Sega and Microsoft have announced a strategic partnership to develop games on the American giant’s Azure cloud platform.
According to the Japanese entertainment company Sega, the partnership is part of its long term project to develop “Super Game” titles with big-budget international ambition.
“With the world now more connected than ever following the widespread deployment of 5G and cloud services in recent years, consumers can more easily enjoy high-quality entertainment content at any time,” the Japanese game-maker said in a statement.
“By working with Microsoft to anticipate such trends as they accelerate further in future, the goal is to optimise development processes and continue to bring high-quality experiences to players using Azure cloud technologies.
”There’s every possibility that in coming years, Titles developed by Sega specially for Azure could appear in Xbox Game Pass, a monthly subscription service that gives users access to a large catalog of games via the Xbox console.
Currently, “Yakuza”, a popular Sega game franchise, is available on Game Pass, likewise some other games from Sega. Other outlets for purchase are Sony’s Playstation and Nintendo digital store.
