The official Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter account has uploaded a mysterious image with an encrypted message.
The accompanying text says, “The key lies with @madeon. Good luck.” Madeon is a French electronic music producer who uses a similar encrypted style of text on his music’s artwork.
While a Madeon collaboration linked to Sonic the Hedgehog seems inevitable, fans on Reddit have quickly worked to decipher the message in hopes it leads to information about the heavily rumoured 25th anniversary Sonic title.
ShouTime is back once again with another screenshot from the unreleased SEGASonic Bros. puzzle arcade game.
As you can see above, we now have a look at the game’s difficulty settings which are remarkably similar to Columns’:
ShouTime has also uploaded an image of a Sonic the Hedgehog rucksack which is tagged with ‘SEGASonic Bros’. It’s not confirmed but this could be a piece of merchandise that was tied into the release of the game, but it doesn’t explicitly state this on the actual rucksack.
Digital Foundry are at it once again with a technical analysis video of the new Yakuza 6 demo which is currently exclusive to owners of Yakuza Kiwami. There is also an accompanying article you can read by clicking here. Take a look at the below embed to see the game in action with some insightful commentary on what’s doing differently this time around:
Also for those who are interested, KHH Subs have uploaded a full playthrough of the demo but with added English subtitles:
Yakuza 6 is out in Autumn 2016 for PS4. It is currently exclusive to Japan.
Something a little bit different today! In our latest YouTube video we take a look at the AtGames SEGA Arcade Nano Keychain and the discuss why this bizarre piece of tech exists:
– 16 Bit has been updated with new scans/photos and the ISBN
– The novelisation of Desert Strike has been added with scans and photos
– The Dirty Rotten Tips Book from the January 1994 issue of SEGA Power has been added with scans
– The novelisation of Road Rash has been added with scans and photos
– SEGA Consumer History has been updated with new scans/photos and the ISBN
– The 2010 Sonic the Hedgehog Sticker Collection has been added with scans and photos
– The 1995 Sonic Official SEGA Sticker Album has been added with scans and photos
– The Summer of Sonic 2009 art book has been updated with new scans/photos and the ISBN
– The novelisation of Super Monaco GP has been added with scans and photos
Head on over to the SEGA Book Catalogue to check out these updates and new additions.
Eurogamer’s tech analysis sub-site Digital Foundry have taken a detailed look at Yakuza Kiwami on PS4. The video showcases the game’s impressive new visuals, some of the additional content added to this release and lots of comparison shots between Kiwami and the original PS2 release. It’s a fascinating video that just makes us want a Western release even more:
You can also read the accompanying article by clicking here. There’s some very detailed analysis of the game’s performance as well as high quality screenshot comparisons.
This compilation of 2 TV sports for Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X give us some of the most detailed in-game action we’ve seen to date.
The PS Vita rhythm game launches in Japan on the 24th of March and includes a new Live Quest mode that you can see in action below. We also have new Rush notes which require you to repeatedly tap a certain button.
As with all Project Diva games, there’s a whole heap of new costumes to unlock as well as returning costumes from the previous 2 Project Diva F titles. Check it all out in the embed below:
A PS4 version of the game will launch in Autumn this year. There is currently no word on a Western release for either the PS Vita or PS4 version at this time.
The discovery of a long lost Sonic arcade game has been quite the talking point in the SEGA community as of late! After some speculation as to what SEGASonic Bros. actually contains, we can now confirm the game was actually a puzzle game in the style of Cleopatra Fortune.
Two new shots have appeared showing the game’s tutorial mode (see above) and some in-game action (below):
In one of the most surprising discoveries in recent memory, an unreleased 1992 Sonic arcade game called SEGASonic Bros. has been revealed by Tumblr user ShouTime.
The game appears to be a puzzle game that was location tested but sadly failed said test. ShouTime, the user responsible for discovering the game’s arcade board, is also the person responsible for the ROM dump of the SEGASonic Popcorn Shop that was made available back in October 2015.
Another image of the game and some further information was also released by ShouTime. This information confirms that the game was developed by Bubble Bobble creator Fukio Mitsuji and the second screenshot shows a menu screen that bares surprising similarities to Puzzle Bobble:
SEGAbits have also discovered mention of the game from an old issue of EGM. The article details a few announcements regarding various Sonic games, including a comment that mentions an upcoming arcade game that, “invites multiple players to assume the role of different colored Sonics”.
Furthermore, a Sonic Retro forum user called Black Squirrel has also discovered mention of another unreleased Sonic arcade game in a different issue of EGM. The extract says, “We have developed two Sonic arcade games that have never been released because they were not the specialness that Sonic was”.
Fingers crossed ShouTime reveals further information about the game in due course!
Now here’s a game I never expected to see on Western shores!
SEGA America have committed to bringing 7th Dragon III Code: VFD to America. SEGA have never brought any 7th Dragon games to the West previously so this is quite a shock.
Developed by imageepoch, the games are produced by Rieko Kodama of Phantasy Star fame. The soundtracks are also produced by legendary SEGA composer Yuzo Koshiro. Take a look at the announcement trailer below:
7th Dragon III Code: VFD will lauch for 3DS in America this summer. There is currently no word on a European release.
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