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CRUSH3D is out now! Zoe Mode’s unique puzzler was previously PSP exclusive, but this new 3D update to the original is now available for 3DS owners. If you’ve never experienced CRUSH before and you own a 3DS, you owe it to yourself to play CRUSH3D. The original game was a wonderfully unique and quirky experience. Check out the launch trailer below:
The previously announced Super Monkey Ball game for Playstation Vita has received a new name; Super Monkey Ball Banana Splitz. The game has a tentative ‘2012’ release date. A new trailer for the game is featured below:
By hitting the ‘Third Party Reviews’ link on our menu, you can now select the ‘Eighth Generation of Gaming’ which will take you to a list of the most up-to-date SEGA releases on any eighth generation platform (which currently stands as 3DS and PS Vita).
You can go directly to the page via this link: CLICK HERE
If there’s anything we’ve missed then please let us know!
LakeFeperd is one busy little man! Not even a month after the release of Sonic Before the Sequel (which you can download here) and Lake has already released a demo for the sequel, ‘Sonic After the Sequel’. Check out the announcement trailer below:
House of the Dead 3 & 4 are going to be re-released in HD for the Playstation Network in 2012! While House of the Dead 3 has been released for every console under the sun, this will be the first time House of the Dead 4 has been released on a home console; no more arcade exclusivity! You can read the full press release below:
“SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON – January 5, 2012 – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced that legendary horror arcade shooter The House of the Dead 3™ will be coming exclusively to PlayStation®Network on February 7, followed by the arcade shooter The House of the Dead 4™ this spring. Both titles have been updated with HD graphics, trophies, and complete PlayStation®Move support to give players the full arcade The House of the Dead™ experience in their living room.
“The House of the Dead has always been one of SEGA’s most popular series, and over the years we have worked hard to bring that full arcade experience to console owners,” said Haruki Satomi, Senior Vice President of Digital Business at SEGA of America. “The abilities of the PlayStation 3, as well as PlayStation Move, have let us get closer than ever before. The only thing these titles are missing is a need for quarters.”
Originally released in 2002, The House of the Dead 3 introduced a number of new elements to the series, including “rescue events,” a shot ranking and grading system that challenges players to shoot both quickly and accurately, and a Boss “cancel” bar that players must fill to fend off devastating attacks. Featuring unique-to-console gameplay mechanics, The House of the Dead 3 can be played using a PlayStation Move controller or a standard PlayStation controller.
The House of the Dead 4 arrived in arcades in 2005, and its upcoming release on PlayStation®Network will be the first time this extremely rare title has ever appeared on a home console. In addition to the run-and-gun-down-creatures gameplay players had come to know and love, this title introduced hidden “treasure rooms” that contain score-boosting items, as well as interactive sequences that force players to push away grabby enemies. Watch out for the biters!”
There’s been a fair bit of activity in the Sonic fangaming scene and it all regards full releases (they apparently don’t happen according to some people)!
Sonic the Hedgehog Classic
Sonic the Hedgehog Classic has received several bugfixes as well as a newly implemented widescreen resolution. You can grab the latest version here: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
Sonic Axiom
Sonic Axiom has also received several bugfixes and now plays better than ever. The latest version can be downloaded here: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
Sonic Before the Sequel
The big news surrounds Sonic Before the Sequel which has finally been released. The game features flash animated cutscenes and a huge selection of diverse levels. Any serious Sonic fan owes it to themselves to check out this masterpiece of bedroom coding: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
Yu Suzuki is tugging at our heart-strings again. The man responsible for cult favourite RPG series Shenmue has announced through an interview at Shenmue Master that “Shenmue’s license is an IP that belongs to SEGA” and that “We can obtain the license from SEGA.”
Suzuki is clearly not going to rest until his series is complete. He even went on to reveal a major plot point that will be central to Shenmue III if it ever appears. Referring to an image that has been circulating the internet for some time that features the silhouette of an unknown charatcer, Suzuki said “This is the person who has trained with Iwao [Hazuki] in the olden days in China. Then, in the story that will take place after Shenmue II, he will become a “key” character!”
Fingers crossed that Suzuki is successful in his endevours!
Hyperdimension Neptunia MK-II is getting a North American and European release through NIC America and the ESRB have stuck an M for Mature rating on it. Why? Let the ESRB tell you:
“A variety of scenes depict a supernatural villain who harasses female characters and makes sexually suggestive comments (e.g., “Come, come and sit on daddy’s lap. We’ll have fun exploring each other,” “You can be a cunning linguist, my dear,” “I’m dying to leer at her longingly,” and “Mmmm, the height of ecstasy, licking a nubile maiden’s wounds!”/“No, hey stop . . . I said stop it!”)—accompanying licking sounds can be hea”rd off screen.”
Ooooo matron!
For those not in the know, Hyperdimension Neptunia is published by SEGA in Japan and features many tongue-in-cheek references to the games industry. MK-II is the sequel to the original game and will release in both North America and Europe in February 2012.
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