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100m downloads and counting for Sonic Dash

Sega has announced that since its release in March 2013 mobile title Sonic Dash has been downloaded over 100m times. Throughout that time, players have amassed 123 million hours played across 4.5 billion runs, collecting 850 billion rings in the process. The highest number of concurrent players ever was on …

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Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games races into view

Nintendo has announced a Wii U and 3DS release for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Confirmed events include the 100-metre sprint, football, table tennis, beach volleyball and rhythmic gymnastics. Some events will be exclusive to a particular version. On Wii U, for instance, players will be …

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Alien: Isolation and Sonic fall short of Sega’s expectations

Sega has described its full-year software unit sales as weak” for the 12 months ending March. That’s despite a 41 per cent jump in annual unit sales, but reflects its disappointment in both critical hit Alien: Isolation and critical flop Sonic Boom, which sold 2.1m and 620k units respectively. The …

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Sega warns of mobile games cull

Publisher Sega has said that a number of iOS and Android games that no longer meet its standards” will be pulled from sale in the coming weeks. What hasn’t yet been revealed, however, is which games could be in for the chop. At Sega we are committed to making fun, …

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Is there really room for four new Total War games?

Last month, UK developer Creative Assembly proudly announced it has teamed up with Games Workshop to combine the worlds of Warhammer with its PC strategy series Total War. There were plenty of serious, business-related questions to ask about Total War: Warhammer and its prospects. But there was one question that …

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Total War: Warhammer finally announced for PC

The long-rumoured Total War: Warhammer has at last been made official by publisher Sega. Developed by Creative Assembly in conjunction with Games Workshop, the game is in development for PC and Mac, as well as SteamOS. It has also been confirmed that the game will be the first of a …

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Gunstar Heroes, Streets of Rage 2 among new Sega 3D Classics announced for 3DS

Three new retro Sega titles have been confirmed for Sega’s 3D Classics selection on 3DS. July will see the release of 3D Streets of Rage 2, which as the name suggests is an adapted version of the 1993 Mega Drive side-scrolling fighter of the same name. In August Treasure’s 2D …

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Project X Zone 2 for 3DS heading West

Monolith Software’s tactical RPG brand mash-up Project X Zone 2 will be released for the 3DS in the West, Bandai Namco has said. The game will be released both physically and digitally some time this autumn. Licenses to feature include Capcom’s Resident Evil, Devil May Cry and Megaman, Namco’s Tekken, …

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Football Manager Classic 2015 hitting tablets this week

Sega has confirmed that Football Manager Classic 2015 will be released on iPad and Android tablets this week. The game, which is out at midnight on the night of Thursday April 9th, contains real-world clubs from 117 leagues from 51 countries and has been specifically optimised for touchscreens. The ‘Classic’ …

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