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Alex and Jen really want you to play Sonic & Sega All-Stars RacingOriginal at Joystiq
• 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...
Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll Launch Event
Original at blogs.sega.com
• Wed, Jan 27
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...
Details on the Bentley Jones “So Much More” Video Contest
Original at blogs.sega.com
• 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***
Sega snuffing Phantasy Star Universe on PS2, PC
Original at GameSpot
• Tue, Jan 26
Servers for online role-playing games to shut down March 31; support and updates for Xbox 360 version will be unaffected.
RetroGaming with Racketboy Podcast #6: Listener Requests pt2Original at racketboy.com
• 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...
RetroGaming with Racketboy Podcast #6: Listener Requests pt2Original at RetroGaming with racketboy
• 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...
Phantasy Star Universe PC and PS2 servers shutting down, Xbox 360 version unaffected
Original at Qj.net
• 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
Podcast: Kombo Breaker - Episode 57: Phil Kollar Joins Us to Talk This Decade in Gaming
Original at Press The Buttons
• Mon, Jan 18
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....
Project Needlemouse: Character Countdown – Day 1
Original at blogs.sega.com
• Mon, Jan 11
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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!
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Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Dev Diary #2
Original at blogs.sega.com
• Thu, Jan 7
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.
NEWS: Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Will Feature Mii Support
Original at Nintendo World Report
• 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.
NEWS: Sega to Scale Back M-Rated Wii Games
Original at Nintendo World Report
• Mon, Jan 4
By Andy Goergen Sega Studio Director Constantine Hantzopoulos gives his thoughts on the market for Mature-rated games on the Wii.
Sega appeals Alien vs. Predator RC by Aussie Classification Board
Original at Qj.net
• 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
genmobile Portable Mega Drive Review
Original at Pocket Gamer
• Wed, Dec 9
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 ...
Super Monkey Ball 2 Review
Original at IGN
• 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 »
Opinion: All-Star Racing Dev Diaries #1: Introductions
Original at blogs.sega.com
• Thu, Nov 12
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...
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
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!
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...
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, ...
Opinion: SEGA Merch Week: The Box of Awesome, Friday Finale
Original at blogs.sega.com
• Fri, Apr 3
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...
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...
Sonic The Hedgehog retro review on the Sega Mega Drive / Sega GenesisOriginal at YouTube
• Sat, Dec 27
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...
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
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...
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
Review / Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (DS)
Original at That VideoGame
• Sat, Oct 4
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.
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...
Opinion: A Week In Comments (No dv8godd Comments Edition) [Hyper Multi-tap]
Original at Kotaku
• 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.
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...
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...
Week in Review: May 4th
Original at British Gaming
• 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
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.