SEGA Mega Sale goes live tonight for PSN & iTunes


Seems that the XBLA version of the sale will be delayed till at least December 30th. Don’t get antsy in the pants, we have a list for PSN & iOS games. Bolded the best deals.

PSN

  • Sonic Adventure – $4.99 (reg. $9.99)
  • Sonic Adventure DX – $1.99 (reg. $4.99)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Ep 1 – $9.99 (reg. $14.99)
  • Gunstar Heroes – $2.99 (reg. $4.99)
  • Afterbuner Climax – $4.99 (reg. $9.99)
  • Phantasy Star Portable 2 – $15.99 (reg. $39.99)
  • SEGA Genesis Collection – $9.99 (reg. $15.99)
  • Valkyria Chronicles 2 – $15.99 (reg. $39.99)
  • Iron Man 2 – $15.99 (reg. $19.99)

iTunes

  • Super Monkey Ball – $0.99 (reg. $2.99)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog$2.99 (reg. $4.99)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2$2.99 (reg. $4.99)
  • Super Monkey Ball 2 –  $0.99 (reg. $2.99)
  • Super Monkey Ball 2 Sakura Edition – $2.99 (reg. $4.99)
  • Sonic 4 Episode 1 – $2.99 (reg. $6.99)
  • Phantasy Star 2 – $0.99 (reg. $2.99)
  • ChuChu Rocket! – $0.99 (reg. $2.99)
  • ChuChu Rocket! HD  –  $2.99 (reg. $4.99)
  • Gunstar Heroes  $0.99 (reg. $2.99)
  • Altered Beast – $0.99 (reg. $2.99)

Buy yourself some games, smile this Holiday season and have fun! This sale ends on January 3rd. Happy shopping.

[Source: SEGAblog]

Valkyria Chronicles 3 anime gets first details

So we posted awhile back how Valkyria Chronicles was going to get 2 OVAs. Well now we are getting all the details. The OVAs will be called “Senjo no Valkyria 3 Tagatame no Juusou” and will be done by A-1 pictures. Nobuhiro Kondo will be the director and Hiroshi Onogi will handle the script.

Not detailed yet, but SEGA is saying there will be some sort of connectivity between the anime and gam. In the official site, game producer Shinji Motoyama said he would like it to be downloadable content.

The videos will be releasing in Sprint 2011, PSN video store will have first dibs.

[Source: AndriaSang]

Conduit 2 finally gets a solid release date


So if early 2011 wasn’t good enough date for you guys, you will be happy to know that Conduit 2 will hit retail on February 15th, 2011. That is right, the same day as Capcom’s Marvel vs. Capcom 3. I see where this is going…

Best of luck to SEGA and High Voltage games on this one, hopefully it does better than the first one.

[Source: IGN]

Shadow the Hedgehog was aimed at US market

Takashi Iizuka’s masterpiece Shadow the Hedghog wasn’t received too well by critics, mostly because the game, well sucked. But now he explains why the game was the way it was…

“After Sonic Adventure, we had two studios, in the US and Japan. The Japanese Studio was to develop a Sonic game in the standard style, and the US studio was to develop something different which could contribute to the Sonic franchise. That background generated the Shadow game as he appeared from Sonic Adventure. We wanted to offer other game systems to attract a different audience from traditional Sonic fans. In the US, first and third-person shooters were popular and we decided to go with a character who could work with them.”

I honestly assumed that Shadow the Hedgehog was just ‘Sonic Team’ trying to put out a product like Ratchet and Clank or Jak & Dexter. Too bad the concept wasn’t why the game was bashed…

[Source:ONM]

SEGA MEGA Sale discounts PSN, XBLA & iOS games up to 70% off

SEGA will be having a ‘SEGA MEGA’ sale starting December 21st. They stated that the games will be from XBLA, PSN and of course iOS devices (don’t they always get sales?), discounts will be up to 70%. That is a nice savings

SEGA has 20 games lined up for the holiday sale, but we won’t find out what they are till December 21st. Bummer. Here is a link to their Facebook event for the sale. Sucks, I already own all the titles I want from XBLA/PSN.

[Source: SEGA]

Sonic fan film to get original Sonic voice actor

If you guys didn’t know, there is some fans working on a Sonic the Hedgehog film, Eddie Lebron is already in the finishing stages of the fan movie. Now, if you are asking yourself if the guy in the middle is an older Steve Urkel from Family Matters fame… it is.

Jaleel White white was the first voice actor for Sonic, he voiced him in three cartoons. Seems the fan film has pulled the retired Sonic voice actor back to the hot seat, according to the site they had him record as a older and younger Sonic, they are still going to choose what version to use. The film is set to be 10-15 minutes long, so don’t expect a Lord of the Rings long movie.

[Via: TSSZNews]

Physical Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity demo detailed

Do you love limited released SEGA stuff? I do, even though I never get anything and all the good stuff is from Japan. When SEGA does put good stuff on their Free Stuff Friday, some dude named MarioLugiKratos always ends up getting it. Bummer.

The demo is going to be limited to 10,000 units. To get one you have to cross a Rappy’s ears and then fill out some application stuff. This is all for Japan, you can also fill out this application and hand it to SEGA at their Jump Festa booth.

[Source: Siliconera]

Yakuza mobile sports a new art style

Yakuza Mobile will hit the GREE mobile services this month, they are already taking up pre-registration if you want in on the action. The game lets you team up with friends while you take back the streets of Kamurocho from invading enemies. The game will have a automatic fighting system, mostly like Mafia Wars from what it sounds like.

The story will be orginal and take place between Yakuza 2 and 3. Masayoshi Yokoyama, who is in charge of the series’ scenarios will be working on the project. If you unlock weapons and items in Yakuza Mobile, it will be possible to transfer them to Yakuza of the End (that is coming out this upcoming March). Check out the screens below.

[Source: AndriaSang]

Videos of the Android Dreamcast emulator

OK, emulators don’t always run great and this one isn’t anywhere near finish it seems, but its good knowing that one day it will be pretty good to play most games and claim to all that the Dreamcast lives on… in your pocket.

According to Engadget, the phone being used in the video is the Samsung Captivate. You can see two more videos here: Crazy Taxi (better running) and Soul Calibur.

[Source: Engadget]

Yakuza 4 character trailer – Taiga Saejima


Taiga Saejima is basically Kazuma Kiryu times 2, he is twice as big and spent almost twice the amount of time in prison for something he didn’t do. Now he is released, will we be seeing bodies drop?

Another excellent trailer, a bit short, but good. Check it out.

[Via: SEGAblog]

SEGA reveals Yakuza Mobile & of the end release date

SEGA has been teasing a Yakuza announcement since Monday. What is all the racket about? It seems that SEGA will have a Yakuza Mobile (Ryu ga Gotoku Mobile) that ties in with their games. Not many details have been posted in terms of gameplay, but it is revealed that you will be able to trade weapons for the mobile game to Yakuza of the End on the PS3.

Talking about Yakuza of the End, SEGA has also announced the Japanese release date for the game. It will be hitting store shelves on March 17th, a year and two days after they released Yakuza 4 over there.

[Source: 1up]

Oh God! Kinect + Hatsune Miku = your perverted fantasies

Hatsun Miku fans are the odd, probably odder than Sonic fans. Actually no, they aren’t odder, just a different type of odd. Here is another PC Kinect hack that will send the freaks flying. OpenNI, Kinect and MikuMikuDance software, you can move her 3-D model around. Its not perfect, like the lower body tracking.

Regardless, pretty interesting stuff. I guess this will sell some Kinect units in Japan. Maybe SEGA will be interested in bringing a official game over? Here is another video to fap to.

[Source: Siliconera]