Line’s US-based web3 enterprise, Line Subsequent, is partnering up with Sega to develop a blockchain recreation utilizing one in every of Sega’s basic recreation IPs, which is as-yet unannounced.
As a part of its plans to make web3 gaming mainstream, Line Subsequent will convey the sport to its native web3 recreation platform Sport Dosi, in addition to assist NFT manufacturing, tokenomics and advertising and marketing. Earlier in July, Sport Dosi launched its first web3 roguelite recreation Body Arms Woman: Dream Stadium in 180 international locations and it’s engaged on in-house title Undertaking GD.
“By way of this partnership, Sport Dosi will present web3 content material that anybody can simply get pleasure from, together with Sega followers,” stated Line Subsequent’s CEO Youngsu Ko.
This deal ought to be seen in mild of the headlines not too long ago surrounding Sega, based mostly on an interview in Bloomberg with co-COO Shuji Utsumi, who stated “The motion in play-to-earn video games is boring. What’s the purpose if video games are not any enjoyable?”.
Regardless of play-to-earn video games not being the identical as blockchain video games, Utsumi was reported by a number of journalists to have given web3 video games a bashing, and claimed that Sega was backing away from the business.
As is clear nonetheless, not solely by means of the signing with Line Subsequent, is the opposite; Sega stays open to additional involvement in web3 gaming. The Japanese recreation developer continues to be a validator for the Oasys blockchain, it’s licensing its Sangokushi Taisen IP to one in every of Double Bounce.Tokyo’s forthcoming TCG’s Battle of Three Kingdoms and is presently working with different unannounced builders.
The truth is, Utsumi expresses a hopeful outlook on the facility of blockchain, saying “For almost all of individuals within the online game business, what blockchain advocates say could sound a bit excessive, however that’s how the primary penguin has at all times been (…) We must always by no means underestimate them”.