This excites me, I work in the gaming industry and I know we have a ton of microtransaction coins & esport related ones like Enjin and Theta Token. Though hearing from a big developer like Ubisoft is a great step in general for the gaming industry and cryptocurrency. Gaming is a growing industry hitting the mainstream just like Cryptocurrency, so the two have a lot they can do together.
I'm posting some clippings from the article below:
Ubisoft, a gaming manufacturer, is exploring blockchain technology as it looks beyond gaming for future possibilities, Lidwine Sauer, director of insights and trends for the lab, told IGN ahead of her DICE 2018 speech to explain the company’s strategic innovation lab’s focuses going forward.
Blockchain’s Uniqueness
Blockchain offers the chance to have real digital collectibles that cannot be replicated, Sauer said. The techology allows the equivalent of a digital Picasso, she said, with the advantage that it’s a lot harder to steal something on the blockchain than a Picasso.
The blockchain permits digital items to be one-of-a-kind as opposed to one of an untold number of reproductions of a digital product, she said. The most immediate idea for gaming is for unique, one-off pieces of DLC, which is only one possible application.
Research Expands
The lab’s research has extended from AI changes and the blockchain to cryptocurrency as well as the blending of the physical and digital. As an example, she cited Ubisoft Toronto’s Starlink: Battle for Atlas, allowing players to create a starship in real-life and see their ship change in real-time in the game.
Ubisoft asks itself if a trend creates an opportunity for innovation and the creation of new games and services, she said.
She cited last year’s Star Trek: Bridge Crew as an example of AI voice command capabilities, in addition to the recently introduced Sam, Ubisoft’s personal gaming interface that the Ubisoft Club app introduced to beta.
We'll have to see how things progress ,but seems like they have ideas to integrate blockchain technology and I'll keep us posted as news comes in...Enjoy the knowledge!
