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Sega-Sammy Slashes Profits Forecast by 90% for This Fiscal Year

Sega-Sammy Holdings Inc. has announced that it will be adjusting the profit forecast for this fiscal year, ending March 2016. While the company expected a 19,000 million yen profit (~154 million USD), it now expects to earn only 2,000 million yen (~16 million USD). Sega-Sammy Holding’s CEO Hajime Satomi recently apologized to shareholders and investors for the Group’s failure to meet their targets for the third consecutive year. Sega-Sammy’s primary …read more

SEGA’s “Liberation of the Blue Sky” Turns Out to be a Mobile RPG

SEGA recently registered a trademark for “Soukuu no Liberation” (‘Liberation of the Blue Sky’), which had people speculating about what game the title could be referring to. SEGA has now officially revealed the game, and it turns out to be a new mobile RPG for iOS and Android. This probably won’t be too much of a surprise, given how SEGA has been churning out a lot of mobile games over …read more

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Yakuza 0 and Phantasy Star Online 2 Recognized at Playstation Awards

The winning titles of this year’s Playstation awards have been announced, and certain Sega games have received some distinction for commercial performance or through fan recognition. These awards are based on the performance of games released from the start of November 2014 to the end of October 2015 and covers combined sales throughout Japan and the Asia commercial region. Phantasy Star Online 2 (PS Vita version) received the Playstation Network …read more

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Meet the Supporting Cast of Yakuza 5

Sega has issued some new press materials for Yakuza 5’s English release that detail some of its supporting cast. Yakuza is known for cool gameplay traits like its evolving combat systems and minigames, but Yakuza is still also a story-heavy franchise, so its many characters are important in creating a rich mythology to engross fans with. Continue reading to browse some cast profiles! Character descriptions drafted by SEGA are provided …read more

Trauma Team Commencing Operation on North American eShop

Atlus has just released Trauma Team on Wii U eShop in North America. The game is the last entry of the Trauma Center series, and features a (mostly) new cast of characters. While the other entries feature surgery-only gameplay, Trauma Team will take you on a tour of other professions in the hospital such as studying symptoms during diagnosis or working with the skeletal system in orthopedic operations. Trauma Team …read more

Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition Opening Video

Sega has just released the opening video for Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition, the second iteration in their Fighting Climax series of games featuring Sega and Dengeki Bunko properties. The game is being released for dedicated gaming platforms (PS3, PS4, Vita) on the 17th of December in Japan. A reminder that Blade Arcus from Shining EX also recently hit stores. With the gap in release dates, it’s not likely that …read more

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Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final Demo Footage from Recent Niconico Stream

Atlus’s development staff for Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final recently demoed the game on a SegaNama Niconico broadcast. Sega’s SegaNama channel is periodically used to show off new footage for Sega games, like Yakuza 6. NintendoEverything uploaded footage from the Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final to their YouTube account. Check out the footage below. The archive shown below includes demon fusion and random encounters, and the dungeon appears to be …read more

Project DIVA X Gets Release Date and New Trailer

SEGA has announced that their next Project DIVA game, Project DIVA X, will be released on March 24, 2016 in Japan for the price of 6,990 yen (excluding tax). The official website for the game has also been updated. Those who preorder the game will get an Arcade Aime Card, allowing you to store data from arcade games.

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Genei Ibun Roku #FE: Maiko Character Trailer

The character trailer for Maiko Shimazaki from Genei Ibun Roku #FE has recently been uploaded. She’s the president of the entertainment company that the party characters of this game work for. Maiko’s personality seems to reflect that of a friendly “older sister” type character who is familiar and casual with the talent she manages. Since she’s playful and has a mature appearance this invites some chaos (read: embarrassment, confusion) on …read more

Several SEGA and Atlus Games Discounted in EU PSN Black Friday Sales!

Sony’s Black Friday sales on the EU PlayStation Store, running until November 30, features several SEGA and Atlus games at a heavily discounted price! As usual, we compiled all the SEGA and Atlus games in the list below. Sony’s official blog post didn’t include the price in British Pound, but we added those to the list as well. There’s a similar sale on the US PSN, but unfortunately it doesn’t …read more