Ethereum Game ‘Illuvium’ Reveals AI Agent Plans via Surging Virtuals Protocol

Ethereum game franchise Illuvium is set to use the viral AI agent Virtual protocol to improve the non-playable characters or NPCs. This comes after Virtuals surged in popularity in recent weeks after lowering the barrier Creation of AI agentswhich led to the creation of some of Crypto Twitter’s Favorite New Characters.

The Virtuals Protocol connects AI agents to their own GAME large language model framework to power AI agents. AiXBT (AIXBT) is the most popular of all his creations to date, with a market cap of $489 million, with more than 320,000 followers on X (formerly known as Twitter).

The same technology will be connected to the Illuvium gaming franchise, which has been released three game titles in 2024. Illuvium’s trio of games (Overworld, Arena and Zero) span three distinctly different genres: an open-world survival multiplayer game, an auto-battler and a city builder – all of which will implement Virtuals technology, the developer said on Tuesday.

Simply put, the use of Virtuals’ GAME framework aims to improve gameplay and interactions with NPCs as they are powered by more effective artificial intelligence. This will manifest through more dynamic quests, storytelling, and deeper NPC relationships.

While the partnership announcement claims that all three titles will eventually use the framework, it appears that Illuvium’s evolving open-world survival game Overworld will use it first.

This comes after Illuvium outlined plans to move the franchise forward, as co-founder Kieran Warwick admitted in a blog post that “concerns” about the gameplay were justified.

As such, Warwick proposed several changes for the franchise, including focusing on one game at a time instead of three, reducing microtransactions, and reworking the open-world game Overworld into a “streamlined, more accessible” experience akin to a massive online multiplayer. game, or an “MMO lite.”

“lluvium’s immersive world, combined with an agentic NPC framework, positions it to lead the next era of gaming innovation,” Ether Magicianthe pseudonymous co-founder of Virtuals Protocol, in a statement. “We’re excited to bring our proprietary framework to life in their upcoming ‘MMO lite’ and showcase the transformative potential of AI-powered gaming.”

The Virtuals token (VIRTUAL) runs on Ethereum, while AI agent tokens running on the protocol are minted on a layer-2 network basis. VIRTUAL is up 117% in the last 30 days, according to data from CoinGecko, at a current price of $3.74.

Edited by Andrew Hayward