Sega CS3 (2008-current)

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Sega CS3 (2008-current) Division of Sega of Japan
Founded: 2008-05-01
Defunct: circa 2018
Merged into: Online R&D
Headquarters: Japan

Sega CS3 is the continuation of GE2 and GE3. It handles a large amount of the output of Sega on consumer platforms, frequently collaborating on co-producing and co-developing with external developers in Japan. Over time, CS1 had the Yakuza franchise, CS2 had the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, with each respective franchise getting large dedicated production teams. Therefore, CS3 gets alot of the "rest" of the games that Sega produces, including archive and retro re-releases, like 3D Classics.

Free-to-Play and mobile games branched out to Online R&D.

Sega CS3 was dissolved sometime 2018 and absorbed into CS1 and CS2.

Members

• Akira Nishino (Head of Studio)
• Hirotaka Kanezawa
• Juro Watari
• Kagasei Shimomura
• Kazuhiro Matsuta
• Makoto Suzuki
• Masayuki Kawabata
• Rieko Kodama
• Ryutaro Nonaka
• Takaharu Tereda
• Takeshi Ozawa
• Tetsuo Shinyu
• Tsuyoshi Sewada
• Yoshiaki Endo
• Yosuke Okunari
• Youichi Shimosato

Former Members

• Akio Setsumasa
• Takao Miyoshi
• Tetsu Okano
• Satoshi Sakai
• Seiji Hayashi
• Shinji Motoyama
• Shuntaro Tanaka

Softography

RingEdge 2

• Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax (2014)
• Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition (2015)

PlayStation 2

• Thunder Force VI (2008)

Xbox 360

• Rise of Nightmares (2011)

PlayStation 3

• K-On! Houkago Live!! (2012)
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F (2013)
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd (2014)
• Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax (2014)
• Blade Arcus from Shining EX (2015)
• Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition (2015)

PlayStation 4

• Blade Arcus from Shining EX (2015)
• Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition (2015)
• Valkyria Chronicles (2016)
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X (2016)
• Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live (2016)
• Valkyria Revolution (2017)
• Dennou Senki Virtual-On x Toaru Majutsu no Index: Toaru Majutsu no Virtual-On (2017)
• Valkyria Chronicles 4 (2018)

Xbox One

• Valkyria Revolution (2017)
• Valkyria Chronicles 4 (2018)

Nintendo Switch

• Valkyria Chronicles 4 (2018)

Nintendo DS

• PictoImage (2007)
• Blazer Drive (2008)
• Phantasy Star 0 (2008)
• Bleach DS 4th: Flame Bringer (2009)

PlayStation Portable

• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA (2009)
• Phantasy Star Portable 2 (2009)
• Valkyria Chronicles II (2009)
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA 2nd (2010)
• K-On! Houkago Live!! (2010)
• Shining Hearts (2010)
• Senjou no Valkyria 3 (2011)
• Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity (2011)
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Extend (2011)
• Shining Blade (2012)

Nintendo 3DS

• Hero Bank (2014)
• Hero Bank 2 (2014)
• 7th Dragon III Code: VFD (2015)

PlayStation Vita

• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd (2014)
• Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax (2014)
• Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition (2015)
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X (2016)
• Valkyria Revolution (2017)
• Dennou Senki Virtual-On x Toaru Majutsu no Index: Toaru Majutsu no Virtual-On (2017)

Steam

• Valkyria Chronicles 4 (2018)

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PlayStation 2

• Sega Ages 2500 (2008) (with M2)
• NiGHTS into Dreams... (2008) (with Sega Studios China)

Nintendo DS

• Bleach: The 3rd Phantom (2008)
• Phantasy Star Zero (2008)
• PictoImage (2008) (with Skonec)
• Sands of Destruction (2008) (with Imageepoch)
• 7th Dragon (2009) (with Imageepoch)
• Infinite Space (2010) (with Platinum Games)
• Shining Force Feather (2009) (with Flight-Plan)

PlayStation Portable

• Phantasy Star Portable (2008) (with Alfa System)
• 7th Dragon 2020 (2011) (with Imageepoch)
• 7th Dragon 2020-II (2013) (with Imageepoch)
• Shining Ark (2013) (with Media.Vision)

Xbox 360

• Bayonetta (2009) (with Platinum Games)
• Dreamcast Collection (2010) (with Sega Studios China)
• Vanquish (2010) (with Platinum Games)

Xbox Live Arcade

• Dreamcast Collection (2010) (with Sega Studios China)
• Guardian Heroes (2011) (with Treasure)
• Sega Ages Online (2012) (with M2)
• Sega Heritage (2012) (with Sega Studios China)

Wii

• Bleach: Versus Crusade (2008) (with Treasure)
• Let's Tap (2008) (with Prope)
• Madworld (2009) (with Platinum Games)

WiiWare

• Chindouchuu! Pole no Daibouken (2009)

PlayStation 3

• Bayonetta (2009) (with Platinum Games)
• Resonance of Fate (2010) (with tri-Ace)
• Vanquish (2010) (with Platinum Games)
• Shining Resonance (2014) (with Media.Vision)

PlayStation Network

• Dreamcast Collection (2010) (with Sega Studios China)
• Sega Ages Online (2012) (with M2)
• Sega Heritage (2012) (with Sega Studios China)

Nintendo 3DS

• 3D Classics (2013-2015) (with M2)
• Sega 3D Fukkoku Archives (2014) (with M2)
• Sega 3D Fukkoku Archives 2 (2015) (with M2)
• Sega 3D Fukkoku Archives 3: Final Stage (2016) (with M2)

PlayStation Vita

• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F (2013) (with Sega AM2)
• Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax (2014) (with Ecole Software)
• Phantasy Star Nova (2014) (with tri-Ace)

Xbox One

• Tembo the Badass Elephant (2015) (with Game Freak)

List of staff

• Daisuke Fujimoto
• Yuji Horikawa
• Hideo Ikeuchi
• Takeshi Isozaki
• Hirotaka Kanazawa
• Eigo Kasahara
• Mikio Kume
• Nobuo Nakagawa
• Akira Nishino
• Joe Okabe
• Yosuke Okunari
• Miho Takayanagi
• Shuntaro Tanaka
• Kouichi Toya
• Ryuta Ueda

References

https://www13.atwiki.jp/game_staff/pages/603.html#id_3d7108ad