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Sega Sammy has posted an operating income of 14,951 million YEN (110.8m/$173m) for the three months ending March 31st, 2011. It’s a significant increased compared to the 7,820 million (58m/$90.6m) YEN loss the firm reported in the financial first quarter last tear, The firm’s net income was 7,036 million YEN …
Read More »Sports Interactive shuffles staff in Asia push
New Football Manager Online title co-built by Korean group
Read More »Sega announces Thor game
Sega has announced it will be releasing the official video game of the upcoming Marvel film, Thor. Players will take on the role of the God of Thunder, wielding the sacred hammer Mjolnir against beasts from the various Norse realms. The game will feature a storyline based around both the …
Read More »Vanquish dated for Europe
Sega has announced that upcoming sci-fi shooter Vanquish will be released in the UK on October 22nd. Furthermore, those who have pre-ordered the game with certain retailers will be granted access to a DLC pack containing three weapons that will hit both Xbox Live and PSN on the day of …
Read More »Sega skips Gamescom for commercial reasons
Publisher insists that the Euro trade event remains vital
Read More »Alpha Protocol sequel ruled out
It’s only been on retail shelves for a month, but Sega has already confirmed that it won’t be publishing a sequel to Obsidian’s latest RPG release Alpha Protocol. The game was released on May 28th and wasn’t that well received by reviewers, managing an average of just 63 per cent …
Read More »Sega talks Saturn re-releases
It’s already pillaged its Master System and Mega Drive libraries and turned them into viable digital businesses and it recently announced that the Dreamcast is to receive the same treatment – but what of the Sega Saturn? It had always been presumed that the Saturn has so far missed the …
Read More »E3 2010: More Dreamcast games confirmed
Up to 24 Dreamcast titles will be made available on Xbox 360 and PS3 over the course of the next year. Sega West president Mike Hayes told CVG that the publisher hopes to have somewhere between 18 and 24” classic games ready for download by Summer 2010. He also revealed …
Read More »Japanese developers back OnLive
Capcom, Square-Enix, Sega, and Konami building titles for streaming service
Read More »E3 2010: Sonic Free Riders races onto Kinect
A Kinect exclusive Sonic the Hedgehog title has been confirmed by Sega which will be available to buy on the motion accessory’s launch day. Sonic Free Riders allows players to turn, twist and jump to race characters from the Sonic series on vehicles like bikes and hover boards. Featuring both …
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