Immutable’s Mobile Ethereum RPG ‘Guild of Guardians’ Releasing in May

Operating on Immutable zkEVM, an Ethereum scaling community, the free-to-play crypto quest enables you to information fantasy adventurers by means of dungeons and battle in opposition to highly effective bosses as you amass loot. The sport has notched over one million pre-registered gamers within the run-up to launch.

Prematurely of the worldwide launch, Guild of Guardians is introducing an on-chain crafting system referred to as The Altar of Sacrifice on March 25. This permits gamers to gather and mix NFTs to acquire new rewards. The primary “Altar Occasion” on March 25, referred to as Eri’s Grand Opening, will let gamers receive after which “sacrifice” (aka burn, or completely destroy) particular NFTs in alternate for in-game characters.

“These two additions mark the primary playable Web3 options in Guild of Guardians and we couldn’t be extra excited in regards to the progress we’ve made on the sport at present,” mentioned Immutable Video games Chief Studio Officer Justin Hulog, in a launch. “The power to ‘sacrifice’ Prayer NFTs to mint new Guardian NFTs opens limitless prospects and provides a totally new stage of technique and competitors to the sport.”

Decrypt’s GG went hands-on with a preview construct of the sport in August 2023 and got here away intrigued by the streamlined, mobile-centric fantasy battling expertise at play. We wrote that it provided a “wholesome mixture of randomness and technique that would make it interesting to RPG followers who can’t grind for hours on their PCs—however can possibly carve out a couple of minutes on their telephones.”

Guild of Guardians has been on the horizon for years now and has beforehand seen regional tender releases. Nonetheless, amid behind-the-scenes shifts, it by no means fairly reached the end line by way of a full, world launch.

Final 12 months, Immutable Video games restarted improvement on Guild of Guardians in collaboration with Mineloader, a veteran help studio that has assisted with the event of main video games like The Final of Us Half I, Metroid Prime Remastered, and Resident Evil Village.

“It has been a whirlwind since we rebooted Guild of Guardians with Mineloade,” Immutable Video games Vice President and Guild of Guardians recreation director Chris Clay advised Decrypt’s GG. He additional cited “difficult selections” and the “troublesome and delicate stability” wanted to weigh participant suggestions with its personal formidable goals.

“On the finish of the day, we determined that we would have liked to give attention to the basics to make sure we hit our high quality bar at launch—one which we are able to really feel proud about attaining,” he mentioned. “We all know that we solely have one likelihood to make a primary impression, and we need to give the Guild of Guardians neighborhood the sport they deserve after patiently ready these previous three years.”

Editor’s observe: This text was written with the help of AI. Edited and fact-checked by Andrew Hayward.