Sega

Sonic gets third film and live-action series

Live-action series to focus on Knuckles, voiced by Idris Elba

Sega raises forecasts after strong game sales in holiday quarter

Publisher turns around last year's $53.5 million nine-month loss to $254.8 million profit

Sega exits the arcade business after 56 years

Publisher sells remaining 14.9% of shares to Genda, all arcades will be rebranded as GiGO

Sega opens new studio in Sapporo

Company's second Hokkaido hub will focus on a combination of software and hardware production

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

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

Sega's Ikebukuro Gigo arcade to reopen in new venue

The arcade will be opening on October 22

Sega Ikebukuro Gigo arcade shuts down

Closure attributed to expiration of lease and need for building renovations

Football Manager to no longer use Manchester United name

To resolve trademark concerns club referral is changed as a "gesture of good will"

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