Popular New Battle Royale ‘Off The Grid’ Is Actually A Crypto Game

   Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Off The Gird is the hit new game. Credit: Gunzilla Games Off The Gird is seemingly the latest almost unknown game to find a massive audience after launching, thanks to some smart Twitch campaigns featuring massive streamers and the fact it is pretty fun to play. However, what a lot of those streamers are not telling you is that this is actually a crypto based game that plans to add NFTs in the future; but that may not be a bad thing. Off The Grid is a brand-new Early Access battle royale shooter that has some extraction shooter mechanics thrown in, effectively making it a bit of a cross between Apex Legends and Escape From Tarkov. For a game pretty much no one had head about before it launched into Early Access this week, it’s surprisingly good, with some fun shooting mechanics and excellent movement. It’s far from perfect, with a few weird design choices, such as the very thin map and the lack of any real visual feedback when you get shot, but those are things that could be fixed reasonably easily to potential make Off The Grid the next big battle royale. A partnership with streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, who has his own skin in the game, and ad deals with lots of other big names have seen Off The Grid become one of the most streamed games on Twitch in recent days, with hundreds of thousands of players tuning in. It’s also hit the top 12 most played games on the Epic Games Store, beating out the likes of PUBG, League of Legends and Rainbow Six Siege. However, one thing that is seemingly being kept quiet is that Off The Grid is a blockchain based game, with plans to add NFTs and implement a crypto based marketplace in the future. So far the crypto functionality is missing, and given the somewhat unexpected success it wouldn’t be surprised if it was delayed significantly down the line to not alienate the audience, who typically have a poor view of crypto in games. MORE FOR YOU New Gmail Security Alert For 2.5 Billion Users As AI Hack Confirmed Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Saturday, October 12 WWE SmackDown Results, Winners And Grades On October 11, 2024 However, the way the dev team has spoken about the implementation in the past doesn’t sound terrible. In fact, it sounds just like the way the Steam Marketplace works for Counter-Strike and similar games, just with the transactions taking place on the blockchain. Given that it’s possible to cash out your Steam balance through third party sites and CS skins, the functionally would basically be exactly the same with the proposed blockchain implementation in Off The Gird, and you wouldn’t have to use a shady trading site to do it. There have been some truly awful cash grabs in the world of crypto games, but this doesn’t sound like one, and most importantly, there is a fun, entirely free to play, game beneath it, with the blockchain stuff seemingly coming as a totally optional extra. There will no doubt be some backlash when these features are added, but to me at least, it seems like this is a crypto game that could work. Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn. Check out my website. Mike Stubbs Editorial Standards Forbes Accolades