Ubisoft has silently launched Captain Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E., a spin-off of a spin-off that’s loosely connected to Far Cry via the 2013 standalone expansion, Blood Dragon. It’s no wonder why the gaming titan has kept this project relatively quiet, though – it’s an NFT-powered game that doesn’t look good, even in early access.
This all-new Web3 game requires users to buy an ‘ID Card’ NFT before they can register as a ‘Niji Warrior’ and get in on the action in this rudimentary top-down shooter based on the 2023 Netflix show, Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix.
Sticking To Their Guns
Despite receiving blowback in the past for involvement in blockchain-based activities and NFT endeavours, Ubisoft’s leadership team has maintained a steady course in the space. The latest delivery in the pipeline is Captain Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E., which Ubisoft hasn’t really made too much noise about.
Here’s the trailer:
That’s correct – you did see Rayman there.
In Captain Laserhawk, players are invited to participate in a reality TV hosted by none other than Rayman. They’ll fight in top-down shooter-based matches with seven other players, working to ‘unlock hundreds of cool, truly unique cosmetics to stand out’.
It all begins with the purchase of a unique ID card – which forms the core NFT connection.
Hosted on the Aribtrum L2 blockchain, prospective players can use the Magic Eden marketplace to pick up an NFT – only 10,000 are available, though. At the time of publishing, the cheapest Niji Warrior ID cards boasted a price tag of around $14, with the most ambitious owner trying to sell their Niji Warrior for a bizarre value of $4.4 million.
It’s obviously a joke, as they’re asking for ‘1,337’ ETH.
The first 26 Niji Warrior ID Cards are unlisted for sale, which suggests their owners are keeping a tight hold on them for now. I don’t understand how it all works, but from what I can see on Magic Eden, it looks as though one ‘owner’ has a claim to hundreds of unique NFTs from the game.
Ubisoft has leant on Aleph.im’s technology to bring these NFTs to life, just as it did in Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles, which was also released this year.
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Stop supporting Ubisoft. I don’t see how people defend them.
How is Ubisoft still in business? Close them down already! Tencent needs to sell and buy Epic.
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Leave it to one of the worst companies in the gaming industry to arrive late to the greatly ridiculed and now mostly dead NFT trend, while being too greedy and stupid to realize nobody has ever liked NFT “games” and very few people will even be playing this turd they’ve pushed out.
Oh well, guess it’ll take another lesson in millions of dollars of lost revenue for them to understand.
Ubisoft needs to be shut down and liquidated. The current management needs to be held accountable and investigated.
Tencent should buy Epic they own nearly half of it unlike Ubisoft and worse the Guillemot family wants to remain in power. Buy Epic and force out the idiots like Disney and Tim.