Tag Archives: Sega

Sega has been making a big push for Yakuza over the last year. In 2017 we received Yakuza 0, a prequel to the entire series and Yakuza Kiwami, a remake of the first game. Now this year, fans are eagerly awaiting the release of Yakuza 6. To help promote the …

It seems that this generation of gaming is built upon nostalgia, bringing back the classics in various different ways. It seems that isn’t limited to any type of genre as Sega and Two Point’s newly announced Two Point Hospital channels its inner Theme Hospital. Released way back in 1997, Theme …

Yesterday, we learned that Sega and the development team behind Sonic Mania were butting heads a bit, as the publisher snuck some additional DRM into the PC version of the game. One particular member of the development team made it clear that this was not their decision and asked fans …

Sega is at its strongest when it hearkens back to its glory days of 16-bit platformers and arcade treasures. With its push on not just one Sonic game, but two this year, old-school fans have had something to get excited about, but the company isn’t stopping there. Sega of Japan …

The publishing arm of the World of Tanks developer, Wargaming, is set to take the reins of Creative Assembly's still in-development, Total War: Arena. Although Sega will still have some say in the whole process, it was officially partnered with Wargaming Alliance to handle the majority of the heavy lifting. …

Sega has purchased Endless Space developer, Amplitude Studios, acquiring the company's staff and assets, including the Endless franchise, which now includes Endless Legend, Dungeon of the Endless and the future Endless Space 2, still in development. Amplitude Studios is quite a young developer, having only been founded in 2011. However its …

Feeling rad this Friday morning? Do you smoke and want to work ungodly hours? Then maybe you'd be perfect for a career in '90s games testing. Just make sure you watch Sega's full instructional training video first: you need to know what you're doing and be ready for 60+ hour …

Update: Relic was indeed planning on announcing a third Dawn of War title today and it's debuted a new trailer alongside it. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_ZgyNoHtjw'] The trailer showcases Space Marines, Orks and Eldar, brawling it out on a minute, man-to-man scale and a much grander one with Titan-size mechs. Original story: …

If you're the type of music fan that believes vinyl offers a superior sound, it must be disappointing that in-game music is something you can almost never experience in that format. Sometimes there is an exception though. One of the most beloved Mega Drive soundtracks, the one that accompanies Streets …

As part of its Make War Not Love campaign, Sega is giving away some of the classics from its back-catalogue on Steam. Charging players to game away at their favourite warring titles in order to select a favourite among Dawn of War II, Total War: Attila and Company of Heroes …

Aliens: Colonial Marines was a highly anticipated game a couple of years back. It had an amazing E3 demo that fooled press and fans alike with an impressive vertical slice of the game that turned out to be nothing like the final product. As you would imagine, fans were upset …

Although Games Workshop seems to have finally cottoned on to the fact that it's sitting on a goldmine of nostalgic and competitive gaming IPs, announcing more projects in the past six months than it has in the past decade, its flagship Warhammer 40k product of a few years ago, Dawn of …

The lawsuit against Sega and Gearbox over false advertisement claims with Aliens: Colonial Marines has been on-going for quite some time now. However, it looks like Gearbox is about to get off the hook as court documents reveal that the studio has been dropped from the lawsuit entirely. The case …

Creative Assembly has been a very busy studio recently, it launched the critically acclaimed Alien Isolation towards the end of last year and just a short while ago, it launched Total War: Attila. Now the team is back at it with Creative War: Warhammer. Total War: Warhammer has been rumored …

The Sonic franchise is a pretty difficult one to manage. Although it has a series of classic games back in the '90s and an even better remembered duo from the Dreamcast era, Sonic games have otherwise been pretty hit and miss. The latest Sonic Boom was very indicative of that …

Sega Networks, the mobile arm of the classic gaming publisher and developer is looking to expand its influence in the West, by investing heavily in two mobile game developers and buying one out entirely. With plans to launch more than 30 free to play mobile titles in the near future, …

SEGA recently revealed its latest financial results, showing that Creative Assembly's widely praised title, Alien Isolation, managed to sell around 1.8 million copies since its launch towards thee end of October last year. This is a jump from January's reported figure, which showed that the game had surpassed 1 million …

You never really believed that even after its hit with Alien: Isolation, that Creative Assembly would stop making Total War games did you? Despite Rome II's somewhat lacklustre reception, another Total War game has been in the works for a couple of years already, but it steps into the world …

Update: Both Alien Vs Predator 2010 and Alien: Colonial Marines have been put back on Steam. Sega has not released a statement to clarify exactly what happened or explain why the games were removed in the first place. Original Story: It looks like Sega has removed Alien: Colonial Marines from the …

It looks like Sega has removed Alien: Colonial Marines from the Steam store, along with the 2010 version of Alien Vs Predator, just a couple of months after the release of Alien: Isolation. Aliens: Colonial Marines launched back in 2013 and widely disappointed both fans and critics alike. Since then, …

As if next February wasn't exciting enough with Evolve set for release in its early days, the remastered version of one of the PC's most legendary space strategy titles, Homeworld, is set to hit digital shelves courtesy of Gearbox, which has been working on the visually improved remastered version for …

Today sees the worldwide release of Alien: Isolation, potentially the best Alien (not Alien vs Predator mind you) game ever released. It's reviewed well, with most highlighting the xenomorph's lifelike hunting as being a real scare generator, even if some of the game does feel a bit padded. Still, for …

The Aliens: Colonial Marines class action lawsuit is turning ugly as Sega starts pointing the finger at Gearbox Studios, claiming that the developer mismanaged the marketing for the game and caused all of the controversy surrounding its release. Just last month, Sega accepted a settlement deal in the case, agreeing …

Sega has agreed to a $1.25 million settlement in the Aliens Colonial Marines class action lawsuit. While the drama is over for Sega, Gearbox has yet to settle the case and will have to continue to fight on. The lawsuit is claiming that both Sega and Gearbox Studios falsely advertised …

Even for a big Alien fan like me, when we first saw the earliest leaked images of Alien: Isolation, I sighed. It wasn't that long since Gearbox had killed much of the world's interest in games featuring the Xenomorph and I think most were soured on the idea of the …

A feature film based on the console war between Nintendo and Sega is currently in production at Sony Pictures, the documentary will chronicle the long history between the two companies as well as “the battle that defined a generation”. The film will be based on the book of the same …

Alright guys, let's do this. We've seen teases, heard rumours and glanced upon leaked box art but now finally, Sega has unveiled not only details on the game, but our first look at Amanda Ripley, Ellen Ripley's daughter and a devblog that explains some of the motivations behind the game's …

The next Sega stab at publishing a game based on the Alien franchise has a lot to live up to after the debacle that was Aliens: Colonial Marines, which is why everyone held their breath when it became clear it was pushing one out as soon as mid 2014. However …

Did you think the Xbox One was expensive at launch? Well, it was and is, but it's far from the worst culprit on the chart this Redditor put together, listing all of the consoles from the past near four decades and adjusting their prices for inflation. Without scrolling down, take …

Sega is pushing forward into the mobile gaming space soon with a remastered version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed and Demon Tribe. IOS has had a version of Sonic 2 since 2010 but it doesn't support wide-screen or retina displays, so owners of the older …