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Computing giant joins Sega and Nintendo in missing this year's event
Read More »Sega reveals E3 line-up
Sega has announced its E3 2012 line-up, revealing what titles will be on display by the publisher during the conference next week. The games roster includes Aliens: Colonial Marines, Jet Set Radio, The Cave, Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit, Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown, and more. The company …
Read More »Sega delays "finished" Anarchy Reigns in the West
Developer Platinum Games has said that publisher Sega has delayed Anarchy Reigns in Europe and North America – despite the fact that the game is finished. The date for the game has been changed to TBC even though, in Platinum’s words our work on the game is finished, localized, and …
Read More »Sega to publish Ron Gilbert’s The Cave
Double Fine project to be released for digital download on PC and console
Read More »Sega and Double Fine team up for The Cave
Japanese publisher Sega has teamed up with Ron Gilbert’s Double Fine for its next game – The Cave. The publisher says that it’s an adventure game so odd and compelling that it can only be described as odd and compelling”. As Sega continues to expand our digital gaming catalogue, we’ve …
Read More »Yet another delay for Aliens: Colonial Marines
Sega’s Aliens: Colonial Marines has been delayed. Again. On the plus side, the Gearbox Developed shooter has actually got a firm release date for the first time, albeit for Q1 next year – February 12th 2013, to be precise. Sega now describes the game as being in its final stretch …
Read More »Nike football ad contains hidden playable 2D Sonic game!
Sega and Nike have teamed up for one of the cleverer bits of video games cross promotion MCV has seen in a while. The TV short, called My Time Is Now, was aired during Chelsea’s famous Champions League victory over Bayern Munich in Germany on Saturday night. It features a …
Read More »Weak sales prompt Western restructure for Sega
Sega has declared it will "streamline" its operations in the U.S and Europe after poor sales of its new titles last year. In its financial results for FY2012, the publisher reported total sales of packaged games had dropped to 17.2m units, a year-on-year decline of eight per cent. Sega said …
Read More »Sega joins Nintendo in skipping Gamescom
Publisher claims timing of event conflicted with planned release schedule
Read More »Sega not attending Gamescom 2012
Sega has revealed it will not be exhibiting its games at this year’s trade and consumer show in Cologne. The publisher attributed this "commercial decision" to unfortunate timing of its triple-A releases. Sega’s 2012 releases due in the second half of the year include London 2012: The Official Games of …
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