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Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
Remember back in January when we reported on The Conduit being ported to Nvidia’s new Project Shield device? Well the game has finally got an official announcement as The Conduit HD and will be available for all Tegrazone supported Android devices.
The game launches on March 14th and the first 2 missions will be a free download. Also added is the option to purchase the remaining 6 levels in packs 2 for $2.99 or you can grab the lot at the special bundle priced of $4.99. There are no UK price listings at this time.
It also appears that High Voltage Software will be self-publishing the game this time and SEGA have no involvement in this HD re-release.
[Source: Eurogamer]
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Tags: android, digital, download, hd, high voltage software, mobile gaming, re-release, tegrazone, the conduit, the conduit hd
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Thursday, February 28th, 2013
A couple of days ago a LinkedIn job adverstisement for Hardlight Studio mentioned the game ‘Sonic Dash’ as a recent success for the studio. After a lot of speculation that this could be a new mobile game from Hardlight we finally have the official word from the studio:
“As so many of you have asked, yes we are working on a new mobile game.
And yes, it is Sonic Dash.
We’re very excited to announce more details very soon.”
So that settles that then. Hardlight Studio previously developed the new version of Sonic Jump.
[Source: Hardlight Studio on Twitter]
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Tags: digital, download, hardlight studio, mobile gaming, sonic dash, sonic jump, sonic the hedgehog
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
Yakuza director and chief creative officer of SEGA Toshihiro Nagoshi has sat down for a fascinating interview with Famitsu to discuss SEGA’s future, the success of Phantasy Star Online 2’s Japanese launch and the company’s purchase of Relic Entertainment.
Key points include:
– Regarding SEGA’s future; “To be honest, we still need to solidify our footing and our performance as a company, but given the frenetic cycles we deal with nowadays, if we worried solely about that right now, we wouldn’t have a stable future in three or five years.”
– Regarding the success of PSO2’s Japanese launch; “I think it comes down to the talents of the PSO2 team, and how they convinced the company to go that way. I see possibilities with F2P across the industry; it all depends on what you do with it, but it took this team to show us what we could accomplish with this property.”
– Regarding the purchase of Relic Entertainment; “Sega already has The Creative Assembly, which is great at making RTS’, and so we’re becoming one of the best in the world at this genre now. So this purchase was part of our strategy for tackling this genre as well.”
Read the full interview at Polygon by clicking here.
[Source: SEGANews.net]
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Tags: interview, phantasy star online 2, polygon, relic entertainment, sega, sega of japan, the creative assembly, Toshihiro Nagoshi, yakuza
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
Eurogamer have unveiled a feature that sources various anonymous TimeGate Studios employees who reveal the troubled development of Aliens: Colonial Marines.
Key points include:
– “when TimeGate began to work on Colonial Marines – then codenamed Pecan – as it became apparent that Gearbox had ignored the game for years. According to three staffers, Gearbox had focused the vast majority of its efforts on Duke Nukem Forever, Borderlands, and Borderlands 2.”
– “It’s unclear exactly how much of Gearbox’s work TimeGate was able to salvage with one source claiming that the studio decided to start fresh”
– “TimeGate was the only developer actively working on Colonial Marines starting at the end of 2010.”
– “Both Gearbox and TimeGate also operated very differently. “You could not pick two companies whose general workflow is more diametrically opposed,” said one source”
– “The game feels like it was made in nine months,” said a source who worked on the project. “That’s because it was.”
Read the full feature at Eurogamer by clicking here.
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Tags: aliens: colonial marines, eurogamer, gearbox software, pc, ps3, steam, timegate studios, xbox 360
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
Arkedo Studio, the team responsible for Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit have sadly shut their doors.
Bizarrely, the studio didn’t go bankrupt or into administration. Arkedo weren’t able to secure a project after finishing Hell Yeah! and decided to disband while they had money and were able to get “good conditions” for all their staff elsewhere.
Arkedo have also announced that they have 2 other unannounced games which are complete. These games will be the last from the studio and should be released “soon”.
[Source: Eurogamer]
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Thursday, February 21st, 2013
LEONA’s Tricky Adventures is a new puzzle game with exploration elements in development for Dreamcast and Amiga.
The game is in development by KTX Software Dev. and the studio are using Kickstarter to fund the game. The studio are after £35,000 to secure development. You can check out a game trailer below:
Interested? Click here to be taken to the Kickstarter page which details all the backer rewards.
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Tags: dreamcast, kickstarter, KTX Software Dev., LEONA, LEONA's Tricky Adventures, puzzle game, trailer
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
SEGA’s PC/PSN/XBLA title Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit is getting a spin-off title called Hell Yeah! Pocket Inferno. The game is an iOS running game like Canabalt and features a total of 50 stages. The game launches sometime tonight.
[Source: Spong]
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Monday, February 18th, 2013
Despite negative critical reception, the public have chosen Aliens: Colonial Marines as the number one best selling UK game last week. It’s also the year’s biggest selling number one game so far.
Other SEGA games in the All Format Top 40 are Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed at number 9, Football Manager 2013 at number 18 and Mario & Sonic: London 2012 Olympic Games at number 31.
[Source: Eurogamer]
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Friday, February 15th, 2013
The arcade iteration of SEGA’s Japanese smash hit Hatsune Miku: Project Diva series is being location tested in a Round 1 arcade in Puente Hills, California.
The 2 machines are available for public play until March 18th. Hopefully this means SEGA has realised there’s huge Western appeal for this series and we might finally get to see it being localised for Western audiences.
[Source: Radio SEGA]
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Tags: arcade, hatsune miku, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva arcade, japan exclusive, project diva, rhythm game, vocaloid
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Friday, February 15th, 2013
The unreleased 32X game Virtua Hamster could now be yours thanks to eBay seller “gametimevault” who are selling a prototype cartridge. Bidding is currently at $108.49 so if you’re serious about owning an extremely rare piece of SEGA history then you better be prepared to shell out some serious dough.
You can see the auction by clicking here.
[Source: SEGANews.net]
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