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This Week in Games
Feb 5th 2021
Hey TWIG followers! How s your week going? We re into February now, and there still aren t enough PS5s to go around. But that s okay, because there s still plenty of good stuff to play on current-gen systems. Such as
We got some juicy news this week, so let s get readin’!
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Veteran Yakuza producer and executive director Toshihiro Nagoshi will be stepping down from Sega s board of directors on April 1.
He will also be leaving his role as Sega s chief creative officer, but will however remain at the company as creative director, Kotaku reported.
The Yakuza franchise had a successful 2020, with its remastered collection making it to the top ten in the UK charts and its latest entry, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, selling over 450,000 units in Asia in just a few months. This good performance boosted Sega s financial results for the 12 months ended March 31, 2020, with full-year sales reaching $3.4 billion.
Sega also announced a partnership with 1212 Entertainment and Wild Sheep Content to produce a new film based on the Yakuza franchise last September.
Sega Sammy is separating its gaming and pachinko divisions into two separate subsidiaries, the Japanese developer and publisher has revealed.
The company revealed that it has been “working on structural reform to transform its business structure to adapt to the external environment.”
The restructuring will divide the organisation into Sega Group Corporation and Sammy Corporation. Sammy will focus on pachinko, pachislot, and other gambling machines, while Sega Group Corporation will cover the company’s video game operations.
The change will take place on April 1st of this year, and will streamline Sega Sammy’s oversight of both new companies.
While both are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Sega Sammy, they will operate as separate companies. The change is intended to streamline the group’s structure and accelerate decision-making.