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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!
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!”
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.
Premier Sonic site Sonic Wrecks and one of our faithful affiliates have awarded us ‘Most Underrated SEGA/Sonic Website 2011’ in their year end awards. They had this to say:
“It’s somewhat a testament to its author Lewis “Sonic Yoda” Clark that the site is still going. Now a TSSNET site, I’m a big fan of SEGA Driven’s review and reporting style as well as their deep passion for SEGA past and present. Oft overlooked, in fact it’s original guise as Sonic Yoda won this award in the 2007 SWAs.
Do yourself a favour some time and check the site out, especially the reviews section.”
I am incredibly humbled to have the site acknowledged in this way and would like to thank both Sonic Wrecks for the kind words and The Sonic Stadium for being such a brilliant host.
SEGA fan? Then the London Gaming Con has you covered! The event runs from December 3rd to the 4th and can be registered via this link: http://www.londongamingcon.com/register.php A weekend ticket will set you back £14, Saturday tickets are £8 and Sunday tickets are £6.
So what SEGA stuff can you expect? Well SEGARadio will be DJing the event and there will be a special Sonic themed party on Sunday. Tim Wright AKA CoLD SToRAGE will be performing a set of music from a variety of different games. Game music connoisseurs will recognise Tim’s music from such classic Mega Drive games like Lemmings, The Killing Game Show, Shadow of the Beast 2 and Puggsy.
Visitors at this year’s Summer of Sonic will also be treated to another performance from Zonic, the dance sensation who’s music is inspired by Sonic the Hedgehog soundtracks.
Check below for further details regarding the event. SEGADriven will also be there to cover the happenings!
Venue: The Rocket Complex, Holloway Road, London Metropolitian University.
Opening Times: 11am to 1am.
London Gaming Con Website: http://www.londongamingcon.com/
Thinking of buying a tablet? Well if you get a Samsung Galaxy, Acer 100 or a ASUS Transformer from GameStop or www.gamestop.com, you will receive a free copy of the new Sonic CD, pre-installed on the device and way ahead of the December release date.
Also revealed is Tails who becomes playable after your first playthrough of Sonic CD. Now that’s a cool unlockable!
We love Sonic CD at SEGADriven and it appears that all news regarding this fantastic re-release is just making us more excited for the December release!
SEGA have announced a partnership with Arkedo Studio, the developers behind Nervous Brickdown and Big Bang Mini for Nintendo DS as well as the Arkedo Series on XBLA and PSN.
The new project is currently known as Project Hell Yeah! There is currently no word on what the ‘project’ will be (we’re assuming it’ll be a PSN/XBLA game) but more will be revealed on Arkedo’s blog which you can access by clicking here.
Arkedo appear to be pretty avid SEGA fans. Camille Guermonprez the studio chief has said, “See, SEGA? We spent the last five years telling you repeatedly that someday, somehow, you would publish one of our games. This day has come. Hell Yeah! Now let’s go back to work and finish the damn thing.”
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