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Black Knight pretty, has familiar Sonic flaws
Or so says IGN’s Matt Casamassina in an elaborate hands-on preview. Casamassina has criticized several design decisions made by SEGA’s Sonic Team in recent Sonic games, but he is impressed by the Black Knight’s polish and sharp visuals. Unfortunately, it suffers from a set of flaws that have hindered Sonic games over the last decade. “SEGA’s latest Wii-exclusive Sonic...
Shorter vintage Sega ad: Low-powered systems are for idiots
Over at 1up they’re running a bunch of atrociously bad video game advertisements from the now defunct magazines of yesteryear. Actually, most of the products are defunct too. Having a quality that matches the marketing will do that to you. Funny thing is the Sega Game Gear ad bashing the Game Boy and the people who played it is eerily familiar. The ad is from February 1993 (ancient!), but th...
Sega applies MadWorld treatment to Christmas classic
I don’t know about you, but when I think the Christmas holiday, I think bloody massacres. Typically, the ones that involve offing my adversaries with whatever is at hand. Like a trashcan or a road sign. So you’ll understand me when I say this little poem from Sega, set the words of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, is bloody brilliant. Twas a night before DeathWatch, when all thr...
House of the Dead Collectors Edition: PAL only?
Sega of Europe announced the House of the Dead: OVERKILL collectors edition, including a cool “Frank Millar-esque” graphic novel titled “Prelude to Overkill.” The collectors edition exclusive comic may be exclusive to Europe: the press release specifically says “for PAL territories.” No word yet if we’ll see this bundle state-side, but expect it to be ...
Overkill brimming with potential, campy humor
Two nurses, their white scrubs dripping with blood, operate on a decimated body in the distance. As you approach, an exaggerated voice breaks the silence. “Your symptoms: cold sweats. Irregular heartbeat. Anxiety,” says the voice. “The diagnosis: bleeding horror that cuts like a scalpel to the heart. There is only one cure.” “A white-hot bullet to the brain.” So...
Wii Shop Channel Monday – Alien Crush Returns, Home Sweet Home, and Space Harrier
Some interstellar pinball actions, home decorating, and more space fun await the new Wii Shop Channel releases today. Alien Crush Returns and Home Sweet Home are released for WiiWare and the Sega Master System classic Space Harrier is out for the Virtual Console. Head past the break for full details. Anything here worth some space on your precious Wii system memory?
SEGA president: We’re “making considerable investment in core games for the Wii”
During its most successful years, SEGA marketed itself an extreme, edgy games-maker that catered to the hardcore tastes of the market. It worked once. Why not try again? In an interview Wednesday with IGN, SEGA of America president Simon Jeffery made it clear his company is making an effort to reach the hardcore Wii gamer. “SEGA is making considerable investment in core games for the Wii,...
Sega announces it will publish The Conduit
PRESS RELEASE — SEGA of America, Inc. today announced a worldwide partnership with High Voltage Software to publish and distribute the Wii home video game system-exclusive title, The Conduit. The first-person shooter garnered multiple awards at E3 2008, including Best Wii Game by GameTrailers and three awards from IGN: Best Shooting Game (Wii), Best Graphics Technology (Wii) and Best Overall...
Sonic edges by Mario as UK’s favorite mascot
He’s the fastest thing alive, and apparently, he’s also the favorite. Or so say the Brits, at least. SEGA’s Sonic the Hedgehog edged by Nintendo’s Super Mario as the United Kingdom’s favorite video games mascot. The speedy blue blur beat the iconic Italian plumber by a three percent margin of votes. More than 500 UK gamers were polled to mark the launch of this week&#...
Let’s Tap first Footage and Controls
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Let’s Tap future tapping Game~?
A mysterious Sega website launches right around the same time of the Nintendo of Japan business media summit. Apparently Let’s Tap is a new game being developed by Prope and it is a Rhythm/Music game that revolves around tapping (go figure). Basically you place the Wiimote on a surface that can give way, like a box, and tap the surface of the box along with the beat. Let’s Tap is being...
Inaba says MadWorld feels “at home” on Wii
Talk about strange neighbors. Dripping with blood and gratuitous violence, MadWorld is making a bold move by moving into Nintendo’s neighborhood, a sunny community known mostly for tennis matches, minigames and fitness routines. But in a CVG interview up today, Platinum Games’ Atsushi Inaba insisted the match is a natural one. “We’re really interested in the Wii platform, s...