Category Archives: Sega

Total War: Rome 2 has a new walkthrough video showing the Battle of Teutoburg Forest, and narrated by the Creative Assembly staff.

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War may make a come back at some point, according to developer Relic Entertainment. The team is currently polishing off Company of Heroes 2, then who knows what might come next?

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The product of Sega’s first free-to-play partnership is now available for your perusal. Godsrule: War of Mortals is a browser-based strategy effort from Gogogic, and it’s also expected on iPad later this year. You can get started here or visit the game’s website to learn more.

A former SEGA employee has posted shots and information on something called SEGA Pluto, which was SEGA Saturn with internal Netlink. According to a forum poster on Assembler Games called Super Magnetic, Pluto was “the heaviest console,” he’d ever held and it featured: “two controller ports, and on top you have a flip-top drive bay, a cart slot, a Power button, and the venerable Reset button.” The poster notes Pluto may have been the codename for the Saturn console, and only two prototypes of this particular version were created. Thanks, D’toid.

Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai 2 was announced for 3DS in the latest issue of Famitsu, according to Siliconera. It’s the follow up to last year’s effort, the first to grace Nintendo’s handheld. Sega has made some noise about potentially localising Hatsune Miku games for the west; the vocaloid has made popular appearances on PlayStation 3 and Vita as well.

Project X Zone publisher Namco Bandai has announced a limited special edition of its Namco, Sega and Capcom 3DS mash-up.

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Want to get on board the Company of Heroes 2 beta? The application process is among the easiest the industry has ever fielded. Just go ahead and Like the game’s Facebook page. Congratulations, lucky winner! You have been selected for a beta testing position. Say thank you. The strategy title is expected on PC on June 25.

Thanks, CVG.

Confirming weeks of leaks and teases, Sega has announced a PC and console release for a new version of Castle of Illusion featuring Mickey Mouse.

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It looks like SEGA is almost ready to confirm a re-release of Castle of Illusion. See the trailer below, it all it’s old fashioned horror style glory. Reminds me a bit of the beginning of Young Frankenstein. The adventure platformer popped up on the Brazilian Ratings website last month, and was listed for PS3, Wii U, Vita, and Xbox 360. The trailer listing on YouTube lists it for a summer release.

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Sega’s sent over a link to a Panorama page on the Total War wiki, on which it posts staggeringly enormous screenshots. If you’d like to look at a landscape lovingly rendered in-engine and then pieced together into a 30000 x 9785 pixel image, that is a thing you can do. Total War: Rome 2 comes out on PC later this year and none of you have monitors big enough for anything approaching this level of image quality.

Aliens: Colonial Marines received a patch yesterday from Gearbox Software on Steam, only to be pulled due to problems reported such as missing downloadable content and and not being able to use ini tweaks due to anti-cheating changes. Gearbox said it pulled the patch until it could figure out what was causing the corrupt DLC error, and later on in t he night it re-released the patch stating that the reported problems had been solved. The firm said on its forums it “continuing to work on updates for all platforms, including the hot fix support mentioned at PAX,” and that more details would be released once finalized. The patch which was re-released added a toggle for the film grain filter and increased security to address cheats and exploits.

Thanks, Blue.

Company of Heroes 2 beta previews should be landing online anytime now, and to give you an idea of what everyone gawked at, SEGA has release three new screenshots of the Relic strategy title. Enjoy a look at the Steppes, the Moscow outskirts and a battle scene below. Company of Heroes 2 launches worldwide June 25.

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Creative Assembly’s Tim Heaton has been appointed Relic Entertainment’s interim general manager.

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Sega has announced a new version of the original Sonic the Hedgehog, remastered for Android and iOS. In a post on the Sonic Retro forums, prominent Sonic fan community members Christian “The Taxman” Whitehead and Stealth were confirmed as the power behind the port, with Whitehead stating the new version is a Retro-Engine remake like that Sonic CD was recently graced with. Expect the mobile release this month for $3; owners of the existing version will be able to update for free. A Sonic 2 remake is also on the cards.

Thanks, Destructoid.

SEGA has canceled the Wii U version of Aliens: Colonial Marines, after weeks of Internet rumblings on the matter. A spokesperson confirmed the cancellation to Kotaku with the following statement: “We are constantly looking at all areas of our business and in this case have made the decision to not continue development of the Wii U version. Rest assured that we have some fantastic developments for Wii U in the pipeline which we will announce at a later date.”

SEGA also contacted VG247 to confirm that the Wii U sku of Aliens: Colonial Marines “is no longer in development.”

Company of Heroes 2 publisher Sega has announced a new wave of pre-order incentives for its WW2 strategy release.

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Sega has announced the closure of Sega Studios Australia, the Brisbane studio behind Stormrise.

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Aliens: Colonial Marines still has not received a new released date for Wii U having missed a targeted March launch. A Sega representative simply told Gamespot that the publisher has no comment on the matter, and Gearbox and port developer Demiurge are also playing mum. The shooter attracted a great deal of attention at release due to its poor critical reception, and discrepancies between promotional materials and the final product have even drawn the wrath of the UK’s Advertising Standards Agency.

The closed, early access beta phase for Company of Heroes 2 has gone live, SEGA has announced. It includes competitive multiplayer and skirmish gameplay, access to six maps, 1v1, 2v2, 3v3 and 4v4 competitive gameplay, as well as the ability to play alone or with teammates against the AI. Players also get access to the first 40 levels of progression, and the ability to customize their loadouts using the new Army Customizer. A second beta phase will be made available in the coming weeks, and a wider audience will get a chance to take part. The closed beta is being hosted on Steam and utilizes Steamworks match-making and friend lists. The game is out on PC in June. A couple shots are below.

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The single-player campaign in Total War: Rome 2 will have 117 different factions, among other impressively large numbers.

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