Access to Sugartown will require ERC-721 tokens called Oras, for them users will be able to "earn" in-game currency
Take-Two Interactive Software, the publisher of the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) series of games. Now through its subsidiary Zynga, bought last year for $12.7 billion, announced the release of the game Sugartown with tokens on the Ethereum blockchain.
An initial issue of 10,000 tokens is planned for later this year, the publication said.
To access Sugartown, ERC-721 format tokens called Oras will be needed. And for them, users will be able to "earn energy." As well as in-game currency, for which they will receive "rewards".
"We are excited to launch Sugartown as Zynga's first game for Web3. And also as the first new game for Web3 based on original IP [intellectual property]," said Matt Wolf, Zynga's VP of Web3.
Take-Two Interactive Software also invested in the Web game startup last year, the publication recalled.
Our experts note that last July, Sega decided to abandon "boring" blockchain games. It also banned the use of characters and trademarks from its most famous franchises (in particular, Sonic the Hedgehog) in third-party blockchain games. But Sega will still allow partners to use characters from lesser-known franchises, particularly Three Kingdoms and Virtua Fighter, as NFTs. Sega has also decided to put its own blockchain-based game projects on hold and not implement the Web3 technology in new "super games" for now.