UDON Entertainment publishing Shining and Border Break artbooks

Earlier this year we interviewed UDON Entertainment about their experience with translating various Sega artbooks, and based on their announcements during their Comic-Con 2014 panel they are continuing to release additional books for Sega fans.  UDON is translating another Shining Artbook: Shining Blade and Ark which is a collection of both Shining games illustrated by Tony Taka.   Border Break Artworks, meanwhile, showcases mecha and background designs of the arcade game.  …read more

Phantasy Star Nova Release Date Announced, Information on Classes

Just Push Start announced through Sega that Phantasy Star Nova’s release date is November 27, and will retail at 5,980 yen. Also worth noting is that the game is compatible with the Playstation TV, or as it’s known in Japan – the Vita TV. I’d like to take this opportunity to go over the recent class and demo information released this week. This week’s issue of Famitsu gave more insight …read more

Tears of Tiara 2 Announced for North America and Europe

While Siliconera had already revealed that Tears of Tiara 2 would be localized, it’s only now that Atlus has officially confirmed the release of the game for North America and Europe. Co-developed by Aquaplus and Sting, Tears of Tiara 2: Heir of the Overlord is a strategy RPG where most of the story is told in a visual novel style. While the first game was never localized, its characters were …read more

Fans Start “Day of the Dragon” Campaign to Convince Sega to bring Yakuza Games to the West

Over at the official Yakuza games forum, user king_ruckus is asking support for a “Day of the Dragon” initiative. The idea is to send letters to Sega (arriving around the 8th of August) asking them to localize the Yakuza games. Of course, we at Segalization are happy to spread the word! Here’s king_ruckus’s message to Yakuza fans: It’s 2014 and Ryu Ga Gotoku 5(Yakuza 5) still hasn’t made its way …read more

Phantasy Star Online 2’s Hatsune Miku and Megurine Luka Concert

You are all invited to Hatsune Miku and Megurine Luka’s next concert! No price of admission – all you need is one Phantasy Star Online 2 account with access to the Japanese version of the game. It’s going to be a short performance, featuring just one song: Living Universe, better known as the opening song for Phantasy Star Portable 2. Where: ARKS Lobby When: July 23 Free goodies promised for …read more

New Shining Resonance Party Member Announced

Famitsu announced a new Shining Resonance party member this week: Lesti Sera Alma, an elven Dragoner and elder brother of Kirika. He projects a composed and icy veneer but is also prone to brooding, and being overprotective of his sister. He fights using the above pictured halberd, stylized (and roughly translated) as the Dragon Fang Halberd Fang Root. Perhaps true to his personality, one of his screenshots show him using …read more

EU Preorder for Persona Q Premium Edition Revealed, Fans Criticize NISA Store Pricing

NIS America recently launched their new European store, allowing fans in Europe to buy Limited Editions of their games directly, without having to import them from the US store. Of course, this includes the upcoming Atlus game, Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: The Wild Cards Premium Edition. However, while this should have been good news, the fans were quick to realize that the prices were a lot higher in …read more

Persona 4: Arena Ultimax Not Region Locked for North and South America

We reported earlier on about the fact that the original Persona 4: Arena was the only PS3 game in existence to be region locked. Thankfully, Atlus have confirmed that the sequel that will be region free for the Americas. Along with that news, we got to learn more about the pre-order bonuses for the game. Atlus stated the following on their official website: Persona®4 Arena Ultimax, the upcoming fighting game …read more

Phantasy Star Nova Demo Soon to be Released, Early Play Opportunities at PSO Special Celebrations

Sega and tri-Ace’s Phantasy Star Nova will soon have a gameplay demo made available to the public. Titled “Battle Demo”, it will allow users to take on one of the game’s signature Gigantes creatures, and explore planet Machia. It will also feature some character cutscenes. The demo will arrive sometime in August on Japan’s Playstation Store. …however! There will be other, earlier opportunities to play the game if you’re in …read more

Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Coming to PS3 and Vita in Japan

Sega and French-Bread’s arcade 2d fighter Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax will be ported to PS3 and Vita this fall in Japan, as reported by Gematsu.  The game is a crossover between series published under the light novel imprint Dengeki Bunko (from publisher ASCII Media Works).  Shakugan no Shana, Sword Art Online, Durarara!!, Black Bullet and A Certain Magical Index are among the many confirmed series.  A few SEGA references are …read more