2008

2007

Events and Milestones

 * January 17 — Sega announced there will be Theme Park Arcades in Emaar shopping malls in the Middle East.
 * February 26 — Hokuto no Ken becomes the first Sega Master System game released for the Wii's Virtual Console worldwide, as well as marking the first Sega Master System released for Virtual Console in Japan.
 * February 27 — Sammy Europe Ltd. broke away from Sega Sammy Holdings.
 * March 18 — Sega annouced that the Zoah would be the name of the hostile alien race in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood.
 * March 30 — The official Sakura Wars shop on the top floor of Sega's GIGO Amusement Center closes after a decade of service.
 * March 31 — Wonder Boy becomes the first Sega Master System game released for the North American Virtual Console.
 * April 3 — Sega Direct, a Japanese online video game business and final resource for the Dreamcast, shut down.
 * April 8 — Sega announced the closure of Sega Racing Studio, with none of the employees being folded into internal studios.
 * April 11 — Fantasy Zone and Wonder Boy become the first Sega Master System games released for the Australian and European Virtual Console.
 * April 25 — Codemasters bought the former Sega Racing Studio.
 * July 24 — The Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup golf tournament starts at The North Country Golf Club.
 * July 27 — Jeev Milkha Singh wins the 2008 Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup.