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SEGA Super Games: Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi with online multiplayer

Derek Strickland | Apr 19, 2022 8:16 AM CDT

SEGA is rebooting Dreamcast classics Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi, sources tell Bloomberg.

SEGA Super Games: Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi with online multiplayer

SEGA is reviving old-school Dreamcast classics in a big new way. Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi will be part of SEGA's new Super Games, a new category of video games invented by the company. Super Games follow specific criteria including AAA-quality, multiplayer experiences that can ultimately make close to $1 billion in lifetime revenues.

It's believed that both the Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi reboot will be online-based, microtransaction-driven, free-to-play games that launch simultaneously to a widespread audience across consoles, PC, and mobile. These are all key aspects of SEGA's Super Game category.

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Sonic Origins rated in South Korea and Japan's CERO board

Derek Strickland | Apr 18, 2022 2:44 PM CDT

Sonic Origins has been rated and classified in South Korea and Japan, new database information has confirmed.

Sonic Origins rated in South Korea and Japan's CERO board

A bit ago SEGA revealed Sonic Origins, a new four-pack collection that bundles early Sonic games from the Genesis to the SEGA CD console. The publisher hasn't delivered an update on the project for quite some time but it looks like a release is on the horizon.

Sonic Origins was rated by South Korea's Game Management Committee on April 15, strongly indicating an impending release. The board also mentions that Origins has been rated A for all ages by Japan's domestic CERO ratings board.

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Activision financials possibly hint at Call of Duty in 2023

Derek Strickland | Apr 18, 2022 1:34 PM CDT

Activision's new financial forecasts suggest something big is happening in 2023, and it could be another mainline Call of Duty game.

Activision financials possibly hint at Call of Duty in 2023

Reports say Call of Duty will break its annual release schedule for the first time in 19 years. Sources have told Bloomberg that Call of Duty will skip 2023 and move to a biennial cadence, returning in 2024 with a big new game. Activision is expected to release a standalone zombies live experience in 2023 to fill in the gap. Management says Call of Duty is moving towards an "always-on" structure.

However, new financial data from Activision-Blizzard may indicate otherwise. The company forecasts significant net revenue growth in 2023 to a new all-time record high of $4.688 billion, up nearly 18% over 2022's expected earnings.

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'No one is doing NFTs,' Blizzard president says

Derek Strickland | Apr 18, 2022 12:22 PM CDT

No, Blizzard has no plans to create NFTs or play-to-earn blockchain games.

'No one is doing NFTs,' Blizzard president says

Blizzard recently sent out a poll trying to gauge interest in play-to-earn games and NFTs. This led to speculation Blizzard could be planning NFTs and following in the footsteps of Ubisoft and Konami.

Now Blizzard President Mike Ybarra squashes the rumors with a simple and curt response: "No one is doing NFTs."

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Is Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer cancelled? CD Projekt won't say

Derek Strickland | Apr 18, 2022 11:28 AM CDT

What's going on with Cyberpunk 2077's multiplayer game? No one knows for sure, and CD Projekt RED won't give more details.

Is Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer cancelled? CD Projekt won't say

Back in 2017, we predicted Cyberpunk 2077 would have online multiplayer. Then in 2020 CD Projekt RED confirmed Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer was coming, describing the game as a big AAA release.

Now these plans are in flux. CD Projekt has cancelled all future multiplayer development in Cyberpunk 2077's RED Engine and made a $4.9 million write-off on the technology. Instead CD Projekt will now use Unreal Engine 5 for its multiplayer ambitions.

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Sonic's Roblox game speeds past 100,000 concurrent users in two days

Derek Strickland | Apr 18, 2022 10:32 AM CDT

Following an incredible box off performance, Sonic Speed Simulator is one of the most-played games on Roblox right now.

Sonic's Roblox game speeds past 100,000 concurrent users in two days

A bit ago SEGA launched an official Sonic game on Roblox called the Sonic Speed Simulator, a new open-world 3D adventure that's a lot like the early Sonic Adventure game. It's become a huge hit with Roblox's playerbase, amassing an all-time high of 100,000 concurrent users.

"Our Sonic game on Roblox just hit 100,000 concurrent players on its second day of release with a strategic marketing push combined with the organic digital buzz of the metaverse," Gamefam Chief Executive Officer Joe Ferencz said on LinkedIn.

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Square Enix wants to make a create-to-earn blockchain platform

Derek Strickland | Apr 17, 2022 7:28 PM CDT

Square Enix has expressed interest in using blockchain to facilitate user-generated content and to pay creators with cryptocurrency for their in-game creations.

Square Enix wants to make a create-to-earn blockchain platform

Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy-maker Square Enix has always hyped up emerging technologies. Company President Yosuke Matsuda has a penchant for over-promising on industry trends like VR, smartphone gaming, and streaming, but more recently has embraced nascent tech like blockchain, play-to-earn, and NFTs.

However ambitious, Matsuda's latest affirmations could help pave the way for a new era of user-generated content through blockchain. In a recent interview with Yahoo Japan, Matsuda outlined his nebulous vision to use blockchain as a way to distribute user-generated content to gamers and remunerate content creators with cryptocurrency payouts. In practice, Square Enix essentially wants to mimic Roblox, who pays out billions every year to its content creators. It's also similar in theory to Bethesda's paid mods Creation Club platform.

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Hideo Kojima has no interest in selling Kojima Productions to Sony

Derek Strickland | Apr 17, 2022 4:45 AM CDT

Hideo Kojima has officially debunked rumors saying that PlayStation will acquire his game development studio.

Hideo Kojima has no interest in selling Kojima Productions to Sony

Kojima Productions is not being purchased by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Studio founder Hideo Kojima confirmed the news on Twitter by essentially saying he has no interest to sell the company: "Kojipro has been, and will continue to be, an independent production studio."

The rumors were started from a new PlayStation Studios banner that added Death Stranding among the image slices of first-party games.

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CD Projekt spent $19 million on Cyberpunk 2077's expansion in 2021

Derek Strickland | Apr 17, 2022 3:32 AM CDT

CD Projekt RED is far from finished with Cyberpunk 2077 and has devoted considerable development manpower for the game's upcoming expansions.

CD Projekt spent $19 million on Cyberpunk 2077's expansion in 2021

In a recent earnings report, CD Projekt erroneously reported that most of its teams are working on new games including the next Witcher title. The company has now clarified that the bulk of its dev teams are actually still working on Cyberpunk 2077's upcoming expansion, which is due out sometime in 2023.

"Right now, the bulk of our team is working on the Cyberpunk 2077 expansion that is targeted to be released in 2023," CD Projekt Group President and Joint CEO Adam Kicinski said in the FY2021 earnings call.

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Halo Infinite battle royale Tatanka: 100 players, bots, shrinking map

Derek Strickland | Apr 17, 2022 2:42 AM CDT

New details on Halo Infinite's innovative battle royale mode have surfaced, hinting at huge 100-player chaos.

Halo Infinite battle royale Tatanka: 100 players, bots, shrinking map

According to new reports, Halo Infinite's battle royale gametype will be a combination of many existing modes and battle royale mechanics. For example, Infinite's ambitious new mode incorporates elements of multi-team and free-for-all with up to 100 players alongside traditional BR elements like shrinking map zones.

The mode, codenamed "Tatanka", is so big that it could be a separate client or perhaps a whole separate section within the Infinite server, separated from traditional multiplayer.

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