SEGA names Crazy Taxi World Tour in first full reveal
Sega showed crazy taxi world tour for the first time today during Summer Game Fest and gave the reboot its full title. The trailer paired a familiar West Coast map with a soundtrack cue that longtime players will notice immediately. It also suggests Sega is not treating this as a straight remake.
Summer Game Fest Reveal
The new game is called Crazy Taxi World Tour, and the showcase was the first time Sega has shown more of the reboot in public. That alone moves the series from a name on a list to something with visible gameplay direction after years without a new main entry.
The original Crazy Taxi arrived as an arcade game in 1999, then reached Dreamcast in 2000 and became the third best-selling game on the console in the US. Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller followed 22 years ago as an Xbox exclusive, which is why this reveal lands as the series’ first real step forward in 24 years.
Sapporo Studio Returns
Sega’s Sapporo Studio is building Crazy Taxi World Tour. The studio was established in December 2021, so this project sits among its clearest public assignments to date.
Sega had already said at The Game Awards 2023 that new entries were in development for Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe and Shinobi. Since then, details on most of those projects have been limited, which made today’s reveal the first concrete look at how Sega plans to handle one of its best-known dormant series.
The Offspring And More
The trailer brought back The Offspring in the soundtrack, keeping one of the series’ most recognizable touches in place. It also pointed to new gameplay beyond taxi mechanics, including fishing and pizza delivery, which broadens the game’s pitch beyond the original fare-run loop.
Kenji Kanno, the director of the original game, appeared in a 2024 recruitment video posted by Sega Sapporo, adding a direct link between the reboot and the series’ early identity. For players who remember Crazy Taxi as an arcade speed run and Dreamcast staple, the practical read is simple: Sega has now shown the title, the studio, and the direction, and the reboot looks closer to a real release than a brand exercise.
