Line’s US-based web3 enterprise, Line Subsequent, is partnering up with Sega to develop a blockchain sport utilizing one in every of 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 Body Arms Lady: Dream Stadium in 180 nations and it’s engaged on in-house title Mission GD.
“Via this partnership, Sport Dosi will present web3 content material that anybody can simply take pleasure in, together with Sega followers,” stated Line Subsequent’s CEO Youngsu Ko.
This deal ought to be seen in mild of the headlines lately surrounding Sega, primarily based 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 trade.
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 in every of Double Soar.Tokyo’s forthcoming TCG’s Battle of Three Kingdoms and is presently working with different unannounced builders.
In reality, Utsumi expresses a hopeful outlook on the facility of blockchain, saying “For almost all of individuals within the online game trade, what blockchain advocates say could sound a bit excessive, however that’s how the primary penguin has at all times been (…) We should always by no means underestimate them”.
