United Game Artists

United Game Artists
Founded: 1998 Defunct: 2003

United Game Artists was a computer and video game developer established in 1998 as part of Sega. It stood as the ninth internal research and development studio within the company, and was made up of employees who formerly worked at Sega AM6. In 2000, Tetsuya Mizuguchi (then head of Hitmaker) was brought in to manage the division.

United Game Artists' existence was short-lived when compared to other "AM teams" - it was the first to be reformed in 2003 when it was merged with Sonic Team after only three Sega Dreamcast games were released. Other teams within Sega would be reorganised the following year.

Softography

• Space Channel 5 (1999) (Dreamcast)
• Space Channel 5: Part 2 (2000) (Dreamcast)
• Rez (2001) (PlayStation 2, Dreamcast)
• Space Channel 5: Special Edition (2003) (PlayStation 2)
• Space Channel 5: Part 2: Special Edition (2003) (PlayStation 2)

Sega Development Studios
1990 - 1998-ish
Sega AM1 | Sega AM2 | Sega AM3 | Sega AM4 | Sega AM5 | Sega AM6 | Sega AM7 | Sonic Team
1998-ish - 2004-ish
WOW Entertainment | Sega AM2 | Hitmaker | Amusement Vision | Sega Rosso | Smilebit | Overworks | Sonic Team | United Game Artists
2004 onwards(?)
Sega WOW | Sega AM2 | Sonic Team | Sega Sports Design