Off the Grid Adds Bored Ape Yacht Club Avatars

Off the Grid, blockchain-based battle royale developed by Gunzilla Games, has launched Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC)–themed content material as a part of a brand new in-game replace.

The content material consists of character skins, weapons, and emotes styled after the favored Ethereum NFT assortment launched throughout a limited-time “Ape-ril” occasion and is offered to gamers subscribed to the sport’s Professional tier.

The discharge follows the launch of the Gunzilla Video games’ $GUN token and the rollout of its GUNZ blockchain community.

What’s within the Bored Ape Content material Pack?

The brand new BAYC-themed replace consists of two playable avatar skins, two weapons, and two character emotes referencing the Bored Ape aesthetic and tone. The content material is a part of a premium package deal for Professional subscribers and have become obtainable on Wednesday.

Gunzilla Games launched a limited-time beauty known as the “Ape-fool Masks” on April 1 and gamers might unlock it by taking part in a single match that day.

The merchandise is not obtainable, which can make it uncommon among the many sport’s beauty choices.

What’s subsequent for Off the Grid?

The BAYC-themed content material arrives shortly after the launch of GUNZ, a brand new Avalanche-based blockchain developed by Gunzilla Games to help Off the Grid and future initiatives. The community’s native token, $GUN, was additionally launched by way of a token era occasion earlier this week.

Since its launch, $GUN has declined greater than 50% in worth from its preliminary peak and is at present buying and selling at roughly $0.043. Though its circulating market capitalisation is modest at round $26 million, the token’s totally diluted valuation—primarily based on whole provide—locations it above different web3 gaming tokens reminiscent of ApeCoin and PRIME.

At current, GUN is just not but useful inside Off the Grid, and the sport nonetheless operates with out blockchain-integrated gameplay. Gunzilla’s web3 lead, Theodore Agranat, acknowledged that migrating the sport to the GUNZ mainnet stays a “important precedence,” however no timeline has been offered.