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Four more games companies have backed this year’s Games Media Awards in association with Grainger Games. These include Sega, cloud gaming service OnLive, digital distributor Green Man Gaming and media company The Games Tribe. They join a range of sponsors for the Games Media Awards 2011 in association with Grainger …
Read More »Sega’s consumer business suffers £30m loss
Sega Sammy has made a 17.4m loss for the first quarter of its financial year. One of the biggest areas to suffer was its consumer business, which includes console and PC games. Sega sold 2,330,000 games during Q1, far below its performance the year before. In total the consumer business …
Read More »Sega to host GamesAid Cricket Challenge Cup
UK games charity GamesAid has joined forces with publisher Sega to host the second annual Cricket Challenge Cup. Four teams will take part in a number of 10/10 over matches, with the aim being to raise 2,200 for charity. The teams will be as follows: Sega All-Stars (captained by John …
Read More »Aliens infesting DS this September
Sega has confirmed portable side-scrolling shooter Aliens: Infestation will be released in the UK this September. The publisher says it’s an action-packed platform shooter with a hardcore, retro feel”. Based on Aliens, the second instalment in the horror sci-fi movie franchise, the game lets players fire weaponry from the film …
Read More »Sega delays two 3DS titles
Japanese publisher Sega has announced the delay of two upcoming 3DS releases. Retro IP Shinobi was due out in September, but will not hit UK retail until November 15th. In addition, Crush3d – another former September release – now won’t arrive until early 2012. Though the delay might be disappointing, …
Read More »Sega strikes Japanese EA deal
Publisher Sega has reached a deal with EA to act as distributor for its games in Japan. Andriasang reports that the agreement kicks off right away with the publishing of EA’s Shadows of the Damned on September 22nd. And next next month Sega hopes to publish some of EA’s back-catalogue …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Hat trick for Zumba Fitness
The success of 505 Games’ Zumba Fitness powers on as the title racks up a third consecutive week at No.1 of the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Chart. The game has now achieved a total of six weeks at the top, and this week it outsold the next four titles …
Read More »Creative commons
Creative Assembly studio director Tim Heaton offers a frank view of his teamsâ?? recent history, and gives sage advice on keeping your studio successful in tough times
Read More »Yakuza series ships 5m
Sega’s popular Yakuza series has shipped more than five million units worldwide to date. The series began in 2005 with the PS2 original, which combined with a re-release years later has since sold one million units, according to Andriasang. Yakuza of the End, a zombie apocalypse-themed spin-off for the PlayStation-exclusive …
Read More »1.3 million Sega customers hacked
Personal customer data compromised as hack craze continues
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