Worms Team17 creator officially joins the NFT business. The company, as one of the largest video game publishers in the UK, has announced that it has partnered with Reality Gaming Group, a UK-based Digital Asset Trading (DAT) platform. Great Britain, to create NFT collections based on the artillery tactics series. In doing so, it opened a gap between them and some of the video game studios that publish under them.
Announced late yesterday, Team17 and Reality Gaming Group will be collaborating on the development of officially licensed NFTs (“non-fungible tokens”) collections called MetaWorms. Describing them as “unique, synthetic works of art” that will “include content throughout the beloved Worms brand’s 26-year history,” Team17 emphasized that MetaWorms will be a “quality” collection. high” and “low energy” in order to provide fans with “The chance to own a piece of unique video game memorabilia,” a description presumably intended to refute widespread criticism. variable related to environmental costs of creating and minting NFT.
Team17’s announcement is the latest in a series of similar announcements by popular game publishers, including Square Enix, Ubisoftand Konamiintend to create NFTs based on their existing properties.
Update (4:24 pm): In a newsletter forwarded to Polygon, Team17 announced the end of the MetaWorms NFT project. “We have listened to the people on our team, our development partners, and the gaming community, and the concerns they have expressed, and have therefore made the decision to withdraw from the NFT space. ,” said the publisher.
