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SEGA and Microsoft have agreed on a strategic alliance that explores ways for SEGA to produce large-scale, global games in a next-generation development environment built on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. We are very pleased to announce today that we are considering a strategic alliance with Microsoft to help develop SEGA's new “Super Game” initiative as well as build a next-generation game development environment. Furthermore, this proposed alliance represents SEGA looking ahead, and by working with Microsoft to anticipate such trends as they accelerate further in the future. SEGA also mentioned that the goal is to optimize development processes and continue to bring high-quality experiences to players using Azure cloud technologies. We look forward to working together as they explore new ways to create unique gaming experiences for the future using Microsoft cloud technologies. Together we will reimagine how games get built, hosted, and operated, with a goal of adding more value to players and SEGA alike," said Sarah Bond, CVP of Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft services have recently reported their service interruption globally. According to the admin dashboard of Microsoft 365, users are unable to access multiple Microsoft 365 services including Outlook.com, Microsoft Teams, Teams Live Events, and Office.com. Read more in our articles including "Microsoft, SEGA partner for cloud-powered 'Super Game' initiative" and "Microsoft 365, other services hit by outage".