https://wccftech.com/sega-and-microsoft-entered-a-strategic-alliance-that-will-let-the-former-create-large-scale-games-built-on-azure/

Today, SEGA and Microsoft announced a new strategic alliance that will let the Japanese company develop large-scale games to be made in a next-generation development environment built on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform.

According to the press release, this strategic alliance is a key component of SEGA's mid-to-long term strategy, which includes the so-called Super Game initiative where the focus will be on “Global”, “Online”, “Community” and “IP utilization”.