News Sega Sammy lowers sales forecast slightly despite gains in first half Publisher commits to investment to expand business operations for game development for the next five years, including NFTs Nov. 8, 2021 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Sega and Microsoft exploring cloud partnership to boost Sonic publisher's development Japanese firm looking into using Azure to build games as part of 'Super Game' strategy Nov. 1, 2021 James Batchelor
News Sega's Ikebukuro Gigo arcade to reopen in new venue The arcade will be opening on October 22 Oct. 19, 2021 Marie Dealessandri
News Sega Ikebukuro Gigo arcade shuts down Closure attributed to expiration of lease and need for building renovations Sept. 23, 2021 James Batchelor
News Football Manager to no longer use Manchester United name To resolve trademark concerns club referral is changed as a "gesture of good will" Aug. 6, 2021 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Gaming carries Sega Sammy through difficult year Publisher sold 46% more games year-over-year thanks to latest Persona and Yakuza entries, but pandemic hits to pachinko and resort business push revenue down 24% May 13, 2021 Brendan Sinclair
News Sega reportedly accuses SteamDB of Yakuza piracy Update: Japanese publisher says page on stat-tracking site was "incorrectly flagged" by anti-piracy software March 31, 2021 James Batchelor
News Sega is Metacritic's publisher of the year The Persona 5 Royal and Yakuza 0 publisher is followed by Annapurna Interactive and Capcom March 29, 2021 Marie Dealessandri
News Nexon invests $874m in Bandai Namco, Konami, Sega and Hasbro More investments to come as part of $1.5 billion initiative to support "overlooked and undervalued" entertainment firms March 29, 2021 James Batchelor
News Sega's release slate was cut almost in half by COVID-19 disruption Japanese firm forecast 30 new releases this fiscal year in August 2020, but it now expects just 18 by the end of March Feb. 26, 2021 Matthew Handrahan
News Toshihiro Nagoshi to step down from Sega board of directors The chief creative officer and Yakuza producer is to remain at the company as creative director Feb. 2, 2021 Marie Dealessandri
News Sonic The Hedgehog 2 movie expected to start production in March Filming will be completed in May, project is codenamed 'Emerald Hill' Dec. 1, 2020 James Batchelor
News Sega Sammy calls for 650 staff to voluntarily retire Japanese publisher records extraordinary losses around structural reform Nov. 6, 2020 James Batchelor
News Sega Sammy sells arcade business Sega Entertainment to Genda Inc Company says arcades suffered due to COVID-19; expects "extraordinary losses" for fiscal year related to the sale Nov. 4, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Sega criticised for launching Golden Axe prototype created "under crunch conditions" Update: Sega edited the Steam page and said in a statement that it "didn't mean to dredge up painful memories" Oct. 15, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News Live-action Yakuza movie is in the works Sega partners with 1212 and Wild Sheep for adaptation based on the franchise Sept. 24, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
Feature Sega Searchlight and Two Point Studios | Investment Summit Online This week's two-day GI Live event continues with Sega's Alex Peters on the publisher's indie initiative Sept. 9, 2020 Matthew Handrahan
News Sega will "aggressively" focus on PC ports after Steam strength during lockdown Strong sales of Persona 4: Golden port will lead to more Sega catalogue titles on PC Aug. 19, 2020 Matthew Handrahan
News Sega president Kenji Matsubara resigns Former Tecmo Koei and Zynga Japan CEO leaves publisher after six years July 31, 2020 James Batchelor
News Sonic Dash has made $10 million in six years That's more than the last five Sonic the Hedgehog mobile games made combined July 15, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Sega announces Astro City Mini arcade cabinet Tiny arcade machine comes pre-loaded with 36 Sega arcade titles July 7, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Epic Games Store scores next Total War game as exclusive A Total War Saga: Troy will only be available through Epic for the first year, will be free for the first 24 hours June 4, 2020 James Batchelor
Feature Sega reveals Game Gear Micro Miniature retro handheld confirmed for October Japan launch in four colors, each with a different selection of four games June 3, 2020 Brendan Sinclair
News Sonic the Hedgehog movie getting a sequel Original film's director and writers would reunite for another run, but decisions on cast not yet made May 29, 2020 Brendan Sinclair
News Manchester United sues Sega over Football Manager trademark use Sega and developer Sports Interactive reply that club's name, logo have been used since 1992 "without complaint" May 22, 2020 Rebekah Valentine