Peter Molyneux’s blockchain game arrives next month, just in time for NFTs to be completely worthless
In case you forgot - be that willingly or otherwise - Peter Molyneux has been working on a blockchain-connected business sim for the last few years. Well, it’s out next month, just in time to sink the final nail into the coffin of worthless NFTs.
Legacy was teased by the veteran developer’s studio 22cans (they of Godus and Curiosity: What's Inside the Cube?, lest we forget) back in 2017, before making a fuller reveal in late 2021. That reveal accompanied the sale of so-called “Land NFTs” for real-life money. Cryptocurrency, anyway: the game’s own Ethereum-based LegacyCoin, built with the help of web3 company-turned-game publisher Gala Games.
As you might remember, this was during the boom of Certain Internet People and video game publishers deciding that the digital receipts for JPGs of cigar-smoking apes, terrible avatars, tweets and Ghost Recon cosmetics were worth thousands to millions of pounds, and sinking their life savings (or hoarded wealth) into paying for pictures that others could happily right-click and save to use as their own, if they really wanted to.
That phenomenon extended to Legacy, with over £40 million of actual, real money going toward buying these “plots” of “land”. The most expensive plot sold was a limited-edition one-of-one London plot, which went for £670,000 in crypto.
Almost two years later, Legacy is now due to release on PC and Mac this October 26th. Gala Games’ announcement reads like the breathless (read: vacuous) hype familiar to anyone subject to blockchain press releases over the years, promising that “Legacy’s launch is more than just a game release; it’s the beginning of an extraordinary journey where creativity, strategy, and business innovation meet”.
Of course, there
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