Segawa first joined Sega as a designer and has worked on a variety of franchises throughout his three decades with the developer, working on titles like Dr. Segawa's newest position with Sega comes on the 30th anniversary of the producer first joining Sega in 1992. The studio's intentions are stated to "ensure a high-quality and stable development pipeline" implying that Sega's newest studio will be developing games in-house, as well as debugging for other games developed by the company. RELATED: Sega Experimenting with NFTs, Won't Implement If Against Company StandardsĪ Tuesday press release from Sega officially announced the establishment of the developer's newest studio localized in Sapporo City and announced the Phantasy Star Online 2 producer as the leading man for the newest studio. Now, Sega recently announced that PSO2 chief producer Takaya Segawa will be heading the company's newest studio in Sapporo, Japan. The game had exceeded 3.5 million users only a year after its 2012 Japan-only release and even received an anime adaptation in 2016. Despite its arrival to the West coming just two years ago, the online science-fiction RPG has been thriving in Japan for several years with Phantasy Star Online 2 celebrating its tenth anniversary in Japan this year. The worldwide release of Phantasy Star Online 2 was a major event when the game finally released globally in 2020.
One of Sega's premier online experiences in Phantasy Star Online 2 also received a massive update in 2021 and it was recently announced that the popular online RPG's chief producer would be taking up a new role within Sega. Between the release of the highly-anticipated Yakuza spinoff Lost Judgment and the long-awaited announcement of the next entry in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, Sega was very busy throughout last year. 2021 was an eventful year for Sega as one of the biggest names in the gaming world.