Following Sega’s buyout of Angry Birds studio Rovio, the publisher has teased the potential of adapting other IPs besides Sonic the Hedgehog for mobile, including Persona and Yakuza/Like a Dragon. On Nov. 29, Shuji Utsumi, co-chief operating officer and president of global consumer game and transmedia at Sega, appeared on stage at the RovioCon event in Helsinki, Finland to discuss the future of it and Rovio’s new working relationship.
“Sega has a strong portfolio of numerous IPs and characters which becomes much more attractive by welcoming the Angry Birds IP,” said Utusmi, according to Mobilegamer.biz. “Currently, Sega and Rovio have been working on new mobile game projects based on our own IP…but Sonic is not the only IP to benefit from the mobile platform expansion. It will be a potential strong tailwind for other key Sega IP such as Yakuza and Persona.”
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