Ubisoft, the huge gaming model behind the Murderer’s Creed and Simply Dance franchises, will drop a brand new collection of avatars this week for Ethereum metaverse sport The Sandbox—and this time round, they’re additionally primarily based on a Web3-native sport.
Avatars primarily based on Champions Techniques: Grimoria Chronicles—an unique blockchain sport launched by Ubisoft final fall—will probably be launched for The Sandbox as NFTs on Ethereum scaling community Polygon.
The Champions Techniques NFT avatars will probably be launched on Wednesday, January 29, with the avatars promoting for 170 SAND ($88) to folks on the allowlist, or 180 SAND ($93) within the public sale for any remaining belongings.
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— The Sandbox (@TheSandboxGame) January 22, 2025
Consumers won’t solely obtain an avatar usable in The Sandbox—a metaverse sport with quite a few model and celeb companions, starting from Snoop Dogg to The Smurfs and lots extra—but in addition three champions characters to make use of in Champions Techniques, the turn-based PC technique sport.
Ubisoft beforehand introduced its Rabbids creatures—from the long-running Rayman model—to The Sandbox, and adopted that up with characters from the Netflix animated collection “Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix,” which is impressed by a sport within the Far Cry franchise.
The Netflix collection was later tapped for a blockchain sport referred to as Captain Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E., which was launched in December with NFT entry passes minted on Ethereum scaling community Arbitrum.
Ubisoft is the most important Web2 gaming juggernaut enjoying within the Web3 world, not solely by video games like Champions Techniques and Captain Laserhawk, but in addition collaborations like The Sandbox, investments, and strikes to mentor and help startups.
