Even if you hate Sega games, you can’t help but congratulate them on their constant stream of titles over the past two years. And it seems that stream won’t be drying up too soon either, as Sega has set out the dates for their upcoming titles.
Beijing 2008 – 8th Aug - PC
Samba De Amigo – 19th Sept - Wii
Yakuza 2 – 19th Sept - PS2
Sonic Chronicles – 26th Sept - DS
Valkyria Chronicles – November 2008 - PS3
Empire: Total War – 6th Feb 2009 - PC
Sonic and the Black Knight – Spring 2009 - Wii
Stormrise – 2009 - PS3 and X360
Now, I’m not actually 100% sure which region these dates are for. But I believe that it is for the PAL territories.
As US retailers, Gamestop, and Amazon - Samba De Amigo is not due out until Sept 23rd. And the Sega America website is totally confusing - stating that Samba is in fact “Out Now” - Which it clearly isn’t.
Well it was inevitable, it seems that some hackers have cracked the iPhone’s “Fairplay DRM,” and it a certain top-selling iTunes App by Sega is the main dish on the menu.
Super Monkey Ball is now being offered as a free, pirated download by HackLabs.
Beggar Prince is a English translated version of a Taiwanese RPG, released over 10 years ago on the Sega Genesis, but we have finally received this lost gem thanks to Super Fighter Team. Was this game worth the wait?
You get to see some videos/screenshots of new games, hear developers talk about upcoming projects and get to read some interesting interviews… and watch as the world goes crazy, speculating at some mad new inventions and hearing wild rumours.
It’s always the same, and this year was no different - with the typical rumours of Shenmue III, springing up a couple of months ago. It’s something as gamers we just have to put up with.
But in all honesty I wouldn’t change it for the world! It gets frustrating, sure, and I’m confident developers hate getting asked the same questions. But really, it wouldn’t be the same without the rumours or typical questions being asked “Will they? Won’t they?”
Gametrailers has put up some short clips of Sonic Chronicles‘ gameplay. The four videos show off some of the game’s different areas, including the Chao Garden.
But one of the best things about the videos is that they seem to be using the actual in-game music - other videos, before now, either have a soundtrack dubbed over or the audio is was hard to hear.
The videos are pretty short, but should be good teasers for anyone interested in the game. One thing I think I should point out, is that it looks like the visual quality of the game has been reduced slightly here. As far as I remember the visuals were a tad clearer when actually playing the game.
Now, don’t get too excited. The slip was not about how Sega would be publishing/developing Resident Evil 5 on the Wii - I think Capcom is happy enough with their own teams to handle any of their franchises. However, Simon Jeffery has made a ’slip’ (if you will) about Resident Evil 5 coming to the Wii.
In a recent E3 interview with Kotaku, the Sega of America President was asked whether Sega was taking a chance by putting a violent ‘core gamer’ oriented game on the Wii, with MADWORLD.
[Note: Above video doesn’t always seem to work or takes ages to load. After the break is the transcribed (by yours truly) response from Simon.
The person at Sonic Blur website did not post the scans, but did post the info in the magazine. This means I have to do more work and type most of it out. The game is being developed by the same people that did Sonic and the Secret of the Rings. You will control Sonic with the analogue stick.
Reading several forums (including ours) all I read were complaints about how poor the announcements and games line-ups were for this years E3. About the biggest shock news was possibly Final Fantasy XIII coming to Xbox 360, but even that didn’t seem to cause a massive stir in the waters of the gaming public.
And, it seems that it wasn’t just the gamers that were disappointed with E3 this year, some of the actual developers aren’t too happy either.
AM2’s award winning fighting game can now be picked up for $19.99 at your local Toys R Us or on their online store. I find it funny that they have the Playstation 3 version at full price.
This is one title that every Sega Nerd should have in their extensive Xbox 360 library. You can stack it right next to your copy of Sega Rally Revo.
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