Sega CS3 (2008-2015)

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Sega CS3 (2008-2015) 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

PlayStation 2

• Sega Ages 2500 (2008) (with M2)
• NiGHTS into Dreams... (2008) (with Sega Studios China)
• Thunder Force VI (2008) (with Gulti)

Nintendo DS

• Bleach: The 3rd Phantom (2008)
• Blazer Drive (2008)
• Phantasy Star Zero (2008)
• PictoImage (2008) (with Skonec)
• Sands of Destruction (2008) (with Imageepoch)
• 7th Dragon (2009) (with Imageepoch)
• Bleach DS 4th: Flame Bringer (2009) (with Dimps)
• Infinite Space (2010) (with Platinum Games)
• Shining Force Feather (2009) (with Flight-Plan)

PlayStation Portable

• Phantasy Star Portable (2008) (with Alfa System)
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA (2009) (with Dingo)
• Phantasy Star Portable 2 (2009) (with Alfa System)
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA 2nd (2010) (with Dingo)
• K-On! Houkago Live!! (2010)
• Shining Hearts (2010) (with Studio Saizensen)
• Valkyria Chronicles II (2010)
• 7th Dragon 2020 (2011) (with Imageepoch)
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Extend (2011) (with Dingo)
• Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity (2011) (with Alfa System)
• Valkyria Chronicles III (2011) (with Media.Vision)
• Shining Blade (2012) (with Media.Vision)
• 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)
• Rise of Nightmares (2011)
• 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)
• K-On! Houkago Live!! (2012)
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F (2013)
• Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax (2014) (with Ecole Software)
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd (2014)
• 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)
• Hero Bank (2014)
• Hero Bank 2 (2014)
• 7th Dragon III Code: VFD (2015)
• 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)
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd (2014)
• Valkyria Revolution (2017) (with Media.Vision)
• Toaru Majutsu no Dennou Senki Virtual-On (2018) (with Access Games)

Xbox One

• Tembo the Badass Elephant (2015) (with Game Freak)
• Valkyria Revolution (2017) (with Media.Vision)

PlayStation 4

• Blade Arcus from Shining EX (2015) (with Studio Saizensen)
• Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition (2015) (with Ecole Software)
• Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live (2016)
• Valkyria Chronicles Remastered (2016) (with Media.Vision)
• Valkyria Revolution (2017) (with Media.Vision)
• Toaru Majutsu no Dennou Senki Virtual-On (2018) (with Access Games)

References

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