Tag: Sega
Shibuya cross
SEGA’s really giving us unprecedented pre-release access to Crazy Taxi: World Tour, the 2027 revival of AM3’s all-time classic arcade ferry-’em-up. Back at Gamescom I spoke to director Kenji Kanno before getting my hands on the new Germ
News Crazy Taxi: World Tour Goes Big in Japan as New Location Revealed
Tokyo drift
SEGA has officially unveiled the third location you'll be visiting in Crazy Taxi: World Tour, and it's one that comes as no real surprise. Japan is set to feature in the arcade driving game, and you get a decent look at it in this new trailer: Japan joins Germany and the original San Francisco-based map, with two more global spots...
Preview Crazy Taxi: World Tour's Beta Test Transported Me Back to a Bygone Era of Online Multiplayer
It's a fare cop
This past weekend, SEGA hosted a closed network test for its upcoming arcade driving game, Crazy Taxi: World Tour. This was my first opportunity to get my hands on it — a revival of a true arcade classic, and exactly the kind of game I want to see making a return. As a big fan of the original, I couldn't resist taking the network...
News Bayonetta Will Join Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds in a Free Update 'Soon' on PS5, PS4
More year two details teased
SEGA has announced the next freebie character joining the playable roster in its ever-growing kart racer, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. Bayonetta, sporting her original design, will be coming "soon" to the game in a future update, free to all players, as is the case with all SEGA characters. The news comes via this new...
News SEGA's Going Nuts with Crazy Taxi Movie, Another Sonic TV Series, and More
Multimedia madness
SEGA and Netflix are partnering up on several new adaptations of the game publisher's properties into movies and TV shows. That's according to a report from Variety, which states the companies are working together on a trio of new projects. The first is something I certainly wasn't expecting: a Crazy Taxi movie. The film is set...
News Here's Why SEGA Cancelled Its Big Live Service 'Super Game'
Not so super
SEGA's president has explained why the publisher decided to cancel its ambitious 'Super Game' project in a recent interview. Speaking to Nikkei, Shuji Utsumi talks about the live service venture and the reasoning behind it being canned, ultimately putting it down to limited resources. While discussing the publisher's approach to...
Ten in 2010
I played the original Crazy Taxi on my Dreamcast so much the disc doesn’t really work anymore. To be fair, SEGA’s GD-ROMs were notable for scratching easily, but I didn’t have this problem with any of my other games from the era. I generally look after all of my things really well. No, the home console conversion of Kenji...
News Try Two Hours of Stupid Never Dies on PS5 Now, with Your Progress Transferring to the Full Game
A hearty helping of idiocy
You can play a two hour demo of the zany PS5 action game Stupid Never Dies right now, with your progress transferring to the full release should you decide to purchase it on 22nd October. The First Bite Demo includes the entire opening hours of the campaign, and can be downloaded for free from the PS Store through here.
Preview Stranger Than Heaven Kicked My Ass, and I'm Not Proud
Stop! Stop! Sammy's already dead
Stranger Than Heaven kicked my ass, guys. I’ve been playing the Yakuza games since the PS2, so I’d like to think I’m a seasoned enjoyer of RGG Studio’s specific brand of brawler gameplay. But I clearly wasn’t prepared for the combat in its latest game, a departure for the franchise, which is presented as...
Preview Alien Isolation 2 Was My Favourite PS5 Game at Gamescom
The wait is almost over
Hands down, Alien Isolation 2 was the highlight of my time at Gamescom 2026 — and that’s even with the demo I played being the same one that many got their hands on at Summer Games Fest earlier this year. This long-awaited sequel from Creative Assembly is easily my most hyped PS5 game for 2027, and my 20 minutes –...
News Crazy Taxi: World Tour Makes a Stop in Germany, as Series Goes Global on PS5
Guten tag
The clue was in the name really, wasn’t it? Crazy Taxi: World Tour is officially going global, as the new PS5 game makes a stop in Germany, the first of a series of international announcements planned for the reboot. While the original San Francisco map has been the focus of the marketing thus far, this new location will add in the...
News Crazy Taxi: World Tour Shares a Brief Look at Online Multiplayer in Latest Trailer
Ten in 2010
SEGA's bringing back one of its best-loved series with Crazy Taxi: World Tour, and while it includes all the single player content you'd expect, it also comes packed with online multiplayer features. That's the focus of this new trailer, which shows a quick look at multiple cabbies competing for fares: Played to Bad Religion's Ten in...
News Crazy Taxi's Gena Now Looks Like a Life Is Strange NPC on PS5
What a downgrade
I’m really excited for Crazy Taxi: World Tour – I genuinely am! It’s been one of my most wanted games for years, after I scratched up the surface of my original Dreamcast disc from playing it so damn much. But in the aftermath of the dev’s AI admissions, I did just want to quickly write about how much of a downgrade the...
News Sonic Frontiers Surpasses 5 Million Copies Sold as Fans Await What Comes Next
Hedgehog fund
SEGA has announced that Sonic Frontiers has now officially sold over 5 million copies. The news came via social media yesterday: To celebrate the sales milestone, the publisher has unlocked the Sonic Adventure 2 shoes for all players, so you can run around the Starfall Islands proper noughties style. The game reached 2.5 million...
News This Ain't Yakuza! SEGA Showcases Stranger Than Heaven's Complex Combat with Live Gameplay Demo
The Stabbin' of Dojima
One of the most interesting things about Stranger Than Heaven is that developer RGG Studio isn't just repurposing the action combat of its previous games. Instead, the Japanese studio's crafted a new system that sees players control the individual limbs of protagonist Makoto Daito. It appears to be a much more technical take...
News Sonic the Hedgehog Is Confirmed to Be Speeding into Fortnite in Upcoming Season
Way past cool
I guess it was inevitable, really, but yes, Sonic is officially crossing paths with Fortnite in the game's forthcoming season. Chapter 7 Season 4, named Override, appears to be themed around games and/or digital realms, and it seems Sonic the Hedgehog is part of the fun. Here's the teaser trailer: We see the character rolling...
News SEGA Is Co-Publishing the Ridiculous Action RPG Stupid Never Dies This October on PS5
Seems like a good fit to me
One game we've been keeping an eye on here at Push Square Towers — mostly because it looks like it leapt out of Sammy's imagination — is Stupid Never Dies, a game about a zombie trying to revive his non-zombie girlfriend who froze to death. It's pretty hard to ignore a setup like that, and the game itself looks like...
News Cowabunga! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Join Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Today on PS5, PS4
It's turtle time
The latest addition to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds arrives today on PS5 and PS4, this time adding a quartet of new characters to the dimension-hopping kart racer. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles join the fray in a premium DLC pack, and they're based on their appearance in the 2023 animated film, Mutant Mayhem. Here's a trailer...
News Earn Some Crazy Money Early by Testing the New Crazy Taxi on PS5
Closed beta coming in September
You can be among the first in the world to play Crazy Taxi: World Tour in September, as SEGA plots a closed beta test for the long-awaited arcade reboot. Sign ups are open now through 31st August on PS5, ahead of the test getting underway from 11th September through 13th September. The beta will include two online...
Digital will help it "become more global"
SEGA president Shuji Utsumi has commented on the company's view on how it'll be distributing its games moving forward. In an interview with Famitsu (translated via Google), Utsumi expresses a desire to make the publisher a more global entity, and cites digital games and the PC platform as growth areas to...
News SEGA Expects 5 Million Sales from 'Flagship' Games Persona 4 Revival and Stranger Than Heaven
A big 2026
SEGA has high sales expectations for both Persona 4 Revival and Stranger Than Heaven, which may seem a little unrealistic depending on your point of view. In its latest business Q&A, the publisher highlighted the two aforementioned titles as "flagship" or "mainstay" releases. These are basically SEGA's heavy hitters for the near future...
News Warhammer 40k: Space Marine Remaster Is Heading for PS5 After a Year of Xbox Exclusivity
Master Crafted Edition rated
Remember when the first Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine game got a remastered 'Master Crafted Edition' last year, but it was exclusive to Xbox and PC for some reason? Well, here we are over a year later and it looks like the revival is finally coming to PS5. The same Master Crafted Edition has now been given an ESRB age...
News Persona Is Reportedly the Latest Game Series to Be Adapted for TV
Midnight Channel
SEGA's beloved RPG series, Persona, appears to be next in line to be adapted for the small screen. According to a new report from Variety, a live-action TV show based on the franchise is in the works for Netflix. The publication's sources say Christopher Monfette has signed on as the writer and showrunner for the adaptation...
News Virtua Fighter Crossroads' Insane PS5 Production Values Bring All the Hype
Meet the mysterious Bakunawa Killer
It’s been a weekend of awesome fighting game reveals, but the Bakunawa Killer from Virtua Fighter Crossroads may have stolen the show. With story being a central part of RGG Studio’s reboot, this trailer leans heavily into the narrative vibes, as protagonist Cielo Salinas and returning character Pai Chan hunt...
News Yakuza Dev's Stranger Than Heaven Was First Planned as a Full Trilogy of Games
Stranger danger
Stranger Than Heaven is set to be the most ambitious game that RGG Studio has made in a long time. This is mostly down to the fact that its story spans a whopping 50 years, following main character Makoto Daito's steady rise to infamy. Structurally, the title's set across five different and distinct time periods. These time periods...
"Performances can elevate the entire work"
Based on what's been shown so far, it looks like Yakuza / Like a Dragon developer RGG Studio could be onto something special with Stranger Than Heaven. However, the upcoming action game has caused a bit of stir through its casting choices. More specifically, the decision to use Tupac Shakur's likeness for...
News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds May Not Have Sold Well, But It Gets More Awesome by the Month
New characters, music, more
This is why we don’t deserve nice things! Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is, by my money, one of the most fun kart racers on the market these days – but SEGA has reported it sold below expectations. Fortunately, it’s not giving up on the game, and has committed to three more free additions this year. They are:...
News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Sell Below SEGA's Expectations
Sell shading
SEGA's latest financial report sheds some new light on sales figures for many of its existing games, but two from last year were excluded from the chart. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and Shinobi: Art of Vengeance have not received public sales numbers, and have in fact been lumped together in the report
News SEGA Shares Lifetime Sales Update for Persona, Metaphor, and Like a Dragon
For the role-players
As part of its annual business report, SEGA has confirmed a bunch of lifetime sales figures for key titles, taking into account additional sales from across the last 12 months. The new numbers make for fairly interesting reading. The gist here is that the publisher's role-playing properties are looking pretty healthy across the...
News Two Point Hospital: Full Health Collection Bundles Everything Together on PS5 'Soon'
Dosed up
SEGA and Two Point Studios have announced Two Point Hospital: Full Health Collection for PS5. As the name implies, this version of the game is the complete package, bringing the original hospital sim and all its numerous DLC packs together. Here's the announcement trailer: The management sim comes to PS5 "soon", the trailer says, with...
Round Up Stranger Than Heaven Makes a Strong Impression with Its Unique Melee Combat
Previews live now
SEGA and developer RGG Studio are taking some pretty wild swings with Stranger Than Heaven, an upcoming action adventure coming to PS5 early next year. You'll probably have heard about recent additions to the cast; this crime thriller, set in Japan across five decades, will feature not only Snoop Dogg but also the late Tupac...
Round Up Alien: Isolation 2 Previews Say It's More of the Brilliant, Terrifying Same
If it ain't broke
Alien: Isolation is one of the most beloved survival horror games of modern times, so seeing a teaser for the direct sequel, albeit a very brief one, during Summer Game Fest was a very exciting surprise for many. It seems SEGA and developer Creative Assembly had a little more to show than just the new trailer, however, as some...
News Crazy Taxi: World Tour PS5 Only Used Generative AI for 'Reference', Insists Series Creator
Ya ya ya ya ya?
Sammy and I have been clamouring for this game reveal all week long, and it's finally happened. After a teaser a few weeks back, Crazy Taxi: World Tour has been officially unveiled. While the initial impression is very strong, with The Offspring's All I Want blaring in the announcement trailer, there's an unfortunate twist that...
"You are lacking in kung-fu"
A full-length Virtua Fighter Showcase will take place imminently, and I’ll bring you all the news from that in an updated article later. But for now here’s a look at Virtua Fighter Crossroads’ cinematic story mode, introducing fan favourite character Pai Chan. RGG Studio, the team behind the Yakuza games, is...
News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Is Going Absolutely Wild with Future Collabs and I Love It
Why the hell not
SEGA is far from done with Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, and has just debuted a new trailer teasing what's to come in the kart racer's future. In short, it's going off the deep end with some truly unexpected crossovers: First off, it provides dates for the remaining premium DLCs we know about; the TMNT pack is coming in July, while...
News Stranger Than Heaven Confirms January 2027 Release Date and... Tupac
Stranger and stranger
Just weeks after its big Xbox showcase, Stranger Than Heaven has returned to give us a proper release date. As promised, it launches for PS5 this coming winter, on the 15th January 2027. But that's not the biggest talking point here... No, the real shocker is that, somehow, Tupac is in the game. Well, obviously not the man...
News Alien Isolation 2 Unveiled in First Teaser Trailer
Your first glimpse
We have known Alien Isolation 2 is in development for some time, but now Creative Assembly has put out some debut footage. It gives us a sense of the general setting for the sequel, as well as the horror themes and mechanics returning from the excellent first game. There's no date attached yet, but the fact that we know Alien...
News Persona 6 Leaks Removed by SEGA, All But Confirming They're Real
Green with envy
Following on from the Persona 6 concept art leaks of last week, additional leaks that were spreading on social media have apparently been taken down by publisher SEGA. These latest leaks were shared by X (or Twitter) user @TheDkmariolink, and the images were reportedly removed within 48 hours or so, due to a copyright claim. This...
News SEGA Revives Crazy Taxi Social Media Ahead of New PS5 Game Reveal
"Take me to Tower Records"
Ya ya ya ya ya! Stick on your favourite Offspring record and pray to your (Bad) Religion of choice, because SEGA just resurrected Crazy Taxi’s social media accounts for the first time in seven years, folks. The Japanese publisher uploaded a five-second video of a ‘TAXI’ light flickering into life. It’s the first...
News New Virtua Fighter PS5 Footage Leaks, and It's Blowing My Mind
Holy animation, RGG Studio
If this leaked Virtua Fighter footage is real – and I certainly have no reason to doubt it – then we’re potentially looking at a true next-gen fighting game here. The video, labelled Virtua Fighter Crossroads, shows over 90 seconds of gameplay featuring a number of characters, including previously announced stars...
News SEGA Cancels Super Game Project and Moves Away from Live Service
Classic franchise reboots are still alive
SEGA has announced the cancellation of its live service Super Game project and that it is lowering the priority of having Games as a Service in its portfolio for the future. The news was buried in the company's latest financial earnings results, and sees five years of work scrapped before any of it could...
News PS5's Stranger Than Heaven Somehow Got Snoop Dogg and Ado on the Same Song
When can we stream it?
Fans are already itching to stream Stranger Than Heaven’s theme song, which is surprisingly performed by musical icons like Snoop Dogg and Ado. The song – debuted as part of last night’s big game reveal – also features performances from Satoshi Fujihara and Tori Kelly. Ado, who’s one of Japan’s big st
News Yakuza Dev's Stranger Than Heaven Drops English Dub Option Due to Bilingual Characters
Language barrier
This probably won't come as much of a surprise if you tuned in to last night's showcase, but Stranger Than Heaven won't feature any kind of voice over options, unlike developer RGG Studio's most recent titles. This means that there'll be no dedicated English dub — but there won't be a Japanese-only track, either. That's because...
News Stranger Than Heaven Is a Yakuza Series Origin Story, Out on PS5 This Winter
Gameplay details revealed
Many Yakuza fans were thinking it, and now it's been confirmed: the mysterious Stranger Than Heaven is in fact an origin story for the series, in which the pivotal Tojo Clan is founded. The game's story spans 50 years, and you'll be playing as the same character — Makoto Daito — throughout. RGG Studio's deep dive,...
News Never-Before-Seen Shenmue Concept Art Unearthed and Shared Online
Dates back to the Virtua Fighter RPG days
Shenmue will get a much-needed bump later this year, when the enhanced version of its threequel launches on PS5, alongside an awesome Collector’s Edition. (Which this author’s already pre-ordered, of course!) But while we wait to replay Ryo’s third adventure, the ever-industrious Shenmue Dojo has...
News Like a Dragon's Majima Brings Another Yakuza Icon to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds on PS5, PS4
Arrives tomorrow
The next free content update for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is almost here, and it brings another playable character into the fold. Namely, Goro Majima, in his Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii guise, joins the fun when the update arrives tomorrow, 29th April 2026. The Mad Dog of Shimano joins Ichiban in the kart racer,...
News Here's Your Very First Look at PS5's New Alien: Isolation Game
Another perfect organism
It was officially announced roughly 18 months ago now, and here – out of nowhere! – is your very first look at the new Alien: Isolation game. There’s honestly not a lot to see at all here: the trailer is 25 seconds long, features flashing lights, a sliding panel door, and an emergency phone booth. But honestly,...
News SEGA to Revive Old IP Like Outrun, Streets of Rage, and NiGHTS in New SEGA Universe Project
New projects to celebrate their anniversaries
SEGA has revealed plans to celebrate some of its legacy IP this year in the form of "anniversary projects", under the new banner of SEGA Universe. While it is not confirmed every project will take the form of a new video game, the pitch from the publisher is as follows: "We’ll shine a light on beloved...
News Ecco the Dolphin Returns in Retro Collection Featuring a Brand New Game, But Will It Be on PS5?
No word on platforms yet
It's been a long time coming, but we now have the first official details about the return of a video game icon: Ecco the Dolphin. Developed by A&R Atelier in partnership with SEGA, the aquatic hero is coming back in Ecco the Dolphin: Complete, a remaster package featuring "all versions" of Ecco the Dolphin and Ecco: The...
Free bird
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is continuing to add to its already large and varied roster of playable characters, today bringing Red from Angry Birds to the beloved kart racer. It's easy to forget that SEGA acquired mobile game developer Rovio a little while back, but Red is indeed a SEGA character these days, so it makes sense for him to...
