Premise
The series is set in 1992, in an alternate history in which the United States has become Eden, a dystopian technocracy controlled by the megacorporation of the same name and populated by humans and artificially created anthropomorphic animals called "Hybrids", who are treated by humans as slaves, livestock and beasts of burden. Dolph Laserhawk, a supersoldier modified by Eden Tech Military, escapes and becomes a fugitive alongside his boyfriend Alex Taylor. During a final heist, Taylor betrays Laserhawk, who is captured and incarcerated in Eden's black site prison, Supermaxx.
Under the direction of Supermaxx's warden, who has implanted an explosive device inside him, Laserhawk is selected to lead a team of other captive rebels, known as the Ghosts, on a series of covert operations to undermine Taylor's plans. [2]
Production
The show was first unveiled by Ubisoft in October 2019, by its former title Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Vibe, with Castlevania showrunner Adi Shankar helming the project albeit no distributor was announced. [5] In June 2021, during Netflix's "Geeked Week" virtual event, Shankar revealed that he is producing the series based on the vibe of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon under the title Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix. [6] The show is being helmed by Shankar with Paris-based animation studio Bobbypills handling the production. [6] Balak serves as creative director with Mehdi Leffad as director. [7] Gérard Guillemot, Hélène Juguet and Hugo Revon, serve as producers from Ubisoft Film & Television. [7]
In addition to the Far Cry franchise, the series features characters and elements from several other Ubisoft intellectual properties, such as Assassin's Creed , Beyond Good and Evil , The Crew , Rainbow Six , Rayman , Splinter Cell and Watch Dogs . [8] [2]
Release
Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix was released worldwide in October 2023 on Netflix with six episodes. [9] [10]
A hardcover art book, titled Captain Laserhawk: Blood Dragon Remix – The Art of the Animated Series, published by Dark Horse Books was released on October 24, 2023. [13]
A yaoi manga prequel adaptation by Ben Kahn, and published by Tokyopop, was released on January 23, 2024. [14] It features the relationship between Dolph Laserhawk and Alex Taylor. [14]
Captain Laserhawk: the G.A.M.E.
A web3 spin-off game, [15] titled Captain Laserhawk: the G.A.M.E., launched on December 18, 2024. The game is a top-down shooter that requires a connection to a cryptocurrency wallet and the purchase of one of the character NFTs. Rayman acts as the announcer for death matches. [16]
The game received an overwhelmingly negative reception. Time Extension described it as "painfully basic", and lamented using Rayman to promote the game [17] while a journalist at Polygon found that he was the tenth highest ranked player globally after finishing only three matches due to the extremely low player uptake. As of the time of the article's publication, only 94 players had played the game. It launched with many limited-run NFTs; these sold poorly and were still available in large quantities. [16]
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