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Kotaku's Best Gaming Gifts Under $100
17.11.2023
Gift giving season is approaching, which means it’s almost time to surprise the gamer in your life with a present or two. But what do you get them? Sure, you could go all out, buying a PlayStation 5 or Steam Deck or Xbox Series X. However, if you’re on a budget, you don’t have to spend much to show...
Sega ‘Honored’ Xbox And Others Want To Acquire It, But It’s Not For Sale
16.11.2023
Despite ongoing rumors and even leaked data from potential suitors, Sega isn’t currently looking for a buyer, according to the company’s COO. In fact, Sega is expanding and looking at possible acquisitions itself. Even so, Sega is “honored” that so many other companies want to acquire the Sonic...
Workers Accuses Sega Of Threatening Mass Layoffs Over Unionizing
16.11.2023
Workers at Sega of America say the publisher behind Persona, Yakuza, and more beloved gaming franchises is trying to lay them off as retaliation for unionizing. A new unfair labor practice filed by the Communications Workers of America accuses Sega of forcing employees into a meeting where they...
Sega Exec Shuji Utsumi: ‘Blockchain Gaming Is Still an Unknown World for Us’
17.10.2023
In a recent interview, Sega co-COO Shuji Utsumi talked about the company’s stance on blockchain games. For Utsumi, this new gaming field is still uncertain, and Sega is prepared to protect its franchises and learn about how these new games are being made via its partnership with Double Jump...
Sega's Co-COO Sees Potential in Blockchain Gaming and NFTs – Crypto Adoption Rising?
16.10.2023
Shuji Utsumi, co-COO of Japanese multinational video game and entertainment company Sega, has expressed optimism about the potential of blockchain gaming and the role of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in the future of video games. ...
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Report: Sega Just Canceled Its Most Expensive Game Ever
4.10.2023
A new report claims that Sega’s recently canceled online extraction shooter, Hyenas, was the publisher’s most expensive game production ever, beating out even Sega AM2’s historically pricey adventure game Shenmue, which famously cost $70 million in turn-of-the-century dollars to develop. Read more
Sega Cancels Hyenas And Other Unannounced Games, Creative Assembly Facing Layoffs
28.9.2023
Sega has canceled the yet-to-be-released Hyenas, an extraction shooter set in space that was in development at Total War and Alien Isolation studio Creative Assembly. The publisher also canceled several other, unannounced games as part of “structural reforms” across its European operations. Read...
The Silly Story Behind The Weirdest Xbox Exclusive
20.9.2023
Remember when the Xbox Series X and S launched with a Yakuza game, but the PS5 didn’t? That was weird, right? For such a long time the Yakuza franchise had been closely tied to PlayStation. But, at least for a few months, the then-latest game in the series skipped Sony’s next-gen machine for Xbox’s...
The Next Big Wave Of Video Game Layoffs Is Here [Update]
24.8.2023
Despite a booming job market overall, 2023 kicked off with the biggest tech companies laying off thousands of employees. Cuts at Microsoft hit Halo Infinite devs at 343 Industries and other game teams across the company, including at Bethesda. Months later, layoffs are continuing across other...
SEGA vám dá povedený simulátor rybaření za vaši e-mailovou adresu
24.7.2023
Možná to bude neznalým připadat zvláštní, ale počítačové simulátory chytání ryb jsou opravdu zábavné a populární. Společnost Sega nyní rozdává ten možná vůbec nejlepší v historii, má to ale háček…
Web3 Gamer: Earn Bitcoin in Minecraft, BGA’s 50/50 gender split, Oath of Peak hot take
21.7.2023
How to earn Bitcoin in Minecraft, Sega is half in/half out of blockchain games, BGA board’s 50/50 gender split, and more Web3 gaming news
Japanese Gaming Giant Sega to Pull Support From ‘Boring’ Blockchain Games
11.7.2023
Sega, one of the biggest game developers in Japan, has recently announced changes regarding its blockchain and Web3 gaming policy. The company announced it would not involve its largest franchises in blockchain initiatives, avoiding a possible devaluation of its intellectual properties (IPs)...
Sega Admits Crypto Games ‘Aren’t Fun to Play’ – Could Other Gaming Firms Follow Suit?
10.7.2023
A top executive at the gaming giant Sega says “play to earn crypto games” are “no fun” to play, and could reel in its blockchain gaming ambitions.
The firm has previously explored the notion of using NFTs in gaming and has signed blockchain partnership deals with a number of notable domestic...
Today in Crypto: Saga Pulls Back From Blockchain Gaming, Bitfinex Recovers More Stolen Assets, BarnBridge DAO Members Told to Stop 'All Work' Amidst Investigation, Lightning Labs Releases Tools for Bitcoin Lightning & AI Devs
7.7.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________...
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Sega ustupuje od svých blockchainových plánů
7.7.2023
Nifty News: Sega exec calls P2E games ‘boring,’ Tom Brady’s NFT firm switches it up and more
7.7.2023
Sega is still reportedly licensing its lesser-known properties out for NFTs and blockchain games, but its best ones are being kept close
Sega Rethinks GameFi Plans, COO Calls Blockchain Gaming 'Boring': Bloomberg
7.7.2023
Sega earlier promised it would carefully assess play-to-earn gaming models and NFTs to make sure its efforts in the space weren’t seen as “simply money making.”
Sega Bins Blockchain Plans, Calls F2P Games 'Boring'
7.7.2023
In April 2021, at the height of Web 3 Mania, Sega was one of the biggest companies to pledge its future to the scam that was “play to earn”. Now, just two years later and after the ass has completely fallen out of that market, Sega has had a change of heart.Read more
Super Mario: Crypto Thief, SEGA blockchain game, AI games rights fight — Web3 Gamer
6.7.2023
AI-assisted game development leads to fights over rights, SEGA and Ubisoft’s first blockchain games, and Super Mario: Crypto Thief
Huge (Sometimes Tragic) Collection Of Sega Documents From The 90's Have Leaked
5.7.2023
While Microsoft’s FTC case has let the world catch a glimpse behind the scenes at a modern platform holder’s emails, at the same time an enormous treasure trove of old Sega documents from the 90's have leaked, and they go a long way to explaining...well, why Sega isn’t a platform holder...