K-Mart, the retailer that shocks me by still being around. Well they are having a sale and that means you will be able to save cash on getting your copy of Vanquish. They will be selling it for $35 dollars, starting October 31st and ending on November 6th. Save your pennies!
I’m playing through the game to do a review, trust me, if you love the demo it only gets crazier and more awesome as the game continues. It is really good!
[Via: TQ Cast]
‘Sega doesn’t want to make any more bad Sonic games.’
-Mike Hayes
I like Mike Hayes, he’s a pretty level headed guy and knows all the right words to make my tum-tum all fuzzy.
Recently he has been saying some more happy words. When talking to IGN Mike Hayes spilled the beans on Sega’s new strategy with the Sonic brand.
Hit the jump to find out what he had to say and more importantly, what I had to say… About what he had to say.
We posted the first day sales for Vanquish a few days ago and sadly the weekly charts didn’t change a whole lot. The charts ended on October 24th and the game came out in Japan on October 21st. That is about 4 days to sell.
That is about the same as the first day numbers of 47k on PS3 and 9k on Xbox 360. I hope that the game continues selling next week on this pace, but it doesn’t seem like it will. Damn shame.
[Via: NeoGAF]
We all loved Panzer Dragoon Orta, which was one of the early releases on the Xbox. Problem is that the game didn’t sell to hot, doesn’t mean that it will stop Xbox Live Indie creators from paying homage to the title.
What is the game called? Leucistic Wyvern. You can get it for a dollar (80 MS points) in the indie store. The game comes with 9 stages, 6 of which are bonus stages.
[Source: Siliconera]
We already know how Vanquish did on its first day in Japan, but what about the America? Mike Hayes seems pretty positive.
“It’s been in the marketplace for two days, we’ve seen the day one numbers and we’re reasonably encouraged, but I think we need to see the rest of week one and probably week two just to see how it’s going to play out
“The challenge is that it’s a new franchise and that it’s releasing head-to-head with a lot of established franchises in the busiest time of the year.” – Mike Hayes CEO SEGA West
Vanquish came out on October 19th in North America, comes out tomorrow in Europe. Also, IGN gave us a shout out on this article, check the source link.
[Source: IGN]
The long running Shining Force fansite known as Shining Force Central run by the biggest Shining Force fan there is ‘Moogie’ has sprung into action with a new campaign to convince Sega and/or Camelot to give us a new Shining FORCE game in the classic style for next years Shining Forces 20th anniversary.
Who better to introduce the idea then Moogie herself?
Hit the jump for what she had to say on the matter!
So i’m flipping through the manual of Vanquish, looking for whatever I can find. I look at the back to see if there is more artwork and see this AvP ad. I didn’t think much at first, then I saw that it was ‘Available To Download On Playstation Network’.
So I went to the Playstation Store and checked, it isn’t on there. I guess it will be on there and they rushed it to printing. So, fair warning, if you want a digital copy of the game, its coming. If you work at making manuals for SEGA, learn release schedules.
So the long and the short of it is this, last year some random guy turned up on a site full of random people known as ‘4chan’. Calling himself ‘Wentos the Traveling Salesman’ he claimed to be an insider from Sega with a lot of beans to spill.
Like some online Mystic Meg he then dispenses some rather vague predictions and info on upcoming Sonic games. For reasons unknown to me people took stock in what this anonymous tipster had to say. Apparently many of his predictions did come true, albeit pretty vague ones I think anyone could have taken a stab in the dark at.
I’m not telling you this for the good of my health, so you have probably guessed it. He’s at it again… This time regarding Sonic Colours and Mario & Sonic.
Hit the jump to see what this guy is on about.
Yes, End of Eternity (Western title Resonance of Fate) has went budget priced in Japan. Not only that, it is one of the first games to get the new ‘platinum collection’ packaging from Microsoft.
So what did the old packaging look like? Check out the old Platinum Collection box art for Bayonetta. Yeah, it has improved for the better. End of Eternity reprint is coming out in Japan on December the 2nd.
[Source: Siliconera]
The first day sales for Vanquish are in and seem rather low. They aren’t a total failure, but I sort of assumed it would beat a Naruto game.
Hopefully they sell more copies this whole week. For reference, the Naruto game on PS3 sold 72,000 copies and 13,000 on Xbox 360. I guess its too much to outsell a big anime IP like Naruto.
Bayonetta’s first day sales in Japan where much more positive, selling 93,000 on the PS3 and the Xbox 360 version selling 45,000 units. A Bayonetta size hit this game is not, at least in Japan.
[Thanks: STORM!]
You like sexy ladies, but are you prepared to like them while they put on a Sonic theme burlesque show? If not, forget you seen this.
I never considered how well Sonic music goes with stripping.
[Via: Destructoid]
[PS3/360]
Seems that Platinum Games has finally delivered one of their titles that plays great on both consoles. Eurogamer said it was hard to really see the difference between the consoles and only thing they found was shadowing differences.
“In terms of graphical differences between the two games, it’s fair to say that there aren’t any of real significance – certainly nothing that might affect a purchasing decision: both run at 1024×720 resolution with 2x multi-sampling anti-aliasing (MSAA)…. only issue we did notice on a consistent basis was a difference in shadowing, which seems to favour PS3. In these shots you can see shadowing that’s either omitted completely or else suffering from “shadow acne” on the 360.”
So whatever console you bought it on, you are safe. No Bayonetta effect this time around, just pure gameplay bliss. Performance is a mix bag, but seriously, if you liked how the demo performed, no issues.
[Source: Eurogamer]
We have always known that SEGA and Platinum Games deal would come to an end after Vanquish. Seems that the developer knows they now have the ability to strike a better deal with SEGA and they are negotiating.
“For the future of our partnership, of course, it’s not something that we alone can decide. Sega has its stance, and we have ours, but if Sega asks us to make something we might take the offer.”
Joystiq has said that Platinum Games wants to ‘create their own ip’, but I think they read the quote wrong.
“So as a studio we would like to do both [new IP and sequels], but the whole point of Platinum Games is to create our own IP, that’s what we do.”
I think what Inaba mean’t is that Platinum Games makes their own new IPs, as in their ideas, not SEGA’s and they will continue to do so. Doesn’t sound like he talks about ownership of the IPs. We already know since TGS that SEGA has more plans with Platinum Games and that Platinum Games is working on a massive online title.
Future looks bright and I can’t want to see what Platinum Games comes up with next.
[Source: Develop]
SEGA is trying to pack in a ton of stuff into the already full Shining Hearts. This new gameplay mode thing is “Pet Spirit”, I guess tons of spirits exist in the world of Shining Hearts. A chracter, Alvin, is a 119-year-old elf who has the ability to communicate with spirits and is always shown with her flying female wind spirit Kefia.
Outside of the story, the game lets you collect and raise spirits as pets. When you progress through the game and defeat monsters in battles, you will collect spirit eggs. If you take it to your place of employment, the magic bakery, you’ll be able to hatch them there.
It looks as if SEGA and Sonic Team have given the races of Phantasy Star Portable 2 a makeover in Phantasy Star Portable 2 infinity. Every race has been given a new look. Hit the jump to see the rest of the races and a piece of concept art. I wonder if this is a sign of things to come for PSO2. Guess we will find out next year.
