Sega and Microsoft Partner to Offer Games on the Azure Cloud Platform

In some big news over the weekend, SEGA and Microsoft announced they would be partnering up to form 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.” The alliance is said to be part of a “mid to long-term strategy”.
In a press release, it was said the companies will explore this prospect for “new strategic titles” that will “establish a next-generation development environment”. It was also added that “by shifting to a next-generation development platform, SEGA can effectively adapt to diversifying work styles and potential infrastructural changes”.