Sega announced on September 28 that it has signed a sub-publishing agreement with Warner Brothers Home Entertainment for new package titles for the Japanese market. Under this agreement, Sega will be responsible for the manufacture and sale of home video game titles to be released by WB Games, Warner’s game division.
According to the announcement, the first title scheduled to be released within 2021 is “Left 4 Dead』Series development team deals with”Back 4 BloodAfter that, we will continue to utilize SEGA’s sales network and distribution network to dealers to promote the domestic expansion of WB Games titles in addition to SEGA Group titles such as Atlas.
WB Games has so farBatmanSeries and “LEGO“series,”Mortal KombatIt is also known that it has published the series etc., but in 2022, Rocksteady Studios’ action ADV “Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League(Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League), a new open world action RPG in the “Batman” universe.Gotham Knights](Gotham Knights) and other releases are planned. Furthermore, an open world action RPG set in the world that first appeared in the novel “Harry Potter” “Hogwarts Legacy(Hogwarts Legacy) has also been announced, and attention has been focused on its development in Japan.
In this agreement, SEGA said, “With this initiative, we will play a part in developing high-quality titles of WB Games for the domestic market. SEGA will continue to deliver various contents including its own IP to more people around the world. We will do our best to do so. “
The first title of the initiative, “Back 4 Blood,” will be released on October 12 for Windows (Steam, Epic Games Store) / PS5 / PS4 / Xbox Series X | S / Xbox One.
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