Ubisoft, the large 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 based mostly on a Web3-native sport.
Avatars based mostly on Champions Ways: Grimoria Chronicles—an authentic blockchain sport launched by Ubisoft final fall—can be launched for The Sandbox as NFTs on Ethereum scaling community Polygon.
The Champions Ways NFT avatars can be launched on Wednesday, January 29, with the avatars promoting for 170 SAND ($88) to individuals on the allowlist, or 180 SAND ($93) within the public sale for any remaining property.
The Sandbox 🤝 @ChampionsVerse
The Champions Ways allowlist is LIVE! Purchase a Champions Avatar Champion in The Sandbox and unlock 3 Champions in Champion Ways ☝️✌️👌 pic.twitter.com/0lUE8BLA1m
— The Sandbox (@TheSandboxGame) January 22, 2025
Patrons won’t solely obtain an avatar usable in The Sandbox—a metaverse sport with quite a few model and superstar companions, starting from Snoop Dogg to The Smurfs and many extra—but additionally three champions characters to make use of in Champions Ways, 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 known 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 via video games like Champions Ways and Captain Laserhawk, but additionally collaborations like The Sandbox, investments, and strikes to mentor and help startups.
