The Japanese giant hopes to develop « large-scale, global games » on « Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform »
Sega has revealed a new « strategic alliance » with Microsoft to develop « large-scale, global games in a next-generation development environment built on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform ». As spotted by VGC, the new partnership forms part of Sega’s mid-to-long-term initiative to develop titles in line with the company’s core pillars – « global », « online », « community », and « IP utilization » – to create what it dubs a « super game » in the next five years. « This proposed alliance represents Sega looking ahead, » Sega said via a statement, « …by working with Microsoft to anticipate such trends as they accelerate further in future, the goal is to optimize development processes and continue to bring high-quality experiences to players using Azure cloud technologies. » « Microsoft and Sega have agreed upon the foundation for this alliance and through mutual cooperation, will look to build further technological evolutions with areas such as the network infrastructure and communication tools required for global online services being a key priority, » the statement continues.
