Cross The Ages Migrates to Solana and Launches Arise RPG on Epic Games Store

• Cross The Ages migrated its blockchain infrastructure to Solana on August 1, 2025.
• Arise, a free-to-play action RPG, ran an alpha test on Epic Games Store from November 26 to December 10, 2025.
• The project spans multiple formats: a trading card game (TCG), an RPG (Arise), and narrative content.
• 2026 priorities: TCG gameplay optimization, balance, fluidity, and accessibility.
• Ongoing open testing planned throughout 2026 using player feedback to polish features.

Cross The Ages is attempting something that the entertainment industry has been fascinated by for decades: a transmedia universe where a single fictional world spans multiple formats and platforms. The French studio behind the project has a card game, an RPG, and a narrative universe built around a post-apocalyptic world where technology and nature collide. The Solana migration and Arise RPG alpha represent two major steps toward making that vision tangible.

The Solana Migration

Cross The Ages completed its strategic migration to the Solana blockchain on August 1, 2025 source. The move from its previous infrastructure to Solana was driven by practical needs: better scalability, faster transaction speeds, and lower costs for the high-frequency transactions that a TCG generates.

For a card game with NFT-backed cards, chain performance matters directly. Every card trade, pack opening, and collection transaction interacts with the blockchain. If those transactions are slow or expensive, the gameplay experience suffers. Solana's sub-second finality and minimal fees make it one of the more suitable chains for a digital card game, alongside Immutable's zkEVM.

The migration also positions Cross The Ages within Solana's gaming ecosystem, alongside projects like Star Atlas and Nyan Heroes. Access to Solana's DeFi infrastructure and user base creates potential synergies that weren't available on the project's previous chain.

Arise: From Cards to Combat

Cross The Ages launched the Arise alpha on the Epic Games Store source for a two-week test period from November 26 to December 10, 2025. Arise is a free-to-play action RPG that expands the CTA universe from a card table into a fully explorable 3D world.

The Epic Games Store distribution is significant. EGS has a smaller user base than Steam, but it's been more welcoming to Web3 titles and provides a legitimate distribution channel that reaches mainstream gamers. Listing on EGS rather than a crypto-native platform signals that Cross The Ages is targeting general gaming audiences, not just crypto collectors.

The alpha test was deliberately limited, a two-week window to gather feedback before continuing development. This approach is honest: rather than launching an unfinished product and trying to sustain it, the team used a controlled alpha to identify issues and set expectations. Ongoing open testing is planned throughout 2026, with player feedback driving feature development.

The Transmedia Gamble

Cross The Ages' most distinctive feature is its transmedia ambition. The universe spans:

The TCG: A collectible card game with physical-to-digital card conversion, where physical cards can be scanned and activated as digital NFTs. This bridge between physical and digital collecting is unusual and potentially powerful for card game audiences who value tangible collections.

Arise RPG: An action RPG that lets players explore the same universe in 3D, with assets potentially carrying across from the card game.

Narrative Content: Novels and lore content that build out the universe's story for players who want deeper engagement.

The 2026 roadmap focuses on TCG gameplay optimization (balance, fluidity, and accessibility) alongside expanding the universe's lore. The prioritization of TCG fundamentals over new feature launches suggests the team understands that the card game is the foundation: if the TCG doesn't work well, the RPG and narrative content don't matter.

The Challenge of Multiple Formats

Transmedia universes sound compelling in pitch decks but are extraordinarily difficult to execute. Each format requires different expertise: card game design, action RPG development, and narrative writing are separate disciplines. Doing all three well simultaneously demands a team with diverse capabilities and sufficient resources to develop multiple products in parallel.

Cross The Ages' recognition among top GameFi tokens in January 2026 suggests the market sees potential. But potential and execution are different things. The Arise alpha was a controlled test, not a shipped product. The TCG needs ongoing balancing and feature development. The narrative universe needs content that's genuinely compelling, not just lore pages that nobody reads.

The strongest argument for the transmedia approach is that each format can serve as an acquisition channel for the others: TCG players discover Arise, RPG players get interested in the cards, narrative fans engage with both. If this flywheel works, Cross The Ages builds a depth of engagement that single-format games can't match. If any piece underperforms, it drags resources away from the pieces that work.

The Solana migration and Epic Games Store presence give Cross The Ages the infrastructure and distribution it needs. The 2026 question is whether the studio can execute across all its ambitions simultaneously.