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The team now in charge of Sonic says it is determined to rectify past mistakes. Sonic games have suffered from inconsistent quality recently, particularly with 2014’s Boom. Sega is really – as of this last year – putting a huge emphasis on quality,” said Chief brand officer Ivo Gerscovich. One …
Read More »History Lesson: The story of E3
1995 was an iconic year for video games. It was the year of the first PlayStation, the Sega Saturn… the Virtual Boy. It was also the year of Donkey Kong Country, Yoshi’s Island, Command and Conquer and Worms. And it was the year of the very first Electronics Entertainment Expo. …
Read More »Modding can ‘reenergise’ retro gaming, says Sega Europe
Allowing players to modify classic games can help rejuvenate piracy-hit retro gaming. That’s according to Sega’s James Schall, talking after the launch of the Sega Mega Drive Classics Hub. The Hub opened on April 28th on Steam, and over 350,000 Mega Drive titles were sold in just three weeks. But …
Read More »Sonic Team is killing Sonic Runners
Sega has announced that it is closing Sonic Runners, which was the first mobile game from Sonic Team. Sales of the game’s currency, Red Star Rings, were terminated last week. All other operations connected with the tile will be killed on July 27th. Any unspent currency will be rendered redundant …
Read More »Total War: Warhammer breaks series records
Creative Assembly’s latest strategy release has broken a Total War sales record. Total War: Warhammer, published by Sega, has since its release earlier this week racked up sales of over half a million units, making it the fastest ever selling title in the franchise. Total War: Warhammer has already proven …
Read More »How PC has shaped the future of Sega
Sega, once a dominant force in the console space, has reduced its presence in the sector over the years. Though it still supports console platforms, the firm is today best known as a PC publisher, producing the likes of Football Manager, Total War, Company of Heroes and Dawn of War. …
Read More »Sega Europe: We’re very interested in bringing Atlus games to UK
Titles from Japanese games giant Atlus could be coming to Europe by way of Sega. Atlus’ releases were previously launched in the UK and Europe by NIS America. However, following the finalisation of Sega’s purchase of Atlus, relations with NIS America have become strained and the two terminated their relationship …
Read More »350,000 Mega Drive titles sold on Steam since mod hub launch
Nearly 20 years on from its discontinuation, the Mega Drive is making money again. Sega last month released a new retro hub for its Mega Drive library on Steam for PC. Among the new features was mod support, opening up the library to the enthusiastic PC modding community. And it …
Read More »Sega looking into Shenmue HD remasters
Japanese publisher Sega is assessing whether it can make HD remasters of Shenmue 1 and 2. On the firm’sSega Centralchannel, Dan Sheridan – Sega Europe’s community manager – said that the firm is wants to release the aforementioned remasters. He did not, however, that licensing issues may put the brakes …
Read More »Curve, Soedesco, Green Man Gaming and more on the hunt for indie games at next week’s Interface
This year’s Interface line-up has been bolstered by the addition of Green Man Gaming, Curve Digital and Soedesco. The companies join major UK publishing names already confirmed for the event, including Sega, Channel 4, Plug In Digital and KISS, who are all looking to find the next independent hit. Green …
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