250 - Publisher of the Year, Q3 Financial Results, and Shinobi's Return (News Roundup March 2025)

The SEGA Lounge

Our first news roundup of the season includes the latest happening in the world of SEGA of the last three months. We discuss Metacritic's announcement of its Publisher of the Year 2024, SEGA Sammy's Q3 Earnings Report, the new SEGA Account, and the latest game releases. We also cover game announcements, like Shinobi: Art of Vengeance.

• SEGA is Metacritic's Publisher of the Year: https://www.metacritic.com/pictures/2025-game-publisher-rankings/29/
• SEGA SAMMY Financial Results for Q3: https://www.segasammy.co.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/pdf/en/ir/20250226_q3_major_QA_e.pdf
• SEGA Account: https://sega-account.com/
• Sonic 4 Coming March 2027: https://variety.com/2025/film/news/sonic-4-release-date-march-2027-1236280697/
• Sonic Canon Timeline: https://sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/character/worldstory/index.html#eraTitle-1
• Crazy Taxi Merch on Limited Run Games: https://limitedrungames.com/collections/all-merch/products/crazy-taxi-commemorative-case-trading-card-bundle
• SEGAbits Celebrates 15 Years: https://segabits.com/blog/2025/02/04/segabits-celebrates-15-years-the-number-one-sega-fan-site-continues-on/
• Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble Crewmate DLC: https://youtu.be/B2km0thHWDk?si=2AUuOy_fDUPrF_97
• Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble Pac-Man DLC: https://youtu.be/GgfjQxMQAOY?si=cO62Q42G-MSDngST
• Dave the Diver Ichiban DLC Coming April 10th: https://segabits.com/blog/2025/03/22/dave-the-diver-ichibans-holiday-dlc-coming-out-april-10th-2025-only-available-for-purchase-for-six-months/
• The House of the Dead 2 Remake Coming Spring 2025: https://segabits.com/blog/2025/01/10/the-house-of-the-dead-2-remake-launches-spring-2025/
• Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Coming August 2025: https://www.sega.com/shinobi/shinobi-art-of-vengeance
• Yu Suzuki's Latest Game, Steel Paws, Is Out: https://youtu.be/dJFlk_vmRYk?feature=shared
• City of Wars Powered by Ryu Ga Gotoku: https://www.gamerbraves.com/like-a-dragon-city-of-wars-mobile-game-launches-today-in-east-asia/
• Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of Soulless Army Announced: https://youtu.be/H9Xyh3SciAM?si=uAaCLhran5Fyahfj

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