Now here’s an interesting development! Backbone Entertainment responsible for the SEGA Vintage Collection, SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection and SEGA Mega Drive Collection for PSP pitched new Streets of Rage and ESWAT games to SEGA.
They were unfortunately unsuccessful in their endevour but concept art for both titles has now been leaked online. Check it out:
Shining Ark is the next installment in SEGA’s long-running Shining RPG series. The game is due February 28th in Japan only and there’s no 11 minutes of gameplay to whet your whistle:
SEGA have permanently reduced the prices to a select number of PSP titles that are available to download from the Playstation Network. This is a North American deal only. The prices are below:
Alien Syndrome:$9.99………$4.99 Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars:$9.99………$4.99 Crush:$9.99………$6.99 Sonic Rivals:$9.99………$6.99 Sonic Rivals 2:$9.99………$6.99 Super Monkey Ball Adventure:$9.99………$4.99 Valkyria Chronicles II:$19.99………$9.99
If you haven’t played it yet we recommend Crush as it’s one of the most interesting and unique puzzle games ever created.
Check out the new teaser trailer for Shining Ark; the upcoming continuation in the Shining series for PSP:
Shining Ark releases on February 28th 2013 in Japan only. The game is being developed by Media.Vision best known for the Wild Arms games but also the developer for Valkyria Chronicles III.
SEGA of Japan’s exclusive 7th Dragon RPG series will continue with a 3rd installment entitled 7th Dragon 2020 3rd Encout.
The first game 7th Dragon was released on Nintendo DS while the second game 7th Dragon 2020 was released for the Sony PSP. There are no details as to what console 3rd Encount will be released for as the only information regarding the game’s existence lies with a trademark that was filed for the name as well as a logo.
The first game was infamous for being produced by Phantasy Star designer Rieko Kodama and being soundtracked by Yuzo Koshiro of Streets of Rage fame.
SEGA of Japan have revealed a new online RPG for Wii-U, PS Vita and PSP called Demon Tribe (information on formats discovered on Wikipedia). There isn’t much information available on the title outside the official website and the following announcement trailer:
As per usual there is no word on a Western release at this time.
Crazy Taxi us now available to download on iOS devices, but what’s more interesting is that the original Bad Religion/The Offspring soundtrack is now back in the game! The original soundtrack was previously missing from recent releases on XBLA/PSN/Steam as well as the PSP re-release Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars.
The game is currently priced at £2.99 on the UK app store. Now SEGA have reacquired the rights for the original soundtrack perhaps they can release a patch for the XBLA/PSN versions so we can all enjoy it? Here’s hoping!
As with every Project Diva game released for PSP, a ‘Dreamy Theater’ version is released for PS3. These games use your save data from the PSP versions to allow you to play the songs in high definition with enhanced graphics on your PS3.
SEGA of Japan have just announced that a Dreamy Theater Extend will be released on the Japanese Playstation Store. There is currently no announcement regarding the release date at this time.
The game’s official website has screenshots and a tentative tracklist which you can view by clicking here.
I think it would be safe to say that Dreamy Theater Extend won’t be making it to Western shores as the game requires Project DIVA Extend to play (which is also Japanese exclusive). Sad times for Western Project DIVA fans
In a shock move from SEGA, the soundtrack to Valkyria Chronicles 2 is now available on the US and EU iTunes stores. The 47 song soundtrack is £15.99 for UK users. We are unable to confirm the price in US dollars and Euros at this time.
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:
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