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Distributor Realtime will now deliver Blaze accessories to retail. The company will handle products such as Blaze’s range of Sega-licensed consoles. Realtime Distribution’s purchasing director Julie Darrington said: The growing popularity of ‘old school’ titles, coupled with the increasing demand for portable gaming, means that we expect the Blaze Mega Drive …

Japanese publisher Sega has released its first ever Facebook game – Sega Play Baseball. The title marks a new chapter in Sega’s new digital strategy that was born following the significant restricting at the company announced last April. The free-to-play game lets players create, customise and manage their own baseball …

'Sega would probably let me make Shenmue 3' says series creator

The creator of cult Dreamcast action adventure series Shenmue has said that Sega will probably allow him to create Shenmue 3. Speaking at the 2011 Games Developers Conference in San Francisco, the Japanese game designer said he does want to make the long-awaited third entry in the franchise but it …

Twenty years of Sonic will be marked by a global merchandising plan. Sega Europe’s newly expanded licensing team is seeking partnerships in every sector imaginable to create new product lines for the mascot’s 20th anniversary on June 23rd. We have some surprises lined up for Sonic’s anniversary,” Sega Europe’s head …

Virtua Tennis 4 is smashing its way to UK and European retailers in two months’ time. The multiformat sports title arrives on April 29th ahead of a North American release on May 10th. It will be available on Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii, and is the first time a Virtua …

The success of iPhone gaming will not necessarily come at the expense of dedicated gaming handheld rivals such as the DS, PSP, 3DS and NGP. That’s according to Sega Europe’s senior vice president of sales Jurgen Post, who told MCV: "I think you will have different worlds next to each …

Sega has announced that the Mega Drive Classic Collection: Gold Edition will be released on PC on March 18th. The four-disc retail bundle will feature all 45 games from previous Mega Drive Classic Collections on PC, including Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Shining Force and Virtua Fighter 2. Gold Edition will …

Europe is now Sega’s biggest boxed games market, thanks to the continued performance of Football Manager 2011. The management sim has now sold 690,000 units in Europe and the US across PSP and PC. Sega’s European chief Jurgen Post says the game’s success has helped Europe shift more games than …

Publisher Sega is spending big to make sure Shogun 2: Total War is the best-selling PC game of Q1. The firm has teamed up with The History Channel for a series of three-minute Shogun 2 TV ad break takeovers, which will air for two weeks around the game’s March 15th …