Author ArchiveVideo Spotlight: Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit Reveal TrailerFriday, May 4th, 2012SEGA is teaming up with Arkedo Studio to bring us Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit; a 2D action game featuring an undead bunny who is framed for having sex with a rubber duck. No, I’m not making this up. Check out the reveal trailer below: The game is set to launch on PC, PSN and XBLA later this year. [Source: SEGA Europe’s YouTube Channel]  Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats Summer of Sonic 2012 Moving to Brighton, First Wave of Tickets Available May 13thThursday, May 3rd, 2012The venue for this year’s Summer of Sonic convention has finally been announced! This year’s event will take place at the Hove Centre in Brighton on the 7th of July. The 870 capacity venue was chosen for its’ size, equipment, balcony area and air conditioning (hooray!). The first wave of 400 tickets will also become available on Sunday the 13th of May at 12:00 BST (03:00 US Pacific, 06:00 US Eastern, 20:00 Japan Standard Time). There will be another wave of tickets made available at a later date. Tickets will continue to be free. [Source: Summer of Sonic] Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats Nigel Dobbyn Confirms Himself for Summer of SonicWednesday, May 2nd, 2012Looks like Nigel Dobbyn jumped the gun! The Sonic the Comic Fleetway artist will be making his appearance at Summer of Sonic convention again this year and will apparently be staying for the duration of the entire event as he is staying for the weekend. Dobbyn is a regular guest at Summer of Sonic and has taken part in Q&As, art sessions and is always happy to sign STC memorabilia. Fingers crossed he’s bringing his original STC pages to sell again! [Source: Sonic Wrecks] Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats Steve Lycett Answers Fan Questions on Sonic & All-Stars Racing TransformedWednesday, May 2nd, 2012Steve Lycett, executive producer at Sumo Digital as been very busy answering a lot of fan-proposed questions at the Sonic Stadium Message Board. We’ve also learnt some new things about the game from his answers: – The game uses a new engine called the Sumo Engine which allows for dynamic lighting [Source: The Sonic Stadium] Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats Greater Focus on Fan Interaction at Summer of Sonic 2012Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012This year’s Summer of Sonic convention will be focussing greater on fan interaction after the announcement of several features which will be appearing at the July 7th event. First of all, the Showcase feature makes a return. This means fans can get on stage to display their various talents, whether it be fan art, music, fiction or anything else! The Artist Alley also returns which will showcase artwork from a range of different contributors. Fan animations and shorts are also expected to be shown throughout the day. Also returning is the annual cosplay contest which has seen an ever-growing popularity each year. I’ve personally seen plenty of Shadows, Sonics, Rouges, Sallys and even a Wes Weasley at past events! The Club Sonic segment will also make a return after its’ successful appearance last year. This section of the show relies heavily on audience participation to a nonstop megamix of Sonic tunes. Finally, Sonic the Comic Online will be appearing at the event to showcase the latest work on the online continuation of Fleetway’s Sonic the Comic series. [Source: Summer of Sonic Website] Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats Additional Details on Sonic & All-Stars Racing TransformedTuesday, May 1st, 2012More information on the newly announced sequel to Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing is slowly seeping in. The game will feature a total of 27 playable characters. The characters will be unlocked in a single player adventure/story mode which is also new to the series. Characters can also earn XP and level up which allows the characters to use their all-star moves. Sumo Digital’s development team has been expanded to include members of past racing studios such as Gareth Wilson from Bizarre Creations as well as members of Black Rock. There will also be new weapons like a small, remote controlled Sonic vehicle (complete with transformations) which can be remotely driven into enemies and detonated like a bomb. Also announced is a giant catchers mitt which can be used to catch enemy projectiles and use them to your advantage. [Source: The Sonic Stadium via Eurogamer] Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Confirmed UPDATE Release Platforms ConfirmedMonday, April 30th, 2012A sequel to Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing has been confirmed. The next game in the series is named Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (note the exclusion of ‘SEGA’ from the title) and it will be released on X-Box 360. No other word on release platforms is available at this time but Playstation 3 will likely be considered seeing how the first one was also released on that platform. New features confirmed for the game are: Gliding and water-based racing Video footage and screenshots can also be found at IGN’s preview of the game. UPDATE Further news regarding Sonic & All-Stars Racing; the game will also be released on PS3, PS Vita and Nintendo 3DS. Thanks Nintendolife! UPDATE 2 The trailer for the game is now available to embed thanks to The Sonic Show and The Sonic Stadium. Cheers guys! [Source: IGN] Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats Fan Scene: Sonic 2 HD Kicks the BucketThursday, April 19th, 2012Sonic 2 HD, the promising HD fan remake of Sonic 2 has been officially cancelled as per a message left by Vincent (the project leader) on the project’s official Facebook. Reasons for this are mainly pinned on ex-lead developer LOst who wouldn’t provide the rest of the team with a DRM free version of the game and is solely responsible for the inclusion of the DirectInput bug which made users believe they’d downloaded a keylogger. He is also the only person holding what would be the source code for the game so production cannot continue without his involvement. DRAMA. Never-the-less, it’s sad to see the project go as the alpha demo was an impressive piece of work by what is essentially a bunch of bedroom coders. 2 members of the team (scanline99 and Cerulean Nights) have moved on to other independent work in hopes of furthering their game-developing careers and we wish them all the best for the future. [Source: The Sonic Stadium] Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats Get a Bonus ‘Adult Map’ When You Pre-Order Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz in JapanThursday, April 19th, 2012In what is possibly the most bizarre in-game bonus we’ve ever seen, SEGA has revealed an ‘adult map’ for Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz on PS Vita. The map is based around Yuki Kawamura; a Japanese glamour model which obviously means you can use her breasts as ramps. Yes, you read that right. See below for the hard evidence (no pun intended):
This map is only available to those who pre-order the first print run of the game in Japan and will unlikely be making an appearance on Western shores. Here’s an additional trailer that also features Yuki Kawamura promoting the game: [Source: Spong] UPDATE! Additional advert featuring more of Yuki Kawamura sourced from Sonic Wrecks! This might be the greatest advertising campaign of all time: Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats Binary Domain Coming to PCWednesday, April 18th, 2012Binary Domain will be getting a PC release very soon. Digital copies will launch on April 27th while boxed copies will launch on May 18th. Pre-order from Steam and you’ll also receive the Multiplayer Pack which includes a Ninja class , Outside High-rise map and extra sniper rifle and handgun weapon types. This will set you back £30. Hopefully the game gets a second wind with this PC release as the console release failed to set the world alight even though it received positive reviews from most major game-sites. [Source: Eurogamer] Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats |
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