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News Latest Yakuza 3 Trailer Screams Win From Every Frame Of Animation
If you want to watch crazy awesome Japanese dudes fighting, staring and generally kicking ass, then this latest trailer for Yakuza 3 is going to seriously float your boat
Ignore all the low budget production that appears to be going into these trailers and preorder the game now, because it's going to rule. Go on. We'll wait.
News Amazing News: Yakuza 3 Demo On The European Playstation Store Today
Rejoice
Dance. Sing. Whatever. SEGA's announced that a demo for the upcoming Yakuza 3 will hit the Playstation Store today. As you can imagine, this is properly amazing news. Yakuza 3 joins another SEGA title, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing aswell as DLC for Assassin's Creed II and Resident Evil 5. Expensive day on the Playstation Store then. Get...
News Leaked Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Footage Revealed, Ever So Slightly Concerning
[Whoops, the video's been pulled readers, sorry about that
] The leaked footage from Sonic The Hedgehog 4 above is almost definitely work in progress. Thus it would be wrong for us to offer our opinion a little too strongly. But something looks wrong. The jumping looks floaty and the running looks slow. Other than that though, Sonic The Hedgehog 4...
News Resonance Of Fate, Good Luck Launching A Week After Final Fantasy XIII
Guess when Resonance Of Fate is due to release in America? That's right, March 16th
Fine, we guess it's just about passable for an RPG to launch alongside God Of War III. But just 7-days after a Final Fantasy game — Final Fantasy XIII, no less. It's just commercial suicide. C'mon SEGA, really?
News Hey Look, It's Toshihiro Nagoshi Talking About Yakuza 3
Are you excited about Yakuza 3? Of course you are, it's going to be properly amazing
And what better way to slip into the mood, than listen to franchise creator Toshihiro Nagoshi wax lyrical in the first of a series of Yakuza 3 developer diaries. The game's due early next month. We're stoked.
News SEGA Update Aliens Vs Predator Demo For PS3
If you downloaded the Aliens vs Predator demo and were unable to play the game, then, yo, you were not alone
It was borked. The matchmaking didn't work.. Alas, SEGA's just sent us word that the old demo has been removed, and replaced with a new, working version. Hurrah. So if you want to check out the demo, you totally can now. Just check with this...
News SEGA: It's Too Late To Change The Yakuza 3 Boxart
Fact: Yakuza 3's Western boxart is terrible
You know that, we know that, even SEGA know for goodness sake. Which has actually pushed SEGA's assistant community manager Aaron Webber to make comment on the Playstation Blog, in which he explains it's sadly too late to change the art. Apparently, SEGA will remember next time. Pssht... Hopefully there is...
News Rebellion To Fix Aliens vs Predator Matchmaking Issues On PS3
SEGA's told VG247 that Rebellion are working on some matchmaking issues apparent in the PS3 version of the Aliens vs Predator multiplayer demo
Since our earlier update regarding successful patching of the PC demo of AvP, weve been working with Sony and SEGA on investigating reports of a similar issue from some PS3 owners, a SEGA spokesperson...
News New Aliens Vs. Predator Trailer Is Pretty Pretty
Aliens Vs
Predator</a> is not too far away. Which means it's time for SEGA to tell us about a new trailer, demo, or thing-ma-jig relating to the game every 5 seconds. Well nearly. But yo, y'know, this trailer is actually pretty awesome. Those lighting effects at the start are great. If you want to try the game out for yourself, a multiplayer...
News European Edition Of Yakuza 3 Gets Some Extra Goodies
If you're planning on buying Yakuza 3 here in the Europe, know that SEGA are going to drop you some free goodies
Included in the standard European edition is a soundtrack CD, four DLC packs and an interactive CD for the PC, detailing the series thus far. You'll get all that for £40 or so. Make sure you order the game now.
News Minds Blown: SEGA Announce Sonic The Hedgehog 4
It's been roughly 15 years since Sonic The Hedgehog 3
But it seems SEGA has finally realised what their audience what, as they've announced Sonic The Hedgehog 4 for the Playstation 3. This is pretty much mind-blowing news. The game will release digitally in episodic iterations, the first of which landing this Summer. It'll be a 2D game with 3D...
News Aliens Vs Predator Multiplayer Demo Incoming Tomorrow
SEGA's announced there'll be a demo for Aliens Vs Predator on the Playstation Network tomorrow
Sadly, those looking for some single-player goodness will have to make do with some multiplayer modes, as the demo is multiplayer only.Multiplayer was a huge part of our original AvP game back in 1999, and weve kept the spirit of that classic...
News Yakuza 3 Gameplay Trailer Screams Shenmue, Features Mason Vs. Princess Superstar
Aside from the fitting choice of Mason Vs
Princess Superstar as its soundtrack, this Yakuza 3 gameplay trailer rocks because it's all like, "Yo, this could easily be a Shenmue game." Apart from all the blood and brutality. 'Cos Ryo was a bit of a lover, really. Beneath all the revenge and beatings. Anyway, you should absolutely order this...
News Sony Should Stump Up The Cash For Shenmue III
A recent interview with SEGA in Japanese gaming publication, Famitsu, hinted that the company are curious to dole out the Shenmue franchise to any buying platform-holder
In fact, the translation hints that the company would be willing to develop the elusive final installment in the acclaimed franchise exclusively so long as a party such as Sony...
News Platinum Games Announce Japanese Halo As Their Next Game, Called Vanquish
As teased by host GTTV Geoff Keighley, Platinum Games have indeed revealed their new game as part of the show
It's called Vanquish and it looks like Halo. Bet your bottom dollar bill it's a cover-based shooter. Resident Evil-man Shinji Mikami is on board for this game. Despite a high-octane trailer, we're most certainly not impressed. The audio's...
News SEGA Finally Announce Afterburner Climax, Our Tummy Does Barrel Rolls In Anticipation
Look, let's be honest here, we've known Afterburner Climax has been coming for a while
But still, that doesn't mean you can't celebrate the official announcement. 'Cos we are. With champagne (in spirit). The game's due later this year on the Playstation Store."This is an arcade-style action game in which players pilot a fighter jet through...
News Sony To The Rescue: Bayonetta Patch Was Not Handled By SEGA Nor Platinum Games
It would appear that rumours of Sony stepping in to fix Bayonetta's horrific performance issues were true; today's "Installation" patch (which significantly improves load times) is rumoured to have been developed by Sony
That comes according to a quote on Dutch site Tweakers, who claim that a SEGA rep informed them the upgrade had nothing to do with...
News Bayonetta Install Patch Is Live Now In Europe
Hey Europeans
If you've been waiting on your fix of Bayonettawithout the horrendous load times, then insert you game right now - you should be told to download a patch which will allow you to install game data and (hopefully) stop the "loading" message from popping up when you hit the, erm, pause button. It's 136mb patch with a 4.5gb...
News Bayonetta PS3 To Get Installation Patch
Finally
We mentioned how gutting it was to see Bayonetta chug its way through levels in our review, and even suggested that a simple installation patch might half those load issues. Well, it's been an announced that online patch for the game will allow installation of some of the game's data, hopefully aiding those issues. It's unknown whether the...
News Next Platinum Games Title To Be Announced On GTTV
With Bayonetta already out there on store shelves, attention has turned to the next title Platinum Games work on
And that game's going to get its global announcement this Thursday via GTTV. Host Geoff Keighley Tweeted last night:This week on GTTV global announcement of next title from Platinum Games inside the show!</blockquote> We're...
Feature Vancouver 2010 on Playstation 3 Multiplayer Impressions
Mimicking Vancouver 2010's simplistic single-player campaign; taking the Winter Olympics online is a simple case of match-making or lobby hunting
Hosts can setup a varying number of stacked events (all 14 from the main game) for up to four online players to compete in. Medals are attributed according to success, but sadly are only stored by the...
News Preorder Yakuza 3 To Get "Challenge Pack" In The US
If you're American and order Yakuza 3 from GameStop you'll get a free and exclusive "Challenge Pack"
The pack contains mini-games including pool, darts and bowling. It'll also contain four new outfits. GameStop reckon the game's out March 9th.
News Playstation 2 Phantasy Star Universe Servers To Close
If you're still playing Phantasy Star Universe on your Playstation 2, then well, we're afraid you're going to have to stop soon
The servers are being closed. As of next Friday, no new subscriptions for the game will be taken, ahead of the big server close on March 31st.While we are sad to see the PS2 version of Phantasy Star Universe end, the year...
News Hey British People, Yakuza 3's Coming March 12th
SEGA has today confirmed that, yo, that Japanese gangster game you've been waiting for (Yakuza 3, obviously) is due to hit British consoles on March 12th
The game is a Playstation 3 exclusive. We can't wait.
News Hey Look, That's Totally Afterburner Climax
GamesWire's got some awesome screens for SEGA's upcoming PSN flight-combat remake, Afterburner Climax
As you'd absolutely expect, the game looks pretty bloody rad. Check the full set through here.
News So Where Are The Playstation Exclusive Characters In Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing?
Riddle us this
Given the possibility of exclusive brand characters appearing in the relevant SKUs of Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing emerged from a leaked Sony document, we'd assumed there would have been an announcement for a racing Sackboy or Ratchet by now. Curiously, announcements for Mii compatibility in the Nintendo Wii version of the game...
News More Terrible US Boxart Emerges, This Time Yakuza 3
What's with American boxart being so rubbish? First Heavy Rain, now Yakuza 3
The super stylish Japanese boxart has been replaced by a red background and an uber close-up of the protagonist's face. Rubbish. To be fair, the art has only shown up on GameFly so may just be a placeholder. We hope so. Here's the Japanese box.
News New Yakuza 3 Screens Are Rad, Include Helicopters
Joystiq's got a host of new Yakuza 3 images for you to peruse
Despite technically being a year old now, the game still looks nice and shiny, and will easily impress when it gets its long awaited Western release here in March. Get your preorders in folks. Especially if you want SEGA to release Yakuza 4 over here too.
News Confirmed: Sonic Is The Only Character In Project Needlemouse, The Gods Do Listen
SEGA has confirmed this afternoon that yes, there will be just one character in their upcoming franchise reboot Project Needlemouse; the one that matters, Sonic
"In Project Needlemouse, there will be no new characters playable or otherwise. The focus will remain solely on one blue hedgehog," SEGA said on their US blog. Hallelujah. They...
Rumour Chu Chu Rocket Stars Set To Appear In Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
We swear, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing keeps getting more and more bloody awesome
It's also paving the way for a rejuvenation of many classic SEGA franchises that seemed to have been forgotten. Which is great, because for years we've said: hey, why don't SEGA release a PSN update of Chu Chu Rocket? And hey, strengthening that thought, look...
News Ulala & BD Joe Hop On Board The Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Roster
You know, the more we hear about Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing the more awesome it gets
The latest trailer (above) reveals Space Channel 5's Ulala and Crazy Taxi's BD Joe as part of the roster. Amazing.
News Project Needlemouse Character Reveal Hopefully Reveals Solo-Sonic
SEGA are playing a little game on their official blog this week
Basically the site has a list of "potential" characters that will show up in the new Project Needlemouse game. SEGA are asking trivia questions, and for every 100 the community get right, they'll remove a character from the list (meaning said character isn't in the game)...
News Bayonetta's Hideki Kamiya Inspired By God Of War, Really Excited For GoWIII
Hideki Kamiya, the man behind SEGA's Bayonetta, has described Sony's God Of War franchise as a key influence on the sense of "climactic action" in the game
was greatly stimulated by the spectacular expression and dynamism in the God of War series in the respect of reflecting the sense of climactic action, Kamiya told XboxLiveAddicts (via...
News Rebellion Confirm Demo For Aliens Vs. Predator
Amazing news if you're interested in Rebellion's upcoming Aliens Vs
Predator</a> title. Not so interesting news for everyone else. AvP's lead designer Alex Moore has confirmed to AvPGalaxy that, "There will be a demo," and, "That's all we can say." No platforms nor dates were mentioned. You can move on now.
News Latest Vancouver 2010 Commercial Reminds Us About The Snow Outside
You know, we spend so much time working inside, we'd almost forgotten there was snow outside
Until SEGA sent through the latest Vancouver 2010 commercial. Which features plenty of snow. Game's due out next week.
News Bayonetta Launch Trailer Features La Roux & Maximum Levels Of Awesome
What do you get when you cross La Roux's "In For The Kill" with some sleek footage of SEGA's Bayonetta? A launch trailer, silly
A rad one. Remember: Bayonetta is the game about the witch with hair that attacks people.
News Platinum Games Post New Countdown Clock, Includes Disco Ball & Seizure Colours
What are Bayonetta developers Platinum Games up to next? Well until the countdown on their website ends, we really don't really know
You know who probably does know though? An employee at Platinum Games. The countdown, well, erm, counts down in seconds. We didn't bother trying to work out the date of Platinum Games' next announcement, but by the...
News SEGA People Already Coming Up With Concepts For Alpha Protocol 2
Alpha Protocol may not be out of the door just yet, but that ain't stopping SEGA from coming up with concepts for an eventual sequel
On the 4 Guys 1 Up podcast, Constantine Hantzopoulos confirmed that folks internally are dreaming up an AP2. As for the first game - it's apparently "content complete," but QA are still ironing out some bugs.
News SEGA: Yakuza 3 Will Have Japanese Voice Actors Only
Arigato
It seems SEGA Of America's Constantine Hantzopoulos' comments on the 4 Guys 1 Up podcast have been taken out of context, as SEGA's just confirmed to us that the Western release of Yakuza 3 will feature only the original Japanese voice actors with English sub-titles, as previously believed. Reports had earlier indicated that the game might...
WTF Yakuza 3 Will Feature English Language Voice Overs After All
An interview on the latest 4 Guys 1 Up podcast has hinted at an English language track being added to Yakuza 3
The original announcement suggested there would be full English sub-titles to the already stellar Japanese voice-cast, but Sega of America's studio director Constantine Hantzopoulos hinted differently in the podcast interview.The bulk of...
News Heartache: Shenmue's Nozomi Was Cut From Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
Urgh, we hate that title
Really hate it. Everytime we utter the words Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing we die a little. Hint, SEGA - this is how you make your game's title better: Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing. We understand though, commercial reasons. Marketing departments. Etc. Still, if you're anything like us, you'll be massively interested...
News Aliens Vs. Predator Story Trailer Is All About Kicking Ass
This latest Aliens Vs
Predator</a> trailer is dubbed a "story trailer". In actual fact, it's more like a "shoot anything that moves to edgy music" trailer. But who cares, when it looks as inevitably rad as this game does? Can - not - wait.
News Vancouver 2010 Trailer Will Make You Feel Even Colder Than You Do Already
What do you need when you're shivering cold, ravaged by the attacking icicles from outside? No, not a plane ticket to Australia - the latest Vancouver 2010 trailer, of course
News Sony Confirm Q1 Triple Header: MAG, Heavy Rain & God Of War III
This is more of a reminder to save any Christmas money you get this year; as Sony's exclusive line-up in Q1 is particularly strong
The company has confirmed that MAG will launch in January (29th), followed by Heavy Rain in February and God Of War III in March. It's also worth noting on the exclusives front, that White Knight Chronicles will also see...
News SEGA Say "Merry Christmas" With A New Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Trailer
Why, thank you!
Ignore the customary SEGA (Christmas) Rock and there's a neat trailer for the craftily titled Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing here. It looks suitably bonkers. Which is exactly what we want out of the game! Plus, moan as people may about kart racers - we love them. There. We said it. Stop chortling at the back. This looks mad fun...
News Vancouver 2010 Trailer Reminds Us We Don't Like Snow Much, Hits PS3 January 15th
Does anybody really like snow? Sure, making angels and throwing snowballs is fun at first, but then your hands go red, you lose the sense of feeling in your feet and your clothes get wet
And you also get that horrible mixture of mud, ice and cold water which we believe people refer to as "sludge". But hey, if snow's totally your thing,...
News Aliens Vs Predator Coming February 19th
MCV reckons that Rebellion's Aliens Vs Predator will launch on February 19th in three versions: Standard, Survivor and Hunter
The Survivor edition comes in a metal-tin case, and features a code for DLC multiplayer maps, coming post launch. The Hunter edtion includes the same goodies, but throws in a Facehugger model, a Weyland Yutani sleeve badge...
News Yakuza 4 Dated, Screened For Japan, Includes Angry People
No sooner than the West get a release date for Yakuza 3, do the Japanese get a release date for Yakuza 4
SEGA's epic franchise will see its fourth iteration launched on March 18th in Japan. There are a ton of new screens for the game through at Gamikaze. Check 'em out. The game looks amazing.
News Yakuza 3 Announcement Trailer Is All Kinds Of Rad In 44 Seconds
The champers is still flowing from the Western Yakuza 3 announcement mere moments ago, but now we've popped open another cork
SEGA only really needed to show us some cut-scenes glued together alongside ridiculous orchestral music to get us stupidly excited — so that's exactly what they've done. The trailer includes a dude getting stabbed in the...
