Archive for April, 2013Australian Division of The Creative Assembly Shuts its’ DoorsFriday, April 5th, 2013
The Creative Assembly’s australian division has closed. The Creative Assembly’s australian branch was responsible for Sonic Classic Collection on DS and the overwhelmingly poorly received Stormrise. The studio will close “later this year”. It is unknown whether the studio has any projects active at this time and whether they are affected by the closure. [Source: SPOnG]  Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats Castle of Illusion Digital Box Art LeaksThursday, April 4th, 2013
Remember when the Brazilian ratings board outed the existence of a Castle of Illusion re-release? Well the game still hasn’t been officially announced but now we have the XBLA box art courtesy of Lifelower on Twitter. Interestingly, the box art is completely new artwork which may suggest this is more than a simple re-release of the Mega Drive original. Could a true HD remaster be in the works? [Source: SEGABits] Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats Has the Wii-U Version of Aliens: Colonial Marines Been Cancelled?Thursday, April 4th, 2013
The Wii-U version of Aliens: Colonial Marines has missed its’ launch window. The game was supposed to be released by the 31st of March as per comment from SEGA. When questioned about the release this morning, SEGA responded with a simple “no comment”. Aliens: Colonial Marines on the Wii-U is being developed by Demiurge Studios and is expected to be somewhat different to the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. Will the game see the light of day or has the negative reception already received by the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions changed SEGA’s stance on the Wii-U release? More on this as we get it. [Source: Eurogamer] Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats Sonic Dash Now Free-to-Play, More Daily Challenges AddedThursday, April 4th, 2013
Sonic Dash for iOS is now free-to-play. The endless running iOS game can now be downloaded from the App Store for the grand old price of nothing and now includes a new series of daily challenges that will yield prizes like red star rings and new characters. [Source: SEGA Blog] Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats SEGA Adds Disclaimer to Aliens: Colonial Marines Trailers Admitting They Aren’t Reflective of the Final GameWednesday, April 3rd, 2013
SEGA of Europe have added a disclaimer to their Aliens: Colonial Marines trailers which essentially admit that the trailers do not reflect the poor quality of the final game. All SEGA Europe Aliens: Colonial Marines now have the following message added to their description: “The trailer footage shown uses the in-game engine, and represents a work in progress.” This action has been taken after SEGA begun talks with the Advertising Standards Agency after Reddit user ‘subpardave’ filed a complaint. subpardave said this on a Reddit post: “My aim was not to get fines, compensation or any of that. Gearbox and Sega spoke very clearly – by saying absolutely nothing – and showed the purchasing community that they would rather this mess all quietly disappear. The games industry – like any other – needs to be held accountable for blatantly deceiving the consumer. And doubly so when a wall of silence is the only response to resounding criticism for shipping a shoddy product, having shown off one with all the bells and whistles. The ASA has little real power. But negative press? That does.” subpardave has also published the response he received from the ASA: “We contacted Sega Europe to discuss this issue. They explained that their online trailers used demo footage, created using the in-game engine. Sega Europe understood the objections raised about the quality of the game in relation to the trailers, but explained that they weren’t aware of these issues when the trailers were produced, in some cases several months before release. Sega Europe acknowledged your objection that the trailers did not accurately reflect the final content of the game. They agreed to add a disclaimer, both on their website and in all relevant YouTube videos, which explains that the trailers depict footage of the demo versions of the game. The disclaimer will be visible when each online trailer is played.” [Source: Eurogamer] Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats April 1st Activities Across the CommunityMonday, April 1st, 2013It’s April 1st and you know what that means? Playing pranks on each other! Below we’ve collected some of the activities going down on various SEGA community websites that we thought were worth sharing:    The Project Diva Wiki have announced 3 new titles in the Project Diva series with one curious entry appearing on PSone!  The Sonic Stadium have revealed an exciting new layout which is tailor-made for 56k modem users! Finally, you can enjoy The Sonic Stadium as you’d always imagine it would look on Geocities!  Watermelon Games, the developers of Pier Solar have decided to re-brand and become Banana Games! The developer will have a new focus on digital games and have announced a $19.99 subscription service which will allow you to play Pier Solar Mini on Facebook! SEGA have officially joined in on the April 1st fun by announcing a series of re-releases that have been “enhanced” with “goat processing”. We will update this entry as more April 1st updates come to light.    Yakuza Fan have the exclusive news of a new pirate-themed Yakuza game called Ryu Ga Gotoku Of Endless Tides! Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats Yakuza Fan Are Holding a 1st Anniversary Competition and We’re Involved!Monday, April 1st, 2013
Yakuza Fan are celebrating their 1st year anniversary with a massive competition that includes a whole heap of Yakuza merch. We are also one of the websites helping Yakuza Fan pull this off. What does that entail? Well you’ll just have to click here for the full competition details and then come back to us when you know what to do 😉 The competition closes tomorrow night so if you want to be in with a chance of winning some swag you better be quick about it! Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats |
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