Sega

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%

Sega reportedly accuses SteamDB of Yakuza piracy

Update: Japanese publisher says page on stat-tracking site was "incorrectly flagged" by anti-piracy software

Sega is Metacritic's publisher of the year

The Persona 5 Royal and Yakuza 0 publisher is followed by Annapurna Interactive and Capcom

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

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

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

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 movie expected to start production in March

Filming will be completed in May, project is codenamed 'Emerald Hill'

Sega Sammy calls for 650 staff to voluntarily retire

Japanese publisher records extraordinary losses around structural reform

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

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"

Live-action Yakuza movie is in the works

Sega partners with 1212 and Wild Sheep for adaptation based on the franchise

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

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

Sega president Kenji Matsubara resigns

Former Tecmo Koei and Zynga Japan CEO leaves publisher after six years

Sonic Dash has made $10 million in six years

That's more than the last five Sonic the Hedgehog mobile games made combined

Sega announces Astro City Mini arcade cabinet

Tiny arcade machine comes pre-loaded with 36 Sega arcade titles

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

Sega reveals Game Gear Micro

Miniature retro handheld confirmed for October Japan launch in four colors, each with a different selection of four games

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

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"