JAPAN: Game sales halted after cocaine arrest

Games firm Sega is to stop sales of its video game Judgment in Japan, after actor Pierre Taki, who appears in it, was arrested for alleged drug use. Mr Taki, who plays a gangster in the game, was arrested on suspicion of using cocaine. Judgment had been on sale in Japan since December 2018, and […]

Games firm Sega is to stop sales of its video game Judgment in Japan, after actor Pierre Taki, who appears in it, was arrested for alleged drug use.

Mr Taki, who plays a gangster in the game, was arrested on suspicion of using cocaine.

Judgment had been on sale in Japan since December 2018, and is due to be published worldwide later this year.

As well as halting shipments and digital sales, Sega has said it will delete tweets relating to the game.