Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X will be released on August 30 in the US and EU (less than a month away!), and to show gamers what to expect from the game, SEGA of America have uploaded a new trailer today. This one showcase just a small selection of what the game has to offer, which includes:
Idea Factory International has released the first English trailer for Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls, the crossover RPG featuring characters from both the Superdimension Neptune and Sega Hard Girls franchise. Neptune, which is usually the heroine of the Superdimension Neptune games, ends up being transformed into a motorcycle, so it’s up to one of her best friends, IF, to take the lead role this time around. New additions compared …read more
Sega-Sammy Holdings have revealed their results for the first trimester of the fiscal year 2016, running from April 1 to June 30. Last year in Q1 2015, they posted an operating loss of ¥9,455 million (around $76 million). This time around things are looking better for the holding company, as they posted a ¥3,055 million operating income (around $30 million). Individually, the three main business segments of the holding posted …read more
4Gamer recently uploaded a 15-minute gameplay demo of Etrian Odyssey V: The End of the Long Myth to their YouTube account. The beginning three minutes or so deal with the heavily customizable character creation system, the next few minutes show off the town and some voiced NPC conversations, and the latter half of the video demos a forest dungeon and the battle system. The dungeon music is pleasant!
Atlus has recently published gameplay movies for Persona 5 to their official YouTube account, showing off Persona summons in battle and other important aspects of gameplay, including fishing. These videos arrive ahead of Persona 5’s release in Japan next month (!), while the West will receive the game early next year.
In a recent Seganama broadcast (also featuring Sonic Boom: Fire and Ice, and Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X), Toshihiro Nagoshi broached the possibility of remasters of Yakuza 2 through Yakuza 5 on Playstation 4. These comments come in response to strong sales of Yakuza Kiwami, the ground-up remake of the first game for Playstation 4. Of Sega’s Japanese brands that have a presence in the console games market segment, Yakuza …read more
Last year, SEGA announced that Chain Chronicles would be getting another anime, titled Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas. The first trailer for the anime boosted rather impressive animation, but unfortunately the video encoding left something to be desired SEGA has now revealed a new trailer, and this time the video is properly encoded and gives us a better look at what we can expect from the anime. So far, …read more
In light of its 20th anniversary this year, the Sakura Wars series has seen several crossover projects with other games, including Granblue Fantasy and Phantasy Star Online 2. At a recent event for their hit mobile game Chain Chronicle, SEGA has now announced that the game will also be getting a crossover with the Sakura Wars series. Few details are known at this point, but SEGA did launch a new …read more
It might seem like it’s been a while since we’ve seen an official update from the Shenmue III team. Recently, an interview with Keiji Okayasu was released by the team, announcing his new role as sub-director for Shenmue III’s development. While Keiji Okayasu works for studiofake (established towards the end of Shenmue II’s development), and Yu Suzuki still maintains his position as main director over Shenmue III, Suzuki approached Okayasu …read more
Earlier on during the Japanese release of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X, SEGA included an exclusive air hostess module (named “CA Style A”) for Hatsune Miku as a preorder bonus for the game. A variation of the module, named “CA Style 39”, was included with Famitsu. These two modules were part of a deal with Japanese airline company Air Do, and they will now be made available for free for …read more