Panzer Dragoon Orta is a rail shooter video game published by Sega for the Xbox. The game was released in Japan in December 2002, January 2003 in the United States, and three months later in PAL territories. It is the fourth and final game in the main Panzer Dragoon series. After the release of the previous Panzer Dragoon game, Panzer Dragoon Saga (1998), Sega disbanded Team Andromeda, which had developed every game in the main Panzer Dragoon series. Many staff joined Smilebit, which went on to develop Panzer Dragoon Orta.