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Rate Alex and Jen really want you to play Sonic & Sega All-Stars RacingVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Joystiq external link    Sat, Jan 30

By Mike Schramm Things got a little uncomfortable when Alex threatened to make Jen cry like a little girl, and when she replied with a confident "Bring. It. On," we knew it was probably time to call it a night and quietly excused ourselves from their apartment. On our way out, we heard Alex creepily mumbling ab...

Rate Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll Launch Event

Original at blogs.sega.com external link    Wed, Jan 27

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By Kellie We’re having a launch event for Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll, and you’re invited! The event will be at the Nintendo World Store at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City on Saturday, February 13th from noon until 3pm. We’ll be having a Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll tournament, along wit...

Rate Details on the Bentley Jones “So Much More” Video Contest

Original at blogs.sega.com external link    Tue, Jan 26

By Kellie “Sonic & SEGA All-stars Racing” signed by the game’s creators SUMO Digital*** Signed concept art from “Sonic & SEGA All-stars Racing” “So Much More…” Limited Edition CD** “SEGA Superstars Tennis” signed by the game’s creators SUMO Digital***

Rate Sega snuffing Phantasy Star Universe on PS2, PC

Original at GameSpot external link    Tue, Jan 26

Servers for online role-playing games to shut down March 31; support and updates for Xbox 360 version will be unaffected.

Rate RetroGaming with Racketboy Podcast #6: Listener Requests pt2Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at racketboy.com external link    Mon, Jan 25

By racketboy David R. Foley David worked on several classic 16-bit titles for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo in the early to mid 1990s (Chakan: The Forever Man, Amazing Spider-Man vs.The  Kingpin, B.O.B., etc.)  before moving into arcade hardware development.  He is currently the COO/CTO of Nanotech...

Rate RetroGaming with Racketboy Podcast #6: Listener Requests pt2Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at RetroGaming with racketboy external link    Mon, Jan 25

By racketboy David R. Foley David worked on several classic 16-bit titles for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo in the early to mid 1990s (Chakan: The Forever Man, Amazing Spider-Man vs.The  Kingpin, B.O.B., etc.)  before moving into arcade hardware development.  He is currently the COO/CTO of Nanotech...

Rate Phantasy Star Universe PC and PS2 servers shutting down, Xbox 360 version unaffected

Original at Qj.net external link    Fri, Jan 22

By Karl B. If you're still playing Phantasy Star Universe online on your PC or PS2, you might as well play as much of it as you can. Sega has announced that they'll be shutting down the game's PC and

Rate Podcast: Kombo Breaker - Episode 57: Phil Kollar Joins Us to Talk This Decade in Gaming

Original at Press The Buttons external link    Mon, Jan 18

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By MattG As January turns the halfway point it's time to stop looking back over 2009 and instead turn our retrospective attentions to the entire previous decade. This week on Kombo Breaker we review some of the biggest news stories from 2000-2009 with friend of the show Phil Kollar of Game Informer....

Rate Project Needlemouse: Character Countdown – Day 1

Original at blogs.sega.com external link    Mon, Jan 11    6 related articles

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By ArchangelUK Hey there SEGA fans! Monday: SEGA BlogsTuesday: SEGA/Sonic FacebookWednesday: Official Sonic ForumThursday: SEGA Twitter Day 1: SEGA Blogs (Difficulty: Easy) Challenge: Get 100 Replies with 3/3 Correct answers Taken from: SEGA America Blogs] Hey there SEGA fans!

January of 2010

 

Rate Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Dev Diary #2

Original at blogs.sega.com external link    Thu, Jan 7

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By Kellie We’ve got another dev diary from Steve Lycett, who chronicles his trip to Japan and SEGA HQ in Tokyo. Take it away, Steve! Steve Lycett from Sumo made a trip to SEGA's offices in Tokyo, and chronicles his journey in the latest dev diary for Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing.

Rate NEWS: Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Will Feature Mii Support

Original at Nintendo World Report external link    Wed, Jan 6

By Jared Rosenberg Players will be able to race as their Mii against iconic Sega characters like Ryo Hazuki and Miles "Tails" Prower.

Rate NEWS: Sega to Scale Back M-Rated Wii Games

Original at Nintendo World Report external link    Mon, Jan 4

By Andy Goergen Sega Studio Director Constantine Hantzopoulos gives his thoughts on the market for Mature-rated games on the Wii.

December of 2009

 

Rate Sega appeals Alien vs. Predator RC by Aussie Classification Board

Original at Qj.net external link    Mon, Dec 14

By Mabie A. Alien vs. Predator was awarded with a RC classification (Refused Classification) by the Australian Classification Review Board earlier this month. As you know, getting an RC from the Board is tantamount to having the game banned in

Rate genmobile Portable Mega Drive Review

Original at Pocket Gamer external link    Wed, Dec 9

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Sega historians will be aware that the name is derived from the North American moniker of the 16-bit powerhouse: The Sega Genesis. Like its predecessor, the ...

Rate Super Monkey Ball 2 Review

Original at IGN external link    Thu, Dec 3

Marred with incredibly uneven controls that turned the otherwise fun SEGA franchise into a mess, Super Monkey Ball was also the biggest disappointment of ... Sega launches Super Monkey Ball 2 for iPhone, iPod touchipodnn all 2 news articles »

Year 2009

 

Rate Opinion: All-Star Racing Dev Diaries #1: Introductions

Original at blogs.sega.com external link    Thu, Nov 12

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By ArchangelUK We’ve also worked on Virtua Tennis World Tour for PSP, OutRun2006 for PS2, Xbox and PSP (imagine all your holiday clothes being squeezed into a lunchbox…), Virtua Tennis 3 for Xbox and PSP, and more recently, Sega Superstars Tennis on Xbox360, PS3, PS2, Wii and DS. So we’ve done a few Sega ga...

Rate Kotaku Originals: Bundles of Joy [Original]

Original at Kotaku external link    Sat, Sep 19

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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

Rate Opinion: Resonance of Fate Eyes-On: Welcome To The Machine [Gamescom]

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Aug 25

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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...

Rate Kotaku Originals: Annual Affairs [Original]

Original at Kotaku external link    Sat, Aug 15

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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"

Rate Podcast: The SEGA Show: Episode 3 is now up!

Original at blogs.sega.com external link    Mon, Aug 10

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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...

Rate SEGA Podcast Episode 2 is now live!

Original at blogs.sega.com external link    Thu, Jul 2

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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!

Rate Exclusive: SEGA announces an all-new community Podcast!

Original at blogs.sega.com external link    Mon, Jun 1

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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...

Rate How To: Jet Set Radio (SEGA, Dreamcast) a play on the tutorial stage with ComboVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Thu, Apr 23

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By rss@youtube.com (musser79) Author: musser79 Keywords: SEGA Dreamcast Added: April 23, 2009

Rate Kotaku Originals: Number Crunch [Original]

Original at Kotaku external link    Sat, Apr 18

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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

Rate Patch: ND: Mixed Messages, SEGA MS Classics

Original at Cubed3 external link    Fri, Apr 17

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 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 ...

Rate Sonic the Hedgehog Bible: official fanfiction from Sega of America

Original at Joystiq external link    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, ...

Rate Opinion: SEGA Merch Week: The Box of Awesome, Friday Finale

Original at blogs.sega.com external link    Fri, Apr 3

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By RubyEclipse First up is something that speaks to me personally. Back before I started at SEGA, I played a game called Shenmue on the Dreamcast. I didn’t own an Xbox at the time, but I loved the story so much that when I heard Shenmue II was coming to the Xbox, I knew I’d be getting one at some point. While myself a...

Rate How To: Sega Genesis MK1 Region Mod PART 1Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Thu, Mar 26

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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

Rate How To: Tutorial: Sega Mega Drive / CD on PSP - Picodrive - on all custom Firmwares including 5.00 M33 - 6Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Mar 22

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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

Rate How To: Sonic 2 S3 Edtion Playthrough Pt.1Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Feb 22

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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

Rate Podcast: Sega Nerdcast 20: Work sucks

Original at Sega Nerds external link    Mon, Feb 16

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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...

Rate Podcast: Listen to the first ever Sega Nerds Community Nerdcast!Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Sega Nerds external link    Fri, Feb 13

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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...

Rate How To: Virtua Fighter 5 (Jeffry Combo & Highlight Exhibition)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Mon, Jan 19

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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

Rate Football Manager 2009 Gets Patch 9.2.0

Original at Softpedia external link    Tue, Jan 6

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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...

Year 2008

 

Rate Sonic The Hedgehog retro review on the Sega Mega Drive / Sega GenesisVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Dec 27

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By rss@youtube.com (GamingMill) Welcome to the first of many of lots of RETRO REVIEWS from your friend, GAMING MILL! This review is of Sonic The Hedgehog number one on the Sega Mega Drive or the Sega Genesis as it is also knonw. Sonic 1 was a pioneering game of it's time, some would argue it thrashes Mario OUT OF THE WATER! Watch...

Rate Patch: SMS Plus v1.2.5 Sega Emulator Update for PSP Available

Original at PS3News external link    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

Rate Podcast: The Reason Sonic The Hedgehog Lost His Way

Original at PS3News external link    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...

Rate Classic Game Room reviews SEGA MASTER SYSTEM controllerVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Nov 22

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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...

Rate How To: Sonic Unleashed - Part 4 - Werehog TutorialVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Thu, Nov 20

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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

Rate Review / Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (DS)

Original at That VideoGame external link    Sat, Oct 4

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By Thom Dinsdale Back in the early 90’s Sonic the Hedgehog was one of gaming’s most iconic characters. As SEGA battled with Nintendo for lead in the console market (oh how times have changed) it was that spikey blue blur which lead the company’s charge.

Rate Review: Sega Rally (PS3)

Original at EL33TONLINE external link    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...

Rate The big link update!Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Sat, Apr 12

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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

Rate First SEGA Master System Games Coming To Wii Virtual Console (US), 400 Wii Points

Original at Gaming Bits external link    Tue, Mar 25

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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...

Rate Review: SEGA Superstars Tennis for Xbox 360

Original at Geek.com external link    Tue, Mar 25

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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...

Rate SEGA Superstars Tennis

Original at 1up.com external link    Tue, Mar 18

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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...

Year 2007

 

Rate Opinion: A Week In Comments (No dv8godd Comments Edition) [Hyper Multi-tap]

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, Sep 7

Sony Bans PSP Homebrew Talk on Forums Comment by: Tarislar 1) Homebrew has many LEGAL applications. Not all of it is '1337 0hour warez lol'. And some of us like messing around with the technical sides of our consoles. We paid for the goddamned console damnit, nobody is losing money off of it.

Rate Xbox Live Arcade Review: Golden Axe

Original at Blogcritics external link    Tue, Jul 17

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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...

Rate Nintendo DS Review: Theme Park

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sun, Jun 3

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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...

Rate Week in Review: May 4th

Original at British Gaming external link    Thu, May 3

By McBacon Xbox 360 Spider-Man 3 Playstation 3 Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom Nintendo DS Spider-Man 3 Diner Dash Final Fantasy III Sony PSP Diner Dash Playstation 2 Spider-Man 3 Xbox Live Arcade Alex Kidd In The Enchanted Castle - Megadrive 800 Points Virtua Fighter 2 - Megadrive 800 Points

Year 2006

 

Rate Podcast: Episode #65 - Atari, Ubisoft & Sega Interviews

Original at Gamertag Radio The Union of Music & Gaming external link    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.

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