Ubisoft to shut down Champions Tactics servers Oct 30 2026

Ubisoft will permanently shut down the servers for its tactical role-playing game, Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles, on October 30, 2026, ending the nearly two-year run of a title that was once positioned as a flagship for blockchain gaming. The company announced the decision on the game's official website and community channels, marking the final step in the dissolution of a controversial Web3 experiment.

The game originally launched on October 23, 2024, on PC via Ubisoft Connect as a turn-based PvP strategy title where the 75,000 unique playable characters were non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Oasys blockchain. Players could buy, sell, and trade these characters using cryptocurrency, with some initially listed for prices exceeding 50,000 dollars. However, interest in the NFT mechanics waned rapidly after launch, and the game was plagued from the start by technical problems, including bugs, glitches, and poor performance that hindered gameplay.

In a bid to salvage the project, Ubisoft began phasing out its blockchain features in May 2026. The company closed the in-game Forge and Marketplace on May 27, converting NFT characters into standard, non-tradable in-game assets....