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Swingin’ Report Show #82: Interview with Brian Silva of Visual Concepts, Midway, Accolade and more!

Barry the Nomad — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 14:41:04 +0000

Video game designer and voice actor Brain Silva joins us on our latest episode to discuss his work on Bubsy and Bubsy II, Floigan Bros., Hydro Thunder, and H2Overdrive as well as many other games created during his time at Accolade, Visual Concepts, Midway, Blizzard Entertainment and Specular Interactive. Brian also discusses several unreleased games … Continued

Review: Tembo the Badass Elephant (PC)

George — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:14:19 +0000

SEGA and Game Freak Inc (Pokemon series, Pulseman) partner up once more to bring us a brand new platformer starring Tembo the Badass Elephant. I have been itching to get my hands on this game since SEGA first showed it earlier this year and now that I have beaten it was all my excitement worth it? … Continued

SEGA Games CEO talks about fan reactions to his Famitsu interview

George — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 02:24:54 +0000

If you missed it, Haruki Satomi the newly elected CEO of SEGA Games Co. (he was hired on April 1st) did a Famitsu interview where he talked about how SEGA has released software in the last 10 years that he felt betrayed fan’s trust in the brand. Says he believes quality Japanese games can sell … Continued

Blade of Arcus From Shining EX’s Japanese limited edition includes scantily clad anime girls

George — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:46:57 +0000

SEGA has finally released all the high-resolution shots of the limited edition of Blade Arcus from Shining EX, which is a 2D arcade fighting game that is coming to the Playstation 4 and Playstation 3 in Japan this November. The game’s limited edition is known as the “Tony Taka’s Premium Fan Box“, who is Tony … Continued

Hatsune Miku crosses over with Persona 4: Dancing All Night in upcoming DLC

TimmiT — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 07:42:13 +0000

Atlus just announced that Hatsune Miku, the vocaloid that SEGA can’t stop making rhythm games of, is going to appear in upcoming DLC for Persona 4: Dancing All Night. She will be dancing to “Heaven feat. Hatsune Miku (ATOLS Remix)”, seemingly based on the song of the same name from Persona 4. The DLC will be released next … Continued

Watch Sonic rescue Tails in 3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2’s credit sequence

George — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 00:43:16 +0000

M2 really likes having goofy credit sequences in their SEGA 3D Classics line of games, in this one we see each unique enemy type being shown off with a sequence of iterations with either Sonic or Tails. The Tails ones seem to involve him getting hit by said baddies and having Sonic come rescue him. … Continued

Shenmue Gaiden: A fan made visual novel gets announced

George — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 10:30:35 +0000

Two Shenmue fanatics (Shensun and Esppiral from Shenmue Dojo) have been working together for a greater part of a year on the fan creation of Shenmue Gaiden, a non-canon Shenmue visual novel. This is the sequel to a fan project that was released a year ago called ‘Shenmue X chapter 1‘, but the creator suggest this … Continued

3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2 trailer in actual 3D hits online

George — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 02:55:45 +0000

Sonic and his two-tailed friend Tails hit the Nintendo 3DS on Thursday over in Japan with 3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2. To celebrate the release SEGA has released the following trailer… in 3D. Yes, if you didn’t know Youtube supports 3D videos. This 3D Sonic the Hedgehog trailer is stereoscopic 3D which means you can … Continued

SEGA’s Transformers: Human Alliance gets G-LOC deluxe style cabinet

George — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 23:55:42 +0000

SEGA has launched Transformers: Human Alliance in arcades and it seems that the license has earned enough attention that SEGA went and made a deluxe cabinet (Titled Transformers: Human Alliance Special) for the game. Just how SEGA-AM2’s biggest titles all had big mechanical moving cabinets, Transformers: Human Alliance gets the SEGA R-360 type cabinet from … Continued

First 4 Figures seeking feedback on Sonic the Hedgehog 25th Anniversary statue concept

Barry the Nomad — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 13:51:50 +0000

For the past few months First 4 Figures, creators of high quality and high priced Sonic and SEGA statues, have been teasing a Sonic the Hedgehog statue to celebrate next year’s 25th anniversary. Today, on the First 4 Figures Facebook page, the company has shared a concept sketch of the statue and are asking for fan feedback. … Continued

SEGA bringing its Shining spin-off arcade game Blade Arcus from Shining EX to PS4 and PS3

George — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 11:38:17 +0000

SEGA Japan has announced that they are porting the 2D arcade fighting spin-off Blade Arcus from Shining to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 via Famitsu. SEGA will add ‘EX’ to the end of the game because the game will have loads of extras, including new playable characters. In Japan the game will get two … Continued

[update] SEA Phantasy Online 2 no longer IP blocking foreigners

George — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 01:40:55 +0000

While SEGA announced that it was bringing the English version of Phantasy Star Online 2 way back in 2012, it obviously didn’t come. Last year PlayPark, a South East Asian company announced it was releasing Phantasy Star Online 2 in that region and in English. The issue? Well, they where IP blocking any foreign players … Continued

Atlus and Vanillaware tease their upcoming new project

George — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 01:26:45 +0000

We posted earlier about Atlus and Vanillaware doing Odin Sphere Leifdrasir, a HD remake of the Playstation 2 game in HD and on PS3, PS4 and PS Vita. But that isn’t all they have in store for gamers, the companies have unleashed the teaser above. Atlus and Vanillaware gained a working relationship (working on a … Continued

Odin Sphere Leifdrasir announced for PS4, PS3 and Vita

TimmiT — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 21:02:57 +0000

Atlus and Vanillaware announced today that they’re releasing a HD remaster of Odin Sphere called Odin Sphere Leifdrasir. This remaster won’t just be a visual upgrade though. It’ll have many additions and improvements as well including new enemies and maps, a redone alchemy system, teleports between areas, an OST with new arrangements and songs, a redone fighting system that’s … Continued

Interview: New Sonic the Hedgehog Archie Comics editor Vincent Lovallo

Shigs — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 20:34:41 +0000

On the last hour of the last day of San Diego Comic Con, our own Alex Peal managed to sneak in a quick interview with the new editor of the Archie action line of comics (Sonic, Mega Man) Vincent Lovallo. He discusses his role as an editor, Worlds Unite and what’s coming up in the future of … Continued

SEGA releases new Spiral Knight’s spin-off Rise of Knights

George — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 08:19:28 +0000

Back in 2011 SEGA acquired Three Rings Studios, who would go on to release Spiral Knights, a free to play online RPG. It seems that SEGA has decided to bring back the franchise as a mobile game that is very similar to SEGA Japan’s Chain Chronicles. Not only in combat but the flow and structure … Continued

Swingin’ Report Show #81: Shenmue 3 Kickstarter Countdown

Barry the Nomad — Sat, 18 Jul 2015 15:13:14 +0000

Join George and Barry as they count down the final hour of the record breaking Shenmue 3 Kickstarter campaign! It has been as wild month, from the game’s E3 Sony stage announcement, to the ups and downs of Awesome Japan’s handling of the campaign. Hear our thoughts on how the Kickstarter was managed, the new … Continued

Shenmue 3 Kickstarter Ends At $6,333,295, 69,320 Backers

Nathan — Sat, 18 Jul 2015 02:17:09 +0000

The Shenmue 3 Kickstarter campaign has officially ended, earning a total amount of $6,333,295 with 69,320 backers. Fourteen years after Shenmue II was released, and following two failed attempts at reviving the franchise (Shenmue Online and Shenmue Gai), Yu Suzuki was welcomed to Sony’s E3 2015 stage to officially announce the beginning of the Kickstarter … Continued

Shenmue 3 is the most funded video game in Kickstarter history with over $5.5 million pledged

George — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 17:09:06 +0000

Despite many people considering the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter as being mishandled, it didn’t stop the game from reaching another legendary status milestone. It is now the most funded Kickstarter game of all time (at least until Hideo Kojima’s obvious turn to Kickstarter happens). The game has gathered over $5.5 million dollars in funding. At the moment … Continued

Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games heading to arcades!

Nuckles87 — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 14:32:37 +0000

SEGA has revealed that Mario and Sonic will be heading to arcades together for the first time, as part of their latest Olympics team-up. The games will be getting location tests starting today and running through July 20 at the Club SEGA in Akihabara and the SEGA World in Kasai. It is currently unknown whether … Continued