Blade Arcus From Shining: Battle Arena is now available for purchase on Steam, following its official announcement not too long ago. The game is a port of the arcade game Blade Arcus from Shining EX, and was brought to the West by developer Saizensen, with the help of Deciga Games. Following the surprise announcement, fans had several questions regarding the port. Below you can also find a series of answers to …read more
This week’s The King of Fighters XIV trailer features Team Psycho Soldier. Everyone here should be familiar to KOF fans. The composition of this team – Athena, Sie, Chin – surpasses the force of time itself. Athena has been an idol forever, Kensou has been in love with with Athena forever, Chin has been…in love with alcohol forever. Don’t ruin a good thing, right? Unless you want to go for …read more
On August 3rd in Japan, Puyo Puyo Tsu will be available for purchase on the Japanese Nintendo 3DS eShop, per an announcement from SEGA of Japan. It will cost 800円. This release of Puyo Puyo Tsu is independent from the recent inclusion of 3D Puyo Puyo Tsu on the SEGA Reprint Archives Volume 2 (known as the Sega 3D Classics Collection in the Americas), which released in Japan last December …read more
Sony have announced their monthly lineup of free games for PS Plus subscribers, and it includes Yakuza 5 (PS3) for both the US and EU! For those who haven’t played the game yet (and have a PS3 and PS Plus subscription), it’s the perfect occasion to give the game a try and prepare for the upcoming Yakuza 0, which received its release date for the West today. We included the …read more
SEGA of America and Europe have issued a new press release announcing the release date for Yakuza 0! The game will be released on January 24, 2017 in both physical and digital form (so Europe will get physical copies as well this time around). For preorder links, you can visit the official website here. It appears it will also be possible to preorder the digital edition, although it’s not available …read more
This past weekend saw the arrival of Wonder Festival 2016 Summer and a large haul of promotional images for SEGA, Atlus, King of Fighters, and Kantai Collection-related garage kits. We’ve included an exhaustive list of relevant announcement/work-in-progress images below. Please be advised that some of the garage kits and/or their source links are NSFW.
SEGA of Japan have uploaded another gameplay demonstration for AM2’s KanColle Arcade. Once again it’s voice actresses Saki Fujita (who provided the voice samples for Hatsune Miku) presenting the video and playing the game. During this gameplay session, she also adds the three recently announced Destroyers Kagerou, Shiranui and Kuroshio to her fleet.
Sega has released a major promotional video for Yakuza 6, now officially subtitled as “inochi no uta” or “poetry of life.” The trailer bills the game as the final chapter of the legend of Kazuma Kiryu. What does this mean for Kiryu and the future of the Yakuza series…? Yakuza 6 will take place in Jingaicho, based off of Onomichi, Hiroshima, alongside the series’ mainstay location of Kamurocho. This new …read more
This article looks back to the way SEGA Europe handled the release of Valkyria Chronicles Remastered on the EU PlayStation Store, and why it’s a good example of a digital release done right.
SEGA of America and SEGA Europe have issued a new press release, revealing that Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X will be releasing on the PS4 and PS Vita as a digital-only title on August 30, 2016 (the same day as the release in the Americas). As such, the game will be available exclusively via the PlayStation Network. At the same time, they’ve also announced a new demo for the game, …read more