Arguably one of the biggest highlights of this year’s Game Awards was Sega’s announcement of remasters of five classic IPs, including Jet-set-radio, crazy taxiGolden Axe, Shinobi and Streets of Rage.
In case you missed it, according to the official trailer, there’s apparently “more” to come. The PR accompanying the announcement also noted that “upcoming projects, covering a variety of genres, are currently in various stages of development” and plans to release them “within the next few years.”
Here’s what Shuji Utsumi, Sega’s co-chief operating officer and CEO of Sega of America, had to say about the announcement:
Shuji Utsumi: “We are embracing our heritage and reinventing multiple franchises to bring these games to a wider audience around the world. Today’s announcement is just the beginning of our initiative. First and foremost, our goal will be to create great games with memorable characters and worlds.” We hope fans of all ages will look forward to it. We look forward to our future as we launch these projects in the coming years.
Sega notes that it will release more details about the previously announced games in the future, including “official game titles” for each game as well as release dates and platforms. Another series This may result in a return outside of the five series originally announced Warriors of VirtueHis writing is highlighted in a story Time extension.
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