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Publisher to bring all of Japanese studio’s games to US from now on, but the two companies will remain separate entities
Read More »ESA hits back at E3 critics, but is considering inviting consumers
A defiant ESA, the organiser of E3, says the LA expo is ‘essential and critical’ to the games industry. Its comments come after Activision joined EA in not renewing its E3 booth for 2016. The two businesses follow the likes of Sega, Bandai Namco and Disney in no-longer booking space …
Read More »Adam Johnson cut from Football Manager and PES, EA working to do the same
Disgraced Sunderland footballer Adam Johnson is being expunged from the world of games. 28-year old Johnson faces a prison sentence after being found guilty of sexual activity with an underage girl. Due to the nature of his crime football game publishers are currently working to remove him from their titles. …
Read More »Job losses strike Three Rings Design as part of Sega mobile layoffs
Sega Networks division also sheds staff in response to the ‘hyper-competitive’ market
Read More »‘Live-action and animation hybrid’ Sonic movie still in the works
Sega has re-confirmed a new big-screen outing for its iconic blue hedgehog. Speaking to The World Folio, as spotted by Nintendo Life, Sega Sammy president and CEO Hajime Satomi said: Sega Sammy Group is currently planning with Sony Pictures to create a live-action and animation hybrid Sonic the Hedgehog movie …
Read More »Creative Assembly on the changing face of PC gaming
Sega. The name still conjures images of Sonic speeding across a CRT screen with the plastic black Megadrive sitting besides it. But that Sega hasn’t existed for a long time. Today, far from a console giant, Sega is best known for its growing PC presence, with the likes of Sports …
Read More »It looks as if Michael Jackson DID write Sonic 3’s score
The age-old conspiracy that late pop king Michael Jackson wrote the score for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is true, according to a new report. Jackson had a relationship with Sega, which made his Moonwalker game. He also starred in Space Channel 5 and its sequel. It has long been claimed …
Read More »Sega 3D Classics coming to retail, includes four new titles
Nine retro Sega titles are being bundled for a retail release on 3DS. Five of the titles in the Sega 3D Classics Collection have previously been made available digitally on the platform – Sonic the Hedgehog, Altered Beast, Galaxy Force II, Thunderblade and Fantasy Zone II W. Also included are …
Read More »Mobile publisher GoGame secures multi-million Sega investment
‘Free-to-publish’ GoPlay offering launched in July
Read More »Sega reduces financial forecast again
Japanese publisher Sega has slashed its fiscal predictions for the year for the second time. The firm’s net sales forecasts have been cut by 65 billion (15 per cent), from 420 billion to 355 billion. In a document on its investor relations page, Sega says that this reduction in predicted …
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