CCP Games Unveils New Details on Upcoming Blockchain Title 'Project Awakening'
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CCP Games, the developer of EVE Online, has released new details about its upcoming blockchain game, "Project Awakening". Scheduled for the next playtest/hackathon on May 21, the game will provide a single-shard survival experience in a dark space-age setting. Although specifics remain undisclosed, the game will incorporate some form of blockchain gaming. CCP Games aims for players to build, collaborate and innovate within this digitally physical, perpetual universe. CCP's CEO highlighted the importance and potential of the community's creativity in an upcoming hackathon, but didn't reveal a launch date.
CCP Games, the creator of EVE Online, has finally unveiled more details about its eagerly awaited blockchain game, “Project Awakening.” A duo of updates on March 13, published on the game's official site, revealed that the next playtest/hackathon for Project Awakening will occur on May 21. Registrations for the closed beta are active at the point of this news. These updates also offered a sneak peek into the game universe and its mythology. As per CCP, the game will provide a single-shard survival experience, meaning players won't be partitioned across various instances. The game happens in “the dark expanse of space where civilization lies ravaged under its own aspirations.” The gameplay will emphasize survival, reconstructing a “shattered world,” and fighting against enemies. Project Awakening will incorporate some element of blockchain gaming, though CCP isn't clear on how this is going to look like on the launch day.
A blog post by CCP states that: ”CCP Games is designing a perpetual universe confined by digital physics, promoting players to develop and collaborate on top, within, and outside the emergent game dynamics - offering unlimited imagination for third-party evolution through blockchain tech and cryptography.”
The blog insinuates that the game might offer some form of digital asset or ownership of real estate or another form of blockchain-based commodification, however, finer details are still unavailable. An intriguing March 13 blog post, ostensibly written from the perspective of an in-game non-player character, seems to introduce some elements of the game's lore, offering more of a fascinating glimpse into what's coming ahead than a descriptive overview of the game universe itself.
Cointelegraph sought additional information about the hackathon and what testers can anticipate from the company. CEO of CCP, Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, informed Cointelegraph: "Playtesters will evolve on the Carbon Development Platform, employing the game's dynamics to spawn new features and functionality within the game universe. Competence with the Solidity coding language could be beneficial, but is not mandatory. The first hackathon last year shaped our understanding of what the platform could achieve, and we hope to see an escalation of creativity and innovation from the community in the forthcoming hackathon."
Pétursson also mentioned that the company doesn't yet have a release window prepared to announce. Related: Web3 gaming acquires a fresh launch platform aimed at developers and gamers.
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3/13/2024 8:12:59 PM
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