Three years after its launch in Japan, Yakuza 5 for the PlayStation 3 is now finally available on the US and EU PlayStation Store! To celebrate the launch, SEGA of America posted a launch trailer on their Youtube channel, which you can watch below! For the EU gamers out there: while it wasn’t possible to preorder the game, PSN Plus subscribers can get the same 15% discount that US gamers …read more
Dengeki Online recently revealed that Sega is planning DLC characters to coincide with the release of Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition on PS3, PS4, and Vita later this month. First up is (playable) and Ren of Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online who will be an assist character. Both will be free DLC for a limited time, but additional details such as date of availability and the specification of …read more
A lot of mobile game announcements are coming from Sega Networks’ Fan Kanshasai Festival today, and one of them is that Chain Chronicles, after already getting an 8-episode OVA in 2014, will also be getting its own TV anime series called “Chain Chronicles: Hekuseitasu no Hikari”, which can be translated as “Chain Chronicles: Light of Haecceitas”. The “Haecceitas” part is actually Latin, and refers to the “essence” of a person, …read more
We talked about the newly announced mobile game from SEGA, “Liberation of the Blue Sky”, in a previous article. During the Sega Networks’ Fan Kanshasai Festival, SEGA showed the first trailer for the game. showing some of the gameplay elements we talked about before. The theme song featured in the trailer was done by AKINO with bless4. You can take a look at the trailer here:
SEGA has posted a (very short) teaser TV commercial for Project DIVA X on their Youtube channel. It features the song “First Sound” by almo. You can watch the teaser below. At the same time, SEGA also revealed the boxart for the PS Vita version. As usual, the illustration for the boxart was done by KEI (who also created the original illustrations for the Sega Hard Girls). The Arcade Aime …read more
There’s a new post over on the official US PlayStation blog where Tetsuya Mizuguchi talks about Rez Infinite. It’s well worth a read, as it reveals among other things that the game will have both a VR Mode and a regular mode where you can just play the game on a TV. Below you can find a quote from Mizuguchi that explains why this version of the game will be …read more
We’re getting some mixed messages over a potential EU release for Yakuza 0. While SEGA’s official Twitter account mentioned that they’re unable to confirm a EU release, Eurogamer pointed out that the trailer featured on the official PlayStation Youtube channel clearly mentions the game is coming to Europe as well. On the other hand, the US trailer on the official Sega of America Youtube channel only mentions the release for …read more
We just got a surprise announcement at PlayStation Experience 2015, as Tetsuya Mizuguchi himself appeared on stage to show Rez Infinite on PlayStation VR! Running in true 1080P, the game appears to be a port of Rez HD (in itself an HD remake of the original Dreamcast game), but this time playable on PlayStation VR! We’ll post more details as they become available! UPDATE: PlayStation Lifestyle uploaded the demo shown …read more
At PlayStation Experience 2015, Gio Corsi has just announced that Yakuza 0 will be heading to the west! At the same time, he also confirmed that Yakuza 5 has also been confirmed for a release on December 8th. It’s interesting to see that SEGA didn’t wait to see how well Yakuza 5 sells before announcing Yakuza 0. Not that we’re complaining! For now, that’s all we have, but we’ll provide …read more
Two new trailers for Genei Ibun Roku #FE have been recently uploaded to Nintendo of Japan’s YouTube chanel – one being another from the character introduction video series and the other being an extended Introduction Video that summarizes the game itself, clocking in at around five minutes. Yashiro Tsurugi is cool and composed, and incredibly distant to the point of being stand-offish. He’s an accomplished idol unlike some of the …read more