Ubisoft says its upcoming ‘crew combat area’ sport gained’t have NFTs

Ubisoft introduced its upcoming “crew combat area sport,” with two main disclaimers: it’s now not only a combat royale and there aren’t any NFTs. The sport corporate shared the inside track on Twitter after leakers posted pictures of the sport, codenamed Challenge Q, on-line.

“This isn’t a Combat Royale,” Ubisoft stated in a chain of tweets. “The sport will characteristic quite a lot of PvP modes with one unmarried function in thoughts: FUN! We don’t have plans so as to add NFTs to this sport, you’ll be able to in finding out extra through registering and collaborating within the upcoming assessments!”

As famous in Ubisoft’s tweet, you’ll be able to join upcoming assessments for the Xbox Collection X, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, and PC on Ubisoft’s website. There’s no phrase on when the assessments will develop into to be had, or whether or not the sport will likely be free-to-play in its ultimate shape. Ubisoft did reassure players, on the other hand, that the “Q” in Challenge Q gained’t stand for “Quartz,” the title of the corporate’s divisive in-game NFT initiative it slid into Ghost Recon.

Challenge Q pictures from online game leaker Tom Henderson presentations a Fortnite meets Overwatch form of aesthetic. It additionally seems to characteristic two modes as of presently: Showdown (combat royale) and Combat Zone (territory regulate). The sport remains to be in early building, so all of that is matter to switch. The Verge reached out to Ubisoft with a request for remark however didn’t instantly listen again.

Ubisoft introduced a short-lived free-to-play combat royale, known as Hyper Scape, in 2020. The futuristic shooter put a twist at the conventional combat royale, however its popularity waned quickly, resulting in its ultimate shutdown on April 28th, 2022.