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SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (March 23, 2005) - SEGA of America, Inc. and SEGA, Europe Ltd. today announced an agreement to acquire and publish next-generation game content from Silicon Knights, the Ontario, Canada-based development team responsible for such hits as Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, and Eternal Darkness. The partnership brings SEGA more Western-developed content in preparation for high-growth opportunities presented by next-generation hardware platforms.
Under the terms of the worldwide exclusive deal, SEGA and Silicon Knights will collaborate on creating a new franchise for next generation console systems. This agreement, along with recent partnerships with publisher, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (project: The Matrix Online); developer, Monolith Productions (project: Condemned); and the acquisition of esteemed developer, The Creative Assembly (project: Spartan: Total Warrior) continues to highlight SEGA´s emphasis on the Western market.
"We intend to establish SEGA as a leading publisher on the next generation of game hardware and only the highest possible quality of Western-developed content will get us there," said Simon Jeffery, President and COO, SEGA of America. "Silicon Knights has a rich history of developing great games that push hardware technology, so we expect this relationship will result in a powerful, new, and highly commercial franchise."
"Silicon Knights believes that the next generation systems will be the catalyst propelling video games as the dominant form of entertainment in this century," said Denis Dyack, President of Silicon Knights. "We are very excited to collaborate with SEGA on a next generation project because we share a vision - to take the medium of games to new heights and move people as never before."
SEGA will manage all marketing and distribution activities and work in hand with Silicon Knights to supervise ongoing game development. Both companies have decided not to release product, platform, or release details at this time.
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SEGA's push for a strong position in the next generation continues.
SEGA has announced an agreement "to acquire and publish next-generation game content" from Silicon Knights - perhaps putting to bed persistent rumours surrounding the Canadian developer's future work.
The companies will collaborate on a new franchise for next-generation consoles, they said this afternoon, although details have not been discussed. "Next-generation consoles" could include any of Xbox 2, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Revolution.
"The partnership brings SEGA more Western-developed content in preparation for high-growth opportunities presented by next-generation hardware platforms," SEGA said in a statement.
It's certainly another example of SEGA's increased emphasis on the Western market - after partnerships with Warner Bros. on Matrix Online, which launched in the States this week, and the recent acquisition of Total War developer The Creative Assembly.
"We intend to establish SEGA as a leading publisher on the next generation of game hardware and only the highest possible quality of Western-developed content will get us there," said Simon Jeffery, President and COO, SEGA of America.
"Silicon Knights has a rich history of developing great games that push hardware technology, so we expect this relationship will result in a powerful, new, and highly commercial franchise," he added.
Silicon Knights is a developer of undeniable pedigree, whose recent GameCube projects have been massively popular with critics and fans. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem is widely regarded as one of the most progressive and inventive "survival horror" titles of our time, while Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes - a remake of the PlayStation classic Metal Gear Solid - is a benchmark for remakes and considered by many fans of the series to be the definitive version of the work.
SEGA will be hoping for similar things from Silicon Knights, which has been linked to various possible projects on various platforms over past months, when it comes to the next-generation of console hardware.
The publisher is taking a very active interest in the next-generation of formats, and recently announced that it would publish Monolith Productions' Condemned, with an Xbox 2 version expected first.
