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Archive for the ‘XBLA’ Category

September 12th, 2007

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on XBLA

This week’s XBLA game is none other than Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Funny, considering the Virtual Console got Sonic the Hedgehog 3 this past Monday.

With his new Super Spin Dash and “Tails” the Fox, Sonic is back and better than ever in Sonic The Hedgehog 2! Defy gravity in hair-raising loop-de-loops, bounce like a pinball […]

By Nathan -- 4 comments

September 12th, 2007

Rez HD info and screenshots

Following last night’s surprise announcement that Dreamcast/PS2 classic Rez would be making its way to the Xbox Live Arcade service, 1Up.com has more info and the first screenshots of the upcoming game straight from Microsoft’s pre-TGS event.
Q Entertainment, the company Rez and Space Channel 5 creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi formed after leaving Sega, will be handling […]

By Nathan -- 4 comments

September 11th, 2007

Rez coming to XBLA

James Mielke of 1Up.com has spent the last two years putting together a fantastic Panzer Dragoon retrospective, complete with interviews, video and stories to delight the most hardcore of Panzer fans. Check it out, naturally.
However, this isn’t the most exciting news. Mielke, during some of the extensive time he spent with original Panzer Dragoon developer […]

By Nathan -- 4 comments

August 29th, 2007

Sega Nerds play Streets of Rage 2 on Xbox 360

[youtube width=”425″ height=”335″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd4GFSoRV7c[/youtube]
My brother Jason and my friend James tried out Streets of Rage 2 on the Xbox 360 today. I took some video of the hot Sega action. Watch and be amazed.
Tags: Fan Stuff, Sega Vintage Collection, Streets of RageShare This

By Nathan -- 8 comments

August 29th, 2007

Streets of Rage 2 now on XBLA

That’s right, Streets of Rage 2 is now available for the Sega Vintage Collection on Xbox Live Arcade. By the looks of our forums, quite a few of you already know about this, but for those that don’t check XBLA for new releases as often, I’m telling you.
Like all Vintage Collection titles (so far), […]

By Graham -- 2 comments

August 23rd, 2007

Win Golden Axe or Sonic on Xbox Live Arcade!

The nice people over at Xbox 360 Rally have teamed up with SEGA to give you the chance to win one of 5 copies of either Sonic the Hedgehog or Golden Axe for Xbox Live Arcade.
It couldn’t be easier to win your copy of Golden Axe; all you need to do is leave a comment […]

By Ryan -- 1 comment

August 8th, 2007

Ecco, Streets of Rage 2 on XBLA this month?

John Porcaro, senior group manager in Microsoft’s Global Games Marketing Team (gasps for air), has let slip the basic time frame for the release of Ecco the Dolphin and Streets of Rage 2 for XBLA on his Gamerscore blog. He lists Ecco under “Hot August games also releasing this month” and Streets of Rage […]

By Hudson -- 2 comments

July 20th, 2007

Vintage Collection site open (in case you didn’t know)

 
With all the buzz and hubbub of E3 and Sega announcing XBLA’s ‘Sega Vintage Collection’, and almost immediately releasing Sonic and Golden Axe for the service, it seems that few people really checked the main Sega sites. Most news was posted on other sites, regarding E3, plus live online videos of certain conferences, so there […]

By Graham -- 0 comments

July 12th, 2007

XBLA Golden Axe and… lag?

 
Well about a day ago we reported (along with almost every other gaming site in the world), the news that Sega would indeed be bringing the Sega Vintage Collection, (initially denied by Sega, then suddenly revealed to be true a month or so later), and with that news the first couple of games were, almost, […]

By Graham -- 11 comments

July 11th, 2007

Three more games coming to Sega Vintage Collection

Want some good news after the hilarious letdown that was Nintendo’s press conference? Three more Sega games are coming to Xbox Live Arcade at some point in the future: Streets of Rage 2, Ecco the Dolphin, and Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
Online co-op Streets of Rage 2? YES PLEASE.
[Via Sega Japan]
Tags: Ecco, Sega Vintage CollectionShare This

By Nathan -- 3 comments