Ubisoft Sets Launch for ‘Captain Laserhawk’ Game as Free NFT Mint Begins

Gaming large Ubisoft, the writer behind franchises like Murderer’s Creed and Simply Dance, has pinned down the launch date for its upcoming sport Captain Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E. on Ethereum layer-2 community Arbitrum. And a free NFT mint for the sport is getting underway at the moment.

Set in a dystopian world impressed by the Netflix animated collection “Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix”—which relies partly on a sport within the Far Cry sport franchise—the aggressive, top-down multiplayer shooter will characteristic characters from hit collection Murderer’s Creed, Rayman, and Past Good & Evil.

The sport’s Niji Warrior NFT assortment, which is launching at the moment as a free mint on the Magic Eden market, will grant holders enter into sport mechanics, map designs, and storyline developments. Gamers with these tokens can entry unique perks, take part in neighborhood choices, and doubtlessly evolve their NFTs based mostly on their stage of engagement.

“This mission represents a brand new frontier in collaborative sport growth, the place gamers change into co-creators,” stated Ubisoft’s Technical Director and Govt Producer Didier Genevois, in a press release.

Every of the ten,000 Niji Warrior NFTs depicts a pixelated robotic or creature, based mostly on paintings proven through the Magic Eden launchpad itemizing. It’s related in method to the paintings for the Warlords NFTs launched for Ubisoft’s Champions Ways: Grimoria Chronicles sport final yr.

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An instance of Captain Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E. NFT paintings. Picture: Ubisoft/Magic Eden

The mission is a collaboration between Ubisoft, the Arbitrum Basis, and Sequence, a crypto gaming growth platform from Horizon, the developer of aggressive card sport Skyweaver.

“Endlessly, gamers have adopted the storylines, character arcs, and sport designs that got to them. Now, that modifications. We’re excited to see the outcomes of placing the ability within the palms of the gaming neighborhood,” stated Arbitrum Basis Head of Partnerships Nina Rong, in a press release.

Ubisoft just lately launched Champions Ways, its first authentic blockchain sport, which is constructed round NFTs on the Oasys community. The corporate has been constructing within the Web3 area for years, backing and supporting varied startups and networks, releasing experimental tasks, and even including NFTs to one in every of its Ghost Recon video games.

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