This my friends is the very first trailer of Shogun 2:Total War, the next game is what is arguably the best RTS series around.
Everything you see in this trailer was taken using the in-game engine. I’m sure you will agree it’s quite beautiful and the animations are superb.
It’s the moment no ones everyone’s been waiting for! Week one results of the Yakuza 5 hostess results.
The results are as follows,
1. Satomi Tateishi – She could get revenge!
2. Haru – She took second place with her enigmatic charms.
3. Ai Sakura – The Agejo maid is in in third place.
4. Yuka Ohnishi – She was apparently cheered on by soccer players. Yuka is a soccer coach.
5. Saaya Kawai – A nail stylist who loves the Yakuza series.
So there you go… One step closer to knowing who we’ll all be fapping over in Yakuza 5.
-Stolen from SegaShiro
Boy I haven’t wanted to play an Arcade game THIS much in years and I love Arcade games. Here’s another BB.TV episode to tease us poor fools in the west and show us exactly what were missing.
It’s like Team Fortress on crack, with robots. WANT!
The Sega of America Blog has a lot of new concept art and screenshots of the Creative Assembly’s up coming ‘Shogun 2 Total War’ a revisit to the shores of ancient Japan in what is arguably the best RTS series ever.
Do your selves a favour and head over to their blog for some really cool artwork and screenshots in high res with info about each one.
RIGHT HERE!
As you may know a well know theme park in the UK, Alton Towers has a new ride based around Sonic the Hedgehog! The ride is called Sonic Spinball, no relation to the video game of the same name. The ride is similar to a roller coaster but the seats actually spin in a round-a-bout style motion as it goes around for maximum vomit inducing fun.
Sonic himself can often be seen walking around the grounds of Alton Park and having pictures taken with fans. There is also a Sonic UFO catcher on the video with Sonic toys inside.
But most interesting of all, when they go into the Sonic branded room (that is now open to the public) when you open the door Sonic says a few phrases… With Sonic’s new Voice Actor Roger Craig Smith. Give it a listen at the 01:33 mark on this video.
I’m afraid I don’t know who took this video but it’s very interesting so well done who ever it was!
Direct from Comic-Con, here is the teaser trailer for SEGA’s upcoming Thor game. It really doesn’t show off a whole lot, but we do at least see a bit of what could be in-game graphics.
In addition, Comics Alliance has some photos of the game’s concept art. Hit the jump for a few choice examples!
So I hear you like walking the streets punching wayward youth in the face and looking at boobs? Who doesn’t? Well good news for all of us! There’s more Yakuza on the way in the form of Yakuza 5 aka ‘That one with Goro playable‘ and with Yakuza comes hostesses to harass. (Apart from in Yakuza 3 lol.)
It’s that time again, Voting time! Sega have picked 16 of the most creepy beautiful looking girls Japan has to offer. It’s up to us mouth breathing, neck bearded internet nerds to pick which one we’re least likely to sleep with.
Check them out and vote HERE!
Alternatively you can see full body shots and info in English HERE!
[Thanks Suzuki Yu]
A new (and FREE) expansion pack for Phantasy Star Universe on Xbox 360 has just been released for download, and not only that, but SEGA has seen fit to give away Ambition of the Illuminus (formerly 800 points) away as well to celebrate!
The Guardians content will offer players new missions, new weapons and new customisation options, breathing some new life into the online game. The expansions can be downloaded from the XBLA Marketplace site, or from your 360 console.
SEGA have recently revealed that Kazuma Kiryu will indeed be starring alongside Goro Majima for the new Yakuza title and carrying on the theme with weapons, Kazuma comes equipped with a large new gun. Not much has been revealed about the game from Nagoshi in the latest Famitsu magazine. On the announcement of Kazuma Kiryu, Toshihiro Nagoshi said;
It’s said that if Kiryu doesn’t appear, Yakuza cannot begin. However, when we revealed Majima as the first main character, in addition to the reaction of ‘You can use Majima this time!’ it was widely said that ‘Kiryu is gone!’ and ‘It’s a game exclusively with Majima,’ so we wanted to quickly get out information about Kiryu’s appearance as well. Please wait just a bit more for the next update.
No doubt that guns will now be playing a bigger part in the series than ever before but in what capacity remains to be seen, before weapons have been largely ineffective in brawls in the game so a massive overhaul on the typical gameplay seems to be on the cards as Nagoshi hinted in an earlier interview. Tokyo Game Show should present fans of the series with a better idea of what to look forward to in this latest installment.
[Source: Andriasang]
SEGA has released an official press release for the long expected Thor video game, aptly titled “Thor: The Video Game”. The game will release on all five gaming platforms and is touted as being Thor’s “first solo video game adventure”. Check out the press release after the break!
The team behind famed Total War series, The Creative Assembly, have announced that SEGA have green lighted a new major title that will be SEGA’s largest current budget title in internal development outside of Japan. Outside of the announcement, very little is known of the title but one could take this as one of the major titles Hayes spoke of. Speaking of the announcement, the Creative Assembly’s website read;
SEGA greenlight major console investment
SEGA have okayed The Creative Assembly to develop a major new console title. Currently in prototyping stage the title and genre are secret but will constitute SEGA’s largest current budget in internal development outside of Japan. Using technology and tools developed over the last two years the team will now grow substantially. Studio Director Tim Heaton said ‘The Creative Assembly are known for Total War and we are privileged to have a skilled large team working to deliver Shogun 2: Total War. However we have moved forward with our console team and spent a lot of time developing an infrastructure that works for them and during that process developed an incredibly strong demo. It is great that we are getting the perfect backing from SEGA – we have the time and the resources to deliver an awesome game’.
Recent major console titles from The Creative Assembly include both Viking: The Battle for Asgard and the critically panned Stormrise. One can only hope that, now suited with a large scale budget, the team can push on further onto consoles and produced a critically acclaimed title for SEGA.
[Source: The Creative Assembly]
In a recent interview with CVG, Mike Hayes has casually mentioned some potential titles for Nintendo’s upcoming 3DS handheld and Microsoft’s Kinect product. While he names some names for the potential 3DS games, he doesn’t give us much info about the Kinect title apart from a loose expected date of completion. Hit the jump for more info!
A week out from Comic-Con, SEGA is still not listed on Comic-Con’s website as an exhibitor. Now we know why. Kellie Parker, SEGA’s Community Manager, has given us the final word on their attendance:
Unfortunately, SEGA will not have a booth at Comic Con. Kellie
This means, that, regrettably, we won’t be covering any SEGA games during the event. I was hoping to get some proper hands on time with Conduit 2’s single player during the event, to make up for our inability to cover it during E3, since the single player mode was for press only.
Namco Bandai and SEGA have announced that in Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd you will be able to download Idolmaster songs and costumes. SEGA have said they have 2 Idolmaster songs ready, but did not say which ones.
The DLC will be released in the fall, Project Diva 2nd goes on sell in the end of the month. To find out more about the costumes, I suggest you hit up the source link.
[Source: AndriaSang]
We know that Valkyria Chronicles 2 has had DLC made in Japan, if you pre-order your game now, you will get two free DLC missions.
• Exercise vs. Class E – An exterminatory war exercise against rival class E using all the areas of Leanbluff Forest. Destroy all enemies in each area to win this challenge.
• Exercise vs. Class F – A defense exercise against rival class F. Break through their stonewalling defense and take over their encampment to win this mission.
The DLC is for both Europe and America, in America the promo is being ran by Gamestop. The game hits America on August 31st and Europe on September 3rd.
