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Sega Corporation [a] [b] is a Japanese multinational video game company and subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo.It produces several multi-million-selling game franchises for arcades and consoles, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Angry Birds, Phantasy Star, Puyo Puyo, Super Monkey Ball, Total War, Virtua Fighter, Megami Tensei, Sakura Wars, Persona, and Yakuza.
In 2012, Sega Entertainment was established for Sega's amusement facility business, and in 2015, Sega Interactive was established for the arcade game business. [387] In January 2015, Sega of America announced their relocation from San Francisco to Atlus USA 's headquarters in Irvine, California , which was completed later that year.
After the merger, the Atlus name continued as a brand used by Index Corporation for video game publishing until 2013, when Index filed for bankruptcy. The company's assets were bought by Sega via the subsidiary Sega Dream Corporation, which took the Index Corporation name.
It went bankrupt in June 2013 while still owning Atlus. In September 2013, Sega created the shell corporation Sega Dream Corporation with the sole intent of purchasing the assets of Index Corporation. Sega Dream was renamed Index Corporation in November 2013 and gained possession of Atlus' name and intellectual properties.
GameWorks filed its first bankruptcy in 2004. On November 3, 2005, Sega Sammy Holdings, formed following the 2004 merger of Sega and Sammy, bought the controlling interests of GameWorks. GameWorks filed its second bankruptcy in 2010; as a result, Sega Entertainment USA, the parent company at that time, closed seven GameWorks venues on March 29 ...
Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. [a], also known as the Sega Sammy Group, and doing business as as Sega Sammy, is a Japanese global mass media and entertainment conglomerate formed from the merger of Sega and Sammy in 2004. Both companies are involved in the amusement industry (Sega with arcade and home video games, Sammy with pachinko machines). [3]
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Acquired by THQ in 2004, the company was sold to Sega on January 22, 2013, as part of THQ's bankruptcy and operated under its European division. [1] [2] [3] By May 2024, Relic had secured a partnership with an external investment group, allowing it to split from Sega and operate independently. [4]