Here’s The Article containing The Trailer for The End, The Character, who apparently shows up at The Beginning (but also presumably shows up at other parts of the story including The End, and by The End I mean a particular point in the game’s plot progression and not the character himself.) To let you know that The End of humanity is coming. He is a terrorist, self-styled agent of the …read more
Recently, Spanish website Gamespek conducted an interview with the Spanish porting company BlitWorks. Selected translated comments posted to this NeoGAF thread suggest that the company’s boss, Tony Cabello, encourages fans to continue to ask Sega for ports of games, and welcome the opportunity to handle ports themselves. A page detailing their portfolio can be seen on their official website, alongside the platforms they work on. Among their works, the Sega …read more
For those wanting to keep up on developments regarding DFBC: Ignition in Japan, the official FIghting Climax Twitter account recently noted that it was conducting its last round of location tests at three arcades in Japan today (Wednesday the 15th, Japan time.) So it appears that there aren’t likely to be any more character additions in this iteration of the game (though I think there’s room for more on the …read more
YsNet uploaded a short, new trailer to promote Shenmue III to the official Shenmue III YouTube account ahead of the Kickstarter‘s impending closure. We’re now at just three days left (read: <3….or </3) to donate – if you haven’t already done so and want to contribute, be sure to stop by the Kickstarter page! The physical PS4 copy is now an option at the $60 tier, an update that was …read more
Sega announced a new entry in the Sympathy concert series with Sympathy 2015. The last Sympathy concert took place in 2013, and at the time it was commemorating 25 years since the first Phantasy Star title was released. It featured music across the entire Phantasy Star franchise. Sympathy 2015 will celebrate 15 years since the first Phantasy Star Online title and will be devoted to the Phantasy Star Online subseries. …read more
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Phantasy Star Online franchise, Sega has announced that Phantasy Star Online 2 will get an anime adaption named Phantasy Star Online 2 The Animation. Little is known about the project, other than that it will have an original storyline which takes place on Earth in the near future. You can find the official website for the project here. The anime is scheduled to …read more
NISAmerica announced that they will be publishing Stella Glow, Imageepoch’s SRPG that is newly released in Japan, for European release. The game is receiving both a physical and a digital release, and is set to come out during the Spring 2016 window. NISAmerica has consistently been handling the European releases of games that Atlus has been coordinating for North America, at this point. If as many relatively niche titles can …read more
AtlusUSA has begun a wave of character video promotion for Persona 4: Dancing All Night, ahead of its release this year in Western territories and Australia. The format for the videos is actually the same as the Japanese trailers previously posted, with a variety of lines that offer a surface glimpse into the character, down to the video closing with the game’s title. This round features Rise Kujikawa and Yu …read more
Compile Heart announced Hyperdimension War Neptunia vs Sega Hard Girls: Dream Fusion Special back in March. The game is a crossover RPG between the Hyperdimension Neptunia and Sega Hard Girls franchises, both of which feature moe anthropomorphized video game consoles. Unfortunately there’s no trailer at the moment, but Dengeki Online has now shared artwork of a new major character in the game, Sega Hatsumi, and provided more details of the …read more
UPDATE: the interview was done with Haruki Satomi and not his father, Hajime Satomi, as the article initially stated. We edited the article to correct this. Haruki Satomi, the founder of Sammy Corporation and also the current CEO of Sega, recently had an interview with Famitsu in which he talked about the past and future of Sega. Siliconera has posted a translation of the interview, revealing some interesting information. When …read more