- Gala Games will sunset The Walking Dead: Empires by July 2025, ending its Ethereum-based NFT survival game.
- Players will receive compensation via NFT “vault boxes” from Gala’s other games.
- The Walking Dead’s Web3 legacy spans multiple blockchains, including high-value Eluvio NFTs and The Sandbox metaverse collab.
Gala Games has revealed its intentions to shut down its popular NFT game (The Walking Dead: Empires) by the end of July 2025. The NFT game was named after the popular movie series, The Walking Dead, with characters in the game being Ethereum NFTs.
The movie series lasted eleven seasons with 177 episodes. The developers announced the launch of the multiplayer survival game in 2021, while the players were allowed to test its beta version two years later.
The Walking Dead NFTs Commanded $67K at Some Point
The NFT game made it compulsory for players to build weapons and build bases that enabled them to survive. For a richer gaming experience, users could purchase NFTs for deeds, supplies, or weapons to build and protect their bases.
The Walking Dead NFT game developers ensured that the NFT items didn’t disappear from a player’s inventory, a contrast to some games, which remove certain in-game items after a while. During the NFT bull market period, the prices of some of these in-game items were very high.
Historical data from the OpenSea marketplace showed that the price of the deeds NFT rose up to $67,000 in 2021. Some of the NFT items were also expensive while the game was still in a beta test in 2021.
An example is the handgun NFT, which sold for nearly $30,000. Some other lower-level items also sold for about $1,000.
Gala Games Proposes Compensation Plan
Meanwhile, Gala Games plans to compensate the game’s players by distributing to them NFTs from its other gaming ecosystem. According to the platform, users can expect equivalent in-game utility compared to their existing Walking Dead NFT collections.
The announcement resulted in divisive responses among users, but many of them expressed dissatisfaction with the decision. A user stated on X that Gala Games mastered the art of making flashy promises without fulfilling any of them.
The platform also stated that those holding the Walking Dead: Empires digital collectibles, as of the snapshot on April 29, will receive boxes filled with items based on the rarity and type of their Walking Dead NFTs. The Walking Dead franchise was also leveraged for digital collectibles in partnership with the sandbox metaverse and across several blockchains, particularly the Eluvio blockchain.
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