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Warning: Maintenance this Weekend

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Update: Maintenance is over!

I will be doing maintenance on SEGAbits sometime this weekend. I’ll be honest, I don’t know exactly when, just whenever I feel in the mood to do it.

Just some back end changes as we get ready for the future, nothing that is going to change the site very much at the moment. Just wanted to give you guys a heads up because with the changes that are being made I’m not sure I’ll be able to put up a maintenance message. So yeah..

I also had some fun in photoshop making the image for this post, if you didn’t notice! Blood will be shed because of this maintenance! =P

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Binary Domain Consequence Trailer is over 4 minutes long

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Check out the latest trailer for SEGA’s third person squad based shooter Binary Domain. Toshihiro Nagoshi and Team Yakuza have been working hard on their consequence system that reacts and evaluates your battle performance and strategy, the more effective fighter you are, the more likely your squad mates will listen to you in regards to advice and planning out how to take large groups of machine downs.

The trailer also features the voice acting for the newest character, Cain, a French military robot and showcases a new level that was only seen prior in screenshots as well as how the consequence system may alter the storyline slightly.

[Thanks for the tip SEGA Uranus]

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Sonic Generations Modern Era Trailer

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Following on from their recent trailer for the Dreamcast era, SEGA has released the trailer for the modern era, three of the most recent console titles in the series. Featured in the trailer are stages Crisis City, Rooftop Run and Planet Wisp and showcasing both modern and classic Sonic as the blast through the various stages at high speed and platforming.

With Sonic Generations less than a month away, this could be one of the final trailers, if not the final trailer, SEGA releases to promote the game. Sonic Generation is set to release 1st November in North America and 4th November in Europe.

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SEGA-Sammy changes half-year forecast due to poor game sales

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SEGA-Sammy has changed their financial forecast, stating that they will make less revenue, yet make more profits.

SEGA-Sammy has changed their forecast  due to recent software titles not selling as well as expected. But they reduced the cost of operation from their pachinko machine business, thus they will return profit instead of losses.

SEGA-Sammy orginally posted that they expected to make $2.15 billion in revenue, now they changed it to $1.96 billion. Revenue isn’t Profit. SEGA orginally forecasted that they will lose $39.11 million, now changed it to a profit of $26.08 million.

[Thanks: TheREALTupac]
[Source: Gamasutra]

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Check out some Guardian Heroes wallpapers and avatars

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Fans of SEGA’s up and coming Guardian Heroes can look forward to multiple avatars to select from. The publisher will be releasing costumes and items based on all the main characters from Treasure’s SEGA Saturn classic. If that is not enough for fans of the title, SEGA will be giving out a SEGA Saturn T-Shirt for 80 Microsoft Points.

The publisher has also released multiple wallpapers for people to appreciate the art from the game. SEGA is looking to release Guardians Heroes is set to release next week on the 12th October internationally exclusively for Xbox Live Arcade. Click on the link below to check out all the goods available for purchase and download.

[Source: http://blogs.sega.com/2011/10/05/guardian-heroes-avatar-items/ ]

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Sky Sanctuary Gameplay Video

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CVG has a preview up for Sonic Generations. Along with it, comes this gameplay video of Sky Sanctuary, with its lush graphics, great remix of the original tune and the giant Death Egg looming in the background. How can you not be hyped for this game?!

[Source:CVG]

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Yakuza: Dead Souls announced for March 2012

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SEGA have finally announced Yakuza spinoff, Ryu Ga Gotoku: Of the End, for America and Europe today. The game is dated for March 2012, following the same trend that the prior two Yakuza games set. There has been no words if SEGA will change the controls as one of their directors said prior to the announcement of this game. 

The game is set to bring back primary hero Kazuma Kiryu and Shun Akiyama and fans of the series can enjoy controlling Goro Majima and Ryuji Goda for the first time as zombies and mutants invade Tokyo and involves focus on guns for the first time in the series. Check after the break for the press release and for the boxart for Yakuza: Dead Souls.

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Sega Sweepstakes – Name That Game! (It’s a good one!)

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Sega are inviting you to guess what game they are about to announce, but don’t worry… They’re giving you a pretty hefty clue. If you can’t get it right away then you should probably be a better Sega fan. Needless to say I’m excited!

Watch the video to find out how to enter the competition!

(5) First Prizes – Ten (10) winners will be randomly selected and each will receive a FREE digital download of the game (in the PlayStation® 3 format) associated with the song correctly named in the contest, Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) $10. The prize will be fulfilled as a code, which the winner will use to unlock the game on his/her console using an Internet connection. There are a total of ten (10) prizes with a total ARV of all prizes of $100. The odds of winning depend upon the total number of eligible entries received.

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Sonic Generations – Six Screens from Speedy Highway!

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Take a gander at these high-speed Sonic Generations screenshots featuring ‘Speedy Highway’ (first seen in Sonic Adventure) now in glorious HD!

I remember playing Sonic Adventure when it first released on Dreamcast and that one particular set piece in Seedy Highway where Sonic Runs down the side of a sky scraper blew my mind. I’d never seen anything so mind bending, graphically stunning (for its time) and fast in a videogame before. It will stay with me for ever; I hope Sonic Generations can recapture the magic of Speedy Highway!

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SEGA having fall press event, teasing unannounced title

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SEGA is going to hold a fall press event to show off some of its titles, one game at the event will be announced. Obviously we already know the title being shown at the event, Yakuza: Dead Souls.

The best part? SEGA didn’t invite us, which is a bit lame since we have been posting and supporting titles like Yakuza series coming over from Japan. But hey, thanks for inviting Go Nintendo, seeing as how well they cover Yakuza title news. Now we will sit in the corner of the party drinking our wine coolers and not bothering the other guests.

[Source: Go Nintendo]

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Dualshockers post an open letter to SEGA: “If You can’t publish It, license it.”

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If you have heard our podcasts before, I have complained that SEGA has left some gems over in Japan, sometimes we understand there isn’t a market to meet their expectations.  But why should we, the fans miss out when they can license the IP to a smaller publisher like Atlus or NIS America?

Not only do these smaller publishers know how to push titles to the fans, they also release some nice special edition that gets us all hot and heavy. Remember the  Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love special edition on PS2? Not only that, NIS America ported it to Wii for America.

You can read their open letter over at Dualshockers.

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Sonic Colors hasn’t sold 1 million units in the US

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Nintendo Power has released a list of all the software that has sold over a million copies in the US. There are many titles that we knew where going to make it. The best selling Wii game? Wii Play sold 13.04 million units. Impressive.
SEGA only had 2 games make it on the list. Yes, you guessed it. Mario & Sonic at Olympic Games (2.12 million) and Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (1.34 million). Sadly Sonic Colors did not make the list. That means that the game, so far, hasn’t broken 1 million units in the United States.

Damn, that sucks! Lets see how Sonic Generations performs on the PS3 & 360. Hit the jump for the rest of the list.

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New Shinobi 3DS trailer confirms unlockable Joe Musashi

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFvVOi_6Gjo
For those of you who where disappointed that Shinobi 3DS didn’t star the awesome Joe Musashi, don’t fear, he is unlockable. He was also unlockable in the PS2 game called Shinobi as well.

Weird? They say Joe Musashi came before the hero in Shinobi 3DS, but the hero in this game is supposed to be Joe’s father, no?

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Phantasy Star Online 2 delayed to sometime 2012

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SEGA today confirmed that one of their most anticipated titles has been pushed back to sometime in 2012. The game was suppose to release late this year following its Alpha trial but has been pushed back due to fan feedback. Speaking on the matter, producer Satoshi Sakai says the decision was made by SEGA following the feedback from the alpha-test. SEGA has now confirmed that a second trial will be held in early 2012 and those who tried the original alpha as well as new participants will be allowed entry. With such news, expect the release date to be moved to sometime in mid 2012 when SEGA officially announces a new date.

[Source: Siliconera]

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Aliens: Colonial Marines – E3 Demo Footage

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When Aliens: Colonial Marines was shown to the press behind closed doors at E3 2011 it seemed to be very well received. Now the rest of us unworthy peons can finally all see why. Narrated by Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford here is a walkthrough of Aliens: Colonial Marines second missions as shown at E3.

Any Aliens fan can tell you that the guys at Gearbox have gone above and beyond to recreate the world and atmosphere of the Aliens movie. With online drop-in Co-Op for up to 4 players I hope for some intence fire-fights with my friends.

I think the game looks beautiful, the graphics are great and the atmosphere seems authentic. If I have one small complaint it would be with the fire and muzzle flash effects looking a bit dated and the tracer bullets looking a bit bulky and cartoonish. Otherwise, everything looks superb and I can’t wait to get my hands on it!

From this first look Aliens: Colonial Marines looks as though it’s shaping up to be something special, fingers crossed!

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