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Persona5: The Phantom X Now Available on PC and Mobile!

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Calling All Phantom Thieves! Today, SEGA and ATLUS launched Persona5: The Phantom X on PC and mobile, inviting players into an all-new adventure set in the colorful and engrossing world of the legendary Persona series. In Persona5: The Phantom X, players will journey as a brand-new protagonist with the unique turn-based RPG gameplay and setting of Persona 5.

An original event based on Persona 5 is also now live, with Joker from Persona 5 available from a limited contract. To celebrate the launch, check out the latest Student Life trailer here, and the Phantom Thieves Life trailer here. You can also watch the Release Countdown livestream VOD here.

Full announcement details are in the press release below!

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McLaren Racing and SEGA announce partnership with Sonic the Hedgehog™

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Today, SEGA and McLaren Racing announced a new multi-year partnership with Sonic the Hedgehog, bringing together two globally recognized icons of speed and making SEGA the official gaming partner of McLaren Racing Limited. The partnership marks a reunion more than thirty years in the making. At the 1993 European Grand Prix, known as the Sonic Grand Prix, McLaren F1 Team driver Ayrton Senna was awarded a Sonic the Hedgehog trophy on the podium.

Fans can expect creative integrations and experiences that fuse the worlds of motorsport and gaming and engage audiences of all ages both on the grid and screen. The partnership will continue throughout Sonic Team’s 2025 “Racing Around the World” campaign into 2026 for Sonic’s 35th Anniversary and the McLaren Formula 1 Team’s 1,000th Grand Prix. SEGA will also be hosting an exciting activation at McLaren Racing Live: London, a fan-focused Trafalgar Square take-over on July 2 – 3.

Check out full details from the press release here!

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SEGA Announces Nickelodeon Collaboration for Upcoming Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

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SEGA surprised everyone at the 2025 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards with a reveal: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is crossing over with Nickelodeon. And yes—SpongeBob is in.

During the show, SEGA dropped a new trailer showing SpongeBob and friends hitting the track alongside Sonic and his crew. It also showed off a SpongeBob-themed vehicle and track, plus a quick tease of more Nick content on the way—including stuff from Avatar: The Last Airbender and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

If you grab the Digital Deluxe Edition of the game, you’ll get all the Nickelodeon content through the Season Pass, along with the recently announced Minecraft crossover, Sonic Prime characters, and a couple of mystery collabs still to come.

More details are on the way, but one thing’s clear: CrossWorlds is shaping up to be the wildest Sonic racer yet.

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SEGA Talk #165: Toy Story (1995)

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Open the toy box, because on this SEGA Talk we’re unboxing Toy Story for the SEGA Genesis! How did this multiplatform licensed game wow players in 1995? How does it compare to the movie of the same name? Is there a snake in my boot? Watch and find out on this toyetic SEGA Talk!

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Digital Eclipse head of production Stephen Frost expresses desire to work on a Saturn fighting game collection

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Digital Eclipse is name that holds a spectacular reputation among fans of retro gaming. The Atari SA owned development studio has been behind some of the most highly regarded retro game collections in recent years, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, and their most recently announced games Golden Tee: Arcade Classics and Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection. (Of note to Sega fans, that upcoming Mortal Kombat collection… sorry, I mean “Kollection…” will include the Genesis/Mega-Drive, Game Gear, and even 32X ports of multiple Mortal Kombat titles)

When speaking with Games Industry.biz regarding their work on Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, Digital Eclipse head of production Stephen Frost mentioned he’d love to be able to do a collection of Sega’s fighting games on the Sega Saturn. This isn’t a confirmation that any such project is actually in development, but it is cool to hear nonetheless.

You can see his exact quote past the break here.

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Remaining Sega Forever mobile games being hit with End-of-Service announcements UPDATE: Annnnnnnd they’re gone

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Recorded from the Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II mobile app

The final nail in Sega Forever’s coffin has just been pounded in. The once-promising initiative out of Sega Europe to bring classic Sega games back on mobile devices as free, ad-supported games had already been quietly discontinued years ago and several games were delisted and left with their online services disabled in 2023. Now, most of the remaining games are meeting the same fate.

Like before, this comes without any official announcement from Sega outside of this end-of-service notice popping up within the affected games, along with a link directly to Sega’s website. Each of the games will remain playable offline and tied to your Google Play or Apple account if you had previously downloaded them, but they will no longer be updated, so it’s only a matter of time until they do become unplayable as Sega will no longer make sure they keep up with ongoing Android or iOS updates. This has actually already happened with each of the games that were delisted the last time since we reported on it two years ago. The topical games here are still available on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store as of this writing, so you may as well download the remaining games if you haven’t already and enjoy them while you can. As part of this update, all online features will be shut down, which amounted to leaderboards and, for the Genesis/Mega-Drive games, save-states saved onto the cloud. Local save data will remain accessible. The option to pay $2 USD to disable ads, which will now be disabled anyway, is also gone.

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Video Game Composers, Tee Lopes and Yuzo Koshiro, to work on SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance OST

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Today, SEGA has announced that video game composers, Tee Lopes (Sonic Mania, Streets of the Rage 4: Mr. X Nightmare) and Yuzo Koshiro (The Revenge of Shinobi, Streets of Rage) will be working together to compose SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance original soundtrack. In addition to the announcement, Tee Lopes left a special message for the fans that the composers decided to take the soundtrack to new avenues in a bold modern sound that ties into the brand-new experience. Tee will also be performing a DJ set that will represent the series history at a later date.

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance is available now for pre-order on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and Steam for $29.99 USD. Fans who pre-order the digital version of the game will receive a 10% discount, the Original Arcade Outfit, Fortune Hunter Amulet, and digital artbook and soundtrack!

Physical pre-orders for SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance are now live on the Limited Run Games website through June 29, 2025 with three editions of the game available to purchase. For additional information on pre-orders, please visit the official game website.

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THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2: Remake launches August 7 for Steam, GOG, and Nintendo Switch

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After its initial announcement in January, the wait is over as The House of the Dead 2: Remake will officially be available for Steam, GOG, and Nintendo Switch on August 7, 2025 with the price of 24,99 EUR/USD. No words on other consoles at the moment.

The House of the Dead 2: Remake is a remake of the second entry in the well-known and popular rail-shooter series. Take on the lone role of a secret agent as James or Gary or team up in co-op mode to neutralize the dangerous creatures standing in your way.

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Celebrate 25 Years of Jet Set Radio with SEGA, Brain Dead Studios, and NTS!

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Attention to all Rudies in the L.A. area! In celebration of Jet Set Radio’s 25th anniversary of its original Dreamcast release, SEGA presents a special event hosted in partnership with Brain Dead Studios and music platform NTS.

Experience the fusion of gaming and art from June 13-20 at Brain Dead Studios, Los Angeles, CA. Fans can connect to the game with exclusive merchandise, a gaming lounge, art gallery, live music, canvas tagging wall, and custom airbrush merchandise!

Jet Set Radio creators, Masayoshi Kikuchi and Ryuta Ueda, will be making an appearance at the even alongside Brain Dead Studios’ Kyle Ng, and Them Skates’ Jon Julio. Click the next section of the article for more details about the event!

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Persona 4 Revival Announced at Xbox Games Showcase

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At the Xbox Games Showcase 2025, ATLUS announced Persona 4 Revival, an upcoming reimagining of the classic RPG Persona 4™ that was first released in 2008. Persona 4 Revival is coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox PC and will be available on day one with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, is part of Xbox Play Anywhere, and will be available to wishlist later today. The game is also coming to PlayStation 5 and Steam, and wishlisting on these platforms will be available at a later time.

For more information on Persona 4 Revival, read the full press release and check out screenshots of the game in the next section.

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“Stranger Than Heaven” is the Official Title for RGG Studio’s “Project Century”

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Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, fresh off the critical and commercial success of their Yakuza/Like a Dragon series and currently developing a new Virtua Fighter title, has officially named their previously teased “Project Century” as “Stranger than Heaven.”

This new action game, from one of SEGA’s most prominent studios, features an interesting historical setting. Although an initial teaser trailer placed the game in 1912, the most recent trailer also indicates at a 1943 setting. This transitional period in Japan’s history promises a rich and dynamic backdrop for the gameplay.

A key element of the game seems to be the protagonist’s journey through these distinct time periods. His striking blue eyes appear to be a consistent visual thread, visible on the younger character featured in the 1912 teaser and again on the older gentleman in the 1943 trailer. You can checkout the 1912 teaser below.

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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds – Release Date Revealed, SEGA & Atlus All-Stars Join the Race!

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Today, during the Summer Game Fest 2025 livestream, SEGA unveiled a brand-new gameplay trailer for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, highlighting new racers from across SEGA and Atlus franchises. Familiar faces such as Joker (Persona 5) and Kasuga Ichiban (Like a Dragon) join the race, alongside exciting guest characters like Hatsune Miku and Steve from Minecraft. The trailer also revealed a new Minecraft-inspired track and confirmed that Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds will launch both digitally and physically on September 25, 2025.

Pre-orders for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds are now available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC, starting at $69.99 USD. Physical pre-orders for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch – OLED Model, and Nintendo Switch Lite are also live, priced at $59.99 USD, with digital pre-orders coming soon. The Nintendo Switch 2 version will arrive at a later date for $69.99 USD and will include a paid upgrade option for existing Switch players.

For more information on the game’s editions, including the Limited Run Collector’s Edition and key features, check out the full details here!

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Melodies Zone celebrates Sega’s 65th anniversary with a new fan remix album

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June 3rd was the 65th anniversary of our lord and master favorite video game developer and publisher, Sega, and to celebrate the occasion, the video game fan cover music label Melodies Zone is releasing an all new Sega album. Melodies Zone’s new Sega fan remix album, simply titled “Sega 65th Anniversary”, contains 20 fan covers from Sega’s storied history, from artists like Kamikaze Bitch, A-bug, Chief Takinawa, and Klaymore.

From Sonic to Shenmue to Super Hang-On, you’ll hear some of your favorite songs in a new light thanks to these talented and passionate fan musicians. Expect a lot of loud metal guitar, thumping dance beats and synths, vocals for the songs that have them originally, and one relaxing lo-fi remix to sit down and take a breather to after 19 more exciting tracks kept your heart pumping.

Wanna hear it for yourself? You can find out how from right beyond the break.

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SEGA Talk #164: Yakuza: Like a Dragon The Movie (2007)

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Explosions, hostages, street brawls — Like a Dragon throws us headfirst into Kamurocho chaos! But how does the movie stack up to the game’s legendary story? What do we think of the new characters, and does Kiryu still pack a punch on the big screen? Strap in—we’re diving deep into Like a Dragon… THE MOVIE!

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