It’s 2024, and Ubisoft has just launched an NFT game [Video]

Facepalm: You’d be forgiven for thinking that most companies have sensibly abandoned any plans for NFT-based games after the market collapsed last year and AI became the next money-making scheme. Surprisingly, one studio has just quietly launched a blockchain game. Unsurprisingly, it was Ubisoft.

Last week, Ubisoft stealth-launched a web3 game called Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles on PC, reports IGN. This free-to-play PvP tactical RPG involves collecting virtual figurines who engage in turn-based combat in squads of three. It doesn’t look too bad in the trailer, which has a Darkest Dungeon vibe, but then it doesn’t mention the fact this is an NFT game.

While new players are given temporary characters to use, they will eventually need to buy some of the character NFTs. These can be bought using crypto or in-game gold, or you can craft …