

In 2003, United Game Artists (formerly Sega AM9) merged with Sonic Team. Sonic Team has also worked on a television series adaptation of one of their most popular games they've developed and the basis of the name for the development team, Sonic. Recently on May 8, 2006, Naka left the group with ten other members of Sonic Team to establish an independent game developer, PROPE. The joint creator of Sonic, Naoto Oshima, left Sonic Team to form his own studio, Artoon. Under his leadership Sonic Team has become a creative powerhouse in the video game industry creating some of the most popular games ever made before Sonic Adventure 2. Sonic Team was headed by the famed video game designer, producer, and visionary Yuji Naka. They are one of Sega's most popular creative teams. In 1991 AM8 took their name from their phenomenally successful Sonic the Hedgehog series and became Sonic Team. It is today established in #650-650 Townsend Street San Francisco, CA 94103-4908. Sonic Team is a computer and video game developer established in 1988 originally known as Sega AM8.
