SEGA ON XBOX
May 16, 2001

Microsoft today announced that Sega is creating Xbox versions of its Sega Sports 2K2 franchise, as well as Crazy Taxi Next (tentative title) and House of the Dead 3. Microsoft also announced that Sega plans to develop titles in its Sega Sports 2K3 franchise for the Xbox broadband online game service, which will launch summer of 2002.

"Sega games will be awesome on Xbox this fall, and once the Xbox broadband online gaming service turns on in 2002, our 2K3 sports lineup will deliver some of the most powerful gaming experiences ever," said Peter Moore, president and COO at Sega of America. "Xbox gives our developers a great deal of flexibility to develop games and gameplay that has never been played before."

"Gamers should be really excited about what Sega's talented game artists are creating on Xbox, now and in the future," said J Allard, general manager of the Xbox platform at Microsoft. "Sega's creative artists are imagining scenarios for the Xbox online service that will set new standards for what gamers should expect in video games."

The current list of Sega games to be shipped for Xbox in 2001 includes the following:

• Crazy Taxi Next
• House of the Dead 3
• Jet Set Radio Future (tentative title)
• NBA 2K2
• NFL 2K2
• Panzer Dragoon (tentative title)
• Sega GT 2002

Sega Sports games that will ship in 2002 and take advantage of the Xbox broadband online gaming service include:

• NBA 2K3
• NCAA College Football 2K3
• NFL 2K3
• World Series Baseball 2K3