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Rumor: Silly Title Central, Sega's Secret New Horror Game
Those crafty folks at Sega are apparently testing the next-gen waters with a new survey that multiple readers have claimed to receive. This is unconfirmed, but the survey states that the game will be for either the PS3 or the Xbox 360. continue reading »
Gallery: More Virtua Fighter 5 Eye Candy
Alongside launching the official North American Virtua Fighter 5 site, Sega has graced us with more screens of the company's PlayStation 3 fighter showing off more of the character costumes. continue reading »
Waiter, This Shooter Is 2 SPICY!
The title may sound like a stupid pop song, but Sega's arcade title 2 SPICY looks like major kick assage. continue reading »
Wii Virtual Console Update For Monday
Retro gamers, check back with your Wii this Monday at 9 AM PST/12 PM EST for another semi-exciting Virtual Console update. This week you can re-buy Donkey Kong Jr. for the NES, Victory Run for the TurboGrafx 16, and Ristar and Columns for the Sega Genesis. Hmm. continue reading »
Wii Port Needed: Sega's Let's Go Jungle!
When I first laid my eyes on Sega's Let's Go Jungle! arcade cabinet I thought "OMG. A Jambo! Safari sequel!!" One of my favorite pick up and play arcade games was finally getting its due. I was only momentarily bummed to see that this was another Sega Arcade light gun game. continue reading »
Carcast: Dreamcast for Your Car
The Dreamcast is not dead. It's taking a break, a break from being the greatest console of the last generation. So until it awakes from its slumber, meet the Treamcast SE — A portable Dreamcast that's even got a 12v car adapter so you can play Jet Set Radio while driving! continue reading »
Yakuza 2 Stuff To Make You Look Tough
Sega stuff you can't get from a game you can't play. While Yakuza met a horrible dubbing fate, it's doubtful that Sega will give the game's PS2 sequel (called Ryu Ga Gotoku 2) the same drubbing for an US/Euro release. continue reading »
Dreamcast Gets Classical
No teary-eyed editorials or virtual consoles for the Dreamcast, oh no. When it comes to remembering Sega's fallen hero, only one form of tribute will do: good, old-fashioned bronze-cast immortality. continue reading »
This Day in Gaming, November 26th
1999: GT Interactive releases Unreal Tournament for PC in the US. The game is incredible, receiving deserved praise for strong AI, a variety of game modes and a strong online community of gamers even if some prefer Quake III Arena. continue reading »
This Day in Gaming, November 25th
1998: Sega announces that Sega Channel is shutting down due to a poor subscriber base (only 150,000 subscribers out of 20 million homes available by the end of its lifespan). Sega Channel was a great idea that was implemented well. continue reading »
This Day in Gaming, November 24th
2004: South Korea's Media Board bans the sale of Ghost Recon 2, saying the plotline goes "way too far". continue reading »
DS Love and Berry Rack 'Em In
What do you get when you cross Japan's most popular portable with little girls' favorite button masher? Money, that's what. Sega Love and Berry arcade hit is getting a DS version. continue reading »
This Day in Gaming, November 22nd
1994: Sega releases the Saturn in Japan. 10 million units sold worldwide - roughly a third of what the Genesis sold. continue reading »
Gallery: Sega's Armored Core 4
One of the few PS3 games I got hands-on with at TGS was From Software and Sega's action mech shooter Armored Core 4. Graphically stunning and a ruthless in it's PS3 killing techniques, AC4 is due to ship for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 in March. continue reading »
Sonic Childhood Spoiler
Bit about myself: As a kid, while my friends gravitated towards Nintendo consoles, I was a Sega guy. The only Sega guy on my block, thank-you-very-much. Sonic was the shiznit, but somewhere along the line, I lost interest. Then Sega unveiled a new title for the Xbox 360 and the PS3. continue reading »
PS2 In Japanese PS3 Demo Kiosk
Kotakuite Kevin spotted this in Oita, Japan. Somewhat difficult to see, but there's a white PS2 in that PS3 kiosk. And if you look even closer, you can see a Sega PS3 game that no one bought. Zing! continue reading »
One More Dreamcast Game Announced
Well, announced quite some time ago, but as of yesterday, Play-Asia has begun taking pre-orders for yet another Dreamcast release, due to ship in December. Now, you might want to be sitting down for this one, but it's a... side-scrolling space shooter! continue reading »
New After Burner Revealed! *Does Barrel Roll*
1UP has an exclusive look at Sega's upcoming PSP arcadey jet shooter, After Burner: Black Falcon. continue reading »