{"id":1986295,"date":"2026-06-12T08:52:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1986295"},"modified":"2026-06-12T08:52:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:52:45","slug":"sega-is-beefing-up-the-sonic-team-on-its-35th-anniversary-hiring-across-multiple-key-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1986295","title":{"rendered":"Sega is beefing up the Sonic Team on its 35th anniversary, hiring across multiple key roles"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a 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class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Staff Writer<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-12T08:52:45+00:00\">June 12, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sonic-team-hiring-35th-anniversary?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          1 comment<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"5350f69e-eb0f-4fee-a7b9-532cee7cd8e6\" data-name=\"Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\" title=\"Follow Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\"><br \/>\n  Follow Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Sega is hiring up for the Sonic Team, just as the series is celebrating its 35th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>As spotted by <a href=\"https:\/\/mynintendonews.com\/2026\/06\/11\/sega-is-heavily-recruiting-for-sonic-team\/\">My Nintendo News<\/a>, these roles include a few senior positions, including a producer, lead planner, lead graphics programmer, and a technical art manager.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - Official Year Two Crossover Trailer | IGN Summer of Gaming 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pnRThfS6iL0?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/pnRThfS6iL0\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds &#8211; Official Year Two Crossover Trailer | IGN Summer of Gaming 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the year 2 trailer for Sonic Racing: Crossworlds.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pnRThfS6iL0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The project these new staff would be working on has not been established in the job listings, as you would expect. Still, it indicates the ramp up of development on something mysterious over in Shinigawa City, Japan.<\/p>\n<p>These job listings not only come at a milestone year for the Sonic series, but following a largely brief showing at Summer Game Fest this year. That is, aside from a trailer for Sonic Racing: Crossworlds and Sonic: Pico Park. While those reveals certainly had merit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SonicTheHedgehog\/comments\/1tyt653\/after_summer_game_fest_this_was_pretty_much_how\/\">some fans walked away from the show disappointed<\/a> at the lack of a bigger reveal from the company.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you were a bit disappointed at the lack of a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/sonic-frontiers\">Sonic Frontiers<\/a> or Shadow the Hedgehog game, or whatever, maybe it&#8217;s just a matter of time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Sega is hiring up for the Sonic Team, just as the series is celebrating its 35th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>As spotted by <a href=\"https:\/\/mynintendonews.com\/2026\/06\/11\/sega-is-heavily-recruiting-for-sonic-team\/\">My Nintendo News<\/a>, these roles include a few senior positions, including a producer, lead planner, lead graphics programmer, and a technical art manager.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - Official Year Two Crossover Trailer | IGN Summer of Gaming 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pnRThfS6iL0?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/pnRThfS6iL0\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds &#8211; Official Year Two Crossover Trailer | IGN Summer of Gaming 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the year 2 trailer for Sonic Racing: Crossworlds.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pnRThfS6iL0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The project these new staff would be working on has not been established in the job listings, as you would expect. Still, it indicates the ramp up of development on something mysterious over in Shinigawa City, Japan.<\/p>\n<p>These job listings not only come at a milestone year for the Sonic series, but following a largely brief showing at Summer Game Fest this year. That is, aside from a trailer for Sonic Racing: Crossworlds and Sonic: Pico Park. 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