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{{sub-stub}}'''Sega WOW''' was a division within [[Sega]]. It was created in 2004 following a merger between [[WOW Entertainment]] and [[Overworks]] - an attempt to streamline operations due to Sega's challenging economic situation at the time.
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{{sub-stub}}'''Sega WOW''' (株式会社セガワウ) was a subsidiary of [[Sega Corporation (2000-2015)|Sega]]. It was created in October 2003 following a merger between [[WOW Entertainment]] and [[Overworks]]{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20031004093827/http://www.segawow.com/consolidate_e.html}} - an attempt to streamline operations due to Sega's challenging economic situation at the time. Initially it was known as '''WOW Works''', though changed its name before it had a chance to release any games.
  
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Despite having the might of two large teams at Sega, Sega WOW did not produce many titles before the name fell out of use.
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Effectively, the studio was more of a continuation of Overworks rather than WOW, with every game being a consumer title, with the exception of ''[[Dragon Treasure]]'', which was an Overworks title as well, and new title ''[[Kick '4' Cash]]''.
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The company was reintegrated into Sega as '''Sega WOW Div''' (セガワウ Div){{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20091219123904/http://sega.jp/segamoba/about/column.html}} in July 2004. In November the same year, it was split into three teams, [[Sega AM1 (2005-2011)|Sega AM1]] for arcade titles, [[Global Entertainment R&D Dept. 2]] for consumer games and [[Mobile Phone Contents Development Dept.]] for mobile games.
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==Company statistics==
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*'''Capital:''' 140 million yen{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20040603053225/http://www.segawow.com/company.html}}
  
 
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*''[[Nightshade]]'' (2003)
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*''[[Sakura Taisen Monogatari: Mysterious Paris]]'' (2004)
 
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*''[[Altered Beast (2005)|Altered Beast]]'' (2005) (with [[Sega Studios China]])
 
  
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*''[[Dragon Treasure II]]'' (2004)
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*''[[The House of the Dead III]]'' (2005)
  
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*''[[Lilliput Oukoku: Lillimoni to Issho Puni!]]'' (2004)
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*''[[Alien Front (N-Gage)|Alien Front]]'' (unreleased)
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* ''[[Super Real Tennis]]'' (2004)
  
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*''[[The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return]]'' (2008) (with [[Sonic Team]])
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*''[[Alien Front (N-Gage)|Alien Front]]'' (unreleased)
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040602234209/http://www.segawow.com/index.shtml Sega WOW Official websites (Japanese, Internet Archive)]
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Revision as of 07:36, 30 June 2024

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Sega WOW
Founded: 2003-10-01[1]
Defunct: 2004-07-01[2]
Headquarters:
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2003-10-01
2004-07-01

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Sega WOW (株式会社セガワウ) was a subsidiary of Sega. It was created in October 2003 following a merger between WOW Entertainment and Overworks[3] - an attempt to streamline operations due to Sega's challenging economic situation at the time. Initially it was known as WOW Works, though changed its name before it had a chance to release any games.

Effectively, the studio was more of a continuation of Overworks rather than WOW, with every game being a consumer title, with the exception of Dragon Treasure, which was an Overworks title as well, and new title Kick '4' Cash.

The company was reintegrated into Sega as Sega WOW Div (セガワウ Div)[4] in July 2004. In November the same year, it was split into three teams, Sega AM1 for arcade titles, Global Entertainment R&D Dept. 2 for consumer games and Mobile Phone Contents Development Dept. for mobile games.

Company statistics

  • Capital: 140 million yen[5]

Softography

NAOMI

Game Boy Advance

PlayStation 2

N-Gage

i-mode 505i

J-Sky (50KB)

Vodafone Live! (256KB Ver. 2)

EZweb (Java Phase 2/2.5)


PC

Mobile

List of staff

External links

References

  1. ↑ File:IR EN 2003-07-30.pdf, page 3
  2. ↑ File:IR EN 2004-05-18.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.segawow.com/consolidate_e.html (Wayback Machine: 2003-10-04 09:38)
  4. ↑ http://sega.jp/segamoba/about/column.html (Wayback Machine: 2009-12-19 12:39)
  5. ↑ http://www.segawow.com/company.html (Wayback Machine: 2004-06-03 05:32)


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