Ubisoft partnership is in line with Arbitrum’s mission to promote Web3 adoption via gaming and other innovative use cases.
The launch of Captain Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E. brings with it some much-needed optimism for crypto gaming. The industry was hit hard following the NFT market slumping in 2021. Recent data indicates that NFT sales volumes climbed to $187 million in early December – steady growth for blockchain entertainment.
The entire Web3 gaming ecosystem seems to be heating up. For instance, the Beam Foundation announced a $150 million fund to boost Web3 gaming initiatives in Abu Dhabi.
NFTs introduce new money-making avenues for game makers, allowing them to reap profits not just from the original game sale but also with on-trading unique digital stuff. Developers can make extra cash selling rare bonuses and collectibles, and smart contracts make sure they get a cut from secondary market transactions.
NFTs give developers the chance to flex their muscles, and try out new mechanics and reward systems. Think custom ownership models where players own and govern the game world.
NFTs could flow over several games. This would let items earned in one game, be used in another, driving more cross-promotion and licensing together of assets that were earned.
When it comes to gaming, blockchain tech adds layers of transparency and security. This reduces fraud and generates trust among players, especially when secure transactions matter.
Blockchain can help create player-run economies, where in-game items have value out there in the real world. Skilled players can generate real value by winning and trading, ushering in new players and enriching the gaming experience.
Lastly, NFTs create a sense of ownership and pride among players, boosting their loyalty and longer engagement. Publishers can use NFTs to craft loyalty programs or rewards for exclusive creatures or achievements.
Blockchain gaming burns through energy. Projects that use Proof of Work (PoW) consensus mechanisms use a lot more resources. Ethereum consumption, before it transitioned to PoS, was so high, it was compared to the annual energy requirements of small nations.
One solution is moving to Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus mechanisms. This was how Ethereum changed, and it slashed consumption by over 99%.
Projects can lessen their carbon footprint through carbon offsets or renewable energy initiatives. It helps lessen the emissions of blockchain.
Using and creating energy-efficient hardware and optimizing data-storaging and network functions can crank down the game’s energy consumption. Using NFT development services more focused on efficiency helps too.
Implementing Layer 2 tech and scaling solutions, reduces the load on the main network and lowers energy costs. They let other transactions go off-chain, which all decreases computational expenses.
NFTs and blockchain tech are reshaping gaming by creating new revenue streams, boosting player engagement, and ushering in co-development. While Web3 gaming has some environmental challenges, there are sustainable solutions. The Web3 ecosystem looks like it’s headed for a boom, promising new doors for developers and players.
