SEGA's New Sapporo Studio Contributing to AAA Titles Like Crazy Taxi PS5 | Push Square

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SEGA is cooking a new Crazy Taxi game, among several other reboots or revivals. While little information is known about this rebooted arcade driving outing, an interview with its recently established Sapporo studio reveals it’s contributing to the project, which it describes as a AAA title.

“We’re responsible for titles such as Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis and Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage in co-operation with the bases in Tokyo and overseas,” president Takaya Segawa told The Japan Times. “We are also participating in the development of AAA titles, including Crazy Taxi. At present, we don’t have any titles developed independently by the studio, but we intend to do so in the future.”

The article goes on to delve into the culture of the Sapporo office, which was founded during the pandemic. Effectively, it’s delivering a fulfilling work experience for staff outside of the rigours and expenses associated with Tokyo; commutes are quicker and costs are lower, for example. You can read more through the link.

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I really hope that SEGA realise that The Offspring was part of the magic and bring back their music.

Really looking forward to this. I still play Crazy Taxi quite regularly. The gameplay loop hooks me every time.

If no Offspring and Bad Religion, I can't do it. Those songs were integral to the original experience.

Infinite wealth keeps that crazy taxi spirit alive with the food delivery mini game. The NPC running it even looks like the main crazy taxi driver.

I'm really looking forward to Crazy Taxi, it was amongst the very best arcade and Dreamcast games which I still regularly play and as @tameshiyaku says, the Crazy Eats mini game in Infinite Wealth keeps the spirit alive.

I hope SEGA can pull off a great reboot of this franchise as I have fond memories of the original game.

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