Apple has opened negotiations in recent weeks with major news and publishing organizations, seeking permission to use their material in the company's development of generative artificial intelligence systems, the New York Times reported on Friday.
12.12.2023 - 00:35 / eurogamer.net / Shuji Utsumi / Ios
The original creators of Jet Set Radio are involved with the series' new games announced last week.
In Sega Sammy's most recent financial report, the company revealed plans to revive many of its legacy franchises — which were described by chief operating officer Shuji Utsumi as «a kind of Treasure Island». Publisher Sega then confirmed a flurry of projects planned for various retro series — including Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, and Streets of Rage — during The Game Awards.
Speaking to The Washington Post, Sega's chief operating officer Shuji Utsumi said the original's concept was «advanced» but audiences were more open-minded now — and that now was a «good time where people can appreciate all kinds of concepts».
Utsumi also said the company wants to «show edginess and a rebellious mindset» in bringing back its older series, in a similar way to how Sega's Dreamcast was seen as the «alternative» option to its competitor PlayStation 1.
In Sega's reveal during The Game Awards, the company teased it intends to revive «more» series, but gave no clues as to what else we might see brought back. Utsumi didn't rule out Virtua Fighter when asked by The Washington Post, and said the company is «evaluating [the series] right now».
«Virtua Fighter doesn't use so many tricks, special moves like in Street Fighter, it's very realistic,» he said, and making the game «more dramatic» is something Sega is working on.
Apple has opened negotiations in recent weeks with major news and publishing organizations, seeking permission to use their material in the company's development of generative artificial intelligence systems, the New York Times reported on Friday.
Sega has detailed more of its plans to revive a swathe of classic game franchises, including Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, Shinobi and Steets of Rage.
At The Game Awards earlier this month, Sega announced reboots of five of its classic franchises, and a reboot of Jet Set Radio, which had been previously leaked, was probably the one that got the most people out of their seats. Following that, the company has revealed some more brief, new details on the game in a presentation shared at a management meeting.
Along with announcing 13 million players for Starfield to date, Bethesda Game Studios revealed its post-launch plans for the title heading into 2024. It already confirmed “all-new ways” to travel and city maps, and starting in February, it will target updates roughly every six weeks. They will add new features and content with quality-of-life improvements.
The reboot of noughties gem Jet Set Radio teased with ruthless efficiency during The Game Awards has had a smidge of new information revealed. For being such a small detail, though, it’s a very intriguing - if perhaps a tad predictable - one indeed.
SEGA shared new information and artwork of its recently announced legacy franchise revivals Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, and Streets of Rage during its Management Meeting 2023 presentation on December 12. The new information appears to suggest Jet Set Radio will be set in an open-world Tokyo, and the Streets of Rage game is titled Streets of Rage: Revolution.
Sega has provided some new details about its recently announced reboots of five classic series.
SEGA says it hopes to display an “edginess and rebellious mindset” when it revives five classic franchises in the near-future. The legendary Japanese publisher confirmed at The Game Awards that it’s working on new versions of Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, Shinobi, and Streets of Rage – an effort enabled by the ongoing success and growth of the Yakuza, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Persona franchises.
Baldur's Gate 3 will not be coming to Game Pass, even now the game is available on Xbox.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 fans itching to return to New York for some New Game Plus action will need to wait just a little while longer; developer Insomniac Games has announced it's delaying the previously promised mode — alongside a number of other features — into «early» 2024 for some additional testing ahead of release.
During The Game Awards 2023, Sega announced its plans to revive quite a few of its classic franchises, including Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio. In the press release announcing the revivals, Sega has revealed that the company has felt emboldened to bring back its legacy franchises thanks to the recent successes it has seen with Sonic the Hedgehog.
The next two years are looking very good indeed for the game industry – at least if the trailers at The Game Awards are anything to go on. Amongst one of the upcoming highlights for early next year is Bellwright, a survival, town-building RPG that looks absolutely fantastic every time we see more.