Need a bigger incentive to buy the upcoming Anarchy Reigns? How about everyone’s favorite witch, Bayonetta! Currently, Bayonetta will be available as a playable character through pre-order in Japan. It’s unknown if that same option will be available here in the states, but I doubt Sega would let this pass by.
Anarchy Reigns will be available in July.
Update: Added a scan, thanks Pao!
http://youtu.be/39L1f6CKaoo
You know what’s the mark of a good soundtrack? When you can’t remember which one of the tracks was your favorite. Was it Splash Wave? Maybe Risky Ride? In the end, I just went with Magical Sound Shower!
Beyond being a really fun arcade game, Outrun 2 also had one of the best SEGA soundtracks of the last decade. Almost every single track had a unique personality and a really great beat. It sounded like a track right out of SEGA’s mid 90s arcade library. Magical Sound Shower is probably the richest tracks. It mixes drum beats and electrical instruments with a really superb saxophone, all set to a nice tropical island theme. A gorgeous track for a gorgeous game!
Hey, do you like Vectorman? Do you want to play Vectorman 2 on your current gen systems? Well you may be in luck because it seems that Vectorman 2 might be headed your way according to the Australian Classification Board.
The game is coming to ‘multi platforms’ so that means it is most likely coming to PC and all current gen consoles.
Kori over at The Website of the Dead has posted a few concept art pieces. Some of the pieces are pretty awesome, I love concept art like this. If you guys want to see the rest of the concept art, click here. If you guys have any rare items that pertains to The House of the Dead franchise, you should contact Kori. I’m sure he would love it.
Do you like Sonic Generations, but already paid full price on PS3 or 360? Do you want it again on PC? Well, if you are waiting to double dip on one of the best titles by SEGA last year, then get your credit card ready because Amazon has the game for $7.50. If you are one of those pretty boys that uses Steam, don’t worry, it redeems via Steam.
Steam now has the pre-order page for Binary Domain. If you pre-purchase the game, you will get the pre-order bonus’ from Gamestop. The game is also cheaper on PC, costing $39.99. This will most likely be the best looking version of the game.
So who was waiting for the PC version?
Hey guys, we have three Yakuza: Dead Souls swag packs. Not only are there going to be three winners, we also have three items per winner in a pack. If you win you will get a fake Kazuma tattoo sleeve, Goro Majima replica eye patch and a deck of Yakuza: Dead Souls branded playing cards.
There are three ways to enter:
Since last time we had issues knowing when the contest was going to end I’ll make it clear now. Winners will have their usernames posted on the blog, if you don’t like this, don’t enter. If you win and don’t get back to me within 48 hours, someone else is going to get your prize. This contest is open world wide. THE CONTEST ENDS THIS WEDNESDAY.
Check out this new video presentation from the Dengeki Festival.
In it Sakai-san demonstrates lots of great new additions to the PSO2 formula, including the return of some pretty cool Mags!
I cannot wait to get my paws on this game, I’ve been waiting for a true sequal to PSO for a decade now, this looks like it’ll be the one!
So Apple is launching the new iPad 3 today and SEGA is celebrating by giving away a free copy of ChuChu Rocket HD and Brick People to iPad users. This is according to SEGA, I don’t know if you can snatch them up on iPhone, iPod Touch or even on an older model iPad.
If you guys own an older apple device with access to the iOS store, get on and see if you guys can get it for free and let us know in the comments. Happy gaming!
Most of the retro Sonic titles are being removed from the Japanese Virtual Console service. There has ben no word if these games will also be removed from the American and European Virtual Console. Games removed from Virtual Console can’t be bought by any new users, though they can be redownloaded once bought.
The Sonic titles being removed:
This week on The Weekly Five, we will be checking out five awesome Japanese zombie movies to watch before you play Yakuza: Dead Souls. A few weeks ago I did one for Binary Domain, this time I’m trading robots for Japanese zombies. This time around I tried to find over the top Japanese zombie films for you all to feast on. Just like Yakuza: Dead Souls, these films are meant to entertain you with its weirdness and violence.
Rumors continue to heat up after a not-so-cryptic hint from SEGA’s Ben Harbone earlier this week regarding current-gen digital ports of Shenmue and Skies of Arcadia. Now a site called Gamerzines is reporting with a strong degree of certainty that not only are Shenmue and Shenmue II on the way, but they’re completed and have been for over a year.
Citing an industry source with close ties to SEGA, the rumor goes on to say that SEGA chose to wait on the release of these two digital titles “until it had a clearer picture of the future for the Shenmue franchise, namely, whether or not Shenmue III would ever see the light of day.”
That little tidbit adds a whole other level of intrigue to all of this, but of course it’s important to keep in mind that this is very much a rumor and we’ve had rumors like this before regarding the continuation of the Shenmue saga. Gamerzines does look like a legit website, however, and apparently IGN thought so too, since they’ve also reported this rumor. Thought I’d share it with all of you.
So if you didn’t know, Japanese consumers have been treated to free DLC for Binary Domain. We English speakers haven’t received such luxury. But you know what? I really want this DLC, since it lets you play as Yakuza characters in mulitplayer. Sadly, I own the Playstation 3 version and I tried downloading the DLC from the Japanese PSN store. Guess what? Nothing.
Though the Xbox 360 version will work with the Japanese DLC. Isn’t it ironic that it doesn’t work on the Playstation 3 after they boasted so much about it being region free? Thanks to Sanus, who wrote about the Xbox 360 DLC being region free. The DLC adds Goro Majima as the ‘Crusher’ class with a shotgun, Shun Akiyama as the ‘Gunner’ with a submachine gun, and Ryuji Goda is the ‘Defender’ with a heavy machinegun. Kazuma Kiryu sadly isn’t free DLC, it was a pre-order bonus in Japan. More screenshots of the DLC can be found here.
Your Game Gear library restarts now with Sonic Triple Trouble, Shinobi and Dragon Crystal available now on your 3DS. Each priced diffrently (most likely based on probable demand), these games will bring back memories from back in the 90’s. Only this time you don’t need to bring fresh batteries with you when the system drains of power in 2 hours. These games also get a really cool new screen feature. You can have the original blur from the Game Gear system (Why?), have dot-by-dot resolution with a smaller screen showing the GG system on the sides, stretch out the image to fit your widescreen, or just have a standard 4:3 mode. Also, you can now save your game at anytime using restore mode. Let’s look at the game line up shall we?
So Shenmue and Skies might actually be coming to XBLA and PSN?
I found this to be a very suitable reaction, if not a little tame for my liking!