Right this moment Line introduced through press launch that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sega for the licensing of a traditional IP to develop an NFT-Pushed recreation.
In accordance with the announcement, the settlement will permit Line’s subsidiary Line Subsequent to make use of certainly one of Sega’s “immensely well-liked” traditional franchises to create the sport for the Recreation Dosi platform. It should assist “NFT manufacturing, digital funds, and advertising and marketing actions” to additional Line Subsequent’s plans to popularize Web3 gaming.
Particulars concerning the recreation and the identification of the franchise concerned haven’t been revealed as of right this moment’s announcement and will probably be shared at a later time.
When you’ve by no means heard of it (I will not blame you), Line Subsequent is Line’s subsidiary devoted to creating and increasing the NFT ecosystem, headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea.
The press launch included a remark by Line Subsequent CEO Youngsu Ko:
“Line Subsequent is happy to be teaming up with Sega to convey some thrilling gaming to the Web3 area for avid gamers all over the world. By this partnership, Recreation Dosi will present Web3 content material that anybody can simply take pleasure in, together with Sega followers.”
Recreation Dosi is a Web3 “gaming” platform launched in Could 2023, claiming to offer consumer and game-focused companies and working underneath the motto “Gamer First, Web3 Subsequent.” Six “video games” (citation marks are compulsory right here) have already been introduced, together with the in-house title “Challenge GD.”
In different Sega information, the corporate has just lately introduced stable monetary outcomes for the previous fiscal yr and has moved to accumulate the favored cellular developer Rovio Leisure, identified for the Indignant Birds IP.