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Ubisoft ejects the crown jewel of its latest Ls, shutting down its NFT tactics game in October
Ubisoft will shut down Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles, its NFT-based tactical game, on 30 October 2026. The decision ends one of the company’s remaining Web3 game projects and highlights the risks for players when games tied to tradable digital assets cease operating.
The developers announced the closure on Discord, saying the game would be sunset after “careful consideration”. In-game purchases have already been disabled, while the NFT element was reportedly switched off in May; players could previously mint and trade character NFTs, with some wallets said to show spending from about $1,000 to $100,000 on “Warlords”.
In short
- Ubisoft’s NFT tactics game will close on 30 October.
- In-game purchases have been disabled immediately.
- Some players reportedly spent substantial sums on NFT characters.
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The case for
Games routinely close across the industry, and players investing in any game accept this inherent risk. NFT-based games offer genuine technological benefits through verifiable ownership and tradability that traditional gaming cannot match. The failure of this particular venture reflects normal market dynamics where emerging technologies and products are tested, not a flaw intrinsic to blockchain gaming. Players understood they were engaging with an experimental space, and market failures are an essential part of innovation.
The case against
The fundamental difference between NFT games and traditional games is that they explicitly promise purchased assets will retain lasting value and remain tradable—this closure leaves players who invested up to £100,000 with worthless digital items. Unlike traditional games where costs reflect temporary entertainment, NFT games market the financial durability of blockchain assets, attracting speculative investment through misleading promises. This shutdown validates criticism that the business model fundamentally misrepresents consumer risk and exploits the speculative appeal of blockchain technology rather than delivering on innovation.
Explained simply
Ubisoft is a French video game company behind series such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and Rainbow Six. Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles was a tactical game in which players assembled characters and used them in turn-based battles.
The game was built around NFTs, or non-fungible tokens: digital records intended to show ownership of particular in-game characters. Some players could create, buy or sell these characters through cryptocurrency-based systems, rather than only using items held inside the game.
Games with tradable digital assets raise questions about what players own when a publisher changes or closes a service. Even if an NFT remains recorded on a blockchain, its usefulness can depend on the game, its servers and the company continuing to support it.