Longtime video game developer and entertainment juggernaut SEGA of America recently opened a new office for its North American headquarters in Irvine.

The new space, a 31,700 square foot office located in Innovation Office Park, will be home to approximately 230 employees. Additionally employees of Atlus, a subsidiary of Sega, will also be working at the Innovation Office Park space.

Officially opened on December 7, Shuji Utsumi, Co-COO of Sega Corporation and CEO of Sega of America, said the move into Irvine defines a new chapter for the video game pioneer.

“The opening of the new Sega of America headquarters in Irvine represents a new era for one of the gaming world’s most esteemed brands,” Utsumi said. “We’re so proud to introduce this amazing new space for collaboration and creativity for the Sega of America family. Since the company’s founding in 1960, Sega has harbored the spirit of quality, fun and ingenuity in all our works. This new space helps to foster a genial and team-oriented culture to reinforce that purpose and create new stories and worlds that will entertain gamers for generations.”

The Irvine space will function as a creative space for ideation and collaboration between Sega and Atlus’ publishing departments, according to a statement provided by Sega. Atlus is the publisher of the well-known role playing “Persona” series, also known as “Shin Megami” outside of Japan.

Looking ahead to 2023, Sega insiders are looking forward to publishing “Persona 4 Golden,” which will include German, French and Spanish subtitles for the first time. Persona series fans will also be able to access “Persona 3 Portable” which will be available on Steam, PlayStation P2P and Nintendo Switch.

Founded in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1960, Sega has grown into an internationally acclaimed video game publisher with dozens of iconic titles including “Sonic the Hedgehog,” “Crazy Taxi” and “NBA Jam.” The company also helped pioneer mobile console gaming with the Sega Game Gear and Sega Nomad consoles.

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