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PSO II players top 700,000: SEGA considering international servers

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Phantasy Star Online II seems to be off to a strong start.

The free-to-play online RPG has been out in Japan since July 4th and in that time has amassed 730,000 registered players worldwide, SEGA reports.

With a Western release not planned (for whatever reason) until sometime in 2013, the number of Western users currently playing has been great enough that SEGA is now considering opening up international servers for the Japanese version.

The game is set to receive multiple updates this August.

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Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Bonus Edition appears on Amazon

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Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk have updated their product pages for Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed with prices, mention of a “World Tour” mode as well as a Bonus Edition. The 360, PS3, 3DS and Vita versions are listed as being a “bonus edition” of the game, but no mention is made as to what that bonus is. Given that the games are listed as “out of stock”, and pre-orders have yet to open, don’t expect a reveal of the bonus until the game is available for pre-order. The price for the 360 and PS3 version is currently $39.99, $10 less than the first All-Stars Racing game. The Vita and 3DS versions are priced at $29.99. As for World Tour mode, this is most likely the story mode in which you island hop and unlock racers. The Wii U version has yet to appear on Amazon, but a listing for it has appeared at Game.co.uk for £49.99.

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SEGA in the Media: “MANOS – The Hands of Fate” fan game pays homage to Alex Kidd

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Fans of MST3K, bad movies and early 80’s film to game adaptations should really check out the iOS game MANOS – The Hands of Fate. Based on a movie that many consider to be the worst ever made, ranked #4 on the IMDb bottom 100, Manos is an 80’s inspired platformer with numerous homages to both classic games and bad b-movies. SEGA fans should recognize the death animation, in which the player turns into a transparent ghost and flies upwards. This, according to the game’s developer, was an homage to the Master System’s Alex Kidd in Miracle World. Nice to see the Master System getting some homages, the Master is pleased.

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Phantasy Star Online 2 – August Update Trailer

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Phantasy Star Online 2 will recieve three updates in August the first update arrives on the first of August, the second on the 8th and the final update sometime during the end of August.

The August 1st update will include the summer lobby (which feautures a rappy riding a surf board!), new enemies and new AC content. Plus some new summer themed clothes and hair styles.

Make sure to check out the trailer the new locations and boss look superb!

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Sumo Digital clarifies the All-Stars Racing Transformed roster… again!

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Sumo Digital has yet again commented on the number of racers found in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. This time it was Steve Lycett, also known as S0L, leaving a comment on the SEGA forums. Steve stated that over all the various platforms, there are 29 playable choices. However, no platform has all 29. Some platforms have rosters in the low 20’s, others have rosters in the high 20’s. Steve went on to state “Playable choices doesn’t necessarily equal drivers either. Not as we’re talking passengers or hood ornaments, counting those would indeed be cheap, but you know this is game all about transformation, we are doing things with the vehicles that we’ve not shown you, that are going to really surprise you.” Overall, some very cryptic stuff! Steve should really try out for the role of Gollum, because he is quite good at riddles. After the break, more from Steve as well as an assessment of his comments.

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Valkyria Chronicles soundtrack added to the Humble Music Bundle

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Have you heard of Humble Bundle? Usually they have a a few games where you pay what you want, money goes to charity. Great event, now they are doing a Humble Music Bundle, which will give you 5 soundtracks for whatever you want to pay. That’s right. One of the soundtracks in the bundle happens to be The Best of Valkyria Chronicles.

So go here, drop a few bucks and help charity. Then sit back and enjoy some Valkyria Chronicles music. Not to mention is DRM free and you can download it in FLAC.

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My Life with SEGA goes John McClane insane with Die Hard Arcade

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Another week and another video for My Life with SEGA posted on the SEGAbits YouTube channel. This week Die Hard Arcade is up for review.

“In this ‘classic’ episode, I review Die Hard Arcade (a.k.a. Dynamite Deka) for the SEGA Saturn. As a bonus, I manage to critique the cross-platform hit, Die Hard Trilogy….

Now, which one’s gonna’ find out what a TV dinner feels like?”

Like and subscribe to our channel if this video meets your high standard requirements.

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Bahn from Fighting Vipers revealed for Project X Zone

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Famitsu recently revealed a few new characters for Project X Zone with a ton of pictures. So, what is Project X Zone? It’s a crossover stradegy RPG using characters from Capcom, SEGA and Namco universes. The game is being developed by Banpresto and Monolith Soft. If you read the title, you know that Bahn from Fighting Vipers was announced. Who else? Tron (Mega Man), Reiji Arisu (Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier), Xiaomu (Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier), Lady (Devil May Cry), and Lindow (God Eater) are the rest of the announced characters.

If you guys want to see the screenshots posted by Famitsu, click here. Sorry, no Western announcements have been made for this title.

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Yakuza creator talks about the future of console gaming

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Toshihiro Nagoshi or better known as the man with an awesome tan, who has helped create games like Super Monkey Ball and Yakuza, was part of a recent article by Famitsu called “Future of Games”. Nagoshi says that the Japanese console game market has had bad growth and that the international market has been showing signs of a drop. He says that developers will have to combat this by being more aware of problems with their games and come up with solutions.

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Toejam and Earl and its sequel on their way to XBLA and PSN

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Let’s categorize this one under “it’s about frigging time.” It’s being reported that our favorite alien duo from the Genesis era, Toejam and Earl, are on their way to Xbox Live Arcade and PSN sometime in the near future.

Toejam and Earl and its sequel, Toejam and Earl in Panic on Funkatron, have both been available digitally on the WiiWare service for years, though this release will mark their first stint on HD consoles.

Though SEGA has yet to confirm the news (letalone offer a release date or price point) series creators Greg Johnson and Mark Voorsanger have reportedly verified its legitimacy.

As far as this potentially leading to new adventures starring Toejam and Earl down the road, Johnson seems hopeful.

“I particularly want to create a new cross platform multi-player version of TJ & E and set the characters in some new environments – but with the original rogue-like game-one game play,” Johnson said. “I get so many requests from fans.”

He also makes it clear though that nothing is currently planned.

We’ll update you with more details as soon as SEGA makes them available.

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Zavvi product description reveals new All-Stars Racing Transformed gameplay details

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With the release of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed just four months away, online retailers have started listing the game and revealing new tidbits within the product descriptions. Zavvi has listed the game, and treats potential buyers to a rather lengthy write up that borders on being a full on article. While the product description does not reveal new racers or tracks, it does detail the game’s many modes and expands on things mentioned in past interviews. After the break, a handy bulleted list of the info as well as the full description.

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IGN holding Anarchy Reigns live stream with Platinum Games on August 9th

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IGN will be celebrating the release of Anarchy Reigns by holding a live stream Thursday the 9th of August at 5 PM Pacific time. Platinum Games staff will be playing along with IGN, in addition to answering Twitter-submitted fan questions via Skype.

The live stream will last for one hour and will be viewable on IGN, right here.

Anarchy Reigns was delayed in Western territories to 2013. In the wake of that unfortunate news, Platinum Games had encouraged disheartened fans to simply import the title from Japan, where it was recently released.

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SEGA Tunes: Rhythm Thief Month, “One More Time”

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I’ve finally recovered from my jet lag, so it’s time for another (late) addition of Tuesday Tunes! Continuing our celebration of SEGA’s latest rhythm game, this week we feature one of the most cheerful tunes on the soundtrack: One More Time.

The lyrics don’t make much sense, but as with anything in Rhythm Thief, it’s the rhythm that’s important here, and it’s something this song does incredibly well. The mini game this is paired with is one of my favorites that I’ve played in the game so far, a much more difficult version of the Show Time mini game that was available in the demo.

Next week we’ll be taking a look at Marie’s side of things with “Moon Princess”, but until then, please enjoy “Detective Claude Appears”! This one has a great rock theme that’s very remeniscent to some of the best modern Sonic tunes, making the composer’s Sonic music pedigree pretty obvious.

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Jet Set Radio HD tags itself into the mobile space this summer

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Jet Set Radio HD will be skating it’s way onto iOS and other mobile platforms later this summer. Looks like the Vita has some more competition. Here’s the official statement from Sega.

Jet Set Radio is headed to iOS and Android this summer! We’re pretty excited – the same game you’ve enjoyed on the Dreamcast is going to be with you anytime you want on your preferred mobile device.

Jet Set Radio for iOS and Android includes the same slick gameplay, genre-blending soundtrack, and pioneering art style as the other versions alongside new features like OpenFeint and Retina display support and the awesome ability to use pictures taken with your phone or tablet’s camera as in-game graffiti! Traverse Shibuya terminal on the train, silence the Love Shockers on your lunch break, blast through Benten-cho while boarding a bus and upload achievements to Facebook while riding a ferry; Jet Set Radio will be a dream come true for portable gamers everywhere!

Okay, here’s my concern. This game’s controls could be a little tricky at times even on the old Dreamcast controller. I can’t even imagine it controlling very well on a touchpad device. Well, here’s hoping I’m wrong.

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The Weekly Five: Why Dreamcast fans should be playing Gunlord

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The indie Dreamcast game Gunlord from NG:DEV.TEAM has been out for less than a month, and while I’m sure many fans of indie Dreamcast titles have picked it up and are enjoying it, there are always those who are still on the fence and are either waiting to hear more opinions or for a price drop. I’m sure there are also those who have their Dreamcast stashed away in a closet and need a reason to dig it out. In this week’s Weekly Five I thought I’d share five reasons why Gunlord is worthy of a Dreamcast fan’s collection.

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