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News SEGA Confirm Yakuza 3 For Western Release, PushSquare Champers Flows
We don't really need to type much here: Yakuza 3 is coming to the West
Confirmed. In March 2010, SEGA will publish Yakuza 3 exclusively for the Playstation 3 in Europe and America.Yakuza 3 was one of the most requested titles for localisation by our European SEGA community," said SOE's Gary Knight, "So we are delighted to be able to...
First Impressions Bayonetta on Playstation 3
After the amount of negative press surrounding Bayonetta on the Playstation 3, we went into SEGA's port of Platinum Games' latest brawler expecting the absolute worst
Perhaps this was the agenda of the press all along. By instilling the harshest of negativity into the consumer's mindset, the game can't realistically ever look as bad as they claim...
News What's The Obsession With Cross-Platform Comparison? - "Twiggy" The PushSquare Opinionator
I play games
I kinda have to, right? When the folks from PushSquare approached me and said, "Yo Twigg-oh, want to write some Playstation 3 columns," I made it my business to play everything available on the system. It didn't change my lifestyle too much though, seeing as I did that in the first place. Hence why PushSquare asked me to write...
News No Aliens Vs Predator For You Guys In Australia (Pssst, PS3 Is Region Free)
Australia's ratings board, the OFLC, has refused the release of SEGA's Aliens Vs Predator in the region
In a statement to GameSpot, SEGA Australia said they would "continue to investigate all options available to us, including the possibility of appeal. Why has it been refused classification though?The game contains first-person...
News Sony To Step In & Fix Bayonetta Issues On The Playstation 3
It's no secret that the PS3 version of Bayonetta isn't quite up to scratch
With the game being lavished in such high profile praise (the XBOX 360 version of the game scored 40/40 in Japanese publication Famitsu), Sony have decided to step in and fix the some of the problems. Sony "guarantee" a better version of the game ahead of the...
News Amazon Germany List Yakuza 3 For Retail, SEGA Say Nothing
A mysterious Amazon listing for SEGA's Yakuza 3 seems to hint at a Western release for the popular Japanese Playstation 3 title at last
The listing on Amazon Germany, uncovered by TSA, lists a retail price of 62.99 with a March 2010 release. VG247 got in touch with SEGA and were told, No comment from me, Im afraid." Please let it happen...
News Aliens Vs. Predator Multiplayer Trailer Features People Saying Nice Things
SEGA have decided to lift the lid somewhat on Rebellion's upcoming return to the Aliens franchise, with Aliens vs
Predator</a>. In this trailer, a host of British magazine journalists advertise the game. Which is a bit weird. Because, like, the game's not out yet. Erm. Yeah. We're probably just bitter no one asked us.
News AfterBurner Climax Rated, Probably Headed To The Playstation Network
Before you ask, no you won't have to sit in a giant cage to play AfterBurner Climax; although it would trump any peripherals that Activision might come up with
Still, we're going to assume that AfterBurner Climax - a port of SEGA's classic air-combat title - will be played with the DualShock. The game's been rated by the OFLC and the Korean board,...
News Bayonetta Demo Hitting Playstation 3 Next Week
It's getting rave reviews from the publications gamers are supposed to care about, but we always say that the test is in the taste
Bless SEGA then, for putting their upcoming Bayonetta on a silver PSN shaped platter for us. A Western demo will be released as part of the US/European Playstation Store update next week.
News Sonic The Hedgehog & Friends Are Headed To LittleBigPlanet
Just what we've always wanted: a Sonic the hedgehog costume pack to dress our Sackboy with while we play those countless recreations of Green Hill Zone
Hurrah. Amazingly, this costume pack looks rather awesome, with Dr. Robotnick (Eggman) proving to be the pick of the bunch as far as we're concerned. No word on a price or date yet, just know,...
News SEGA Considering Bayonetta Patch To Improve Load Times
It's well catalogued now that SEGA's port of Platinum Games' Bayonetta is far from perfect
One such problem is the game's extortionate load times (25 seconds for a level!!!). A patch is currently "under consideration" but SEGA don't have a time-frame yet. Hopefully they can at least get the game loading properly before the Western release...
News Yakuza 4 Continues To Look Pretty Damn Rad
GameWatch have put up some awesome screen comparisons of Yakuza 4's "living" world at various points through the day
Day, dusk, night; the world looks vibrant at all periods, with some amazing ambient lighting going on. Please SEGA. Please bring this and Yakuza 3 to the West. If you won't let us have Shenmue III, then at least give us this.
News SEGA Europe Announce A Rather Lovely Bayonetta Special Edition
Europe's Bayonetta special edition looks rather tasty with the inclusion of a single-disc soundtrack, a hardback art book and, of course, the game
The special edition will release alongside the standard game on January 8th. There are no pricing details yet, but we assume it will be in the £60 region.
News Bayonetta Playstation 3 Conquers The XBOX 360 Version Despite Claims Of "Inferiority"
The Playstation 3 version of Bayonetta has conquered the XBOX 360 version despite numerous claims the Sony version is not up to scratch
Japanese publication Famitsu scored the XBOX 360 version of Bayonetta a whole 2 points more (earning it a perfect score) due to performance issues which are somewhat questionable. That hasn't stopped the Playstation...
News The Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Team Head To The House Of The Dead
Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing has gone all Hallowe'en in its latest trailer
Heck yes, the team are headed to the House Of The Dead for some grindhouse racing action. This game is turning out to be everything SEGA Superstars Tennis should have been - completely bonkers and totally self-aware. We love it. Apart from the name. The name's terrible.
News Bayonetta's Getting Frisky In The West Very Early Into 2010
So when we suggested you might want to import Bayonetta from Japan earlier today, perhaps we were a little hasty
The wait's not going to be as long as anticipated. In fact, it's not going to be very long at all. SEGA have announced that the "climax action game" will hit the US on January 5th, with Europe getting in on the action January...
News Would You Like To Know All About Bayonetta?
Introducing, Bayonetta Revelations, a behind-the-scenes look at the development of Platinum Games' latest "climax action" title
This first dev diary explains the protagonists origins and some of the design choices for the character. If you're itching to play the game, this probably will make you scratch harder.
News Valkyria Chronicles 2 Getting Japanese Playstation Store Demo On November 2nd
You ready for more Valkyria Chronicles?
More importantly, more Valkyria Chronicles on your Playstation Portable? Then you're totally in luck, because the upcoming Valkyria Chronicles 2 - lovingly scaled down to the PSP - is totally getting a demo on the Japanese Playstation Store this coming November 2nd. You've been told.
News Japanese Bayonetta Totally Has English Text, Is Region Free
As with all PS3 games, Bayonetta is totally region-free
That means if you're not happy waiting months to play the Western game, you can totally import it and play it now. Even better, the Japanese version is totally English. Text, dialogue; you're all sorted according to Siliconera. We're considering it.
News Bayonetta's Secret Costumes Are Obviously Raunchy
Bayonetta is a game in which the lead protagonist - a super-stylised sex object - attacks enemies with her hair that also doubles as a costume to save her modesty
Were you expecting anything less than raunchy unlockable costumes? Thought not. Kotaku have images of the full set including a mini-skirt and white t-shirt and some kind of whores...
News Oh Hey Look, It's A Bayonetta Advert
Don't you just love Japanese adverts? "Non-stop climax action - BAYONETTA
" We love that little Playstation 3 ident thing at the end aswell. Brilliant. It's going to be interesting how the spread of sales for Bayonetta actually turn out — with the XBOX 360 version scoring a 40/40, two marks more than the Playstation 3 version due to...
News Resonance Of Fate Hitting Japan On January 28th
Resonance Of Fate, known as End Of Eternity, is due to hit Japan on January 28th SEGA have confirmed via a cool little "count-up" website they launched
The North American version of the game is still slated as Spring 2010, so we guess it'll be a little while before we get concrete details on that.
News Phantasy Star Portable 2 Gets More PH - This Time Pizza Hut
They're really going to town with this in-game promotion stuff in Phantasy Star Portable 2
Check it out, they're slapping Pizza Hut in there now — alongside Phanta (gettit?). You'll be able to visit real life Pizza Huts in the game and sport this epic pizza box sword and shield. No, we're not making this stuff up. It's real. AndriaSang.com said...
News Ryo Hazuki Returns In Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing, We Go NUTS!
Tears!
You can't expect us to type anything after a trailer as epic as that can you? Shenmue is one of our favourite video game franchises ever, and to see Ryo Hazuki riding his iconic motorcycle (and then latterly his forklift) through Green Hill Zone puts us close to tears. Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing may be the clumsiest name in video...
News The Power Of The Cell: Dude, Look At Yakuza 4!
When you develop games for the Playstation 3, they generally look pretty bloody amazing
When you develop games only for the PS3, well, they look out of this world. It's a shame more developers don't take the time to focus on the platform because, well, you'd have more screenshots akin to the Yakuza 4 one above. German site VideoGamesZone.de have...
News Quit Worrying About The Playstation 3 Version Of Bayonetta
Kotaku have spread the word - Bayonetta PS3 is fine
There have been some concerns that the game is vastly lagging behind its 360 counterpart. Kotaku aren't quite sure about that."But when we did get our hands on a DualShock to play Bayonetta, it felt largely the same as the Xbox 360 demos we'd played. That may be due to the familiar settingit...
News TGS 09: Hey Everyone, Here's That New Yakuza Trailer
We've known there's been a new Yakuza coming for a while now
But now we can all finally see what it looks like via this Yakuza 4: Heir To The Dragon Tokyo Game Show trailer. And the verdict is... It looks a lot like a Yakuza game! It's hard to get excited when us Westerners are still waiting for the release of Yakuza 3. Yeah.
News Mad Catz To Release Sonic The Hedgehog Branded Video Game Accessories
Mad Catz must have been all like, "Hey SEGA, we think our video game accessories would sell better if Sonic was on them," and SEGA must have been all like, "Ok then Mad Catz, give us a cut of the profits and you can have our whored out hedgehog
" Yep, that's exactly what happened, because Mad Catz have got a ton of Sonic The Hedgehog related...
Rumour Yakuza 3? Dude It's Already Being Localised As We Speak...
The Yakuza 3 saga continues
At first we weren't getting it. Then it became a possibility. Now 1Up.com are hinting that the game's Western release is definite. They claim the game is already being localised for "the US and European markets". Please make it happen. Please make it happen. Just stick subtitles at the bottom, we don't care...
News Fantastic Fantasy Star Portable Fanta Promotion
Fanta's a nice drink
But honestly, we can't say we've had any of it for about... ooh... three or four years. Coca-Cola want to change that, by marketing their drink within the upcoming Fantasy Phantasy Star Portable 2. Fanta-people will also be at Tokyo Game Show next week, handing out goodies for those who check out Phantasy Star Portable 2...
News Platinum Games On Playstation 3's Bayonetta: It's SEGA's Fault
Ok
So we've not heard great things about Bayonetta's appearance on the Playstation 3. In fact, we've heard very worrying things indeed. Apparently the frame-rate and graphics are all over the place. A worrying return to trends we thought we'd seen the last of. Alas, Platinum Games don't want to take the blame at all, confirming that SEGA are in fact...
News Blimey Oh Riley, Yakuza 3 Is Not Doomed In The West
Remember when it seemed like Yakuza 3 was never going to come out in the West
Well, there's still a chance it might. SEGA man Aaron Webbers posted on the US PS Blog claiming:"Yakuza 3 is not cancelled and the possibility for localizing it does, in fact, still exist. "The original news story that went around about Yakuza 3 being...
News SEGA Are All Like, "Hey, Wanna Know About Yakuza 4? Come Back Next Week!"
Who loves teaser websites? Not us
But still. Thanks to SEGA's latest teaser website we have an announcement of an announcement to tell you about. You'll be finding out about Yakuza 4 on September 24th (note: that's the same day that TGS 09 kicks off). Chances of a Western release are slim, but still, we can wait to find out more about a game that...
News Project Needlemouse Hints At A Return Of Excellence For Our Favourite Hedgehog
How many years has it been that we've been saying Sonic should return to his roots? This is a rhetorical question we've been asking around the office lately, seeing as SEGA have released a teaser video hinting at a return to form for the radical hedgehog
The trailer which makes a point of giving pretty much nothing away says one clear thing...
News Genuinely Amazingly Good News: SEGA Rate Sonic Adventure DX As A New "Multiplatform" Title
We don't care what anyone says, the original Sonic Adventure is the best Sonic game in recent years
Even the GameCube remake, Sonic Adventure DX, was amazing - adding a few extras that forced us to play through the whole thing again. Brilliant. Thank goodness for an Australian rating filed for a "multiplatform" release of Sonic Adventure...
News 30,000 Vote For Yakuza 4 Bar Hostess, Porn Star Rio Leads
SEGA have been running an online poll to find a bar hostess to star in their upcoming Playstation 3 exclusive Yakuza 4
Porn star Tina Yuzuki (a.k.a. Rio) has lead that poll for a good while. It's now over and there are final auditions to be held tomorrow. We'll keep you posted.
News SEGA Officially Announce Phantasy Star Portable 2
SEGA have finally confirmed the official existence of Phantasy Star Portable 2
The sequel will not only be packed with new story and gameplay features, but it will also address the requests of an online multiplayer component. The game's official site lists a December 3rd release for the latest entry in the Phantasy Star franchise.
News GamesCom 09: Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Trailer Reveals Alex Kidd, Beat & Billy Hatcher
Ears open folks: Billy Hatcher is in Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
Our question to SEGA: if Billy Hatcher counts as a SEGA All-Star, Ryo Hazuki has to be in there right? Right? Still, while Billy Hatcher might be the guy nobody picks, we'll almost certainly always pick Beat. That dude is just way too cool. And the Jet Set Radio games are...
News Yakuza 3 Unlikely To Make It Over To The West
We already know that SEGA are working on Yakuza 4: Heir To The Legend
Personally we're still waiting for Yakuza 3 to get a Western release though. Which is looking increasingly unlikely. SEGA Europe have told VG247 that they have no plans to localise the game. This mimics the thoughts of a SEGA Of America employee who cited low sales for Yakuza 2 as...
News Producer Promises That Valkyria Chronicles 2 Will Be Bigger Than The Original Game
Valkyria Chronicles 2 may well be a PSP game, but that's not going to stop producer Shuntaro Tanaka packing it with content
The producer has touted that the game will have battles "even deeper" than the original and local multiplayer thanks to the ad-Hoc support of the PSP. We know a portable version of Valkyria wasn't quite what many had...
News Here's How You Put Real People Into Yakuza 4: Heir To The Legend
We posted about the official title for Yakuza 4: Heir To The Legend a few minutes ago
As we noted, real actors are being signed up to be put into the game. But how do SEGA achieve that? With Cyberware's latest motion capture technology of course.
News Yakuza 4: Heir To The Legend Detailed By SEGA, Playstation 3 Exclusive
Yakuza 3 only just came out and SEGA are already hard at work on a follow-up to the popular franchise
Yakuza 4: Heir To The Legend will follow similar design choices to the other games in the franchise, once again enlisting on famous actors and actresses to fill the game's cast. The game is listed is a Playstation 3 exclusive. Hopefully we can get a...
News Matt Rorie Takes You Through Obsidian's Latest & Greatest, Alpha Protocol
Alpha Protocol is shaping up to be one neat game
In this walkthrough with Obsidian's Matt Rorie, he takes you through a quick look at some of the serious depth you can expect from "The Espionage RPG". From the customisation options to the variety of content on hand, Alpha Protocol could be this year's defining RPG.
News Gearbox Are "Working Hard" On Aliens: Colonial Marines
Aliens: Colonial Marines still exists
In a rare update with C&VG, Gearbox have confirmed that the game is still in development and "great things are afoot". Gearbox big-wig Randy Pitchford had this to say: "I know that there hasn't been much talk about what we're doing for awhile and that more details would be very juicy. Like so...
News Iron Man 2 Will Go Way Beyond The Plot Of The Movie
SEGA are aptly planning to reveal more about their upcoming Iron Man 2 movie tie-in at this year's Comic-Con 2009, but for now we have a few tidbits to talk about
Firstly, the game will not simply follow the plot of the film. It will instead track both the film and take inspiration from Iron Man comics. The game's story will be penned by Invincible...
Platinum Games' Bayonetta will launch January 2010 in the West
With so many other games pushed back already, it's unsurprising to see another drop off the radar."As a result of market analysis we have taken a Publishing decision that January 2010 is the optimum release time in the Western Markets to maximize this exciting new title's...
News Bayonetta Hitting Japan This October
The bonkers release from Platinum Games, Bayonetta, is set to launch this October 29th in Japan
The game will be packaged with a CD entitled "Rodin's Selection" for those who preorder, but we're not quite sure what content will actually be on the CD. Bayonetta is certainly one of our most anticipated games of the year.
News Valkyria Chronicles 2 Announced For The Playstation Portable
Rejoice Valkyria Chroncles fans
The critically acclaimed yet retail under-performer is going to get a sequel on the PSP. The sequel will retain Valkyria's mix of turn-based strategy and third person shooting. SEGA claim on their official site that the game will be a "true sequel". The cel-shaded look seems to have made the jump to the PSP...
News These Girls Are Auditioning For A Part In The New Yakuza Game
SEGA have been auditioning nice young ladies to feature in an upcoming sequel to the Yakuza franchise
Between May 8 and June 19, there were over 1,500 applicants. Groups of 2-3 were interviewed by the game's creators. They were asked to read lines and questioned things such as whether they liked karaoke. Apparently all this is an essential part of...
News Hatsune Miku Project Diva Coming To The Playstation Portable
Hatsune Miku is a Japanese digital pop star powered by Yamaha's Vocaloid voice synthesizer
Apparently "she" is a bit of a sensation in Japan and certainly worthy of "her" own PSP game. Think of Miku as a Japanese Miley Cyrus. Only made out of polygons. Hatsune Miku Project Diva will be available for Japanese PSPs from early next...
