TGS2020] SEGA/Atlas "SEGA Fan Meet-Up 2020 - With gratitude to all SEGA fans" report. Introducing many events related to SEGA's 60th anniversary! And that "Virtua Fighter" is back in e-sports!

Tokyo Game Show 2020 ONLINE (hereafter referred to as TGS2020) is being held online for the first time ever for four days from September 24 (Thursday) to September 27 (Sunday), 2020. The following is a report on the SEGA/Atlas "SEGA Fan Meet-Up 2020 - With gratitude to all SEGA fans" that was distributed from 20:00 on the second day of the event.

The program was hosted by Nasunakanashi (comedian), Mami Yamashita (voice actress), Ayana Tsubaki (TV personality), and Harunori Satomi, CEO and President of SEGA Group. During TGS2020, Sega/Atlas will be broadcasting its own "Sega Atlas TV" ( YouTube, Nico Nico Douga, Periscope ), and this program was meant to be an opening to introduce the whole program.

Sega Atlas TV program to be broadcast during "TGS2020". The program is quite jam-packed with content.

At the beginning of the program, President Satomi showed a VTR that talked about the history of SEGA's 60th anniversary along with successive game consoles. Sixty years ago, in 1960, when SEGA (then Nippon Amusement Bussan) was founded, the first jukebox in Japan, the SEGA 1000, was developed. Furthermore, in 1966, the company developed the world's first arcade game, "Periscope. From here, the company began full-scale production of game consoles, culminating in the development of the first movable game console, "Hang On," in 1985.

SEGA was also quick to develop home video game consoles, developing the first home video game console, the SG-1000, in 1983, the SEGA Mark III in 1985, the Mega Drive, a popular 16-bit console, in 1988, the Game Gear, a color portable game console, in 1900, and the hit game console, the SEGA Saturn, in 1994. The history of the company, which ushered in the era of home video game consoles, including the hit game console "Sega Saturn" in 1994, and the "Dreamcast" with network functionality in 1998, was discussed. Please refer to the special site ( # ) for more details on this area of the story.

Upper row: "Mega Drive", lower row: "Game Gear", "Sega Saturn", and "Dreamcast

Sega products were also responsible for the arcade boom, including the UFO Catcher and the Print Club 2 (purikura).

After that, the 60th anniversary commemorative project, the introduction of a commercial featuring the image character "Sega Shiro," the introduction of the "SEGA I Common Test" to be held in January 2021, and the "SEGA 60th ANNIVERSARY LIVE," a no-show live concert to be held on December 18, 2020, are being planned. The 60th anniversary commemorative events, including the "SEGA 60th ANNIVERSARY LIVE" to be held on December 18, 2020, will be announced one after another.

A commercial featuring the image character "Sega Shiro," featuring some of the old favorites, will be released in January 2021!

In January 2021, the "SEGA I Common Test" will be held, in which participants will be tested on their knowledge of SEGA!

In terms of game titles, "NEW GENESIS," a completely new version of the popular MMORPG "PSO2," will be released in 2021, and "Puyo Puyo Tetris 2," also completely new, will be released on December 10, 2020. President Satomi also introduced "Project Sekai Colorful Stage feat. Hatsune Miku," a rhythm game for smartphones, and commented that it would be released in a few days. In addition, he also introduced a new Atlus title, "Shin Megami Tensei III NOCTURNE," which will be released on October 29.

New Genesis", a completely new version of "PSO2", is scheduled for release in 2021.

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (December 10, 2020); Project Sekai Colorful Stage feat. Hatsune Miku (coming soon); Shin Megami Tensei III NOCTURNE (October 29, 2020)

President Satomi also announced that Sega has decided to partner with Paradox Interactive of Sweden as a new partner in its ongoing cooperation with Western game makers as sales partners in the Asian region. As the first title of the partnership, the crime strategy game "Empire of Sin" will be released for PS4/SWITCH in the spring of 2021.

As the program was drawing to a close, President Satomi brought some big news! As part of Sega's 60th anniversary project, "Virtua Fighter," the 3D fighting game that captivated the world, will be revived. It has been announced that the game will be revived as "Virtua Fighter x eSports. Details will be revealed in the future, but with e-sports on the rise, the revival of Virtua Fighter, which still has many fans, is sure to be eagerly awaited news for many game fans.

This is no way ・・・・・・ "Virtua"!　A moment that brought the comment section together!

Teaser movie of "Virtua Fighter x esports project