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Resonance of Fate will arrive in Europe in Spring 2010 on PS3 and 360, Sega has revealed. Called End of Eternity in Japan, the game is developed by the team behind Star Ocean: The Last Home and boasts ‘Hollywood-style action sequences’, a unique story and realistic gunplay. Partnering up with …
Read More »Sega promotes UK bosses
WITH GROWTH expected to continue, Sega has promoted two of its senior management and hired a new marketing director. Alan Pritchard steps up from UK and northern territories to full European managing director from May 1st.At the same time, erstwhile sales director John Clark is stepping up to UK managing …
Read More »Sega unveils Wacky World of Sports
Sega has announced a quirky new sports title for Wii, Wacky World of Sports. The game, which is due for release later in the year, features some of the more unusual sports from countries including Italy and Australia, such as furniture racing and extreme ironing. For the full story, click …
Read More »Fleet of developers strike Nvidia deal
All Sega studios, as well as Capcom and Grin, among the crowd of teams licensing Nvidiaâ??s PhysX and APEX tools
Read More »Sega appoints Cory Haynes to lead US
Amusement industry veteran to take the reins at Segaâ??s North American arcade business
Read More »Pirate Bay ruling will ‘warn mainstream off BitTorrent’
Miles Jacobson, studio director at Sports Interactive, has told Develop he believes that this morning’s Pirate Bay ruling is likely to put off mainstream consumers from obtaining Copyrighted software from BitTorrent sites. Sports Interactive – once responsible for the Championship Manager series and now the group behind Football Manager – …
Read More »US: The Conduit blasts towards summer release
Dubbed by many as the first person shooter that will revolutionize the genre on Wii, the developer of The Conduit has stated that the game will be released in North America on June 23rd. Joystiq obtained the news from High Voltage Software’s Eric Nofsinger. A European date for the game …
Read More »OutRun Online Arcade hits consoles tomorrow
The latest instalment to Sega’s popular racing franchise, OutRun Online Arcade, will arrive on Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow and Sony’s PlayStation Network the following day, it has been confirmed. The game will cost 800 Microsoft Points on the Xbox 360 and 7.99 on PSN. OutRun Online Arcade is the …
Read More »Sega to Tap into the mainstream
Unique Wii game Let’s Tap arrives in the UK this summer, and publisher Sega is confident the title can achieve real mass-market success. Let’s Tap is developed by Sonic creator Yuji Naka, and features five game modes that are played by simply tapping near the Wii Remote. And the title …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Wii Fit holds on
Wii Fit has become Nintendo’s longest serving ELSPA Gfk-ChartTrack All Formats No. 1, with a total of 11 weeks at the top. The fitness title surpasses Nintendo’s previous record-holder, Pokmon Yellow, which enjoyed ten weeks at No. 1 back in 2000. Wii Fit has also managed to hold off competition …
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