..with the last update of the year *sniff*. To be terribly honest, 2010 was kinda disappointing in our eyes, SEGA-wise.
Aliens vs Predator was just about alright, Alpha Protocol a disappointment, most of the XBLA/PSN-games were way too ‘bare-boned’ and Vanquish painfully bombed. Good thing Sonic and SEGA All-Stars Racing kind of saved the day. We’re hoping for more fan service by Sumo Digital, next year.
See you in 2011! (January the 3rd to be exact).
Courtesy of Chart-Track.
This week’s entries in the Full price Top 40:
[#20](-1) Sonic Colours
[#29](+1) Football Manager 2011
This week’s entries in the Budget price Top 40:
[#14](-) SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection
[#28](+10) Sonic & SEGA All-stars Racing
[#38](NEW) Aliens vs Predator
Celebrate Sonic’s 20th Anniversary with the limited edition, individually numbered Figure Inductive Charger!
‘Mad Catz’ Hedgehog Figure 2X Inductive Charger combines videogame history’s fastest running hedgehog with the modern-day convenience of contactless controller charging. Standing 6 inches tall atop a plateau representative of the classic Green Hill Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog guardedly watches over your Wii Remotes as they revitalize. [..]'’
They can be bought HERE. (thanks: SegaOnline)
We hope you all had a great Christmas, but let’s get straight back to business: While the UK chart didn’t arrive yet, TSSZ News posted some Sonic Colo(u)rs sales figures from the US.
SEGANEWS.NET will be back December 27th. ’till then!
The official Sturmwind website has opened, complete with screenshots, wallpapers, release date and -yes!- a new trailer. It’s looking good, eh?
*For a game that will probably offer hundreds of hours of gameplay, THIS is a surprising (albeit classy) choice for an item to be included in the Collector’s Edition.
*The Official Total War website was updated with a ‘Training Room’ feature.
The Training Room is designed to give players new to the series a grounding in all things Total War, with a few tips thrown in for the pros too.
*Finally, a Christmas present by the Total War team: ‘Enjoy Christmas, and don’t eat too many mince pies.’
*The year is nearing its conclusion but we’re still managing to ‘fish out’ some SEGA news facts, like the achievements for SEGA Bass Fishing (XBLA).
*SEGA USA’s Holiday sale 2010 has started. Take a look HERE for the full list of discounts.
*Segadatabase network update: a video of i miss you (Sega Saturn) was added to our Youtube channel.
*To celebrate Phantasy Star Online’s 10 year anniversary (in Japan, that is) Dreamcast fansite Dreamcast Scene decided to re-launch their site:
‘To celebrate this event and combine it with the PSO anniversary, we have written an exclusive article how to play Dreamcast online in 2010. This is your chance to get back online with Phantasy Star Online and compete against those monsters again – like in the old days!
We would also like to announce the cooperation with redspotgames when it comes to public relations and webspace. See the information on redspotgames.com.’
Courtesy of Chart-Track.
This week’s entries in the Full price Top 40:
[#19](-1) Sonic Colours
[#30](-3) Football Manager 2011
This week’s entries in the Budget price Top 40:
[#14](-1) SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection
[#38](NEW) Sonic & SEGA All-stars Racing
*Eurogamer a small article about that strange game from a couple of year’s back: Shadow the Hedgehog.
*British games magazine GamesTM might know more about the next Sonic the Hedgehog game. Intriguing.
*The Redspotgames online shop is back online, so you’re now able to pre-order Sturmwind.
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’till next week!
SEGA USA posted a picture of the limited edition of the game. It includes an unique playable faction, additional scenario, set of armour for your avatar and
a starting bank of XP for you to spend on your online character.
They also posted a new trailer entitled ‘Battle Report #2′ (16 minutes of action!).
*Multiple bits of Conduit 2 news today: a behind-the-scenes with SEGA Europe and an interview by Eurogamer.
*SEGA USA posted some more information on the ‘Clan feature’ of
Total War: Shogun 2. (part #1 Chosokabe)
*Also from SEGA USA came these two new Yakuza 4 character trailers.
*Looking to waste some more Microsoft points? Take a look at these new
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 avatar items.
*Football Manager 2011 is now available for the iPhone/iPod touch & iPad. More info can be found HERE.
*In the mean time the PC/MAC version of Football Manager 2011
received a patch (11.2.0).
*After Burner Climax will be one of next week’s XBLA ‘Deals of the week’.
At just 400 MS points it’s excellent value.
*TSSZ News posted a Sonic Colo(u)rs sales update. It’s not doing too shabby.
*Yet another crazy game by SEGA Japan made the news; it’s called Toirettsu and has something to do with *cough* men’s urinals.
*Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity will be one of the game showcased on an upcoming Japanese gamefestival called Jump Festa. SEGA Japan is now offering free demo UMD’s. Although it’s unlikely the downloadable forms (to claim one of them) will be of any use to many of you, it’s still a cool promotion.
*Shinji Mikami reports: ‘Well, this is the last entry for “my blog”… For this entry, I think I’ll let you in on something that went on behind the scenes, and that is what we originally wanted Vanquish to become.’ Full blog post HERE.
Ryu ga Gotoku Of the End gets a date: it will hit the Japanese shelves
March 17, 2011. Full news story on 1UP.
*The ‘Dreamcast collection’ is confirmed after all. In an interview with Game Informer (of all magazines - S.F) Alan Pritchard (him of sales and marketing) has confirmed the existance of this project -a disc based compulation of Dreamcast games. Hopefully, we’ll soon have a list of the games included..
*Pier Solar is shipping! The homebrew RPG by Team Watermelon is finally shipping. If you pre-ordered the game you’ll receive an email the moment your copy is posted.
*Remember, Aliens: Colonial Marines? We actually do (barely) but SEGA was so kind to give us a status update.
*We pleaded for it (even while Vanquish bombed) and now it became a reality; another SEGA published game by Platinumgames.
*And if you needed any more evidence that more Platinumgames+SEGA projects equals good news, take a look at this.
*Sonic Colo(u)rs remains one of this year’s ’positive’ surprises. IGN agreed.
*SEGA USA a planning server update for Phantasy Star Portable 2 and also
tell you why this is good news.
*Game download service GetGames is running a ‘12 days of Christmas’ promotion. You’ll able to buy Total War games at a discount. But be quick about it, as the offer is running out any moment now.
Courtesy of Chart-Track.
This week’s entries in the Full price Top 40:
[#18](-) Sonic Colours
[#27](-1) Football Manager 2011
This week’s entries in the Budget price Top 40:
[#13](+4) SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection
*Gametrailers posted a trailer of another Yakuza 4 character: Kazuma Kiryu.
*NEOGAF posted the boxshot of Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity (PSP).
*SEGA’s newest ‘VP of Sales and marketing’ Alan Pritchard deems a MadWorld sequel unlikely. ‘Commercially . . . the answer has to be no’.
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’till next week!
A first trailer of SEGA’s upcoming Nintendo 3DS game can be seen HERE.
The game’s release date remains ‘TBA 2011′, so no news there.
*Fast Striker 1.5 (the Dreamcast shooter by NG:DEV.TEAM) gets a date: the game will be shipped December 21st.
*Famitsu magazine reviewed Shining Hearts (PSP) and rated it 8/8/8/8.
*Prope’s new game (for iPhone / iPod touch / iPad) is called.. Real SkiJump HD. A trailer can be found HERE.
The big man -Yu Suzuki- talked to 1UP again (first part HERE). Some quotes:
‘Shenmue 3 doesn’t expand outward, but inward. A lot of the dialogue is used for the main character and especially dialogue with Shenhua [the girl]. They [Shenhua and Ryo] talk about a lot of different, deeper things’
‘We can’t say never,” Suzuki said of the possibility of one day developing Shenmue 3. “This topic steps into sensitive territory, but history hasn’t always been kind to SEGA and there were some difficult years, sales-wise. Business was tough, and they couldn’t take risks on big titles.’
*RedSpotGames have been secretly working on a new Dreamcast game.
It’s a 2.5D shooter called ‘Sturmwind‘. More info HERE.
*Get an inside look at the musical stylings of Shogun 2: Total War.
*Jeuxvideo posted several new screenshots of Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity.
*More new screenshots by Jeuxvideo: Virtual-On Force [XBLA].
*SEGA Europe wants you to vote in the 1UP Readers’ Choice Awards.
*SEGA USA is having another sale. Many discounts on iPhone/iPad games.
*Looking to decorate your Christmas tree in SEGA style?
SEGA USA offers the solution.
*SEGA’s latest PSP game, Shining Hearts was reviewed in Dengeki PS and scored 7.5/7/8/6.
*A short trailer of Thor: God of Thunder was showcased at the Spike Video Game Awards 2010.