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Writer with a particular interest in the obscure. Many large game publishers are often pushing NFTs in gaming, many times resulting in severe backlash. Ubisoft especially saw pushback and poor sales ...

NFTs are the latest monetization scheme that could make big waves in gaming. The market is particularly appealing for the likes of Konami and Ubisoft, who both have a wealth of characters from ...

Ubisoft recently launched the Quartz NFT platform as a way to monetize game properties, something that didn't exactly go over well with either customers or employees. Now, it appears that the effort ...

Well, everyone sure did not seem to be on board with Ubisoft Quartz and its blockchain-based NFTs for Ghost Recon Breakpoint, a series of limited edition cosmetics that could be claimed in the game.

Ubisoft calls its new Tezo-based Quartz NFT platform "experimental," assuring gamers (and investors) that the initiative will evolve and change over time. Ubisoft's toe-dip into NFTs has seemingly ...

It seems there will be future NFTs from Ubisoft, though It seems there will be future NFTs from Ubisoft, though is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 ...

Assassin’s Creed publisher Ubisoft announced its first three in-game NFTs, which will be available on December 9, 12 and 15, respectively. NFTs, also known as nonfungible tokens, are digital tokens ...

Earlier this week Ubisoft unveiled its vision for the future of NFT games. Its platform, Ubisoft Quartz, claims to be the first of its type in offering NFTs (non-fungible tokens) that players can ...

An Ubisoft executive has spoken out about NFTs and the company’s new Quartz platform. After Ubisoft launched its Quartz platform and “Digit” NFTs, users criticized the company for what they deemed an ...

And despite all the bold talk of "decentralization," the Quartz system is still so deeply controlled by Ubisoft that we wonder whether a simple internal database managed directly by the company would ...