Resurgence: Former PlayStation vs. Activision exec to launch Web3 Doomsday survival game

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Resurgence is a free-to-play AAA massively multiplayer role-playing game (MMORPG) by Meta-Universe and blockchain gaming studiosEmergent GamesLaunched to simulate the end of the world survival as the theme. Players can have ownership of assets in Resurgence and can earn revenue by buying NFT, which will be built on Immutable X.

Emergent Games, which brings together industry veterans from PlayStation and Activision as well as blockchain technologists, and Resurgence is its first Web3 game, and it's not just being built for cryptocurrency enthusiasts, It also aims to appeal to many traditional gamers.

Game introduction

background

More than 1,000 years ago, an ecological disaster occurred on the earth, resulting in the loss of their homes for survival, and only a small number of people took refuge in low-temperature shelters to survive. Now, tech billionaire Dominic Vanderbrul plans to wake these survivors from their frozen sleep and begin rebuilding a new civilization.

Survivors would begin to build settlements, kingdoms, or federations, using the resources found around them to develop skills in survival, craft, collaboration, trade, weapons, and technology. As the survivors settle in, the race for power begins, and the survivors must protect precious resources from rebel attacks, predation and other possible threats.

ARG

Instead of the typical web3 projects, which were promoted by Token drops or NFT, Resurgence also took an ARG resurgence approach.

An ARG (Alternate reality game: Alternative Reality Game) is an interactive online narrative that uses the real world as a platform, adopting transmedia storytelling to deliver stories that may be changed by the player's thoughts or actions. This form is defined as one in which the player is strongly involved in a story that happens in real time and evolves based on the player's response.

Args tend to be free or through promotional relationships with existing products, a good example of which goes back to Microsoft's Halo 2 launch: I love bees was a huge hit as a Halo 2 promotion. Acting as a real-world experience and a viral marketing campaign, more than 3 million people have viewed the site in three months, and the titular site lets players solve puzzles to reveal more of the backstory, giving viewers who are excited about the story a chance to get involved.

At the same time, many crypto game developers promise to build a fully fledged gaming ecosystem within a year, but that's unlikely, especially given the high quality of execution in AAA titles. So Resurgence first released an ARG: "The End," toPulseNewsThe latter is an alternative news site.

The End is an alternative reality game whose main purpose is to engage the player from the start, there are certain things to do and discover, there are a limited number of Cryotag NFT to be won, and the knowledge and experience gathered will ultimately prove extremely valuable as the player moves on to the main game MMO. In addition, these articles and videos contain some revealing story and details about the upcoming game, taking the player on a journey while building the final game, a bit like a "treasure hunt."

Following "The End," Emergent Games will release "Revelation," a hacker simulation set in a Resurgence world, "Priority One," a single-player survival game, and "The Thaw," a multiplayer survival game. The Resurgence Full Community Survival MMORPG will launch in late 2024 following the release of the single-player mode.

NFT

Cryotags was the first NFT collection released by Resurgence, and they were associated with its stories and legends. All Cryotags contain special additional features and features, some of which are immediately visible and others that will be revealed later as part of the game's story. In addition, it offers a wealth of in-game benefits and other extrinsic rewards.

The first Cryotags, called Genesis 0s, went on sale in August 2022 with a strictly limited number of 1,000 and currently cost 0.38 ETH on the floor at OpenSea. Genesis 0s holds a very special place in the storyline, representing an entry point into the most unique circles of the Resurgence world.

Next plan

The next big thing will happen in early February when the unencapsulation is initiated. This will only apply to Gen 0 Cryotag holders, participation in the Resurgence Freeze feature will ensure the user's survival in 2033 and beyond, which also guarantees the user eligibility for future NFT casts and airdrops.

This event will be followed by the Gen 1 drop, which is also the biggest release of Resurgence to date, carefully designed to reward early backers and allow new players to enter the Resurgence gaming ecosystem.

But later this year, Resurgence will release game demos and readies for the Gen 2 and Genesis Pods releases.

Core team

Emergent Games was founded by London-based Digital entertainment studio Maze Theory in partnership with cryptographic technology company Pluto Digital.

Maze Theory has an experienced team from major game studios, including veterans from PlayStation, Activision and NCSoft. The studio has released critically acclaimed titles for virtual reality, PC, mobile and game consoles, such as the Doctor Who series and the upcoming VR game Bloody Mob.

Pluto Digital, for its part, is a crypto technology company with market-leading expertise in blockchain, DeFi, metaverse technology, and NFT.

Ian Hambleton, CEO of Emergent Games and the founder of Maze Theory, has more than 20 years of experience running creative businesses.

Chief creative Officer Russ Harding, for his part, is an expert in technology such as AR and VR, and the pioneering leader of games such as Bloods: King's Ransom, Doctor Who: The Lone Assassin and the award-winning Wonderbook series, on which he has worked closely with JK Rowling. As creative director of PlayStation VR Worlds, he also developed The London Heist and was instrumental in launching the success of PS VR.

Executive producer Leon Walters has worked on games for traditional gaming giants like PlayStation, Electronic Arts, and Sega. His credits include the FIFA World Cup, House of the Dead and co-founding PKR.com, an online poker game with 10 million registered users.

Immutable X

Resurgence Build on Immutable X, which is Immutable's L2 extension solution that specializes in making it easy to trade game NFT assets. Immutable X features instant trading, large-scale scalability, and trading 0gas fees while maintaining security, Immutable X's ZK-Rollup technology, which uses the StarkEx validator developed by StarkWare, The data availability can be maintained on the chain, which meets the security needs of users for the low-frequency transfer of large assets.

The ecosystem is already home to some of the industry's most popular Web3 games, including Gods Unchained, Illuvium, Guild of Guardians, Undead Blocks, and more.

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