Ubisoft Reveals Plans To Develop Blockchain Games And NFTs

Ubisoft revealed that they plan to develop Blockchain games and tokens. 

According to the, the company plans to integrate blockchain technology in future games. International Business TimesIt will be available. It will also employ play-to-earn techniques that allow players to earn content from playing Ubisoft’s games. 

“As you see, this industry is changing regularly with lots of new revolutions happening,” Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said during a recent earnings call. “We consider blockchain one of those revolutions. 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. So we have been working with lots of small companies going on the blockchain, and we’re starting to have a good know-how on how we can impact the industry. We want to be one of the key players there.” 

According to IBT, Ubisoft is researching blockchain since years. In particular, the Strategic Innovation Lab at Ubisoft has investigated its use since 2018.

The Verge reports that blockchains and NFTs are partly responsible for ongoing planet damage due to the millions of carbon dioxide emissions generated from mining and the use of cryptocurrencies 

As a result, some major players have criticized their emerging use in various industries, including Steam, which will not allow developers to publish “Applications based on blockchain technology allow for the exchange or issue of cryptocurrency or NFTs.” Others, however, such as Epic Games and its digital storefront, are fine working with developers using blockchain technologies, despite Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney stating that the company wouldn’t be “touching NFTs as the whole field is currently tangled up with an interactable mix of scams, interesting decentralized tech foundations, and scams” just one month prior.”

Ubisoft may follow the Epic Games footsteps, and not Steam. The company will only know how it goes in time. 

Learn more about Ubisoft by reading about how Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is already its second biggest game of all timeThen, check out this article about Valhalla’s new and free Discovery Tour ModePlease read Game Informer’s Far Cry 6, reviewAfterwards.