{"id":41933,"date":"2024-12-23T17:11:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T08:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=41933"},"modified":"2024-12-23T17:11:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T08:11:15","slug":"rgg-studios-director-says-the-good-thing-about-sega-is-that-they-go-beyond-safe-game-projects-accepting-the-possibility-of-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/rgg-studios-director-says-the-good-thing-about-sega-is-that-they-go-beyond-safe-game-projects-accepting-the-possibility-of-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"RGG Studio\u2019s director says the good thing about Sega is that they go beyond \u201csafe\u201d game projects, accepting the possibility of failure\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite having<strong> Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii<\/strong> and <strong>Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O<\/strong> lined up for the beginning of 2025, Sega\u2019s RGG Studio announced at TGS 2024 that it has two other big projects in the works.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First off, RGG Studio will be delivering the first full Virtua Fighter game in over ten years. In addition, the developer announced the mysterious Project Century, which is set in 1915 Japan and appears to be a new IP with no confirmed connections to the Like a Dragon series (although fans are <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/rgg-studio-teases-new-project-century-fueling-speculation-that-we-may-be-getting-a-like-a-dragon-origin-story-involving-snoop-dogg-in-some-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">coming up with various theories<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New VIRTUA FIGHTER Project | World Premiere Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pmeGL2JP9N0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Project Century World Premiere Trailer from The Game Awards 2024\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-hihuPFku9I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Given how closely RGG Studio is associated with the Like a Dragon universe, these two announcements come as a big surprise. In a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/article\/202412\/28210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Famitsu<\/a>, RGG Studio\u2019s director Masayoshi Yokoyama talked about why they were able to take on these ambitious new challenges.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUp until now, RGG Studio has released games that go beyond everyone\u2019s expectations but are within the framework of the [Yakuza] series \u2013 such as switching to the RPG genre and the like. However, from now on, we will be entering fields that ignore that existing framework,\u201d Yokoyama explained.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne such example is the brand-new Virtua Fighter title we\u2019re making from scratch, and another is Project Century. I feel very excited about these new challenges, but I also feel some anxiety about them.\u201d RGG Studio\u2019s leader goes on to suggest that the studio is benefiting from Sega\u2019s accepting policy towards risk-taking. \u201cI think a good aspect of Sega is that it accepts the possibility of failure. It doesn\u2019t just keep pursuing the kind of projects it knows are a safe bet.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1086\" height=\"607\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1086px) 100vw, 1086px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241223-41933.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241223-41933.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241223-41933-380x212.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241223-41933-768x429.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jokingly, Yokoyama says that this mindset is what led to \u201csomething like Shenmue\u201d being created in the Dreamcast era. \u201cYou could say that is Sega\u2019s DNA. I mean, they weren\u2019t satisfied with simply continuing to make the usual Virtua Fighter games, and decided to turn it into an RPG, resulting in Shenmue.\u201d According to Yokoyama, RGG Studio is now doing something similar to Shenmue, although only in spirit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Yokoyama seems grateful that \u201cSega\u2019s DNA\u201d allows for experimentation, he also adds, \u201cI think RGG Studio is the only developer at Sega right now that can take on such challenges.&#8221; He hopes fans will look forward to the bold new projects they\u2019re undertaking.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director of Like a Dragon series developer RGG Studio talks about Sega&#8217;s accepting policy towards risks and new challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":41390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-41933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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