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Famitsu Scans Reveal Chemical Plant and Stardust Speedway for Generations

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The recently released issue of Japanese magazine Famitsu spills the beans on two hotly anticipated classic Sonic zones making their return: Sonic 2’s Chemical Plant and Sonic CD’s Stardust Speedway. The first is a full blown classic and modern stage, featuring the iconic yellow and blue paths and copper colored factories of Chemical Plant. Stardust Speedway will be the location for Sonic’s race, and possible battle, with the recently revealed rival Metal Sonic. The magazine also shows what appear to be the 3DS special stages, taken from Sonic Heroes.

After the break, drool over the scans!

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Binary Domain – New ‘Story’ Trailer

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A new trailer for Nagoshi’s ‘Binary Domain’ has appeared. The trailer which has no gameplay sheds a bit more light on the games storyline and shows a few new bosses and characters. It all looks pretty cool; I’m definitely getting a bit of a Yakuza vibe in the way the characters look and move. The VA’s are pretty hit and miss though but overall I liked the trailer.

Binary Domain will release on the Xbox360 and PS3 in 2012.

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SEGA gets Korean model to promote MLB Manager Online

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SEGA has picked Hong Soo Ah, a Korean model to promote their popular MLB Manager Online web game. A representative said:

“When men and women of all ages think about baseball, the number one celebrity to come to mind is Hong Soo Ah. We chose her as the model because we believed her to suit the position considering the love she receives for her unique passion for the sport of baseball.”

This deal is obviously for Korea, since I doubt Americans know who she is, and I doubt many would think of a small Asian girl when they think of baseball. No, we think about hot dogs and steroids.

[Source: Allkpop]

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Aliens: Colonial Marines to have “Last Stands” and “Gauntlet” sections

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Randy Pitchford has been talking to PC Gamer about Aliens: Colonial Marines this month. He talks about what the team is trying to accomplish with the upcoming title. Two things he says the team is tring to create are sections called “Last Stands” and “Gauntlets”. Names they are using to describe intense parts of the game.

“We’ve come up with language to define some of the tools we use for pacing. Gauntlet Run: this is about getting from point A to point B and everthing’s going to be thrown in your way around you.”

“Last Stand: this is when you’re in a defined area and we’re going to be pouring in aliens from all directions. That’s a pacing moment that can feel sometimes like Left 4 Dead or some of those great moments fromHalf-Life 2 where you’re setting a turret here and setting a turret there. These are really interesting wheen you add co-op into the mix.” – Randy Pitchford

Sounds like it’s going to be a changing experience. The thing I kind of disliked about Left 4 Dead was that it was a one trick pony. It seemed like one mode that was remixed a ton of times. This seems like it’s going to have a bit of everything. Hopefully it’s done right.

[Source: PCGamer]

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Sonic’s Facebook Page Reveals Classic Metal Sonic!

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The little metal manace returns! Sonic the Hedgehog’s Facebook page has just revealed the CG render for Metal Sonic as he will appear in Sonic Generations. What’s special about this iteration of Sonic’s doppelganger is that unlike recent video game appearances of Metal, this version is based on the classic Sonic CD design. Shorter limbs, bigger head, round eyes and pure evil. I love it! Now my fingers are crossed for a Sonic CD stage in which you battle Metal. Based on the design, I’d say we’re getting one.

Check out the full sized image at SEGA’s Flickr page.

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Jeopardy! answers “Who is Sonic?”

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Last week on Jeopardy it was Kids Week, so appropriately clues catered to the younger crowd. Despite being twice their age, many of the questions went over my head and were successfully answered by the competing grade schoolers. Thankfully, I was sure to get one question right and that one involved a popular blue hedgehog. On the Friday, July 8th episode, in the category Cute & Cuddly the $800 clue was: “Tails is a big-eyed friend of this ever-popular hedgehog”. The eventual champion Tony correctly answered “Sonic” in the form of a question. Thank goodness he didn’t screw up and say Shadow or Silver. Way to go, Tony! Now use that prize money to pre-order Sonic Generations, and pick up Jeopardy! for the SEGA Genesis while you’re at it.

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Rumor: Rise of Nightmares is “STAMACSTA” in Australia

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Rise of Nightmares: It’s a pretty creepy title. It makes sense in the context of the game, the nightmares are rising and it is up to you to keep them down and defeat them.

STAMACSTA: What?!

According to the Australian Classification Board, a game developed by SEGA’s CS3 team containing “strong horror violence, blood and gore” will be released in Australia. This describes Rise of Nightmares to a T, however the title does not match up. In the classification, this game is titled “STAMACSTA”. Either SEGA’s CS3 team are developing two gory games and we have yet to hear of this other one, or much more likely STAMACSTA is Australia’s title for Rise of Nightmares. Fingers crossed that a classification board employee accidentally let his cat walk on the keyboard rather than this being true. It’s quote an awful title. “Stam-acts-ta”?

After the break, check out the classification information.

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Rumor: SEGA working on Phantasy Star Victory?

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Seems that SEGA developer Kenichi Tanase might have let slip the title of the next Phantasy Star game on twitter. He says the next game will be called Phantasy Star Victory.

Since Phantasy Star Portable (PSP) was for the Playstation Portable (PSP), people are assuming that Phantasy Star Victory (PSV) will be on the Playstation Vita (PSV). Chances seem high, SEGA has already confirmed it’s working on 5 titles for the portable.

[Via: NoGamesPortable]

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SEGA Amusement USA changing location and name

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I guess there have been rumors flying that SEGA Amusement USA will be closing down, since their website has been down. The fine folks at Arcade Heroes got down to it and found out what is really going on.

It seems that SEGA Amusement USA will be changing locations from Elk Grove Village, IL to Wood Dale, IL. They have also confirmed that they will be changing their name from SEGA Amusement USA to Play It Amusement Inc. The company is still going to be operated and owned by SEGA.

This new change is aimed to keep the same employees and streamline operating costs by working closer with SEGA Amusement Europe. I don’t know why they changed the name myself, but whatever.

[Source: ArcadeHeroes]

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I’m a celebrity!

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Before I talked about my E3 experiences on the Swingin’ Report Show, I was a guest on “The Spindash” the best darn Sonic-related podcast that hasn’t had an episode in half a year. GXEchidna interviewed me. He’s a great guy and we have the same interest in podcasts. The episode is even named after my full username. “Much Ado about Shigamado”.

You can catch it here.

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Famitsu Reveals Sonic Generations City Escape Modern Remix and More Screens

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While City Escape has been known of since E3, and there has been a number of preview videos and screens since then, we have yet to hear a clean version of the music for the modern version of the stage. This is the tune that singer Tony Harnell hinted at re-recording long before Sonic Generations was ever announced. Thanks to SEGA of Japan and Famitsu, a new trailer puts the E3 trailer to shame by incorporating the actual stage music. What more, Famitsu shares a few new screens from both modern and classic City Escape including the stage hub.

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