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Publisher Sega has promoted Naoya Tsurumi to the head of its consumer business for Europe, Japan and America. The firm has also confirmed that Sega Europe boss Mike Hayes will take the newly created role of president and COO of both Sega America and Sega Europe, as revealed by MCV …

Mike Hayes is to add USA responsibilities to his existing Euro role at Sega, becoming overall head of what is effectively ‘Sega West’. An official announcement is expected to eventually follow this morning’s news that erstwhile Sega of America president Simon Jeffery has switched to Ngmoco. Hayes is COO (chief …

President of Sega Europe expands role to North America following Simon Jefferyâ??s departure

In a move that will further bolster its already blossoming industry credentials, leading iPhones games developer Ngmoco has moved to capture Sega of America’s president and CEO Simon Jeffery. He will take charge of a brand new dedicated publishing arm at the developer dubbed Plus+ Publishing, the aim of which …

Simon Jeffery joins the iPhone developer to head up its new Plus+ Publishing group

Sega is confident that its ‘strongest line-up of all time’ can help it pinch market share from its main rivals.In an exclusive interview, the firm told MCV that it was determined to challenge the dominance of Ubisoft, Activision and EA on Xbox 360 and PS3 with its new range, which …

Having struck up a very profitable Olympic-based partnership last year, Sega has turned on old rival Mario to take him on at his own game with the announcement of Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing. The game, which is in development for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii takes place in …

In contrast to his normal high-contrast PR coverage, Sega’s speedy mascot Sonic the Hedgehog has surprisingly kept below the radar and sprung a surprise by making a sudden appearance on the Apple App Store. The game is seemingly a more-or-less straight conversion of the 1991 original Mega Drive offering and …

Sega has announced gameplay details for its highly anticipated Aliens vs. Predator game, which is scheduled for release in early 2010. The game lets players take control of either an Alien, Predator or Marine, with distinct campaigns that interweave with each other. Gamers can then take any of the races …

Sega Sammy Holdings Inc has reported that its annual fiscal results are in the red for the second year in the row – but that losses halved from the previous period. The company said in an earnings statement for the year ended March 31 that it had suffered a net …