Sega is working to create what may very well be its first blockchain sport in partnership with web3 studio Double Jump Tokyo.

Double Jump describes itself as a “enterprise backed web3 sport developer and NFT answer supplier,” and has beforehand labored on titles comparable to blockchain MMORPG My Crypto Heroes.

According to a press launch (through Yahoo), Double Jump has secured the Sangokushi Taisen license from Sega to create a sport that leverages the Oasys blockchain.

Oasys is being pitched as an “eco-friendly blockchain constructed for the gaming communities” that amenities fast transactions and nil gasoline charges.

Sangokushi Taisen started life as a hybrid bodily and digital collectable card sport for arcades set throughout the Three Kingdoms interval of Chinese historical past.

Since launching in 2005, the franchise has debuted on extra conventional platforms within the type of Sangokushi Taisen DS for the Nintendo DS and Sangokushi Taisen Infinity Online for Windows PC.

It’s at present unclear how Double Jump Tokyo will leverage the blockchain in its Sangokushi Taisen venture, or what platforms it is going to assist when it will definitely launches.

Betting on blockchain

This is not the primary time Sega has linked up with Double Jump with a view to exploring the enterprise potential of blockchain.

In April final 12 months, the Japanese firm enlisted the assistance of Double Jump to promote traditional sport belongings within the type of NFTs (often known as non-fungible tokens), that are digital belongings that may be offered on the blockchain.

Earlier this 12 months, nonetheless, Sega mentioned it was merely experimenting within the NFT and blockchain area, and claimed it will ditch the expertise if gamers started to understand its as a easy “money-making” scheme.

Broadly talking, NFT initiatives have raised eyebrows inside the sport trade because of the speculative nature of the expertise and the environmental affect of some blockchain tech.

A current Perforce examine primarily based on a survey of 300 builders discovered that almost all of respondents had little interest in NFTs or crypto, with one dev suggesting the tech has “minimal advantage in the actual world.”

Still, that hasn’t stopped notable names comparable to Bandai Namco, Square Enix, and Ubisoft from throwing their weight behind the expertise.