Ubisoft’s upcoming battler sport Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles bought out of its free Warlords NFTs inside minutes—and has seen over $2 million in sales inside a pair hours of its public mint, per CryptoSlam knowledge.
After a restricted presale for choose followers, the pixelated profile picture-style Warlords minted out in lower than 20 minutes in the course of the assortment’s free public mint that occurred at 4pm ET Monday.
The NFTs at the moment are buying and selling on secondary marketplaces like OpenSea for roughly $600 every, or about 0.27 ETH, at time of writing. Solely 7% of the 9,999 NFTs are presently listed on the market—a stat that implies most collectors plan to hold onto their Warlords to allow them to use them to unlock the sport’s subsequent free mint for its in-game characters.
Whereas the Warlords NFTs have been free to mint, patrons did should pay Ethereum fuel charges for his or her transactions, which may fluctuate wildly from tens to tons of of {dollars} relying on community site visitors. Champions Ways will use the Oasys blockchain for its different crypto integrations, which guarantees a gas-free gaming expertise.
Avid gamers who missed out on the Warlords mint and don’t wish to drop $600 in Ethereum to play the sport aren’t out of choices, although. In keeping with the sport’s web site, Ubisoft will supply a free Champions figure drop at a later date, with extra particulars but to be revealed.
Champions Ways is predicted to launch someday in 2024.
Edited by Andrew Hayward