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Team17 has partnered with Reality Gaming Group to mint a new “generative” NFT collection based on the iconic multiplayer franchise, Worms. The news was revealed to a chorus of eye-rolls and boos on social media earlier this morning, though the official Team17 Twitter is yet to reference the collection.
As reported by PocketGamer.biz, the “MetaWorms” collection will see Reality Gaming Group use its Digital Asset Platform (DAT) to manage a wide variety of characters and artworks taken from the storied 26-year-old battle franchise. Reality Gaming Group notes that each worm will be “unique” and “generative” and “stored” and “blockchain” and all those words that you hear whenever anyone is promoting the controversial scheme.
Perhaps predicting said controversy, Reality Gaming is quick to point out that its own take on the NFT market is “environmentally friendly”, allowing the company to mint MetaWorms for “low energy” costs. The group equates 100,000 MetaWorm NFTs to the average annual costs of running a kettle in 11 UK households. In addition, the company will donate an unspecified percentage of each NFT sale to ReFeed Farms, a company that itself uses worms themselves as an “enhancer and bio converter” for the fertilization of soils.
“The ultra-low energy technology Reality Gaming Group uses, together with their carbon neutral servers, played an essential part of the reassurances we sought before our agreement; we’re very much looking forward to giving Worms fans a chance to own a piece of our history,” said Team17’s Harley Homewood.
Recently, the team behind survival sequel S.T.A.L.K.E.R.2 abandoned its plans to go all-in on NFTs after getting railed by its community. Just last week, Ubisoft raised the ire of video game fans by brazenly suggesting that they just “didn’t get” how its own NFT range — Quartz — is a “really beneficial” endeavor. Other publishers, including Sega, Electronic Arts, and Konami, are also dallying with the concept of NFTs, very eager to make a buck, but perhaps not so eager to take the public flack.
For more reading on NFTs within gaming, check out our own Jonathan Holmes’ take right here.
Chris Moyse
Senior Editor – Chris has been playing video games since the 1980s. Former Saturday Night Slam Master. Graduated from Galaxy High with honors. Twitter: @ChrisxMoyse
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