SEGA used “Pirate TV” as a advertising campaign for the SEGA Mega Drive (US: Genesis) in Britain. The dog tag above was given to a UKR reader by SEGA during a event to try out the Mega CD and Sonic 2.
This is where I talk about how in my day, console wars where fought on the playground, not behind a computers. You get the idea.
Alpha Protocol is coming out on 3 platforms, but which platform looks the best? I got to say, all three look the same to me. Sure the PC version is a bit sharper. But not by much.
Obviously the site is not running the PC version to its full potential, but since this is the only comparison out so far, it is safe to assume each platform is a safe buy. The game is out today in Europe, out in America on June 1st.
[Source: PCgames]
Do you work at a game store or like to pretend you do? Well now you can play this on those television sets they have there on repeat and pretend you live in Japan.
The thing says it has over 100 outfits? Imagine if you played this in the store, that would have to excite someone, right?
So you like doing doodles and like Phantasy Star Portable 2? What if you could get your artwork as an in-game item? The item will be a wall scroll that players will be able to hang in their ‘My Room’. They say you are allowed to submit anything as long as its Phantasy Star releated. Nei lives, come on guys!
The image size will be 374 x 561, or multiples of this as long as the it can be scaled down correctly. E-mail your submissions to communityteam@sega.com. More details on the SEGA Blog.
This is what a Bayonetta as a virtuaroid would look like. It really makes me miss the real Bayonetta and her sexy curves. This was posted up on the Official Platinum Games forums. They even have a House of the Dead: Climax Edition.
Alpha Protocol comes out tomorrow in Europe and June 1st in the United States, you can check what the first 10 minutes of the game is like. The video was posted by Xbox Evolved.
Why does Micheal walk around like he is a huge body builder unable to move his shoulders or chest? I guess that is how spies walk.
So who exactly is making this game? SEGA have now revealed that Sonic Team will be developing the Wii version and DS version will be Sonic Team along side Dimps.
I’m assuming that the team doing the game is the same team that did the Story Book series of games. It would make the most sense.
[Source: Sonic City Blognik]
Scot Bayless knows a thing or two about failing, he was Senior Producer at SEGA of America when they came up with the brilliant idea for the SEGA 32x. He also served at Microsoft as Studio Manager. Seeing all those studios closing at Microsoft Games Studios, don’t think he did a great job there either. This is what he had to say about Microsoft’s add-on.
“When I met with Microsoft in 2008 to look at Natal I asked: ‘When will you integrate this into the 360? Their response was: ‘We’re probably going to wait and see on that.’ To which I said: Then you’re going to fail.'”
He makes a great point about splitting the user base apart. Game development is expensive as it is, HD consoles finally reached the “above 35 million units sold” area and now developers will have to risk doing games for a smaller market that owns Project Natal or Playstation Move? Will casuals buy them? If Natal is $150 as rumored, they won’t. Again, we don’t know if Microsoft has “integrated” Natal with a new SKU, but if the bundled rumor price of $300 for an arcade is correct, a bit tough to lure in “the casuals. ”
Why would they buy expensive add-ons and consoles when the Wii is integrated with motion control since day one, costs $200 dollars and has a slew of motion based games already?
[Source: Now Gamer]
SEGA held this same type of competition for Yakuza 4, which was very popular contest receiving over 1,500 applications. They narrowed it down to 7 girls who appeared in the game, now women all over Japan will have another shot, this time for Black Panther: New Yakuza Chapater on PSP.
Applications will be accepted till June 27th, if you clear the first round you will appear in front of judges in Osaka or Tokyo in early July. The final winners will appear at TGS and “other promotional activities.” Check out the official page for more information. Above is a video featuring porn star Ryo, who was one of the winners in the last competition. She should tone her voice done a bit.
[Source: AndriaSang]
I guess we will call the game, Black Panther here instead of Black Leopard, even if the game has no official US name. We already know with the last trailer, that the lead character Tatsuya Ukyou accidentally kills Naoki Toda, a high ranking Tojo Clan member. What we did not know is that Ukyo was planning on leaving Kamurocho after the killing, but was attacked by some men that knocked him out with a stun gun.
When Ukyo was unconscious they took him to Dragon Heat, an underground fighting arena that is ran by the Tojo Clan’s Kuki family. There is a big fight going on, two fighters are going at it, Takeru and Ryu. Takeru is powerful, but loses because of Ryu’s dead on hits. Uyko is then approached by the manager, Ryutaro Kuki, telling him if he joins Dragon Heat he will overlook the death of Naoki Toda.
All the shops you expect will be included, hostess bars will be there and there plays to be over 100 side quests. Just because its on the small screen does not mean it will be a small game.
[Source: AndriaSang]
We have told you guys before that SEGA will ‘ressurct’ some IPs to appear in “Super Dimensional Game Neptune” (full title). Well we got a list, thanks to Famitsu.
I don’t quite recall Ashura, but Penguin Land? Really? I like some of the list, obviously Fantasy Zone, but most could have been bigger stuff that fans wanted. Either way, the game is Japan only so far and I doubt SEGA themselves will bring it over. As for importers, the game hits July 29th only on Playstation 3.
[Source: The Examiner]
Seems that SEGA’s Valkyria Chronicles 2 will get a ‘side story’ manga in Japan. The first issue hits store shelves this Friday, the 28th. Seems that SEGA Japan is not done promoting Valkyia Chronicles 2 over there, after it released this last Fall. This is how you support a game.
Seems that the manga will be called “Valkyria Chronicles 2: Our Only Days”, sounds catchy to me. Wonder if SEGA West will be releasing it here? Doubt it.
[Source: Game’s Official website]
We have put up a donation button on the right hand side (points to it), so if any of you guys want to help out the site by dropping a few dollars our way we appreciate it. Also, we will be moving servers soon, hopefully in the next few days. This will mean some down time, hopefully not too much. Some users have been contacting me via e-mail and MSN that they heard rumors that the site was joining some network. False. We are not for sale, but thanks for shopping.
Outside of the server move, not much to talk about here. We will be changing some stuff around the main page and the forums, but not big changes. I’m quite happy with our sites layout and functionality. Suggestions?
Summer of Sonic is a yearly event for Sonic fans, sponsored by SEGA and ran by the guys over at Sonic Stadium and Sonic Wrecks. I have been told the event has nothing to do with Summer of Sam and that I watch too many serial killer related movies. Sort of disappointed now.
The guys have launched the Summer of Sonic site, which gives you more information on the event. You can’t register yet.
OnLive is a ‘cloud computing’ service that will let you play any games (that are on the service), on a decent PC, as long as you have a internet connection. How does it do this? It streams the game online, so the game is never actually playing on your PC, its playing on a PC owned by OnLive. I don’t think the service will be that popular, but we shall see.
The title is suppose to be a launch line-up for OnLive. It is set to launch on June 17th at the E3 Expo. Hopefully you have a fast enough internet connection.
[Source GameIndustry.biz]