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Shenmue Creator Yu Suzuki ‘Retires’ From Sega
11:40AM Michael McWhertor | The creator of titles like Virtua Fighter, OutRun and Shenmue has retired from his Creative Officer position at Sega of Japan, Sega announced this week. But the company isn’t done with Yu Suzuki just yet. More »
Outrun To Splash Wave Your 360/PS3 In January
1:40PM Luke Plunkett | When Sega said the new Outrun was due for release in “early 2009″, they weren’t kidding around, as posters thrown up at the Asia Games Show last week tell us it’ll be out in January. More »
Outrun Brings Its Magical Sound Shower To XBLA, PSN
12:00PM Luke Plunkett | Great, unexpected news, Sega (and good times) fans: Outrun returns. And it’s not the retro OutRun, nor the wonderful Sumo Digital arcade port from a few years back. It’s something in between. More »
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Sega (And THQ?) Planning New OutRun Game
9:40AM Michael McWhertor | According to a new rating from Australia’s Office of Film & Literature Classification board, there may be a new OutRun game in the works. The OFLC has rated a game titled OutRun Online Arcade for a multi-platform release, one published by Sega and, oddly enough, “produced” and “authored” by THQ. The two companies had enjoyed a publishing agreement on Game Boy Advance titles in the past, but development duties on the OutRun series has largely been handled by internal Sega teams and UK-based indie studio Sumo Digital. More »
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Yu Suzuki Still Gainfully Employed At Sega
6:40AM Michael McWhertor | Sega president Simon Jeffery appeared to have misspoke on the employment fate of famed game designer Yu Suzuki when he told Gamasutra that the Outrun creator was no longer employed at the company. Turns out, he is! Hooray! Said to be bearing the title Creative Officer of Sega Corp., Suzuki may be (extremely) low profile and the opposite of prolific, but it appears he’s still getting his checks signed by Sega. In Jeffery’s defence, the man isn’t in human resources. And no one wants a second visit from Sega of Japan’s correction ninja squad. They’ll cut ya. Jeffery: Yu Suzuki Still With Sega As ‘Creative Officer’ [Gamasutra] More »
