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July 25th, 2008

E3 had “atmosphere of a large hospital corridor” - but Sega still backs events

Just the other day, we reported on how several top game developing companies, including Sega, spoke of their disappointment at this years E3, and that something had to be done.
Speaking with MCV, Simon Jeffery (yep that guy again!) wanted to clarify his views on the matter:
“E3 was a strange beast this year. We had an […]

By Graham -- 0 comments

July 21st, 2008

EA, Ubisoft and Sega: E3 not as good as it used to be

Reading several forums (including ours) all I read were complaints about how poor the announcements and games line-ups were for this years E3.  About the biggest shock news was possibly Final Fantasy XIII coming to Xbox 360, but even that didn’t seem to cause a massive stir in the waters of the gaming public.
And, it […]

By Graham -- 4 comments

July 16th, 2008

E3 2008: Sonic Unleashed demonstration

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July 16th, 2008

E3 2008: Stormrise new screens and artwork

There doesn’t seem to be any new information, since the game’s impressive announcement video last week.
But Sega has kindly graced us with some new screenshots and a couple of artwork images.  Which is nice.
Check it all out after the break.

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July 15th, 2008

Were-Sonic gameplay revealed

Key-carrying action!

A video (presumably from E3 has surfaced on Youtube detailing a few of the other speed style levels from Sonic Unleashed as well as finally revealing some footage of the much hushed-up Were Sonic segments.
They look like standard brawler fare, but don’t take my word for it! Check it out for yourselves!

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By Hudson -- 21 comments

June 2nd, 2008

More Shenmue III rumours emerging, must be close to E3 again!

It seems that just before a major gaming expo, rumours of some of Sega’s classic great roll out from forums and sites. You get the odd, “Skies of Arcadia 2“, maybe a little “NiGHTS coming to 360/PS3″ - but always you hear “Shenmue III going to be announced at this years *insert reputable exhibition […]

By Graham -- 26 comments

August 2nd, 2007

Virtua Fighter 5 gets Game Critics Award

Game Critics Award has been giving out awards since 1998. Yep, back in the day when us Sega Nerds were importing games on our Sega Saturn and swearing Dreamcast would be the next sure thing.
I’m sorta surprised that Virtua Fighter 5 got best fighting game, since its just a port. I would like to say, […]

By George -- 4 comments

July 14th, 2007

Actual news about NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams

1up.com recently got a little time with NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. By “time,” we of course do not mean actual time spent playing the game. That sort of nonsense would be absolutely daft so close to the release of the game. No, they got to watch the game being played just like IGN. However, unlike […]

By Hudson -- 22 comments

July 12th, 2007

Virtua Fighter 5 new details revealed

Sega let the press play Virtua Fighter 5 360 Edition at this year’s E3. Why should we care? We shouldn’t since none of us got to go, but IGN managed to get alot of new details about the new version of VF5.

Based on Arcade Version C: This basicly means that there is more balancing […]

By George -- 7 comments

July 11th, 2007

Condemned 2 gameplay screens released

While we’ve seen screens of concept art and locations, not much has been shown of real Condemned 2: Bloodshot gameplay … until today.
In these new set of screens, you can see one of Ethan’s new forensic tools. Apparently, you can now see when people piss the floor. Hee hee!
Seriously though, you can’t deny the […]

By Chris -- 4 comments