What Is ‘Off the Grid’? The Avalanche Game, GUNZ Network and GUN Token

Off the grid is a Battle Royale game that records serious steam with players. Off the grid was at the top of the list of the Epic Games store with the most popular free games to play shortly after the release, plus the ordered huge crowds on Twitch.

In short: it’s a hit. And it was GGs 2024 Game of the Year Pick.

But what you may not know is that off the grid a blockchain game is built on avalanche, with plans for a crypto -token and the possibility to exchange rare items like NFTs. Although these functions are not yet fully implemented, it is fair to say that off the grid has already made a larger splash with regular gamers than an earlier blockchain game – and the future looks bright.

This is what you need to know about the schedule, the current early access release, the Gunz Network and the weapon smoke.

What’s outside the schedule?

Off the grid is a Battle Royale Shooter in the third person who has launched as Early Access on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and PC via the Epic Games Store.

In a fictional future where cybernetics can increase people to make them even more fatal, you and two teammates jump on the big city map and fight other trios to be the last, just like any good battle Royale game.

From the grid touts itself as a “extraction Royale”, which also adds a number of extraction style mechanics. In competitions you can find what is essentially lover boxes, and if you hold them while you win, or manage to extract them at certain locations on the map, you can use them to unlock cosmetic items or new weapons and skills for your loadouts.

Off the grid was developed by Gunzilla Games, a studio co-founded by “District 9” and “Chappie” film director Neill Blomkamp-en as Chief Creative Officer of the studio, his style is felt strong during the game.

The game is built around a future competition that essentially changes the Battle Royale output point into a television competition between cybernetically extended people. And unlike Battle Royale games such as Fortnite and Apex Legends, Off The Grid promises 60 hours of narrative gameplay, with cinematics who book competitions and offer extra taste and motivation to the experience.

How do I play the schedule?

To play the grid in early access, you just have to download and start the free game on your chosen platform. It is quite easy to pick up if you have ever played a Battle Royale, and there are already a lot of guides available on the internet.

The early access version contains only one mode (Extraction Royale) and the single, but very large map, although the future full release is expected to pack more modes and content. In February, Gunzilla Games added non-playable characters in specific zones of the card with which players can fight in exchange for loot or even a hex.

Where does Crypto come in?

In the current early access bend there is no clear crypto integration. But it buzzes in the background and there is more on the horizon.

From the grid was built on Gunz, a special L1 (or subnet) on the Avalanche blockchain network. Gunz just launched his mainnet on March 31, 2025 after he was previously on Testnet. However, the mainnet is not yet integrated in the game.

Items in the game are expressed in the gun, which you can also earn by completing missions, but it is for the time being an in-game currency. Gunzilla has said that the main’s grade of the game is planned in the coming weeks, By the end of AprilWith the functionality currently being tested by a small set of players.

All in-game items owned will be migrated from Testnet to MAINNET, although players players are reset.

In the future, as soon as the integration of Gunz Manet has been completed, players can publish the on-chain pistol to buy items from the market in the PC version. Gunzillas Web3 -Head Theodore Agranat told Decrypt In December 2024, the crypto elements in the PS5 and Xbox versions will be “treated differently” – but exactly how to see.

Prior to the Mainstet integration, there is a flourishing black market for Off the Grid Skins, in which many collectors believe that the scene will explode once crypto functions are activated in the game.

The weapon smoke on Gunz and Avalanche launched on 31 March next to the L1 network. At the moment, the price of the rifle has already fallen by more than 50% in the midst of a volatile cryptomarket that has influenced particularly hard in recent months.

Gunzilla has created the Gunz network to let other developers also use the technology, so the ambition is that the weapon smoking can be used in the future for usable. Future games on Gunz have to be announced from this moment on.

What is the next step for off the grid?

As noted above, Gunzilla is planning to integrate the Gunz Minet in the schedule at the end of April, although how the functionality will work on consoles, remains unclear. The company said it will also use 30% of the game income to do guns -backkoop to supplement the community rewards -pool for the game.

Agranat told Decrypt In December, the game wants to add ranked and solo -in -terms of the tub and open the remaining 80% of the card to start his storyline. At the moment, only a solo queue has been temporarily added and a small part of the card was opened -nowhere near the 80% figure.

Gunzilla said earlier that after the launch of Gunz Mainstet, it was aimed at external developers at the ecosystem. After the Hyped launch of Off The Grid, the studio is planning to pass on his wisdom to other developers in the industry. Agranat even opened the door for a possible telegram -mini -app to be launched as a tool for users on board the Avalanche L1.

In March, prior to the launch of Gunz Manet, Gunzilla acquired the long -running and new life Game Informer Video Game Magazine, which was closed in 2024 by previous owner Gamestop. The print magazine will return, whereby the recurring staff maintains editorial independence of the game publisher.

And in April Off The Grid launched a collaboration with the bored Ape Yacht Club NFT project, where pro-subscribers received an in-game content pack with two players’ skins, two emotions and two arms peels.

We will see if the grid can retain its momentum as the game evolves and extends in the near future, and whether regular gamers are kindly taken to the ability to mint and exchange NFTs and use the weapons.

Published by Andrew Hayward

Note of the editors: This story was originally published on October 12, 2024 and last updated with new details on April 4, 2025.