Sonic Team

Sonic Team is a computer and video game second-party developer established in 1988 as SEGA AM8. In 1991 AM8 took their name from their phenomenally successful Sonic the Hedgehog series and became Sonic Team. They are one of SEGA's most loved and popular creative teams. Sonic Team is headed by the famed video game designer, producer, and visionary Yuji Naka. Under his leadership Sonic Team has become a creative powerhouse in the video game industry creating some of the most popular games ever made. The creator of Sonic, Naoto Oshima, left Sonic Team to form his own studio, Artoon.

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Second-party developer - 1988 - 1991 - Sonic the Hedgehog - SEGA - Visionary - Yuji Naka - Naoto Oshima - Artoon

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Sonic Team has also worked on a television series adaptation of one of their most popular games they've developed and the basis of the name for the development team, Sonic.

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In 2003 United Game Artists (formerly SEGA AM9) merged with Sonic Team.

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2003 - United Game Artists

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Sonic Team is currently situated in San Francisco, California.

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