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Review: House of the Dead: Overkill

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Fan-fucking-tastic.

Every now and then, you get a game so beautiful, so deep, and so well written, that it makes you think. It makes you think about the effects of technology on the future of the human race, the meaning of war and why we fight. A game that tells stories of love and loss, sacrifice and greed. A game that makes you think about the human condition. A game filled with effeminate boys, or gruff, eye patch wearing super soldiers.

This, thankfully, is NOT one of those games. This is a game with nothing but balls to wall action and explosions, undead mutants, ice cream trucks, guns, and lots…and I do mean LOTS, of cursing. Ladies and gentleman, I give you the subject of today’s review, House of the Dead: Overkill.

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Giveaway: Win an Alpha Protocol iPod Touch

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With the help of SEGA, we will be giving away one Alpha Protocol iPod Touch (pictured above) to a lucky winner. To enter the contest all you have to do is design a spy gadget or weapon. You don’t have to be ‘artistically talented’ to enter, just pop open your Microsoft Paint and be creative. When you are done with your gadget/weapon image, upload it, send us (header: AP Gadget) the image link with a small description of your gadget.

Contest open world wide. Contest ends on Monday, May 31st; the day before Alpha Protocol hits store shelves.

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Remember that Alpha Protocol comes out on June 1st in America. Amazon has the game a few bucks cheaper, so drop in that pre-order if you haven’t yet. The game is coming to the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.

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The Last Boss: Red Eye

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Red Eye is an unwilling agent for the notorious Redrum gang (Try reading that backwards! Mind blowing right?) from Sega’s 1996 fighting game Last Bronx. In a move befitting an evil organisation with such an evil name, their method for recruiting Red Eye (formerly known as Ken Kono) was to offer him something called the Redrum challenge (which I can only assume is a blind taste test of various cola brands). He refused them, and so they naturally set him on fire, causing him to go insane and rather than suffering horrible burns, his skin just turned an odd shade of bright red. He also got a pair of cool night vision goggles, giving him that little bit of extra weirdness/style to cement his image as the ‘crazy evil guy’ of the game.

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The Resonance of Fate winner is…

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So it is time to announce the winner for the Resonance of Fate giveaway, the winner is… Joseph Carter. Funny thing, he is one of the few people to actually get the comparison right. If you didn’t know, there were 4 things wrong with the photo.

  • Sonic Team logo in the left, top corner. (you did not have to say it was a Sonic Team logo. Just that there was something)
  • Leanne ‘s flower is missing in the doctored shot.
  • Leanne’s necklace is missing in the doctored shot.
  • One of Zephyr’s buttons is missing from his coat.

The items will be shipped out tomorrow (this includes the Valkyria Chronicles ones as well). Talking about tomorrow, we will also have a BIG prize to give away. Details posted tomorrow.

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SEGAbits All-Stars: Goro Mihashi

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Shenmonth continues with a new segment called SEGAbits All-Stars! Unlike the similarly named ‘SEGA All-Stars’ series of games, SEGAbits All-Stars will highlight the underdogs of the SEGAverse. The characters who weren’t the star of a game, nor were they playable, but they still made enough of an impact to be memorable.

Gotta take a leak before reading more? You should probably hold it in, because our first SEGAbits All-Star knows all the best spots to relieve oneself.

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SEGA-Sammy earnings report

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Here we go, I usually dread these things because I have to post how much money SEGA loses, but this time around I get to talk about how much money they earned. So put your spandex pants on and get ready.

SEGA-Sammy’s fiscal year ends on March 31st, 2010.  The company, as a whole, saw a 10.4% drop in sales to ¥384,679, but saw a 399% increase in operating income to ¥36,712 million.

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The Last Boss: Captain Onishima

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Lieutenant Columbo, Inspector Zenigata and Dirty Harry.

Just let those three names roll around in your head for a bit. They’re all really great characters aren’t they? Now imagine them all combined into one person, cell shaded and then put into a video game.

Now go change your underpants and come back to read about Jet Set Radio’s Captain Onishima.

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Giveaway: Valkyria Chronicles game, artbook and strategy guide

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What do you have to do to win the above? Simple. Just look at the original and doctored photo below, contact us (header: VC contest) with the differences and you will be entered to win.

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The contest will run for 1 week, ending on May 17th, 2010. The contest is open to anyone in the world. One submission per person. 3 runner ups will get a Sands of Destruction wrist bands and Resonance of Fate sampler cds.

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5 Things Shenmue III Should Have

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If there is one thing Shenmue fans can’t get enough of, it’s ‘Shenmue III’ speculation. Fans have put everything from obscure items found in the Hazuki basement to AM2 concept art under a microscope in hopes of finding clues towards what we could expect from a ‘Shenmue III’. Unfortunately, that speculation went from fun in 2002 to nearly hopeless in 2005 to hopeless in 2009. Despite a sequel being nowhere in sight, the past year has provided a few glimmers of hope:

In October 2009 Ryo was announced to be in ‘Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing’ and in January 2010, Sega actually acknowledged that Shenmue exists and that fans want it. Couple that with Sega’s continued support of the Yakuza series (they got a “3”! And a “4” to boot!) and the return of a 2D Sonic on home consoles after 16 years and one could argue that Shenmue fans could move from hopeless back to nearly hopeless.

With all that in mind, let’s fuel that hope and take a look at 5 things ‘Shenmue III’ should have!

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The Last Boss: Tennis Royalty

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Ah tennis, a gentlemanly game of skill. It’s all about two men facing off against each other, nothing but racquets and hairy balls between them.  (I’ll get the bad puns out of the way early, I promise). Unless we are talking Sega’s Virtua Tennis series, in which case, prepare for huge sunflower racquets, giant alligators, wheelie bins from outer space invading our tennis courts, and the brave men who need to stop them. You know I’m not making this stuff up, I’m not that creative.

And of course, we have the baddest dudes to ever set foot on a tennis court. Of course I’m talking about Virtua Tennis’ Royalty the craziest, toughest tennis players to ever walk the earth (sorry John McEnroe, better luck next time).

Hit the Jump to read the full story of the Royal Family of Tennis!

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Shenmonth Begins!

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May is Shenmonth! That’s right, a whole month devoted to articles about the beloved Dreamcast series ‘Shenmue’. Expect an article a week at the Dreamcast Junkyard and SEGAbits. If writers here or from any other Sega blog wish to participate, feel free to grab the header image above, slap it atop a blog post and write whatever you wish about ‘Shenmue’. A “Top Ten Ugliest NPC Characters” article is up for grabs.

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