Parallel projects of EVE online are full of new features today, like integrated FPS EVE Vanguard decided to open its tests to curious players and blockchain gaming EVE Frontier is selling founder’s packs – and trying to dissuade people from calling it a blockchain game.
We will start with Avant-garde and its recently opened testing access, which makes the shooter accessible to those without DAY BEFORE subscription or game key by December 12. In addition to this open test, Avant-garde Player contributions to repression or corruption will be ramped up over the weekend, and gifts will be offered to those who participate, although once again these items will be locked depending on whether one is a subscriber or free player.
As for Borderthe blockchain game is now selling founder access to its closed alpha, offering three different bundles priced between $30 and $90 and granting perks like subscription access, cosmetics, and early access to the blockchain survivalbox. The game also released an FAQ that explains its gameplay, what Founder’s Packs grant, and why it’s on the blockchain to begin with.
Streamlining the use of blockchain technology is also a common thread in a PC Gamer interview with CCP CEO Hilmar Petursson and Border Product manager Scott McCabe continues to maintain that blockchain technology is the only way for the title’s mechanics to work, while wishing people would stop calling it a blockchain game. Here is Petursson’s reasoning:
“When we were building EVE onlinewe decided to build it on top of a database (…) and we never really positioned the game, ‘Eve Online: The First Database Game!’ (We) aren’t really looking to do that with EVE Frontier either. It’s not really a blockchain game, nor is it DAY BEFORE is a database game. We’re just very explicit about it because it’s a hot topic and we don’t want to hide it. Blockchain is involved, of course, but that has more to do with the fact that it is distributed and not centralized.
As for what blockchain technology brings to the game, the developers once again explain that it is mainly linked to Border intelligent build system, which makes the MMO modular without sacrificing the integrity of the game: players will be able to create elements such as unique station services or king-of-the-hill style PvP arenas, while also allowing players to entrust the governance of the game to players. of the CCP itself. Although CCP states that it will not offer NFTs, it also claims that a blockchain that supports and facilitates cryptocurrency trading is the best way to create this moddable MMO. Practical!
