Ubisoft has formally confirmed that one in every of its three not too long ago cancelled video games was Project Q, a sport introduced in mid-2022 to a disillusioned viewers. The sport was revealed as a multiplayer ‘workforce battle enviornment’ expertise – but it surely was the wording of the announcement that raised main suspicious, as gamers started questioning whether or not Mission Q was a blockchain-based sport together with NFTs.
‘Introducing codename Mission Q, a workforce battle enviornment letting gamers actually personal the expertise! The sport is in early growth and we are going to hold testing, so for now all you are able to do is register for upcoming exams,’ Ubisoft announced.
Referring to ‘possession’ of video video games had change into stylish on this interval – though the idea was largely tied to the rise of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and blockchain-based video games which claimed to supply gamers with their very own private slice of a sport.
Firms trying to exploit gamers would supply digital items that gamers might actually ‘personal’ – for instance, digital homes costing upwards of US $900,000 (AU $1.3 million) – permitting them to really feel like they have been a part of one thing larger. Within the discount, gamers would acquire a digital product, and a receipt on the blockchain to substantiate their possession.
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Ubisoft didn’t affirm the character of Mission Q in its preliminary announcement, though followers have been fast to take a position that NFTs and blockchain-based merchandise can be a part of the mission. Ubisoft Quartz, a proprietary device to promote NFTs in video games, had simply launched – and Mission Q was assumed to be a tie-in.
Quartz finally failed to search out an viewers, with Ubisoft later labelling the initiative as merely ‘research‘ as trade tendencies shifted.
Within the weeks after Mission Q was introduced, the corporate denied it would include NFTs – however the wording round possession was by no means amended or clarified, leaving many to take a position in regards to the true nature of the sport.
Now, it seems we’ll by no means study extra about what was deliberate. Whereas closed beta invitations have been despatched out in 2022, permitting gamers a glimpse of its melee-based PvP enviornment battling gameplay, these gamers seemingly noticed the ultimate glimpses of the sport.
As first reported on Insider Gaming, and later confirmed by VGC, Mission Q is formally lifeless within the water, with the Ubisoft growth workforce now reassigned to various tasks.
The opposite video games reportedly cancelled haven’t been detailed but, and it’s unknown if these had been introduced previous to Ubisoft’s cancellation announcement.
