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The PC Gaming Show at E3 Liveblog with Bleeding Cool
This year's PC Gaming Show presented by our colleagues at PC Gamer is expected to host reveals from Crytek, Square Enix, and Sega, among others It is quite possible, given this year's massive lineup, that the PC Gaming Show is actually hosting the Sony overflow since the PlayStation conference is expected to be more intimate than[...]
Sega Drops New Gameplay Trailer for Team Sonic Racing
A day before E3 happens, Sega decided to drop a brand-new gameplay trailer for Team Sonic Racing to hype fans about the game While on the surface this may seem like the company's answer to Mario Kart, the developers have added some additional options to the way you race and how you can run the[...]
Sega and Atlus Reveal What They're Bringing to E3 2018
Today, Sega and Atlus both revealed what will be on display in their booth, and it's a pretty awesome lineup. First up, Sega will be showing off something from their next addition in the Total War series with Total War: Three Kingdoms, but there won't be anything playable What will be on the floor between both companies[...]
Team Sonic Racing Has Seemingly Been Leaked
The next Sonic racing game has seemingly been leaked as a listing for Team Sonic Racing has shown up on Walmart. The Sonic and Sega All-Stars racing series has always been pretty decent, the games offer a stiff competition to Nintendo's flagship kart racer Mario Kart Sega's effort almost certainly isn't quite as strong as Nintendo's, but it[...]
Sega is Giving Yakuza 3, 4, and 5 Remasters on PS4
Some big news that was a rumor back in April and has now gotten confirmation, as Sega will be doing remastered versions of Yakuza 3, 4, and 5 exclusively for the PS4 The news came down from Weekly Famitsu, who broke the details about the new editions as they are purely going to be a visual[...]
PUMA's New Sonic The Hedgehog Sneakers Will Be Released in June
A couple months ago we told you about the new Sonic The Hedgehog sneakers that were in the works from PUMA and Sega, and today we finally have confirmation that both of the sneakers will be released on June 5th The RS-0 Sonic and Dr Eggman will drop in a couple of weeks, both online[...]
Two Point Hospital
Recently we got the pleasure of being invited by Sega to come out to their studio to try a demo of a brand-new game on the way this year called Two Point Hospital. Two Point Hospital is a hospital simulator where you're in charge of bringing a hospital from the ground up to both make it profitable[...]
Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia is Getting a Difficulty Update
Here's a snippet of what he wrote. credit//Sega The first one is the difficulty of the game Some of you are finding campaigns too short, food and money too abundant, battles too easy Thrones isn't giving you enough of a challenge for you want to keep you playing This is something we can address quickly since it[...]
Sega Confirms We'll See a New Sakura Wars Title by Q1 2019
But one that caught a lot of people's attention was a mention by Sega in regards to Sakura Wars The company already made headlines earlier this year by announcing that they had a new game in the works for the series, but like a lot of announcements, the details were vague and a lot of[...]
Sega President Wants a Sonic Comeback as Much as We Do
President and COO of Sega Sammy Holdings Haruki Satomi expressed his desires for a new series of quality Sonic the Hedgehog games in a recent interview with CNBC The interview also covered the breakdown of SEGA, when Satomi felt the company "disappointed" fans, leading to customer dissatisfaction and a near collapse of the company due to internal[...]
Space Channel 5 Finally Coming to the U.S. as Kinda Funky News Flash
The game was a Sega Dreamcast title that saw more popularity in Japan and was one of the most popular titles over there for the console at the time it was released There have been some "Special Edition" versions that THQ made later for the PS2, but none really compared to the original that came[...]
Sonic Mania Plus Confirmed for Release in July
Sega formally announced today that Sonic Mania Plus will be coming out this summer The game is an expanded version of the original 2017 retro throwback title Sonic Mania from 2017, which received a lot of praise for taking a beloved Genesis classic and updating it for modern consoles The new version will include two[...]
Sonic Mania Has Sold Over a Million Copies
Here's hoping SEGA can keep that momentum going, one way or the other. Sonic Mania has sold over a million copies worldwide, according to a new report. Sonic Mania was a big deal for the franchise The Sonic games for the last decade or so, (with a few exceptions) haven't really been critical smash hits[...]
Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia Receives a Battling Video
Sega and Creatively Assembly have just released a brand new video for Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia showing off some of the features in the game, specifically the ones for if you choose to try to set order to the kingdom The video basically takes a long, hard look at what it would take to[...]
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life Receives a Proper Launch Trailer
Before you go off to download Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, Sega has put together their own launch trailer for the game, complete with highlights and quotes from reviews that it received prior to launch To take a page out of Bill Hader's book and be Stefon from SNL, this trailer has everything! Shirt throwing, dart[...]
Sega has Announced the Pricing for Shenmue I & II
Shenmue I & II's western release was announced by Sega this weekend, and the company has taken some time today to confirm the price North American players will be able to pick up the "definitive version" of both games for $29.99 USD The company also confirmed the title will support achievements across all platforms. The news[...]
Valkyria Chronicles is being Ported to the Switch in Japan
More Sega Fes news, this time, Sega has announced that they'll be bringing Valkyria Chronicles to the Nintendo Switch. The strategy game was first released on the PlayStation 3 back in 2008 to wide acclaim, and has seen a recent resurgence with a remastered version hitting both PlayStation 4 and PC in recent years The Switch edition[...]
The Persona Dancing Games are Getting Yakuza, Sonic, and Virtua Fighter Costumes
During this weekend's Sega FES, the company announced that both Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night and Persona 5: Dancing Star Night will come with Virtua Fighter, Yakuza, and Sonic the Hedgehog-themed costumes. Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night will get the Virtua Fighter costumes, while Persona 5: Dancing Star Night gets the Yakuza costumes And Morgana up there gets to[...]
Sega is Releasing Genesis and Master Era Games on The Switch
credit//SEGA Back in March it was leaked that several Sega Genesis games would be making their way to PC, Xbox One, and PS4 as part of the Sega Genesis Classics bundle, and many were sad at the suspicious lack of a Switch release Now, however, Sega has announced a whole new collection of classic games being re-released[...]
Sega Announces the MegaDrive Mini in Japan
Some fun and interesting news out of Japan this morning at Sega announces they will be releasing their own mini version of the iconic MegaDrive (the Sega Genesis in North America) for the console's 30th Anniversary The MegaDrive Mini (which is the temporary name) will basically be their officially company-created version, but they didn't go[...]
Shenmue I and II are Coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC This Year
SEGA has announced that both Shenmue I & II are going to be re-released on current gen consoles and PC The re-release will allow a new generation of players to go on a thrilling adventure across recreations of Japan and Hong Kong to experience a tale of mystery and revenge on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and[...]
Sonic #1 Sells Out, Gets 2nd Printing
The new series will feature new adventures with characters new and old and I cannot wait for fans to see what's in store." "The SEGA and IDW teams have worked tirelessly since the announcement last July," said Sega Licensing dude Michael Cisneros "The incredible outpouring of support from our fans these past nine months has made[...]
Sega Wants Your Opinion on Persona Dancing Costumes
In case you'd like to have some kind of say in how the characters in the new Persona Dancing titles are going to look, you're in luck, as Sega is basically asking that question of their Japanese fans on Twitter Specifically, the company would like to know what kind of cross-branding you'd like to see[...]
Sonic the Hedgehog #1 cover by Tyson Hesse
Color artist Matt Herms doesn't skimp on the bright and contrasting colors, adding some extra visual appeal to the book. Sonic the Hedgehog #1 is a fun and visually creative resurrection of the Sega mascot's comic series He may be annoying, but there's no doubt that Ian Flynn's scripting and Tracy Yardley's artwork culminated in a[...]
Ballistic Babysitter – We Review Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Depending on how you came into the Yakuza series from Sega, you either love this series for all of its seriousness and dumb antics, or you think its alright but overrated To be fair, both a pretty accurate, depending on which game you're talking about The latest addition to the series, which serves as[...]
Sega Reveals the Secret Origin of Sonic the Hedgehog at GDC
Sega had always intended for their hedgehog mascot to appeal to Americans, but until today, we didn't know just what inspired the company to create the blue, mammalian speed-enthusiast It turns out, our favorite hedehog has a pretty interesting secret origin that traces back to WWII Specifically, to WWII fighter pilot "Hedgehog the Human." Okay, so Hedgehog[...]
Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia Gets a New Kingdom of Northymbre Trailer
Sega and Creative Assembly have released a brand-new trailer for Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia, this time focusing on the Kingdom of Northymbre as the latest group to join in the fray The company didn't put out a ton of promotional material for it beyond a single descriptor: "The Great Viking Army made their presence felt across the[...]
Yakuza 0
Sato also dropped some vague hints about the upcoming Sega project called known internally as Shin Yakuza This report comes to us by way of Dualshockers who were on site at the event. According to DualShockers: Sato-san mentioned that Yakuza 0 is a game that is particularly beloved even within the Yakuza development team, so the idea of creating a Yakuza 0-2 (which would be set[...]