N3twork Studios Announces Legendary: Heroes Unchained

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N3twork Studios officially unveils the next game in the Legendary franchise; Legendary: Heroes Unchained. The new game is a hero collecting RPG - imagine gacha games in your head and you're almost there. It's not a perfect comparison, but the differences are there and noticeable if you play both.

Legendary: Heroes Unchained is also a fully blockchain play-and-earn game. Which makes sense, since N3twork Studios is at the forefront of blockchain games. The studio doesn't just make them, they try to make them so fun that the barrier to entry for gamers ceases to matter.

It helps that N3twork Studios is made up of a bunch of industry veterans. There are folks from EA, Double Fine, Disney, Marvel, Zynga, Activision and more. Eagle-eyed readers might recognize that many of these studios have already dabbled in this stuff. Maybe not blockchain specifically, but loot boxes, gacha mechanics, and free titles are all covered.

"As recognized experts in free Web2 games, we believe Web3 marks an exciting, inevitable, player-driven evolution that will put the power of digital ownership in the hands of our community," said N3twork. Studios boss Matt Ricchetti in a statement to GamesBeat. "We strongly believe that when players own their heroes, gear, and other in-game items, games will be more fun and fairer for players who spend endless hours strategizing with their guilds, building the collection ultimate hero and fight for the top. places in the seasonal leaderboards."

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And yes, a lot of people don't like loot boxes. I'm one of them, that's for sure. But I love a good gacha game and have spent countless hours in free games. This stuff can easily hook a player. I'm not even saying that Legendary: Heroes Unchained will have all of that.

I'm just saying that the people behind have worked with these elements before. They have the experience to know what works and what doesn't.

"Having a strong expertise in mobile and FTP is actually one of the biggest advantages of N3TWORK Studios. We believe that the squad RPG genre we specialize in is the perfect fit for Web3: the games are easy to pick up and play, yet offer deep progression, engaging guild-based social features, and robust liveops,” N3twork Studios boss Matt Ricchetti said in a statement to GamesBeat. By combining these core characteristics with the best of web3 – true digital asset ownership and sustainable community economy driven by token loops, we can create entirely original squad RPG experiences with mass appeal across all platforms."

A good example is how the Legendary: Heroes Unchained team is generating interest in the game. The first presale of Founder's Edition NFT Heroes is coming in November. To get people excited, the team is running a daily dungeon crawling mini-game playable directly on Discord. By playing and achieving high scores, players can earn clearance list spots for the Founder's Edition NFT Mint.

Not something I've seen many other blockchain game companies try. N3twork Studios is actively trying to bring in players. If it works, they mi...