Sangokushi BOND Rebuilds Deceased Blockchain Game as Single-Player Roguelite
Nishiyama is effectively salvaging the mechanics of a blockchain game that shut down in 2025, stripping out the crypto layer and re-releasing it as a budget-priced single-player title through a new publisher formed by his studio and GENDA.
Key Facts
- Sangokushi BOND launches this summer for 800 yen as a one-time purchase on PC.
- The game is a deck-building roguelite set in the Three Kingdoms period, rebuilt from scratch with new art and code.
- It carries forward the strategic auto-battle gameplay from the blockchain title Sangokushi Taisen -Battle of Three Kingdoms-, which ended service in October 2025.
- Publisher Gerappa was formed in 2025 by Nishiyama's studio Sugorocks and GENDA.
- Nishiyama told 4Gamer he wanted to quickly address player dissatisfaction after the blockchain game shut down.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
Yasuhiro Nishiyama, former Sega developer and creator of the blockchain game Sangokushi Taisen -Battle of Three Kingdoms-, is releasing a new PC title called Sangokushi BOND through publisher Gerappa. The game is a deck-building roguelite set in the Three Kingdoms period, rebuilt from scratch with new art and code but carrying over the core gameplay. It launches this summer for 800 yen as a one-time purchase, focusing on single-player and asynchronous modes.
Yasuhiro Nishiyama, who led development on the Sega arcade series Sangokushi Taisen and later produced the blockchain game Sangokushi Taisen -Battle of Three Kingdoms-, is bringing a spiritual successor to PC this summer. Sangokushi BOND is a deck-building roguelite army battle set in the Three Kingdoms period, published by Gerappa, a company formed in 2025 by Nishiyama's studio Sugorocks and GENDA. Nishiyama told 4Gamer that the game reuses no assets from the blockchain title-all illustrations and code are new-but carries forward the same strategic auto-battle gameplay. The blockchain game ended service in October 2025 after double jump.tokyo withdrew from the blockchain business, and Nishiyama said he wanted to quickly address player dissatisfaction by releasing this replacement. Sangokushi BOND will cost 800 yen as a one-time purchase, with no blockchain elements, and focuses on single-player campaigns and asynchronous player-vs-player battles.
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