{"id":55289,"date":"2025-12-23T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=55289"},"modified":"2025-12-23T15:51:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T06:51:46","slug":"development-of-sega-licensed-nft-card-game-halted-due-to-recent-changes-in-the-web3-game-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/development-of-sega-licensed-nft-card-game-halted-due-to-recent-changes-in-the-web3-game-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Development of\u00a0Sega-licensed\u00a0NFT\u00a0card game halted\u00a0due to \u201crecent changes in the Web3 game market\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Developer Jokers, a company founded by former Sega staff,&nbsp;announced on December 22 that it has halted development of&nbsp;<strong>Code of Jokers Evolutions<\/strong>, a&nbsp;blockchain mobile&nbsp;game it had been working on under&nbsp;official&nbsp;license&nbsp;from Sega.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prtimes.jp\/main\/html\/rd\/p\/000000001.000159049.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0March\u00a0this year, Code of Jokers Evolutions\u00a0was unveiled as\u00a0a\u00a0digital card game based on\u00a0Sega\u2019s\u00a0arcade trading card game\u00a0IP. The arcade version\u00a0of Code of Jokers\u00a0was in circulation from 2013 to\u00a02019, and it received a short-lived mobile version\u00a0called\u00a0Code\u00a0of Jokers Pocket\u00a0(also\u00a0developed\u00a0by Sega)\u00a0in 2017, which ended services the following year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1343\" height=\"760\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1343px) 100vw, 1343px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251223-55289-002.jpg\" alt=\"Code of Jokers Pocket\" class=\"wp-image-55295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251223-55289-002.jpg 1343w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251223-55289-002-380x215.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251223-55289-002-768x435.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new Code of Jokers Evolutions was announced as a revival\u00a0of\u00a0the franchise,\u00a0inheriting\u00a0key\u00a0features of the original Code of Jokers\u00a0while integrating new gimmicks like\u00a0user-to-user trading using blockchain technology.\u00a0Development was\u00a0originally\u00a0underway\u00a0with an international release planned for 2025 and a domestic release planned by the end of 2026. However, in its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prtimes.jp\/main\/html\/rd\/p\/000000004.000159049.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new announcement<\/a>,\u00a0developer Jokers says it has decided to cancel the title \u201cafter considering recent changes in the Web3 game market environment.\u201d\u00a0While the company\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0go into the\u00a0details,\u00a0the\u00a0decision seems consistent with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/it-ends-up-working-like-a-ponzi-scheme-japans-blockchain-and-nft-game-fad-might-be-imploding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">current\u00a0tendencies in the Japanese game industry<\/a>. While it happened a bit later than overseas, Japan\u2019s NFT game fad\u00a0appears to be\u00a0fizzling out even in the eyes of the people making them.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1529\" height=\"868\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1529px) 100vw, 1529px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251223-55289-001.jpg\" alt=\"Code of Jokers Evolutions\" class=\"wp-image-55294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251223-55289-001.jpg 1529w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251223-55289-001-380x216.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251223-55289-001-768x436.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned, Jokers is a game company founded by former Sega&nbsp;staff&nbsp;Yasuhiro Nishiyama&nbsp;(producer of the original Code of Joker, Sangokushi Taisen)&nbsp;and&nbsp;Wataru Sato&nbsp;(Bakugan producer at Sega Toys).&nbsp;With the announcement of Code of Jokers&nbsp;Evolutions\u2019s&nbsp;cancellation, the developer&nbsp;says it will be accepting&nbsp;buybacks&nbsp;from users who&nbsp;purchased&nbsp;the&nbsp;collaboration NFT pack released ahead of the game\u2019s launch&nbsp;via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/buyback.jokersinc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this&nbsp;portal<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related articles:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-nft-game-companys-currency-crashes-after-users-discover-infinite-money-glitch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Japanese NFT game company\u2019s currency crashes after users discover infinite money glitch<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on Sega&#8217;s Code of Jokers arcade TCG, the new title was planned to launch outside of Japan in late 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":55293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-55289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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