Independence
Demiurge becomes an independent studio after its co-founder buys it back from Sega
It will continue to run Marvel Puzzle Quest and Sega Heroes
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Sega
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www.sega.com
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Sega Corporation is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ota, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world.
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Accolades
Articles featuring Sega
Cinemas Closing Indefinitely
Sonic the Hedgehog film stopped in tracks as coronavirus delays China release
New date to be announced at a later time
"great Potential"
Sega invests in Indian music startup Flutin
Flutin boasts nine million downloads with over 300,000 daily active users
Still Going Fast
Sonic the Hedgehog movie speeds past $200 million worldwide
Over $100 million made in the US alone.
Fast Money
Sonic the Hedgehog movie sprints to nearly $60 million in its first three days
The film was released on February 14th
Job News
Sega Europe’s John Clark joins Tencent Europe as VP publishing
20-year industry veteran
Gotta Design Fast
Sonic Mania designer helped create Sonic movie's new look
Tyson Hesse said he was “honoured” with task
Sonic Boom
New Sonic movie trailer shows off improved redesign after fan backlash
Shadow of its former self
Gotta Go Slower
Sonic the Hedgehog movie delayed
Film given new February 14th 2020 release date
Movie
Sonic movie director promises drastic design changes following criticism on the hedgehog’s new look
Nine months ahead of release, Sonic is going back to the drawing board
Fast
The first trailer for Sonic The Hedgehog film was 'interesting'
Gotta watch fast
Restructure
Sega restructures its mobile Hardlight studio to integrate directly within Sega Europe
Former development director Neall Jones takes on a new role as Hardlight’s studio director
All Aboard
Sega, Riot and THQ Nordic among the ESA’s six new members
US-based trade body bolsters its ranks with three new and three returning members
Walking The Line
The delicate balancing act behind midcore match-three Sega Heroes
Finding core-casual sweetspot
Jobs News
Sega aims to improve work-life balance for employees
Japanese publisher also interested in addressing addiction
Referred
Mobile gamers referred through organic social channels have up to 67% higher retention
They also have a 63 per cent higher lifetime session count versus non-referred players
Jobs
Sega of America’s Ian Curran and Tatsuyuki Miyazaki take on additional roles as COO and CEO of Atlus USA
Former CEO Naoto Hiraoka bcomes brand owner to promote company's titles worldwide
New Management
Sega of America names Ian Curran as new COO and president
Industry veteran steps into the new role effective today alongside serving position on Atlus USA’s board
Gotta Go Fast
Games streaming service Hatch brings classic Sega titles Crazy Taxi and Virtua Tennis to Android
Other games like Sonic Jump, Sonic 4 Episode 2 and Sonic CD also heading to the platform courtesy of Hatch
Getting Social
Sega and GetSocial study shows that social media is the way to go to engage players
GetSocial's study looks at the 40,000 players brought into Sonic Forces: Speed Battle through non-paid social channels
Together At Last
Bandai Namco and Sega partner to bring Pac-Man and Sonic together on mobile for the first time
Month-long cross-promotional event in Sonic Dash and Pac-Man starts now
How Long Is Forever?
Sega responds to criticism over handling of retro Sega Forever scheme
Mike Evans blames fragmentation, promises improvements
Iap Inspector
How does Crazy Taxi Gazillionaire monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Sega Financials Q4 Fy17
Sega hits $3.2 billion in revenue as profits jump 414%
Hortensia SAGA and Puyopuyo!! Quest continue to perform
Return My King
Beijing-based developer Elex soft-launches Sega-licensed mobile game Total War: King's Return
Base-building with historical accuracy
Crazy Money
Sega turns Crazy Taxi into an idle clicker for soft-launched Crazy Taxi Gazillionaire
All the crazy without the driving
Beyond Japan
Japanese App Annie competitor Fuller raises $4 million from Sega and others to go international
Expanding analytics and making apps easy
Home Growth
Sega Sammy sees 6% growth in Japanese mobile game revenues in FY16 to $375 million
But overall company sales down 5%
Sega Recruit
SEGA hires ex-FunPlus GM Joseph Kim to lead its mobile strategy in the west
FunPlus man doesn't take ages
Animal Magic
Sonic Dash celebrates 100 million downloads with playable Angry Birds characters
Hedgehog vs birds
Dash For Cash
It's accumulated 100 million downloads for Sega, but how many gold rings has Sonic Dash collected?
Most popular Sonic game ever
Game Cull
Quality control forces Sega to pull games from app stores
Sega won't confirm which games will be axed.
Market Trends
Losing up to 300 jobs, Sega Sammy restructures for mobile and online
Moving from San Francisco
Deal
Sega and Gumi join forces to release Chain Chronicle in the west
Power combo
Making Of
From Dreamcast to F2P reality: The making of Crazy Taxi: City Rush
Speeding away with Sega
The Charticle
The most downloaded iOS game in August, but how well does Crazy Taxi: City Rush monetise?
Converting eyeballs
Humble Bundle gears up for more mobile bundles with Sega Mobile Bundle
Adding a Mobile tab to website
Investment
With IPO rumours mounting, Gumi raises $49 million and hooks up with Sega for US invasion
Japanese publisher gains momentum
Pg Connects
Helsinki happenings: 10 things we learned at Pocket Gamer Connects
Our findings from Finland
Interview
From Ragdolls to riches: How Backflip is looking to become the publisher developers love
Providing real publishing value in the modern era
It's like Chartboost for Japan - Sega's Noah Pass now reaches over 33 million players
51 companies on board
Web ready: Devs need to make sure their game sites are geared up for mobile age
Byron Atkinson-Jones on making your site scale
PocketGamer.biz Top 30 Chinese Developers of 2014: 10 to 1
From CMGE to ?
Multiplatform master: The making of Skulls of the Shogun
Making the leap from XNA to iOS
Sponsored feature: It's time to translate market data into informed decisions says Distimo
The power of numbers
Sega partners with NativeX to boost its mobile advertising revenue
Sonic Dash leads the charge
Better together: Sega-led cross promotion network to reduce advertising costs for devs by 80%
30 companies on board
Sega leading publisher initiative to create a cross-promotion network in Japan
Looking to build their own UA mine
Sega Hardlight to switch focus from Vita to smartphones
Swoops for former Codemasters man Lenton
Sega launches new mobile publishing initiative Sega Alliance
Partners with Owlchemy Labs for debut release