SEGA announced today that they’ve established their SEGA Sapporo Studio based in Hokkaido, Japan! The studio began operations as SEGA’s second development base in December 2021 with Takaya Segawa serving as president. Segawa joined SEGA in 1992 and went on to develop games such as Phantasy Star Online 2. In 2021, Segawa would become Senior Executive Officer at SEGA.
With the currently expanding game market, SEGA Sapporo Studio will be developing and debugging games with important IPs. SEGA will be able to produce higher quality titles with an expanded roster of developers at this new studio. Additionally, the official recruitment website is now live. Several positions are now open at the studio as SEGA looks to hire:
- 3D modelers
- Game designers
- Server and client programmers
- Debuggers and much more
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