Animoca Brands Corporation Ltd and its subsidiary Blowfish Studios have kicked off the Planet Genesis public sale, a chance for players to own a piece of the open-world fiction game in the form of unique planet NFTs.
The sale started yesterday on Forj Launchpad, and today at 12am (UTC) on the game’s website and OpenSea. Phantom Galaxies’ recent private planet sale generated US$19.3 million, indicating strong demand for real estate in the mech combat game.
Public alpha release
Phantom Galaxies is currently in public alpha release. As one of the first blockchain-based game titles with AAA scope and quality, Phantom Galaxies is drawing in traditional gaming enthusiasts as well as Web3 natives.
Three of the four episodes of the alpha version are available now, and early access to the beta launch is expected to occur in the third quarter of the year.
The Planet Genesis public sale will allow buyers to purchase asteroids and planets in a range of sizes. Ownership of a planet is not required to play the game.
Planets with unique coordinates
Each planet will have its own coordinates within the Phantom Galaxies universe and randomised traits to make it unique.
Owners enjoy certain benefits from owning planets. Each planet generates a regular emission of the Phantom Galaxies governance and utility token based on its size, and offers various in-game opportunities, allowing players to govern their planets as they wish and build a range of structures including marketplaces, hangars, refineries and more.
“Gameplay first”
Planets will emit a minimum number of Phantom Galaxies tokens by default. Gameplay factors such as visits to a planet, development and construction, and completion of missions will enable players to gain a multiplier that significantly increases the number of tokens generated by their planets. This approach incentivises play and is one of the “gameplay first” core values of the game.
The Phantom Galaxies token will be the main governance, utility and currency token in the game, used for upgrading mechas, developing planets, exercising voting rights in guilds and organisations and much more.
There are currently more than 125,000 users playing the alpha version of Phantom Galaxies and more than 500,000 owners of NFTs granting access to the alpha game. These NFTs have generated a trading volume on OpenSea of more than 1,700 (cryptocurrency) ETH – equivalent to more than US$3 million based on the current exchange rate.