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Sega Sammy spins off Bakugan
Original at GameSpot
• Wed, Nov 4
Japanese publisher establishes new company to "maximize the IP value" of cross-media card-battling game; six-month revenues fall 23 percent to $1.7 billion.
Sega Olympic Winter Games Press Event
Original at blogs.sega.com
• Mon, Nov 2
By Clumsyorchid As part of our coverage of all things Sega, I’m very happy to pass along a story of one of the most intense experiences of my life - the Sega Olympic Winter Games Press Event. The event, which took place early last week, was an opportunity for some gaming press to come check out our two Olympic Wi...
R-Type Comes to Virtual Console!
Original at blogs.sega.com
• Mon, Nov 2
By Edward@Sega R-Type was a revelation in arcades when it came out in 1987, a brutally difficult side-scrolling shooter with fantastic graphics and incredibly creative monster & level designs. If you’re any kind of console history buff, the fact that this game was ported to the Sega Master System i...
The PSZ Community Day event is finalized! Confirm your reservation here!
Original at blogs.sega.com
• Wed, Oct 28
By RubyEclipse Last week, we decided to see if anyone near San Fran wanted to come play PSZ early here at the SEGA of America offices - and you guys surprised us with a mass of responses! Today, the reservation list is now live, along with all the details for Nov 4th. Look for your name and post to confirm your at...
QuickJump QuickPeek 90: Table-turning console sales stats, re-brewing homebrew and Sega console re-lighting
Original at QJ.net - Wii
• Sun, Oct 25
By Mabie A. Another action-packed week has come and gone, and although the QuickPeek has not been so quick on its feet the past couple of weeks, rest assure...
Alpha Protocol Is Now Expected to Come in 2010
Original at Softpedia
• Thu, Oct 15
By Softpedia News (Florian Totu) Now, weeks after the game was delayed again, Sega has managed to regain composure and release a statement. The game gets a new release date and is now expected somewhere in 2010. Of course, they're trying to make it look like it's a good thing it got delayed once again. "Since the inception of Al...
Is PlaySega Worth Your Money?
Original at Cinema Blend
• Thu, Oct 15
Sega recently launched a new website, Playsega.com, which allows subscribers to play not only a wide variety of old school Genesis games, but also a number of original, flash-based web games.
Kotaku Originals: Bundles of Joy [Original]
Original at Kotaku
• Sat, Sep 19
By Owen Good Columns Stick Jockey: So I Went to a Fight, and a Video Game Broke Out ... Looking Back Old News '00: Maybe Games Can Be Made In Four Months And Maybe Bungie Can Make Them This Week In Video Game Comics [UPDATE] Weird Pissed Off Tea Table Flipping, The Arcade Game
Mr Aah iPhone iPod Touch app review
Original at Examiner.com
• Tue, Sep 8
Telegraph.co.uk The protagonist, Mr. Aah, is just a stick figure so you'll either love him or hate him. I loved the sound. The music reminded me of retro Sega Genesis and ... Predictions and prophecies for today's Apple music eventCrave all 3,404 news articles »
Opinion: 5 Biggest Game Console Battles
Original at Ethiopian Review
• Tue, Sep 1
IntoMobile Sega Game Gear In reality, Sega's Game Gear had every reason to beat the Game Boy. They had color graphics, Sonic the Hedgehog, and an ad campaign that ... PC World all 41 news articles »
Opinion: Resonance of Fate Eyes-On: Welcome To The Machine [Gamescom]
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Aug 25
By Michael McWhertor Resonance of Fate is role-playing game developer tri-Ace's first game for Sega, its first not to be published by Japanese RPG giant Square Enix. It may also be the first Japanese role-playing game to feature dogs in neck ties. The battle scenes tend to veer a bit closer to what one expects fro...
Kotaku Originals: Annual Affairs [Original]
Original at Kotaku
• Sat, Aug 15
By Owen Good Sega Sega: Impossible To Please All Sonic Fans With One Sonic Game Sega Will Celebrate Dreamcast's 10th Anniversary Quietly Sega: Bayonetta Was Delayed To Avoid November Danger Sega Updates Us On Wii Strategy, Aliens, "Sega-ness"
Podcast: The SEGA Show: Episode 3 is now up!
Original at blogs.sega.com
• Mon, Aug 10
By RubyEclipse The latest episode of our podcast is now live! This time around we’ve got interviews with people like Yasuhito Baba (Producer, Super Monkey Ball Step N’ Roll), Hideki Kamiya from Platinum Games joins us to talk about Bayonetta, and even Matt Fraction (co-writer of the upcoming Iron Man I...
SEGA Podcast Episode 2 is now live!
Original at blogs.sega.com
• Thu, Jul 2
By RubyEclipse The latest episode of The SEGA Show is now live! Our newest episode, E3 and Blast Processing, is a full recap of our time on the E3 show floor, some very cool interviews (including a special guest), free SEGA related swag, and more classic SEGA tunes!
Japan Review Check: Infinite Space
Original at 1UP.com
• Wed, Jun 3
NY By Kevin Gifford, 06/03/2009 Sega and Platinum Games' Infinite Space has had the worst luck spreading the word about itself. A spacefaring RPG for the Nintendo DS, it had the misfortune not only to be outshone (outgored) by Platinum's balls-out first ...
Exclusive: SEGA announces an all-new community Podcast!
Original at blogs.sega.com
• Mon, Jun 1
By RubyEclipse Let the E3 Celebrations begin! With the big show only hours away,SEGA has just revealed an all-new official community podcast! Brought to you by the SEGA of America community team, the first episode, Genesis, is now available online and you can listen in for a behind-the-scenes look at o...
Review: Virtua Tennis 2009
Original at Sega Nerds
• Sun, May 31
By Graham Even if some of their more recent console games have been less-than-stellar, one of the things that Sega has always been best known for is creating some cracking arcade titles. Virtua Tennis became a much loved franchise, with the first three titles seeing success on both the arcade and c...
How to burn off Sonic Retro MegaMix for SCD/CDXOriginal at YouTube
• Sat, May 2
By rss@youtube.com (nathanallan1) Author: nathanallan1 Keywords: Sega Sonic CDX SCD tutorial how-to MN12BIRD Nero IZArc archive Added: May 2, 2009
How To: Jet Set Radio (SEGA, Dreamcast) a play on the tutorial stage with ComboOriginal at YouTube
• Thu, Apr 23
By rss@youtube.com (musser79) Author: musser79 Keywords: SEGA Dreamcast Added: April 23, 2009
Kotaku Originals: Number Crunch [Original]
Original at Kotaku
• Sat, Apr 18
By Owen Good Features Adult Gaming on the DS: The Chinatown Conundrum Virtual Reality: The Year Twenty-O-Nine In Video Game History Can Games Handle History? Japan Getting Hummers SEGA Makes Hummer Driving In Japan Easy! Meet the New Boss Sony Europe Boss Retires
Patch: ND: Mixed Messages, SEGA MS Classics
Original at Cubed3
• Fri, Apr 17
UK This week's Nintendo Download update in Europe includes a DSi party game and 2 SEGA Master System classics. Nintendo popped over a press release detailing the games available earlier today, all 3 costing 500 points each to download and save onto your ...
Sonic the Hedgehog Bible: official fanfiction from Sega of America
Original at Joystiq
• Tue, Apr 14
CA by JC Fletcher { Apr 14th 2009 at 11:13AM } When Sonic the Hedgehog came over from Japan to the US, Sega of America felt the need to invent a storyline and background for the character. Sonic, after all, was going to be the face of the whole company, ...
How To: Sega Genesis MK1 Region Mod PART 1Original at YouTube
• Thu, Mar 26
By rss@youtube.com (alecjahn) Author: alecjahn Keywords: sega mega drive megadrive region language switch modification help noobs this one's easy you shouldn't need tutorial Added: March 26, 2009
How To: Tutorial: Sega Mega Drive / CD on PSP - Picodrive - on all custom Firmwares including 5.00 M33 - 6Original at YouTube
• Sun, Mar 22
By rss@youtube.com (ojboy1) Author: ojboy1 Keywords: sega mega drive on psp custom firmware homebrew m33 5.00 4.01m33 3.80m33 cool sony playstation portable picodrive download Added: March 22, 2009
How To: Sonic 2 S3 Edtion Playthrough Pt.1Original at YouTube
• Sun, Feb 22
By rss@youtube.com (MineTaker) Sonic 2: S3 Editon is an assembly hack of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 by Alriightyman for the Sega Mega Drive. It contains many features from Sonic the Hedgehog 3, including Act transitions and the Sonic 3 Save Screen. Author: MineTaker Keywords: Sonic S3 Edtion Hacks Added: February 22, 2009
Podcast: Sega Nerdcast 20: Work sucks
Original at Sega Nerds
• Mon, Feb 16
By Chris Graham discusses his current job situation … or lack there of. Unofficial time Graham has been unemployed - 1 year.Chris talks about his horrible week. From getting sunburned very badly to having his house flood, it was a really shitty week for poor Chris.We talk about the awesomeness that is...
Podcast: Listen to the first ever Sega Nerds Community Nerdcast!Original at Sega Nerds
• Fri, Feb 13
By George Intro song: Go! Go! Sega RallyWe talk about the Yakuza 3 trailers and the translations (to the trailers) posted online. We also talk about what we think about House of the Dead: Overkill, Outrun Live Arcade and 7th DragonWe ask our questions of the week: What is our favorite Genesis games, h...
How To: Virtua Fighter 5 (Jeffry Combo & Highlight Exhibition)Original at YouTube
• Mon, Jan 19
By rss@youtube.com (Truesonic2k) Author: Truesonic2k Keywords: VF5 Virtua Fighter Tutorial Combo Training Arcade Sega AM-2 PS3 Playstation Xbox 360 Jeffry streets of rage Added: January 19, 2009
Football Manager 2009 Gets Patch 9.2.0
Original at Softpedia
• Tue, Jan 6
By Softpedia News Sports Interactive, the developer, and SEGA, the publisher, are announcing that Football Manager 2009 has received a new patch, version 9.2.0, which aims to fix most if not all the issues players reported on the ... (read more) Sports Interactive, the developer, and SEGA, the publisher, are...
How to open a Sega Mega Drive 2 ModelOriginal at YouTube
• Sat, Jan 3
By rss@youtube.com (illogitech) This video shows how to open a SMD2 Author: illogitech Keywords: how to open opening disassemble sega mega drive sonic steven curtolo video games videogames console come fare game gear master system Added: January 3, 2009
Patch: SMS Plus v1.2.5 Sega Emulator Update for PSP Available
Original at PS3News
• Wed, Dec 10
By PS3 News PlayStation Portable developer Uberjack has updated SMS Plus to v1.2.5 today. For those curious, SMS Plus is a Sega Master System and Game Gear emulator for PSP. Snapshots are now saved to PSP's PHOTO directory (/PSP/PHOTO), and can be viewed in PSP's image viewer
Wii Fanboy Review: Sonic Unleashed
Original at Nintendo Wii Fanboy
• Mon, Dec 8
By Chris Greenhough Sonic + 3D" is a formula that Sega has scratched its head over for the best part of a decade with ... not a great deal of success. If you ask me, it's the speed factor. Controlling the nippy hedgehog in two dimensions is hard enough. Add a third, and it becomes a twitchy, frustrating experience.
Review - Sonic Unleashed (Xbox 360 / PS3)
Original at British Gaming
• Tue, Dec 2
By Mark Brown Everything outside of the Sonic the Hedgehog levels is pure, unadulterated trash, charmless bullshit that stings of Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic’s most recent Xbox 360 exploit. You’re expected to wander the street and listen to the townspeople’s inane ramblings, complete dreary but...
Podcast: The Reason Sonic The Hedgehog Lost His Way
Original at PS3News
• Sun, Nov 30
By Starlight Ever Since Sonic Adventure 2 on the Sega Dreamcast, the hedgehog has suffered some pretty piss poor releases. Sonic fans have been hurting for a long time now with titles like "Sonic Riders" and more recently "Sonic The Hedgehog". What little good will gamers had left for the blue blur is qui...
Podcast: Blue Sky campaign gets a song
Original at Sega Nerds
• Sun, Nov 23
By George The video game musical group called The doyouinverts has released a single titled “Blue Skies Forever”. The song is based on UK:R’s Blue Sky campaign. Download Song] Song is pretty cool. Who doesn’t want to be married in the church of Sega?
Classic Game Room reviews SEGA MASTER SYSTEM controllerOriginal at YouTube
• Sat, Nov 22
By rss@youtube.com (InecomCompany) Classic Game Room reviews the SEGA MASTER SYSTEM controller for the Sega Master System video game console. This controller also works with Master System games played on the Sega Genesis (aka Mega Drive or Megadrive) with the awesome Power Base Converter. It also makes a great replacement...
How To: Sonic Unleashed - Part 4 - Werehog TutorialOriginal at YouTube
• Thu, Nov 20
By rss@youtube.com (Cyberman65) Part 4 of Sonic Unleashed. In this part, we go through the Werehog Tutorial and part one of act 1 of Apotos, Moonlit Town. Author: Cyberman65 Keywords: (4) Chip Moonlit Nintendo Part Playthrough SEGA Sonic Town Tutorial Unleashed Walkthrough Werehog Wii Apotos Gameplay Trailer Cutscene
SEGA deploys super-widget to showcase first Sonic Role Play Game
Original at TechWhack
• Fri, Sep 26
By Satan Related posts Videogame pirates being targeted in UK (0)Videogame industry sales touch $1.12 billion in revenues last month (0)Videogame industry had a smash hit March (0)Video game sales up 28 percent in July (0)Use the sun to charge your PSP, Gameboy, or Nintendo DS (0) Digital creati...
Review: Sega Rally (PS3)
Original at EL33TONLINE
• Mon, Aug 4
The retail price of Sega Rally has dropped significantly since launch, so it might be an idea to split the cost with a friend to get some split-screen arcade racing in, because better offerings are available for the full price of entry. At a budget price, however, Sega Rally is good for a few m...
The big link update!Original at Go Nintendo
• Sat, Apr 12
By RawmeatCowboy Mario Kart Wii unboxing Our Video Game Exams - screens 12 greatest video game monkeys Pricey Japanese Girl DS Bling Mario Kart Wii review Mario Kart Wii, Wii Wheel impressions Nintendo 64 Hoshi no Kirby 64 (Nintendo) Sega Master System Fantasy Zone
First SEGA Master System Games Coming To Wii Virtual Console (US), 400 Wii Points
Original at Gaming Bits
• Tue, Mar 25
With the rivalry of the 8-bit videogame hardware era long gone, SEGA Master System games will be arriving on Nintendo's Wii Virtual Console soon. SEGA of America has announced two of the SEGA Master System's early signature games, Fantasy Zone and WonderBoy, are among the first coming to...
Review: SEGA Superstars Tennis for Xbox 360
Original at Geek.com
• Tue, Mar 25
By James first checked out SEGA Superstars Tennis about a month ago at SEGA’s Sweet Celebration event, which also showcased Condemned 2: Bloodshot and Viking: Battle for Asgard. The game played kind of like Wii Tennis on the Wii, but we were curious to see how it played on the Xbox 360. Read on to find o...
SEGA Superstars Tennis
Original at 1up.com
• Tue, Mar 18
By Andrew Pfister Which makes Sega Superstars Tennis a weird experience. It's essentially Virtua Tennis (a game that was indeed beloved) being played by the likes of Sonic and his friends, Beat and Gum from Jet Set Radio, Ulala from Space Channel 5, and more of Sega's top-tier characters. The obvious compar...
Patch: Virtua Fighter 5 Update Available
Original at Multiplayer.ro
• Thu, Jan 17
By MultiPlayer read more | digg story SEGA Europe Ltd. today announced it has released a new downloadable patch for Virtua Fighter ™ 5, the critically acclaimed arcade fighting game now available for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. The patch will include a number of game...
Xbox 360 Virtua Fighter 5 Gets Big Patch
Original at Wired
• Wed, Jan 16
By Earnest Cavalli Sega has released a patch for the online-enabled Xbox 360 version of Virtua Fighter 5 making the title more like the latest versions of the Virtua Fighter 5 arcade machine. The most important change comes in the form of bugfixes...
Xbox Live Arcade Review: Golden Axe
Original at Blogcritics
• Tue, Jul 17
By Matt Paprocki With a classic video game medieval theme, Golden Axe was a massive hit for Sega, and an early boost to the Sega Genesis when it was ported from the arcade back in 1989. Xbox Live has now found room for this Makoto Uchida designed title. While not in-depth as far as features go, Golden Axe is a wort...
Handheld Gaming Console Emulation Guide - Part I
Original at Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine Blog
• Sat, Jun 9
Note that the first chapter, the one on the Sega Game Gear (GG for short), also discusses a 8-bit, not really advanced (but sill better than the NES) desktop console of the eighties, the Sega Master System (SMS). Some Game Gear games are just Sega Master System titles (with decreased resolu...
Nintendo DS Review: Theme Park
Original at Blogcritics
• Sun, Jun 3
By Matt Paprocki A classic PC title released in 1995, this Bullfrog-developed simulation is nearing the record for number of times ported since its original release. Owners of the CD32, 3DO, Genesis, Jaguar, PlayStation, Saturn, along with European owners of the Super NES and Sega CD can enjoy this one. A...
Podcast: Episode #74 - Digital Life '07 Coverage (Day 1)
Original at Gamertag Radio The Union of Music & Gaming
• Fri, Oct 13
By tips@gamertagradio.com Live from NYC! The Gamertag Radio staff just came back from day 1 of Digital Life '07. In this audio we bring you the lastest news on Xbox Live Arcade games for the Xbox 360 from Small Arms, Lumines Live, Assault Heroes, and more. Interviews with Microsoft, EA, Sega, Frag Dolls, Thrills Killa,...
Podcast: Episode #65 - Atari, Ubisoft & Sega Interviews
Original at Gamertag Radio The Union of Music & Gaming
• Wed, Aug 16
By tips@gamertagradio.com Ubisoft joins us with a nice demo of Splinter Cell Double Agent. They explain the story and what's new with Sam Fisher. Now for a bonus we got the chance to talk with Ben Harrison from Sega. He breaks down the return of Sonic The Hedgehog for the Xbox 360.