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SEGADriven is a SEGA news and information source that focuses on SEGA's console history, retro games and new software hitting the shelves. We want to share a love of great, quirky, clever and down-right fun games - something that SEGA have always specialised in. See below for the latest news, reviews and features added to the website.
Sonic 4 Is A Massive Hit On 360November 23rd, 2010Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 is the 2nd best selling game on the X-Box Live Arcade for October. The 1200 MS points-priced game sold 98,000 copies just behind Dead Rising 2: Case Zero at 104,000 priced at 400 points. However, this does mean that Sonic 4 was the most profitable XBLA game for October. Well done SEGA! It’s a much deserved win for you! [Source: Eurogamer] SEGA Tunes: So High from SEGA Touring Car ChampionshipNovember 22nd, 2010SEGA Touring Car Championship is a bloody difficult game. You can’t make any mistakes. It’s one of two things I’ll always remember about this game. The other is it’s amazing dance soundtrack. The game’s final course is backed by the song ‘So High’ by the artist Channel X and it’s pure 90s floorfiller action. Get your glowsticks out, this is one pumping tune: Tags: channel x, sega saturn, sega touring car championship, sega tunes, so high Fan Scene: SEGA Saturn MegamixNovember 22nd, 2010I’m on a pretty big SEGA Saturn buzz at the moment so anything related to SEGA’s 32 bit wonder has been of instant appeal to me. However, this little discovery is very cool regardless of my rose-tinted glasses. Theodore Taylor III has developed an hour long mix of tunes from various Saturn games and put it online for free download. It’s a great little project that is mixed incredibly well and makes for an awesome bit of listening. Tracks from Virtua Figher 2, Fighting Vipers, Sonic 3D Blast, Burning Rangers and Daytona USA all make the cut. You can download the entire thing complete with artwork by visiting Theodore Taylor III’s blog. There’s also a nice little explanation behind the origins of the project. [Source: The Saturn Junkyard] Tags: fan scene, megamix, music, sega saturn Did You Know There Was A Panzer Dragoon Game Coming Out On Kinect?November 19th, 2010I certainly didn’t! To be fair, that title is a little unfair. Yukio Futatsugi, the creator of the legendary Panzer Dragoon series is working on a Kinect title with the working name of ‘Project Draco’. Famitsu currently have 2 screenshots of the game showing people riding dragons through the sky. The game allows you to fight other dragons as well as “nurture and learn to communicate” with the dragon you ride. Sounds remarkably familiar doesn’t it? No release window or even a publisher have been announced at this time so SEGA might not even be involved. Keep your eyes on this one! [Source: Kotaku] Tags: kinect, panzer dragoon, project draco, x-box 360 Rumour: SEGA Releasing a Dreamcast Collection?November 19th, 2010SEGAbits have spotted a rather interesting product listing at Gamestop. A ‘Dreamcast Collection’ for the X-Box 360 has appeared with a retail price of $29.99. The product is currently listed with a release date of February 15th, 2011. If this is a legit collection it seems like an odd thing to do as SEGA have been attempting to increase their digital market with the release of several Dreamcast games for X-Box Live Arcade and Playstation Network. Will this collection simply contain Sonic Adventure, Crazy Taxi, Space Channel 5 Part 2 and SEGA Bass Fishing? We’ll be keeping an eye on this one as it’s certainly an oddity. [Source: SEGABits] Video Spotlight: Bayonetta Gameplay from an Earlier Build of the GameNovember 19th, 2010Here’s an interesting couple of videos. Below you see gameplay footage from a much earlier build of Bayonetta. Bayonetta herself has a different outfit, the HUD is completely different, there are some completely unseen areas that aren’t in the final build and you can even activate Witch Time manually instead of having to dodge enemies at the last available moment. I’m also getting great amusement from the fact that Bayonetta runs like she’s soiled herself. [Source: SEGAShiro] Tags: bayonetta, ps3, video spotlight, x-box 360 SEGA Tunes: Virtual-On Stage 1November 16th, 2010Cyber Troopers Virtual-On is a game where you pilot mechs and duel with other mechs TO THE DEATH. This concept has been used hundreds of times in many, many games but SEGA were onto something incredible with their duel-stick controlled series. The soundtrack is wonderfully nineties; all bubblegum pop with dance elements thrown in the mix. Very Japanese indeed but not quite what you’d expect from a game that sees giant robots FIGHT TO THE DEATH. This juxtaposition between gameplay in soundtrack is actually quite funny when you see it in action. Have a listen to the 1st stage theme. You’ll come away feeling like everything in your life is great: Yakuza 4 Wallpaper Anyone?November 16th, 2010SEGAbits have got their hands on a rather lovely looking Yakuza 4 wallpaper. Click here to be taken to their page where you can download the wallpaper. SEGA will apparently be releasing more Yakuza 4 wallpapers over the coming months so keep your eyes peeled! [Source: SEGAbits] Shenmue City ScreenshotsNovember 16th, 2010Famitsu has got their hands on a whole heap of screenshots from the upcoming Shenmue City mobile phone game being released in Japan. Click here and scroll down to see what us Westerners will be missing! The game appears to be made up entirely of pre-rendered graphics and isn’t actually running its’ own 3D engine at all. Interesting stuff. [Source: SEGAbits] Tags: mobile gaming, shenmue city Yu Suzuki Wants to Make Shenmue 3 HappenNovember 16th, 2010Yu Suzuki, the SEGA legend that has been MIA for sometime now is gearing up to release Shenmue City, a new mobile phone game only available in Japan. No plans are currently underway to bring the game to the West but more importantly, what is happening with Shenmue 3? When questioned Suzuki has responded with, “I want to make 3 with the same volume as in the past.” “Shenmue has the image of grand scale, but making something of grand scale requires appropriate preparation. I want to make 3 with the same volume as in the past. There have actually been a lot of requests from fans for 3 as well. There were even petitions signed by tens of thousands of people. I wanted to carry out my obligations for the series.” The Shenmue series is based on an 11 chapter script that Suzuki wrote prior to the original game’s development. Putting the remaining chapters into one game is something Suzuki will “have to consider” if Shenmue 3 goes into development. “It would be possible to finish the entire story in a single game if we were to show just the highlights and skip over parts,” said Suzuki. The future of the Shenmue series is currently in the hands of Shenmue City; if the game performs well SEGA will do “additional things” with the series. Could that mean the green light for Shenmue 3 or a Western release for Shenmue City? Or could it mean something different all-together? Shenmue: Forklift Racing anyone? Only time will tell… [Source: Eurogamer] Tags: mobile gaming, shenmue 3, shenmue city, yu suzuki |
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