Following a rash of reports that famed arcade game creator Yu Suzuki (Hang On, Virtua Fighter, Out Run, Shenmue) is no longer with SEGA, it has been confirmed that he is, in fact, still with the publisher.

In a statement correcting his own earlier comments, SEGA of America's president Simon Jeffery said, "I can safely say that Yu Suzuki is in fact still a Sega employee." He added that Suzuki "...is a Creative Officer of Sega Corp."

Jeffrey's earlier comments about Suzuki ran to the tune of, "Last I heard, he was doing some online stuff in China... He's kind of his own man right now. Every now and again, he'll come up with an idea, and I don't think anything has come out of that yet, but we're still working with him. He's not an employee any more..."

Maybe SEGA's left hand should be given a better idea of what it's right hand is doing? Just a suggestion...

Suzuki's most recent credit is on SEGA-Race TV, an arcade title.

^{Source: Gamasutra}