Published May 12, 2026, 4:07 PM EDT

The latest games-as-a-service retreat

Sega officially cancels mystery 'Super Game' that sounded like a Fortnite wannabe

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Five years after announcing its massive, mysterious "Super Game" project, Sega has unceremoniously canceled... whatever that was going to be. In an earnings release , parent company Sega Sammy announced bluntly that it "decided to cancel Super Game" after it reviewed the company's strategy on free-to-play games as a service.

Sega says that some free-to-play game development personnel — more than 100 people — have already been transferred to other "full-game" development teams that are focused on mainstay IPs. In other words, Sega is backing down from its Super Game plans to stick with its tried-and-true game franchises.…