Video Game Giant Ubisoft Launches NFT Platform, Software Firm’s Blockchain-Te...
The French video game manufacturer based in Montreuil, Ubisoft Entertainment SA, has announced the company has launched a blockchain-based platform called Ubisoft Quartz. According to the company, the platform will enhance specific games with playable and energy-efficient non-fungible token (NFT) assets. Ubisoft Quartz Revealed For quite some time, video game companies have shown strong interest in NFT technology and blockchain-based games. Earlier this year, firms like Square Enix, Ubisoft, and Electronic Arts have been hinting at moving in the NFT direction. Now Ubisoft has announced it....
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Starting with Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Ubisoft will drop NFTs to PC players on Thursday on the Tezos blockchain. French video game publisher Ubisoft announced its first foray into NFTs via a new platform called Ubisoft Quartz to launch in beta this week with Ghost Recon Breakpoint for PC players on Ubisoft Connect. Introducing Ubisoft Quartz We're bringing the first energy efficient NFTs playable in a AAA game to Ghost Recon: Breakpoint! Try it in the beta from December 9 with three free cosmetic drops and learn more here: https://t.co/ysEoYUI4HY pic.twitter.com/owSFE2ALuS— Ubisoft....
The top comment on Ubisoft’s YouTube video introducing its NFTs has more likes than the actual video, and slams the firm for “milking” money from its customers. French gaming giant Ubisoft Entertainment SA’s new nonfungbile token (NFT) project Quartz is facing strong pushback from the gaming community. Ubisoft unveiled the Beta launch of Quartz via a brief YouTube video on Dec. 8 that has 214,721 views at the time of writing. The project aims to combine NFTs and blockchain technology with existing Triple-A game titles, and announced Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint as its first game to....
Popular French video game publisher Ubisoft is set to become a validator node on the Tezos ecosystem. Ubisoft, the video game studio behind popular titles like Assassin’s Creed, Prince of Persia and the Tom Clancy series of games will become a corporate Tezos baker, or validator node.In a statement issued on Tuesday, Ubisoft announced its partnership with Tezos-backed Nomadic labs that will see the latter creating a validator node on the Tezos network.@Ubisoft is exploring #Tezos technology by becoming a corporate baker. Welcome to the ecosystem! Read the announcement:....
The firm is backing Animoca Brands, creator of popular metaverse game, The Sandbox. Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video gaming organizations — responsible for creating popular franchise games such as Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and For Honor — hosted their Q2 earnings call this week, where blockchain was a key topic of discussion.Alongside reporting a 15% increase of unique active players in the first half of the year compared to 2020, and that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has become the second most profitable game in the companies history, the French firm’s CEO, Yves Guillemot also....
GSC Game World and Ubisoft, two game development companies, are dealing with backlash about the inclusion of NFT elements in some of their games. While GSC Game World — developer of the popular Stalker gaming franchise — has abandoned its plans in this regard, Ubisoft is pushing forward and has announced a partnership with Aleph.im to store images from its NFT platform.
GSC Game World and Ubisoft Take Different Approaches
Two game developers that recently announced the introduction of NFT elements as part of their upcoming and existing games are dealing with....