Yuji Naka, who was charged with insider trading in 2023, has returned to game development. He announced an update to his eight-year-old mobile game Pirates of Coin on Twitter earlier today.

Yuji Naka, 57, was arrested on Nov. 18 on suspicion of violating the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law by trading in stock with privileged information. Naka previously worked for Square Enix ...

So, how did we get from this to this? The story begins in 1990. ♪ Sega ♪ Artist Naoto Ohshima and programmer Yuji Naka were tasked with creating a new mascot for Sega, a video-game company ...

while Sonic the Hedgehog was even born from co-creator Yuji Naka’s attempts to race through Mario’s first level as quickly as possible. Speedrunning has blown up as a scene in the last few years.