Sega’s arcade sport Code of Joker is being reinvented as a blockchain-enabled cell and browser sport that can run on the Sui blockchain.
Initially launched in 2013, Code of Joker was a digital buying and selling card sport that was operated for six years, with a peak of two,760 arcade items in additional than 650 amusement centres. A cell model was additionally launched in Japan in 2016.
The present model – referred to as Code of Joker: Evolutions – has been licensed by Mysten Labs’ gaming service outfit Parasol, with the sport’s growth overseen by Japanese developer Jokers Inc, which was shaped in December 2023.
Its launch is anticipated to be the primary of many collaborations with Jokers Inc. bringing Japanese gaming IP to Sui.
“From our first conversation on what a digital experience of Code of Joker: Evolutions would look like, we knew that we wanted to match the physical feeling of opening a new card pack,” stated Jokers Inc. co-founder Takashi “Gin” Mizouka.
“Sui was the one blockchain that would make this imaginative and prescient a actuality, and we’re thrilled to be working alongside the Parasol workforce on the primary of many collaborations.
“Jokers has already secured multiple licensing agreements with major Japanese character IPs, and we’re excited to bring them onto Sui, further expanding the web3 gaming landscape.”
“Our work with Code of Joker: Evolutions is a labor of love from a team that grew up on classic Japanese gaming,” stated Parasol’s CEO Kai Chen.
“Sui is the only blockchain capable of providing the technical support our gaming partners are looking for, and we’re very grateful for Jokers’ Inc. and Sega’s support in our flagship endeavor. There’s much more to come.”
The sport is deliberate to launch internationally in summer season 2025, with a separate Japanese model coming in 2026.
South Korean cell sport Pebble Metropolis just lately launched on Sui, with different excessive profile video games due in 2025 together with shooter Xociety, and brawlers Shodown Samurai R and Darktimes.
