Namco & Sega News

[Ana M Rodriguez]

Here's the news:

03/26 1657 JAPANESE FIRM NAMCO TO DEVELOP COMPUTERS GAMES ...

TOKYO (MARCH 26) UPI - Namco Ltd., a Japanese leading game maker, will
jointly develop state-of-the-art computer games with Evans and Sutherland
Computer Corp., a U.S. firm specializing in computer simulation systems, a
Namco official said Friday.
Evans and Sutherland, a Utah-based company, has supplied more than 600
flight simulation systems to the U.S. military, the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, defense industry and private airlines, the official
said.
Namco plans to develop new computer games featuring three-demensional
computer graphics by the U.S. maker, the official said.
Sega Enterprises Ltd., Japan's No. 2 game maker and Namco's rival,
announced last August a joint effort for new high-tech games with the General
Electric Co. of the United States.
Industry analysts said Japanese game makers are likely to expand their
tie-ups with U.S. high-tech firms which have been hit by the country's defense
budget cut.

03/24 1729 SEGA ENTERPRISES TO PROVIDE SPECIAL BONUSES TO EMPLOYEES

TOKYO (MARCH 24) UPI - Sega Enterprises Co., Japan's No. 2 computer game
maker, will give employees special spring bonuses due to good business
performance, a company official said Wednesday.
The company will provide 350,000 yen ($3,017), or 1.5 months salary on
average to its 28,000 employees during the month, the official said.
It has also decided to give a 5.6 percent wage increase for the new
business year starting April, she added.
Despite the lingering recession, Sega's computer games, including its
popular 16-megabit games, have achieved good sales in Japan and abroad,
especially in Europe.
The company is expected to post sales of 341 billion yen (dlrs 2.94
million), up 59 percent from a year earlier, and current profit of 55 billion
yen (dlrs 474 million), up 64 percent, for the business year ending March 31.

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