Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki has announced the name of his new company - Apex Game Studios - along with his first project. And... well, they're NFTs.
Warrior, the first game from Itagaki's new studio, promises a "3A" fantasy MMO experience that looks like it's based on a pokemon-like system for collecting and fighting "mafia servants", each of which is an NFT. If that sounds a little sparse in detail, it's probably because most of Warrior's website and press release focuses on a lot of verbiage about the Web3 technology (i.e., blockchain) that underlies the whole thing.
Indeed, Warrior's players can enjoy an experience that "is focused on solving the performance, security and durability issues of GameFi 1.0" through the game's built-in token system. These "Warrior Diamond Tokens" allow practically "any assets that players acquire in the game" to be traded.
My Apex Game Studios has launched and incubated its first game @warriorgame_io My Studio focuses on producing high-quality and immersive 3A Web3.0 gamesWarrior aims to solve the performance and security vulnerabilities of GameFi 1.0 and achieve GameFi 2.0👇 More: https://t.co/duCd50ftMPJuly 12, 2022
In simpler terms, this pretty much means that your ownership of in-game items and cosmetics is registered on a blockchain and can then be traded with other players, such as assets on a commodities market. How Warrior plans to solve the performance, security and durability issues of GameFi - or 'play-to-earn' development remains very vague. Outside of references to a "multi-chain" framework, there's not much to say about whether Warrior will run on an eco-friendly proof of work system, or something greener.
Itagaki's ambitions don't stop there. Once the NFT-based Warrior is out of the way Apex Game Studios plans to try making games in the Metaverse as soon as someone finds out what that is actually means:†
The entire announcement reads like Deutsche Bank and Blizzard have double-booked a conference room and just decided to present at the same time, and it's hard not to be a little skeptical about it. Everything about Warrior so far has been big on "here's how we're going to generate a self-sustaining economic engine" and lighted up on "here's how we're going to make a game that everyone wants to play." Given that we are still in the wake of a crypto crash and a flattening NFT market, it's hard to see that it works out positively for someone. And it's sad to see another once great maker join the gold rush.
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