The departure of Sega of America COO Simon Jeffery
The departure of Sega of America COO Simon Jeffery
President and COO of Sega of America Simon Jeffery has left the house of Sonic, hitching his executive wagon to iPhone developer and publisher ngmoco—you know, the one former Electronic Arts exec Neil Young co-founded in 2008.
God Hand 2? Viewtiful Joe 3? Not coming, at least not from the Platinum Games, formerly Clover, guys. But that doesn't mean we wont' be seeing echoes of those games in their fancy, new Sega published games.
We explained it in detail, why Aliens didn't make E3. But it's so much more soothing hearing the news come in the Anglified voice of SEGA of America's head honcho Simon Jeffery.
When we talked to SEGA of America president Simon Jeffery at E3 last week, he showered us with knowledge and know-how. He also threw in a quick mention of a game we hadn't heard anything about — officially, that is — Resident Evil 5 for the Wii. To say that we were surprised to hear it mentioned would be an…
Among the revelations: Sega starting courting the former Clover folks as soon as there the problems with Capcom became public and Mad World was created mostly behind closed doors on Sega's faith.