Epitome via Sega

If y'all're into Japanese video games, chances are pretty loftier that y'all're familiar with one of Sega's cadre franchises. Whether it'southward Phantasy Star, Sonic, or fifty-fifty Yakuza, Sega's in-house studios have a generally positive reception. With all of these developers working out of Tokyo, it was time for some expansion.

According to the company's official website, a new development studio based out of Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture's capital, broke ground concluding month. Takaya Segawa leads the new Sapporo-based studio. With xxx years under his belt at Sega, fans are near probable familiar with his role as producer on Phantasy Star Online two.

The website provides a statement from Segawa addressing the studio's roles and aspirations. According to him, Sega Sapporo's chief roles involve debugging and developing titles from Sega's stable of intellectual properties. The mail continues to read that Sega Sapporo will "accept on the claiming of creating even more innovative content and providing a new and inspiring experience to the world."

Without the announcement of specific projects, information technology's unclear what exactly is being referenced. With that said, Sega fans shouldn't exist besides worried about their investments. Beyond this expansion, its 2022 acquisition of Atlus has paid off in contempo years, with the likes of Persona 5 and Shin Megami Tensei 5 performing far in a higher place expectations.