Parallel Studios launches its first expansion for the sci-fi trading card game of the same name, with more than 120 new NFT cards that can be purchased in blind packs and traded before debuting in the game, the studio announced Wednesday.
If Parallel prepares to add his Planetfall expansion cards to his game, players can choose from one of three different card bundles. The Player Pack costs 0.018 ETH (approximately $32) and the Collector’s Pack costs players 0.18 ETH ($320). Both the Player and Collector’s Packs come with 10 cards each. The Collector’s Crate, which consists of 10 Collector’s Packs (100 cards) and other benefits, will earn players 1.6 ETH ($2,848).
In Parallelgamers must choose between one of five different factions, create their own decks, choose a “Paragon” or playable main character card, and battle enemies in 1v1 matches where the first player to get their enemy’s health points to zero wins.
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The Planetfall Collectors Drop will take place on October 28, 2023 at 3:00 PM EST at https://t.co/vGkQt4DV1m. Planetfall contains a total of 18,646 packs. A large part of this will be reserved for collectors and… pic.twitter.com/N9q4pTanJL
— Parallel (@ParallelTCG) October 23, 2023
Players can’t choose which cards are included in their pack, but the Collector’s Pack and Collector’s Crate give buyers “rare” cards, unlike the Basic Player Pack, which offers a mix of common, uncommon and rare cards.
Although Parallel is selling its Planetfall bundles starting with a pre-sale for select early adopters on October 25 (and a wider pre-sale starting October 28), these new cards won’t be added to the game until sometime in the first or second quarter of 2024, according to a statement.
‘Parallel’ puts an epic sci-fi spin on complex NFT card battles
Unlike Parallel’s previous NFT packs, which launched on Coinbase Ethereum scale up network Base, Parallel’s Planetfall NFT sets will exist on the Ethereum mainnet. This means that players will see comparatively higher transaction fees (gas fees) when making purchases, but they will not have to bridge any crypto to the Base network.
Next week Parallel will also bring one new plaster for the beta version, which offers players a battle pass, new cosmetic skins, and new game options including emotes and field backs. A new in-game store will also be added with the patch, which will take effect on October 30. The patch also fixes some quality of life changes to the game’s visual layout (UX/UI), and decks now automatically include the rarest cards players are holding.
Although Parallel has been in beta since July, the team has already released more than 1,200 different types of NFTs, totaling almost 6 million assets. Since Parallel first released NFTs in March 2021, the game has seen nearly 78,000 ETH in total traded volume per NFTgo data, worth approximately $237 million to date.
Illustrations for the map “Hastati Hovercraft” and the map “Earthen Skimmer”. Image: Parallel Studios.
In addition to the initial NFT cards and NFT starter decks, Parallel also has a avatar PFP collection, which offers owners additional in-game benefits such as additional PRIME, Parallel’s ERC-20 token, for wins.
