After many rumors, the information is finally official! A license that has remained cult in the Sega catalog will really come back and with a nice surprise as a bonus.
Many talk about the era of the PS5 and Xbox Series like that of modes et remake. In the middle of the dozens of original productions, new ones are regularly announced, it is true. However, some are an opportunity to resuscitate licenses of yesteryear, sometimes unknown to a younger audience. We have seen it again in recent months with the remasters of Legacy of Kain or Croc. And it’s not over! A historical license from SEGA is officially about to return.
Run in a cult title from Sega
Lately, Sega games are popular. Several licenses that we did not expect to see a day confirmed a return in force. In turn, we attended the announcement of a new Virtua Fighterthen Shinobi. In parallel with formalizations, rumors also circulate on other flagship titles in the catalog of the Japanese publisher. One of these rumors has also just turned out to be.
Many hoped for the remake of Crazy Taxi or Jet Set Radioit is ultimately Ecco which resurfaces! In a new article, Xbox does honor to video game works inspired by the culture of the islands of Asia and the Pacific. Obviously, it was also the occasion to meet with And Annunziata. This former Sega who founded his own studio, Playchemy, happens to be the father ofEcco the Dolphin and its suite, The tides (TIDES OF TIME). However, it has very nice news for the nostalgic for these emblematic titles of the Sega Mega Drive.
The whole original team and I are going to remaster of the Original Games ECCO The Dolphin and the tides. Then, we will create a new game, the third, with contemporary sensitivities in terms of game and GPU.
And Annunziata, Pour Xbox.com.
For the moment, no more details on this marine revival. Nevertheless, the announcement via an interview carried out by Xbox could highlight some collusion. But let’s not go too fast in conjecture. Only one thing is certain for the moment: we will have new ECCOs at the latest 25 avril 2026 ! In fact, the Official license website Displays a count that leads us to this date. Could this be the day selected for the release of Remasters of Sega cult games ? Or that of new surprise opus ? We remain on the lookout for the next info!
Source : Xbox.
