Line’s US-based web3 enterprise, Line Subsequent, is partnering up with Sega to develop a blockchain sport utilizing one among Sega’s traditional sport 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 sport platform Sport Dosi, in addition to help NFT manufacturing, tokenomics and advertising. Earlier in July, Sport Dosi launched its first web3 roguelite sport Frame Arms Girl: Dream Stadium in 180 nations and it’s engaged on in-house title Undertaking GD.
“By this partnership, Sport Dosi will present web3 content material that anybody can simply get pleasure from, together with Sega followers,” said Line Next’s CEO Youngsu Ko.
This deal ought to be seen in gentle of the headlines not too long ago surrounding Sega, based mostly on an interview in Bloomberg with co-COO Shuji Utsumi, who mentioned “The motion in play-to-earn video games is boring. What’s the purpose if video games aren’t 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 obvious nevertheless, not solely by the signing with Line Subsequent, is the opposite; Sega stays open to additional involvement in web3 gaming. The Japanese sport developer continues to be a validator for the Oasys blockchain, it’s licensing its Sangokushi Taisen IP to one among Double Bounce.Tokyo’s forthcoming TCG’s Battle of Three Kingdoms and is at present working with different unannounced builders.
In reality, Utsumi expresses a hopeful outlook on the ability 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 all the time been (…) We must always by no means underestimate them”.