Former Days Gone Director Opens New Studio To Develop "First True Web 3.0" Game
Former Days Gone creative director John Garvin and former head of PlayStation's Visual Arts Michael Mumbauer have teamed up to start a new studio.
Its first game is a blockchain title called Ashfall, touted as the "first true Web 3.0 triple-A title for PC, console, and the Hedera network." As reported by IGN, Ashfall is ironically an open-world game where the world has succumbed to global warming.
Blockchain, NFTs, and cryptocurrency are all energy-intensive, leaving a huge carbon footprint, but the game seeks to explore a world ripped apart by the same global warming.
It will also start as a narrative-driven single-player game before branching out into PvP and PvE. RELATED: If Only There Was Some Way For Game Companies To Know NFTs Were Bad Before The Backlash The Hedera network mentioned is a blockchain system which lets players buy, sell, build, and trade in "exclusivity", possibly finding NFTs in Ashfall's scavenging and discovery elements.
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