New Entertainment R&D Dept.

New Entertainment R&D Dept. Division of Sega of Japan
Founded: 2005-04-01
Defunct: 2008-05-01
Merged into: Sega CS1

New Entertainment R&D Dept. was a development division within Sega formed after a restructuring of Sega (and Sammy) in 2005. The division was effectively a continuation of Amusement Vision, with the Amusement Vision moniker dropped. Non sports staff of the former Smilebit studio also ended up at the studio, with sports game developers going to Sports Design R&D Dept..

As the name suggests, New Entertainment was responsible for developing brand new products for Sega, specifically those aimed at the consumer (home) market. By far its biggest success in this regard was the release of Yakuza, which went on to spawn an entire franchise. It also continued the Super Monkey Ball line of games.

In 2008 it continued as Sega CS1.

Current Members

• Daisuke Sato
• Hisashi Endo
• Hiroyuki Sakamoto
• Jun Tokuhara
• Jun Onihara
• Kazuhisa Hasuoka
• Kazuki Hosokawa
• Masayoshi Kikuchi
• Masayoshi Yokoyama
• Naohiro Warama‎
• Ryuta Ueda
• Takeshi Iwade
• Takashi Atsu
• Tetsuya Kaku
• Toshihiro Nagoshi
• Yukinobu Arikawa

Softography

Xbox

• Spikeout: Battle Street (2005)

PlayStation 2

• Yakuza (2005)
• Yakuza 2 (2006)

Nintendo DS

• Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll (2005)

Wii

• Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz (2006)

PlayStation 3

• Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (2008)

References

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