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Friday, Nov 20
BBFC: Sega compiling Sonic games for DS
According to the rating, it'll feature Sonic 1-3, plus Sonic and Knuckles -- with the ability to virtually "Lock-on" and play as Knuckles in the older games. Also included in the shockingly specific list of in-game content: Sonic Chronicles and "The History of Sonic" video content and th...
Thursday, Nov 19
Shiren the Wanderer turns up in February minus online features
Atlus announced a North American localization of Sega and Chunsoft's Shiren the Wanderer at E3, and hasn't said much about it until now. The company just dated the game for February 9 and released a bunch of screens & art for the punishing roguelike, along with a bit of sad news regardin...
Monday, Nov 9
VC in Brief: Wonder Boy III (SMS) and Cybernoid (C64)
Cybernoid (C64, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (Sega Master System, 1 player, 500 Wii Points) Every week, we like to check out what's new on the Virtual Console. We offer these videos as a sort of taste to help you decide whether or not you would want the game in ques...
ToeJam & Earl creator says XBLA port not so certain; future games in franchise still a possibility
Greg Johnson has been in the game industry for a long time. Having designed 16-bit Sega icons ToeJam & Earl way back in the early 90s and now running Humanature Studios, he's seen his creation rise to fame and subsequently slip into gaming history as the years ticked by. But last summer, w...
Sunday, Nov 8
PEGI: Moonwalker throwing a magical hat into Virtual Console
We don't know if this will be the Genesis version or the very different arcade game -- or even, we suppose, the Master System port of the Genesis game. We're contacting Sega for those and other details. Right after we catch a shooting star and turn into robotic, missile-firing versions of our...
Monday, Nov 2
VC in Brief: Fighting Street (TG-16) and R-TYPE (SMS)
Fighting Street (TurboGrafx-16 CD-ROM, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)R-TYPE (Sega Master System, 1 player, 500 Wii Points) Every week, we like to check out what's new on the Virtual Console. We offer these videos as a sort of taste to help you decide whether or not you would want the game in qu...
Friday, Oct 30
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing around the House of the Dead
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing is slowly absorbing the entire Sega catalog into one mascot racing universe. The latest franchise to be co-opted is The House of the Dead, whose Curien Mansion is revealed as a track in a new, spooky Halloween trailer (after the break). We can't be sure, but...
Tuesday, Oct 6
Now you'll have to buy Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Just when you thought he'd finally get around to avenging his father's death, Ryo Hazuki has appended one more thing to his lackadaisical to-do list: "Appear as a playable competitor in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing." It seems Sega might have a lucky hit (how about it?) on its hands, es...
Monday, Oct 5
Interview: Super Monkey Ball's Yasuhito Baba
Who would've thought that a simple game about monkeys trapped in plastic balls would go on to become one of Sega's biggest franchises? We talked with Sega producer Yasuhito Baba at Tokyo Game Show about the upcoming Step & Roll for the Wii Balance Board, and talked about the future for...
Friday, Oct 2
TGS 2009: Interview: imageepoch and Sega on Sands of Destruction
Though Sands of Destruction has been out in Japan since late 2008, developer imageepoch was present at Tokyo Game Show conducting interviews for the DS RPG in order to promote the January 2010 Western release. Continue reading TGS 2009: Interview: imageepoch and Sega on Sands of Destruc...
Tuesday, Apr 14
Sonic the Hedgehog Bible: official fanfiction from Sega of America
CA by JC Fletcher { Apr 14th 2009 at 11:13AM } When Sonic the Hedgehog came over from Japan to the US, Sega of America felt the need to invent a storyline and background for the character. Sonic, after all, was going to be the face of the whole company, ...
Thursday, Mar 29
Time to reinvent Sonic the Hedgehog, says Sega
So, we agree then. In speaking to Newsweek's N'Gai Croal about the Olympic pairing of Sonic and Mario, Sega of America president, Simon Jeffery, echoes a widespread sentiment that it's time to give Sonic a bit of a reboot. "We are actually undergoing a fairly considerable refresh of Sonic a...
