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Big Sonic news is new Sonic voice cast

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The rumor is correct, the big Sonic news that SEGA has just announced is that Roger Craig Smith will be taking the role of Sonic the Hedgehog. You might remember his voice talent as Chris Redfield (Resident Evil 5), Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin’s Creed 2) and Siegfried Schtauffen (Soulcalibur IV).

He was also the voice for Ted Ustinov, Vyse Inglebard, Johann Oswald Wisen and others in Valkyria Chronicles. That game had good voices, no? Just to make the announcement bigger, they also announced the new voice actors for Tails. Kate Higgins will play tails, she did voices for Naomi and RinRin in MadWorld. Also a ton of voices in Valkyria Chronicles.

It has been confirmed that Mike Pollock will stay as Eggman. Mike Pollock has been voicing Eggman since 2005, after the death of Deem Bristow. Almost every voice actor for the game characters has changed, but we have only seen Sonic and Tails as of yet.

[Source: SEGA]

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Vanquish: This is gonna be fun trailer

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Here is the latest trailer for Vanquish, in this trailer it just has gameplay with some techno soundtrack in the background. Its amazing seeing how much is going on screen at once and frame rate stays solid.

The game will be out in October worldwide, pre-order it at some stores to receive free DLC weapon pack.

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Rumor: Sonic to get a new voice actor?

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There was a post by SEGA community manager AAUK stating that SEGA has some ‘ground breaking’ news coming regarding Sonic franchise. People seem to think it might be a new voice actor.

Jason Griffith, current voice actor for Sonic has stated that he will not be lending his voice for the upcoming Wii exclusive, Sonic Colors:

“Thanks for sending [a video of Sonic Colours]. Not sure who is voicing Sonic, unfortunately, so I can’t really say. Also, we have all signed NDA’s in the past, so I don’t really “speak up” on a lot of things involving SEGA.”

Or it could be that Sonic 4 and Sonic Colors won’t have voice work. Wouldn’t that be awesome?

[Source: GoNintendo]

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Nagoshi speaks his mind about 3DS

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Nagoshi isn’t afraid of saying what he thinks. He has stated that since the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo has pursued their video game consoles to be more toys than entertainment machines. He has suggested that he wants to pitch a few games for the newest handheld. Hopefully the new games aren’t Yakuza related.

“If future portable game machines demand that both social aspects and immersion be satisfied for when you play multiplayer and single player for instance, 3DS firmly answers these with Wi-Fi and 3D. I’d like to make a variety of proposals.”

Well, I guess its not that bad of a comment. Though, DS also had Wifi. Has Nagoshi used that? Read what other developers had to say over at andriasang.

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AVP console versions no longer supported

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It seems for all those people that purched Aliens vs. Predator on consoles and were hoping for a patch to make online better, adding wanted features or new maps are now screwed.Clumsyorchid, community manager for the title, has confirmed that the console patches have be cancelled.

“I’ve just received a mail this AM regarding patches for the console versions of AVP and I regret to inform everyone that these have sadly been scrapped.

I had previously made a claim that these were coming and at the time, this was very much on the table. For the console community, I apologize, as I know there are many features and updates that you’d like to see. I’ll keep fighting internally for this to happen, but until I hear otherwise, there will not be a console patch for either Xbox or PS3.”

Sadly this is not the first time that SEGA have published a game that needed patches and they just stop supporting it. This is an issue SEGA should fix, also release those needed patches faster. Where are the Alpha Protocol patches? At least PC users get future patches, lucky them.

[Source: AliensvsPredator]

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Black Panther: New Yakuza Chapter trailer #2

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Today the new Black Panther: New Yakuza Chapter trailer goes up on the interwebs. It shows off some of the cutscense that remind me of the Metal Gear Solid PSP games. The guys at AndriaSang have translations and in-depth info.

If you fast forward some more it will show the fighting, multiplayer and even the mini games. Something I never understood about games like this, do they hire someone to do the punching sound effect? Why is the sound effect so comical? I mean, no one really sounds like that when they are being punched!

[Source: AndriaSang]
[Thanks: Charmy699]

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SEGA launches new arcade in Yoyogi, Japan

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SEGA has launched a new arcade palace in Yoyogi, Japan. This new arcade building will have 134 machines spanning across 690 square meters of space. Now if only I knew what a meter was…

They will have the latest games like AM2’s Border Break and Project Diva Arcade. The location is next to a train station, ensuring that business men will walk in to use the restroom and will be unable to resist a singing game featuring underage girls. They love that stuff.

[Source: Arcade Heroes]

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G4TV: Sonic Colors Interview

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Not really an interview, since you have to ask questions. More like someone at the SEGA booth telling us what the game is about, while she can barely talk due to screaming at Sonic fans all day because they were doing odd stuff at the booth.

Like always, the game is looking rather fantastic in my opinion.

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Weekend Reading: Valkyria Chronicles trophies

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Everytime someone has a list of games that should get a trophy patch, Valkyria Chronicles is on that list right below Metal Gear Solid 4. Nothing new, but is it odd that fans are still asking for it? Isn’t it a tad bit late? Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t mind it, but trophies won’t make the game better or worse. I guess its not going to hurt us to ask, is it?

Wow, more links than any other week. Anything that I missed?

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Pre-order Sonic Colors, get creepy Sonic hat

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Gamestop is holding some of that ‘exclusive pre-order’ stuff with Sonic Colors, unlike most of their crappy DLC exclusives; this one is a physical item. A creepy Sonic hat, to wear when you have your furry orgies.

I’m sure deep down inside SEGA knows that 90% of the Sonic fanbase is odd furry people and they will love this. But, I have to admit, its nice seeing a ‘physical’ free object for pre-order. You can pre-order the game on their site and it will ship with the hat.

[Thanks: ShadiWulf]

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Vanquish hits Europe on October 22nd

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We already know that Vanquish is hitting Japan on October 21st, but a day after, everyone in Europe will have the pleasure of getting the game. The three weapon pack will be for pre-order customers as well, only in Europe it will be selected retailers.

The DLC for pre-orders are the same as the Japanese release. That means Boost Machine Gun, Laser Canon and Anti Armor Pistol. If trend goes like the Japanese release, the pre-order DLC will be up for sale after the game comes out.

[UPDATE:] North American release date for Vanquish announced, October 19th. Take that Europe and Japan, last to be announced and first to come out. [/UPDATE]

[Source: SEGA]

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SEGA Arcade: “Let’s Go Kids Elephant Bus” released in Japan

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SEGA has been releasing ‘kid arcade’ games for awhile. This is one of their latest ones and its artwork creeps me out. Just to annoy parents, this ride can seat a kid and an adult.

The game takes about 2-4 minutes as you go on a bus route and pick up animals. You can select the bus routes. The game features “road safety events”, you know, to teach your kids about being safe. Also vibrating seats. For the Moms.

[Source: Arcade Heroes]

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Sonic Colors to support classic & Gamecube controller

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If you go to the Nintendo of America product page in the Wii’s U.S. channel it will reveal that the game will support both classic controller and Gamecube controller, for those of you that hate motion.

This is great, if it turns out to be true. But Nintendo EU’s listing for Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing said it supported the Gamecube controller, which it did not. So who knows.

[Source: Sonic Stadium]

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Vanquish will get downloadable content

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SEGA Japan have confirmed paid downloadable content will be hitting Vanquish. The first set of DLC are the three guns you see above and will be free for pre-order customers. The pack includes a Boost Machine Gun, Laser Canon and Anti Armor Pistol.

It has been confirmed that those who didn’t pre-order will be able to buy the weapons. Talking about Vanquish, Shinji Mikami has launched the blog for the game today.

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RetroN 3: Play your SEGA and Nintendo in harmony

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So you want to play your SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis, but your brother has the Super Nintendo hooked up? Fear no more, now you can play SNES and Genesis off the same console, they even threw in NES as well. That is 3 consoles, all in one. This isn’t the first time a company have done this, but this one looks fairly good.

The console has 2 controller ports for each platform, so you don’t have to use a Genesis pad to play NES games. Unless you really want to. So yes, this will work with your original controllers from the official console. The console already comes packed with ‘wireless’ controllers. If you like that stuff. You get to choose either red or black for the console. Cost? $69.99.

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