Line Next launches beta for NFT-based 3D avatar platform AlphaCrewz

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 6, 2023
Updated June 18, 2025
2 min

Line Next, a division of a messenger company with 200 million users, has launched a beta of AlphaCrewz, a 3D avatar customization platform with non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

That’s a big endorsement for Web3 from Line Next and its parent company Line. But it will be interesting to see if Western consumers take to it in the same way that Asian consumers are likely to do. Blockchain-based NFT companies, particularly those in games, want to hit mainstream audiences but they have run into resistance from those who think NFTs are too scammy and add little value.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.