Space Nation Co-founders Roland Emmerich, left, and Jerome Wu show off their upcoming game “Space Nation ONline” in March in San Francisco. Mention blockchain and NFTs and it can scare people off. They don’t have the best reputation among gamers, butis trying to change that. The upcoming MMORPG has a fascinating pedigree. It’s co-founded by a group highlighted by Blizzard Jerome Wu, Hollywood producer Marco Weber and director Roland Emmerich.
When it comes to the social aspect of “Space Nation Online,” Wu said there will be guilds, and the most powerful ones will be able to build some of the larger motherships in the game. He showed off the different tiers of spacecrafts from Tier 0, which looks like a standard fighter-jet-type vehicle to larger ones that get enormous in scale. A guild can construct a Tier 5 or Tier 6 vessel, which basically looks like an invasion ship from “Independence Day.” They span 10 kilometers.
Throw on other planned efforts such as TV show that will be a prequel to the game, according to Wu, and “Space Nation Online” has a lot projects that aim to change how people think about blockchain integration into gaming. The big question is if players are going to buy into it.