Meanwhile, Ubisoft employee group A Better Ubisoft have criticised the company's 'weak response' to abuse allegations, saying the publisher has done very little to address employee demands in the past 16 months. Perhaps they will pull back, just as the free-to-play Ghost Recon Frontline was indefinitely delayed shortly before its closed beta test.īut probably not, because blockchain's inclusion in an investor call is an indication that Ubisoft's investors are keen on the potential profits of selling digital nonsense. Perhaps I won't ever earn some STAB coins for silently taking down every goon in a Far Cry outpost, and their experiments will go no further than last year's Rabbids tokens for charity. Large companies invest in and dabble with all sorts of new technologies that may never emerge in their actual products. Some merchants are bugged - they have the dialogue allowing you to pay them 500 gold, but doing so does not result in any permanent change in the merchants available gold. The Blockchain Game Alliance were one of the signatories of the open letter released last week asking Valve to unban blockchain-based games from Steam. The Investor perk allows you to invest 500 gold in certain merchants, after which that merchant will permanently have 500 more gold available.

'It also gives Ubisoft the perspective to reflect on the best ways to overcome blockchain’s initial limitations for gaming around sustainability and scalability.' Skyrim kicks all kinds of ass i played like 20 hours over the weekend i got it then i got assassins creed revalations & the Halo aniversary. 'Ubisoft has been exploring blockchain since the early development of the technology, supporting and learning from the ecosystem through initiatives like its Entrepreneurs Lab start-up program and the Blockchain Game Alliance as a founding member,' says the report.

Guillemot didn't address that, although Ubisoft's earnings report does allude to it.

All of these games feature NFT in-game items.īlockchain, cryptocurrency and NFTs have been heavily criticised for their gross environmental impact. So we have been working with lots of small companies going on blockchain and we're starting to have a good know-how on how it can impact the industry, and we want to be one of the key players here.'Įarlier this month, Ubisoft invested in Animoca Brands, a company that makes 'branded blockchain games', including several licensed racing games, as well as open-world sandbox game The Sandbox. 'It will imply more play-to-earn that will enable more players to actually earn content, own content, and we think it's going to grow the industry quite a lot. 'This industry is changing regularly with lotsof new revolutions happening, and we consider blockchain as one of those revolutions,' said Guillemot.

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