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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"

Surge in packaged games drive Sega's full-year sales to $3.4bn

Boxed products were biggest revenue driver for games business, but future releases may be delayed by COVID-19

Sega launches new Sega Music brand

First release is Sakura Wars Complete Collection, out now in Japan

Sony, Sega say PC listings for Bloodborne, Persona 5 and more were "not accurate"

Publishers shut down rumours of ports after several titles were listed on Amazon France

Creative Assembly names Gareth Edmondson as studio director

Tim Heaton takes on wider Sega role as Chief Studio Officer

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