Sega

Blizzard and Paradox arrange care packages for remote-working staff during coronavirus lockdowns

Meanwhile, Sega added to growing list of games firms sending employees home to work

Sega invests in music startup Flutin

Sonic publisher's efforts to expand into other areas of entertainment continue with indie artist discovery app

Sega lowers full-year forecast on soft Q3 packaged sales

Mario & Sonic, Persona 5 Royal, and New Sakura Wars all launched in the quarter, but packaged sales did not meet expectations

Sega Europe announces fully recyclable packaging for all PC titles

Building on work from Sports Interactive last year, Sega Europe introduces blanket policy for PC titles

Sega's John Clark moves to Tencent Europe

Clark takes on VP of partnerships role at the Chinese tech and entertainment giant

"Substantially improved" profitability for games doesn't prevent sales dip for Sega

But publisher still confident net sales will rise to $3.6 billion for the financial year

Charting the darker periods of history in Humankind

Amplitude's Jeff Spock on creating a historical strategy game that doesn't shy away from religion, slavery and colonisation

Football Manager boss Miles Jacobson calls for an end to plastic packaging

Sports Interactive director tells us he expects savings of up to 20 tonnes of plastic as series switches to eco-friendly cases

Sega letting movie makers make the movie

DLC: Sega explains handling of Sonic film, John Romero gets the Paradox bump, Wolfenstein dev talks politics in games, and retro console Polymega wants to work with pubs

Sega drops publishing deal with Interior Night

But studio says parting was amicable and a new partnership will be announced soon

Sega sees streaming's potential to reach new audiences

Executives talk about current industry trends, why Phantasy Star Online 2 isn't announced for Europe, and say the retro market cannot be saturated

Alpha Protocol removed from Steam as music rights expire

Update: Sega says it still owns the IP, but nine-year-old game contains songs that would need re-licensing

Phantasy Star Online 2 will launch in North America only next year

Sega has "nothing to announce" regarding an EMEA launch in Spring 2020

Xbox closes E3 2019 conference with Project Scarlett, coming Holiday 2020

Hardware details, plus every major announcement from the platform holder's press conference

UK charts: Team Sonic Racing laps the competition

Sega's kart racer is first Sonic game to top charts in 11 years as Rage 2 slides a few spots in its second week

Sega's Judgement will be available in Japan again in July

A new character model and voice will replace that of actor Pierre Taki, who was arrested on drug charges

Sega acquires Two Point Studios

Developer of Two Point Hospital becomes the first acquisition stemming from the publisher's Searchlight initiative

Persona 5 has sold over 2.7m units worldwide

Atlus confirms sales number with announcement of "Royal" enhanced edition

Sega Hardlight integrated into publisher's European pillar structure

New studio director Neall Jones will oversee transition, but Sonic Dash studio will still focus on mobile

Sega Mega Drive Mini will launch September 19

Sonic, Ecco and ToeJam & Earl will be among 40 games built into the $80 retro console