Hideki Sato, nicknamed the “father of Sega hardware,” passed away on February 13. Joining Sega in 1971, he worked on the design of all Sega consoles, including the Sega Saturn and Dreamcast. The news ...

Kendall Cunningham is a writer, a podcast host, and a lifelong gamer who has been writing about the industry for nearly 5 years. His work is driven by a love for games that dates back to the NES, with ...

Sega has paid tribute to Hideki Sato, the designer of most Sega home consoles, who died last week. The company said his contributions "had a significant and lasting impact on the entire gaming ...

SEGA has partnered with watchmaker Seiko to release a limited edition chronograph celebrating its 65th anniversary The collaboration model arrives in Silver and Black colorways, featuring the iconic ...

“We knew how to make arcade games, we didn’t really know anything about console development,” Hideki Sato told Famitsu in an oral history of Sega. “They sold so well, we started to get stars in our ...

Sega has written off $200 million of its $776 million acquisition of Angry Birds maker, Rovio, stating the "profitability of [the mobile] business had fallen below the initial forecast" — corporate ...

Former Sega president and console designer Hideki Sato has died. News of his passing was reported over the weekend by Japanese outlet Beep21, and Sega later posted a statement online honoring Sato for ...

Sega has revealed that it is working with Seiko to produce and release new watches in a collaboration to celebrate Sega’s 65th anniversary, which fell in June 2025. The new watches will appear in ...

Maddie Fisher is a writer, journalist and game developer. She was born and raised on the east coast, having started working in games journalism over fifteen years ago. She tends to enjoy musical ...

In the ’80s, Sega was one of the best developers for arcade racers. Out Run is probably the more popular of its offerings, but Hang-On (and its sequel Super Hang-On) are exceptional motorcycle racers ...

Ashley has been writing about video games professionally for over eight years, but her path into gaming journalism wasn't exactly a straight line. She grew up playing games and got a Nintendo 64 when ...

Hideki Sato, who led the design of Sega's beloved consoles from the '80s and '90s, died on Friday, according to the Japanese gaming site Beep21. He was 77. Sato worked with Sega from 1971 until the ...