Latest Posts

SEGA fires 73 workers, expanding digital content

by


SEGA has let go of 73 of its employees today, all part of their business reorganization as they move on focusing on social and digital games. 36 of the employees are from SEGA’s San Francisco branch and 37 from London. SEGA of America is said to be working exclusively on downloadable content int their newly formed digital division, while SEGA of Europe will act as the administrative hub, also handle console and PC games.

“In recent years, digital platforms have taken an increasing share of video gaming revenues and we believe this growth is set to continue, SEGA has already enjoyed commercial success within this new and exciting gaming medium and it is now the company’s intention to fully embrace change and set a strategy not only to maximize revenues within the digital space but, through innovation and quality, take up a leadership position.”

Mike Hayes says this is just Chapter 2 in SEGA’s continued evolution from being a hardware manufacturer.

Continue Reading ➜

3 Comments

Project K screens look really good

by

No joke, the game is on PSP and it seems (from screens) that it will end up looking better than Yakuza 2! Got to give it up to  the team working on the game.

Also the Official Project K teaser site has now been launched. The message says the game has been revealed (this we know) and that it will take place in the Yakuza universe, but going to be something different.  The site teases May 13th, we assume an update on the site will be made on this day.

Hit the jump to see some artwork.

Continue Reading ➜

2 Comments

Media Create: Yakuza 4 still charting

by


Yakuza 4 came in at number 10 in this weeks Media Create charts. In total, the game has sold 523,000 units since April 18th (the day the new chart ends). Could this be the last week that Yakuza 4 charts in the top ten? We shall find out next week.

To see the full chart, hit the jump.

Continue Reading ➜

No Comments

After Burner Climax info!

by

The Xbox360 versions of After Burner Climax hit XBLA today for a steal at just 800 points!

The game has 4 secret awards for you to earn as you play though the game and Sega Europe has been kind enough to highlight just how to get hold of these awards and what exactly they are!

Hit the jump if you want too know more about the awards, achivments and other AB:Climax related info!

Continue Reading ➜

5 Comments

Top 10 arcade games that need to come to PSN/XBLA

by


Afterburner Climax comes out today on XBLA and tomorrow for PSN, who would have thought we’d ever see the game hit consoles? I didn’t. Now to celebrate the release, I put together 10 other arcade only SEGA games that need to come out on PSN and XBLA.

Hit the jump to see the list. If you guys have a arcade game I failed to mention, throw it up in the comments.

Continue Reading ➜

8 Comments

Phantasy Star Universe getting updated this summer

by


Phantasy Star Universe servers are still up on the Xbox 360 and SEGA is planning to release version 1.00 patch. This patch has already been released in Japan, but we have to wait till the summer. The update is coming on June 21st.

Few things, Phantasy Star Universe (without the expansion) won’t longer have access to play online. Meaning you have to buy the expansion, Ambition of the Illuminus. Pretty lame.

The update will also bring new weapons, armor units, new outfits, new character customization options,  important balance changes, upgraded user interface,  and upgrades to MyRoom feature

[Source: SEGA]

3 Comments

Nagoshi talks about Project K

by


You saw the scans below, with all the Japanese writing. Well, in the magazine they talked to playboy Toshihiro Nagoshi about the upcoming PSP game. First thing we know is that the game will take place in Kamurocho (inspired by Tokyo’s Shinjuku).

The obvious? The game will not be called Project K, that is a place holder at the moment. He did say that the game won’t be like any other Yakuza game before it and will not be called “Ryu ga Gotoku”. He did mention using it as a subtitle though.

Continue Reading ➜

7 Comments

New Yakuza game coming to PSP

by


SEGA’s Project K is going to be a new Yakuza title exclusively for the PSP home system. The game appeared in this week’s Famitsu magazine.

Not much is known about the game, due to being able to read Japanese. But you can check out the scans below.

3 Comments

Alpha Protocol character profiles: Grigori and Sie

by


SEGA has made two new trailers for Alpha Prtocol, dealing with a couple of characters you will meet in the full game. The first character is Grigori Pazinhov, a Russian that sells information. What kind of spy game wouldn’t have a Russian?

The next character is Sie, a operative. In the game you will get to betray her or keep her around, the choice is yours. She also appears to be a nympho. Hit the jump for her trailer.

Continue Reading ➜

No Comments

Lamb of God behind the scenes on Iron Man 2 song

by


Lamb of God, the American Metal band, are going to release an exclusive song for the Iron Man 2 game called “Hit the Wall”. In the video above, SEGA’s producers for the game and band members talk about how the deal came to be.

Looking at the gameplay for Iron Man 2 in the video, I have to say the animation is pretty stiff and that is now worrying me.

[Source: SEGA-Europe Blog]

1 Comment

Alpha Protocol debuts tonight on 24

by


Tick-tock! The clock is ticking for Alpha Protocol’s marketing campaign. It seems that it will start tonight on 24. I usually dislike how SEGA markets their games, but this seems to be pretty fitting way to start it.

If you did not know, Jack Bauer was one of the influences in choices you can make. He was the ‘aggressive’ character. The other two influences were Jason Bourne and James Bond. Connection? All their first names start with J.

Alpha Protocol is coming out in the United States on June 1st on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

5 Comments

Leaked Sonic Adventure XBLA footage

by


Here is someone playing Sonic Adventure on their Xbox 360, yes another leak coming from SEGA. Seems that we already know almost everything about this game and SEGA has not even announced it yet.

As you can see in the video, the game will not support widescreen, the person playing it has it stretched to widescreen. Also the fast forward stuff is by the guy that did the video, we assume.

10 Comments

Rumor: Crazy Taxi coming to XBLA?

by


Seems that there are a lot of leaks on Microsoft’s PartnerNet and the newest one is a XBLA port of Crazy Taxi. It looks legit and it isn’t really shocking that SEGA would want to bring the game into HD consoles. They did do a PSP port. Not to mention B.D. Joe appearing in Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing.

This is not the first leak on XBLA for SEGA, we all recall the Sonic Adventure leak and Sonic 4 leaks. The source even has pictures of Quake Arena leak, that should be fun.

[Thanks F-D_M]

7 Comments

Pre-order Alpha Protocol at GameStop, get exclusive guns

by

This seems to be standard practice now for GameStop, having you pre-order games and getting extras. Now they will do with Alpha Protocol.

If you pre-order the game at your local GameStop, you will get the two exclusive guns pictured above. That is not all, you will also get two modified weapons; called Hamilton Howitzer and Samael Rapid-Fire Rifle. Those are not exclusive, I guess the modifications will be given out with pre-orders with other retailers.

Alpha Protocol is set to be released in the end of May, on Xbox 360, PC and Playstation 3.

[Source: GameStop]

3 Comments