There’s yet another Yakuza game in the works, series director Toshihiro Nagoshi has confirmed.
According to Japanese mag Famitsu (translated by Andriasang), the new game has been in development alongside PSP title Black Panther Yakuza Chapter, and will be released on the PlayStation 3. Full story HERE.
*Kotaku published an article called ‘Who makes big Money in Japan?’ Hajime Satom - the current head of Sega Sammy Holdings- is quoted to have earned ¥400 million ($4.5 million) in 2009. Hmm..
*SEGA Europe posted a new Tournament of Legends trailer called ‘Becoming a Legend’.
*Jeuxvideo posted some screenshots of forementioned game. Check them out HERE.
*Sports Interactive and SEGA Europe Ltd. are proud to announce that today Football Manager Handheld 2010 Lite will be available via the iTunes Store for the iPhone and iPod touch. Full story HERE.
*Gamespot’s Editor’s Choice awards went out last Friday, and Valkyria Chronicles II has picked up two of them!
These charts are getting rather empty, SEGA-wise..
All-format, budget price
[#4](-) Football Manager 2010
PSP, full price
[#5](-) Football Manager 2010
PlayStation 3, budget
[#7](-1) SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection
PlayStation 2, budget
[#8](+12) Sonic Unleashed
PC, budget
[#1](-) Football Manager 2010
[#2](+2) Napoleon: Total War
*NeoGAF posted the boxart for both the XBOX 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Vanquish.
*Tssznews posted some new Virtua Fighter 5 -Final showdown screenshots.
*Dengeki posted some screenshots of SEGA’s latest PSP game: K-ON! Check out the official site HERE.
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*The Napoleon: Total War ‘Peninsular’ campaign is now available. More info HERE. SEGA USA also started several competitions.
*After Joystiq it was 1UP’s turn to interview Yuji Naka. They talk about Ivy the Kiwi, Let’s Tap, Prope and the ‘SEGA days’.
*Remember the 3-in-1 GamesAid charity package for the PlayStation 3? Well, it’s gone on sale today.
*SEGA Japan added a video of a new musical PSP game called ‘K-ON!’ to their Youtube channel. More on this game soon.
*Sonic the Hedgehog 4 -episode 1 was featured in Gamespot’s ‘Today on the spot’ show. (from 11:20)
*SEGA West’s president Mike Hayes quoted on the Nintendo 3DS:
‘3DS can attract mature audience to handheld gaming. It was interesting to see games like Saint’s Row on the device. If we could bring, let’s say, a House of the Dead or an Aliens title, if the audience for 3DS is much broader it could give us much more scope in that market, and that’s as exciting as well as Mario & Sonic and Monkey Ball games.’
*The official Virtual-On Force website was updated with a lengthy Q&A with the producer of a range of new Virtual-On Force figures from Hasegawa.
*You’ll soon be able to listen to the music of another unreleased Master System game. The Lethal Weapon 3 soundtrack is being converted as we speak..
SEGA has revealed that it’s working on an “original”, “sophisticated” game for Kinect that it thinks will please hardcore gamers more than the current launch line-up for Microsoft’s camera controller. Full news story HERE.
*Gametrailers posted a new Conduit 2 trailer. ‘See the Conduit 2 in motion with the first-ever direct-feed gameplay in this interview from the E3 2010 show floor.’
*Feel like shelling out another $140 for a SEGA action figure? Check out this Super Sonic one by First 4 Figures.
*SEGA has confirmed that the Western release of Yakuza 4 will feature hostesses. Full story HERE.
*Yesterday SEGA USA announced some price slashes for American customers. SEGA Europe now treats theirs.
*SEGA brings another racing title to the arcades and surprisingly it’s a Codemasters game! GRID (a.k.a. Race Driver GRID) is currently on location test at the London Trocadero and is set for release later this year. More info and pictures HERE. (Thanks: SegaOnline)
*The best E3 2010 photo? We think so.
*The official Virtual-On Force website now offers you the trailer in MP4 format and tells us the HORI Twinstick EX (compatible with V.O. Force) can be pre-ordered for a ‘friendly’ 30,000 Yen.
*Joystiq posted an interview with Yuji Naka (thanks: SegaOnline). They talk about Prope, Ivy the Kiwi and ‘the life after Sonic’.
*SEGA USA offers various discounts on PSN, XBLA and iTunes Appstore games this week. Check out the full list HERE.
*SEGA Europe lets us know they’re offering a free DLC pack for Super Monkey Ball 2 (iPhone). This pack contains two new mini-games: Monkey Target and Monkey Golf. The updated can be downloaded from iTunes Appstore.
*SEGA Japan added two crazy commercials for their latest sports games Yakyutsuku Online & J-League Soccer Online to their Youtube channel.
*The official Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinshou (PSP Yakuza) site was updated with some wallpapers and a game flyer (see the download section). SegaOnline also posted some new screenshots.
*Dengeki posted the news the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA arcade game will hit the Japanese arcades tomorrow. The game will be regularly updated with new songs by network.
*Done with both DUX and Last Hope: Pink Bullets? Don’t worry, NG: Dev.Team were planning ahead, as they will release their latest project (called ‘Fast Striker’) on the Dreamcast. Release: TBA.
All-format, budget price
[#4](NEW) Football Manager 2010
Wii, full price
[#7](+2) Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
Nintendo DS, full price
[#10](+1) Sonic Classic collection
PSP, full price
[#5](-) Football Manager 2010
[#10](RE) Iron Man 2
PlayStation 3, budget
[#6](-2) SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection
PC, budget
[#1](NEW) Football Manager 2010
[#4](-2) Napoleon: Total War
*The announced ‘Mega Drive games for PC’ have been released through GetGames. Take a look at their download page for more details.
*ASSEMblergames forum user Psycho Fox posted some Nomad concept art. Take a look HERE.
*SMSpower released the A-Team sound test ROM we mentioned earlier. I love it when a plan..etc.
*SMSpower forum user Ccovell posted some prototype pictures of Explode Star (Mega Drive) and Head Buster (Game Gear).
*Play.com have opened pre-orders for a special ‘Streets of Rage’ Mega Drive console. It comes with 18 built-in games. Because it also has a cartridge port you will be able to use original Mega Drive (and Genesis) cartridges as well. There’s also a portable version.
*Remember Pier Solar? It’s been AGES since we reported on this game, but there is some news; according to team Watermelon ‘it’s only the last bit of polishing and adjustments left to do’. We’ll see..
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..and the awards & nominations rolled in.
*Many SEGA games on the E3 have gained an award or were nominated for an award. Conduit 2 gained a ‘best of the E3 award’ by Pure Nintendo, Yakuza 4 earned a ‘Reason to Live’ award by Gamesradar and Sonic the Hedgehog 4 -episode 1 was nominated for the ‘Best downloadable game’. Check out the full list HERE.
*More good news: SEGA received two Guinness World Record awards: The ‘best strategy RPG for the PS3′ award (thanks to Valkyria Chronicles) and an award for ‘the first fully 3D fighting game’ (thanks to the original Virtua Fighter all the way back from 1993). Check out some pictures HERE.
*So we’ve seen the Sonic the Hedgehog 4 -episode 1 trailers, we’ve glared at some new Shogun 2: Total War screenshots, were able to play Sonic Colours, were told about the Crazy Taxi features, took another look at After Burner Climax, were impressed with Yakuza 4..but..what about Aliens: Colonial Marines?!
Despite being announced as a ’showcased on the E3′ game, we didn’t see (or hear) anything on it. So, what’s going on? Well, according to Kevin Riepl -the game’s music composer- Gearbox actually did show the game to a select amount of people behind closed doors. Hmm.
*Finally, INDIS posted a Youtube video of Sonic Free Riders (Kinect) in action.
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*If needed any more confirmation that SEGA isn’t going back to hardware; ‘SEGA shoots down hardware rumours‘.
*Vanquish gets a date: SEGA has said that PlatinumGames‘ upcoming cover shooter Vanquish will be released for PS3 and Xbox 360 in October.
*See, SEGA USA haven’t forgotten the white Dream machine. What’s more; SEGA has told CVG that it expects to have between 18 and 24 old Dreamcast titles re-released on XBLA and PSN by next summer!
*1UP posted a short Conduit 2 preview.
*IGN posted two gameplay videos of Yakuza 4 and another two of Valkyria Chronicles 2.
*Gametrailers added several new Sonic the Hedgehog 4 -episode 1 videos.
*To start with some real bad Crazy Taxi [XBLA] news: SEGA couldn’t pull off the licensing for the classic Offspring and Bad Religion tracks. Which means (start sobbing) they won’t be there and will be replaced by other tracks.
Read more on Crazy Taxi in this IGN feature..if you’re still interested, that is.
*1UP did a Sonic Colours (Nintendo DS version) ‘hands-on’ video. Gametrailers posted another.
*SEGA USA posted some more info on the Wii fighting game Tournament of Legends.
*They also did a page for Vanquish (XBOX 360/PlayStation 3).
*Valkyria Chronicles 2 (PSP) gets a US date: the game will hit the shelves August 31st 2010. No word on the European release.
*GotGame did a report on the SEGA booth.
*touchArcade posted a report on the iPhone version of Sonic the Hedgehog 4 -episode 1.
*gamrReview posted a Conduit 2 hands-on.
*Gamespot posted three new Sonic Adventure [XBLA] screenshots.
Major thanks to our friends @ SegaOnline for the following:
*Loads of pictures of SEGA’s booth.
*New Sonic Colours (Wii/DS) screenshots and a trailer.
*Five new Conduit 2 screenshots.
*The first screenshots of Shogun 2: Total War.
*Five new Valkyria Chronicles 2 (PSP) screenshots.
*The first screenshots of Sonic Free Riders for XBOX 360 Kinect.
*SEGA has two Nintendo 3DS titles in development: a Sonic game and a Super Monkey Ball one.
Wii, full price
[#9](-4) Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
PC, full price
[#2](-) Football Manager 2010
PSP, full price
[#5](+1) Football Manager 2010
PlayStation 3, budget
[#4](+1) SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection
XBOX 360, budget
[#9](-1) Bayonetta
PC, budget
[#2](-) Napoleon: Total War
[#5](-1) Rome: Total War
SEGA USA’s ‘Associate Digital Brand Manager’ Ken Balough talked to Gamespot about Sonic the Hedgehog 4. Check out the video interview HERE.
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’till next week!
*It was dropped from The Conduit but it will be one of Conduit 2’s features; the support for the Wii motionplus controller Read more HERE.
*Eurogamer posted a Shogun 2: Total War preview. Read it HERE.
*Two more titles are added to SEGA’s E3 line-up: Aliens Colonial Marines and Valkyria Chronicles 2 will be there. (thanks to SegaOnline for the news)
*SegaOnline also posted the boxart for the Gunblade N.Y. / L.A. Machineguns combo pack.
*Another wallpaper was added to the official Virtual-On Force website.
It’s been a rumour for quite some months, but now it’s official: SEGA will publish various Dreamcast games on XBLA and PSN!
Two of the rumoured games (Sonic Adventure and Crazy Taxi) have been confirmed!
Sonic Adventure (Autumn 2010)
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Crazy Taxi (TBA)
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Jet Set Radio & Chu Chu Rocket! to follow?
*Haven’t tried the Dreamcast homebrew Wind and Water yet? Now is the time, as RedspotGames cut its price by 30%!
*SMSpower released another batch of obscure Korean Master System titles: Flashpoint, Street Master & Wonsiin.
*SEGAxtreme user VBT is currently in the process of porting over the classic System 1 game Wonderboy to the Saturn. More news on this soon!
*In a surprise announcement SEGA Europe just confirmed a Western release for Ryu ga Gotoku 4; Yakuza 4. Read all the facts HERE.
*SEGA Europe also posted a new gameplay trailer of Vanquish. Check it out HERE.
*SEGA asks you to vote for your favorite The Conduit multiplayer map; the most popular map will make a return in Conduit 2.
*Jeuxvideo posted some new screenshots of Virtual-On Force.
*The official Vanquish website was updated with some new images, character info and last week’s E3 trailer.
*It now seems very likely PlayStation 3 owners will also be able to play that Dreamcast ‘golden oldie’ Sonic Adventure. More info HERE.
*SEGA USA posted a new trailer and some new screenshots of Tournament of Legends.
*1UP did a feature called ‘15 Games Ahead of Their Time’. Unsurprisingly, some SEGA games made the cut.
*Famitsu posted some images of SEGA Japan’s DS soccer game: Sakatsuku: World Challenge 2010.
*Remember that ODD title called ‘Daisy Fuentes Pilates’? Well, a PAL release is imminent, but the game will be published by 505 games this time around..a wise decision by SEGA Europe, we reckon.