Category Archives: Sega

Siliconera‘s posted new screens of Project X Zone, the collaboration between Namco Bandai, Capcom and Sega. It’ll come to 3DS in Japan later this year, and has now been confirmed to be in development at Xenoblade Chronicles developer Monolithsoft.

Famitsu’s confirmed this week the developer for Project X Zone is Xenoblade Chronicles developer Monolith Soft. The Namco, Sega and Capcom crossover launches in Japan for 3DS later this year.

Thanks, Andriasang.

Believe it or not, other games are coming out today and next week which aren’t Diablo III or Max Payne 3. Hard to fathom isn’t it? Still, it’s true, and below the break we’ve got three launch trailers for your viewing pleasure: Game of Thrones: The Game and Sonic 4 Episode 2 – both out today, and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier which hits next week. Thanks, EvilAvatar.

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Game Gear classic Sonic Labyrinth is due for release on the Japanese 3DS eShop on May 16, according to Siliconera. The unusual isometric title will go for ¥300. No word from Sega regarding a western release but it doesn’t seem too far fetched; it’s one of a small number of releases from the ill-fated Sega portable to begin trickling onto Ninty’s latest.

Sega’s announce Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown will launch on PSN on June 5 in the US and June 6 on XBLA and EU PSN for £9.99/$14.99/1200 MS points. The game, the latest build from the arcade version, will feature two new characters that didn’t appear in the original version of VF5, as well as the availability of day one DLC.

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SEGA has posted a decline in revenues and profit for full FY11 and cited a weak demand in the home console market as the main culprit for the the losses.

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SEGA has released a video showing off graffiti it asked Jet Set Radio fans to create back in February. The winners of the contest will have their creations included in the game when it releases this summer on PC, PSN and XBLA.

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Sega’s confirmed in a statment to GI International it’ll sit out gamescom 2012, its second in four years.

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As attractive as the standard black Vita is, the new Crystal White model has achieved a whole new level of smex.

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Remember how Randy Pitchford promised that Aliens: Colonial Marines would clear up the “inconsistencies” of the films’ canon, particularly Aliens 3? Speaking to Kotaku, the Gearbox boss gave a detailed description of how the game intersects with the movies. You have to be pretty deep in the fandom to appreciate it, but if you do, I suspect you’ll be champing at the bit for Aliens: Colonial Marines to release on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in northern autumn, as well as the as-yet undated Wii U launch.

The Creative Assembly is hiring folk for its upcoming Alien game, with a listing placing the game for current and next-gen systems.

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SEGA has announced the Dragon War Battle Pack for Total War: SHOGUN 2 which consists of six battles from the Boshin War, depicting the campaign of Saigo Takamori, is now available. Previously only available through the Fall of the Samurai expansion, the pack can now be accessed in the original game.

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The Creative Assembly takes a suitably strategic approach to Matacritic, the industry’s increasingly dominant success metric.

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Although it’ll be too new to be part of official proceedings, the latest Virtua Fighter 5 revision is headed to EVO 2012 with plenty of cash prizes on the line.

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The finger blistering Bayonetta may not receive an expected sequel thanks to restructuring at publisher Sega.

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Mike Hayes is to leave his post as Sega West president this summer, according to MCV.

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SEGA has announced Sonic 4 Episode 2 will land on the PS Store May 16, and if you own Episode 1 and purchase the second, you can play as Metal Sonic. While he is a boss in the game as well, those who own both episodes get exclusive access to Episode Metal which is an exclusive zone telling the story of what Metal Sonic was up to during the first episode. Set in the world of Episode 1, you can play stages that have been rearranged for Metal Sonic. The game will run you £9.99/€12.99 and will be accompanied with the release of Sonic PSN avatars. Watch the Metal Sonic below.

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Platinum has released an 11 minute gameplay video for Anarchy Reigns. We’re not sure what is being said, as we don’t speak Japanese, but there’s a lot of death and killing going on which we got completely. The multiplayer action title is out in July on PS3 and Xbox 360. Thanks, Dark.

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Another day, another brief glimpse at Anarchy Reigns. Get a video of playable character Garuda below the break.

The Platinum action brawler is out this July on PS3 and 360.

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The latest wave of screenshots for Project X Zone have revealed a handful of new characters, including the likes of Dead Rising’s Frank West.

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