The upcoming Crazy Taxi reboot is a triple-A game, according to Sega

The upcoming reboot of Crazy Taxi will be a triple-A game, according to one of the Sega studios working on it.

A new report in the Japan Times looks at Sega’s Sapporo Studio, which was establised in December 2021 and helps with the development of various Sega games.

At one point in the article, Sapporo Studio president and Sega senior executive officer Takaya Segawa explains the role of the studio and the games it’s been collaborating on.

“We’re responsible for titles such as Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis and Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage in cooperation with the bases in Tokyo and overseas,” Segawa explained, before bringing up the Crazy Taxi reboot.

“We are also participating in the development of triple-A titles, including Crazy Taxi,” he said. “At present, we don’t have any titles developed independently by the studio, but we intend to do so in the future.”

Sega announced at The Game Awards in December that it was developing new entries in the Jet Set Radio, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Shinobi and Crazy Taxi series, but it was unclear how big their budgets would be.

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The original Crazy Taxi enjoyed some success as an arcade game in 1999 but became far more popular when a home version was released for the Dreamcast in 2000, ultimately becoming the third best-selling game on the console in the US.

The game has seen a number of sequels and spin-offs, but the last entirely new, main entry in the series was Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller, which was released 22 years ago as an Xbox exclusive.