'Illuvium Past' Ethereum Sport Reveals Casio G-Shock Collab – Decrypt

Blockchain gaming franchise Illuvium revealed a collaboration this week with Casio’s G-Shock watch model to launch a group of NFT playing cards. This assortment might be used within the Illuvium Past card assortment sport.

Illuvium Past is to not be confused with the opposite three illuvium video games that launched this yr. That is branded as a collectible card sport with a leaderboard that tracks the factors worth of the highest 100 gamers’ assortment of playing cards, and is on the market to play on the Illuvium web site.

This G-Shock collaboration comes as a part of the third wave of NFT playing cards launched for Illuvium Past. It options six characters (known as Illuvitars) from the sport “reimagined” carrying G-Shock gear. Mystic monkey character Aapon, for instance, has been strapped with physique armor that appears like what you’d anticipate from the road of watches.

Every G-Shock Illuvitar could have one among three backgrounds, and might be out there each as holographic and non-holographic digital playing cards. This creates 108 attainable variations.

The gathering is ready to go on sale from December 9-22, purchasable within the type of a $35 “D1SK” NFT—pronounced disk. If anybody buys 20 or extra D1SKs, then they are going to be rewarded with an unique Illuvium G-Shock bodily watch.

Extra particulars concerning the gathering are set to be revealed on December 5.

Illuvium Past launched in 2023, and in contrast to the opposite video games within the franchise, it’s extra of a collection-based affair than a fully-fledged sport. It’s all about what number of NFT playing cards you receive, how uncommon they’re, and the way a lot you’ll be able to replenish your digital booklets.

Beforehand, Illuvium Past has collaborated with the likes of online game retailer GameStop and esports group Crew Liquid to launch branded playing cards.

When this amassing expertise first launched, the core Illuvium video games hadn’t been launched. However earlier this yr, the long-awaited video games hit the (digital) cabinets. Constructed on Ethereum scaling community Immutable X, the three titles—Illuvium: Overworld, Enviornment, and Zero—tackled distinctly completely different genres that complemented one another in refined methods.

For instance, open-world survival sport Illuvium: Overworld requires the gamer to assemble assets to restore their spaceship. In Overworld, you can even seize the legendary creatures known as Illuvials, which you’ll then use in strategic auto-battler Illuvium: Enviornment.

Within the remaining sport, the city-builder Illuvium: Zero, your objective is to develop land and the civilization upon it. That is all in an try to reconnect with the wrecked ship in Overworld—and thus, the loop is full.

Launching a trio of titles because the core expertise for the IP had been on the horizon for years, after first elevating funds in This fall 2020, based on its official roadmap. Illuvium’s video games are playable on PC and Mac through the Epic Video games Retailer.

Edited by Andrew Hayward