Summary
At The Game Awards last year,Sega announced plans to revive five of its dormant IPs—Jet Set Radio,Crazy Taxi, Shinobi,Streets of Rage, and Golden Axe. While news about these games has been relatively quiet since, Sega did confirm that Crazy Taxi, at least,would be a massively multiplayer online title.
Over the last few days, however, new job listings have appeared onSega’s Japanese careers board, suggesting that a brand-new “major online title” is in the works, separate from the ones previously announced.
New Mass Multiplayer “Super Game” In Development From Sega
A handful of listings have gone up onSega’ssite, with urgent requirements for alead UI/systems designer,a motion and cut scene producer, and alead game designer for player community/fieldon what is described as a “Super Game” in the advert’s listing.
These listings all share a similar set of specifications. Successful applicants begin work on a “large-scale, open-world, mass multiplayer game,” with one of the roles requiring specific experience in “producing MMO and open-world titles” and “in multiplayer action battle production.” The game aims to be a “global hit, primarily in the North American market.”
The listings read:
We are looking for a lead game designer to be a core member to launch a new major online title (large-scale project, open world, mass multiplayer game).
While some of the terminology matches that used in activeCrazy Taxi job listings, Sega refers to Crazy Taxi by name and calls it a “mass multiplayer driving game.” In contrast, this one is referred to as “a new major online title” and simply a “mass multiplayer game.“Both games, Crazy Taxi and whatever this “Super Game” may be, also haveseparate listings for a UI/systems designer, again indicating they could be separate projects.
With Jet Set Radioalso having its own specified listings, this advert could refer to the Shinobi, Streets of Rage, or Golden Axe games Sega has in the works. However, none of those games are particularly suited to online, mass multiplayer gameplay, so it’s likely a project utilizing one of Sega’s more suitable existing IPs or something brand new.
Crazy Taxi
WHERE TO PLAY
The legendary Crazy Taxi was first launched in arcades in 1999, and soon became one of the Dreamcast’s best-selling titles. Your job, as the stunt-loving driver of the taxi, is to make sure your fares get to their destinations within the time limit.
