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Sega and THQ’s annual Business Partners Summit has been retired after two successful years. MCV understands that both companies wanted to find alternative routes to showcase their products to European retail in 2009. Sega has confirmed to MCV that it will be switching support to this year’s less US-centric E3. …
Read More »Aliens: Colonial Marines to arrive in Q1 2009
Sega has confirmed Aliens: Colonial Marines is still on course for a 2009 release, estimating the Gearbox shoot-‘em-up will arrive some time in Q1. Concerns arose after lower than expected sales of the studio’s previous title, Brothers In Arms: Hell’s Highway, sparking rumours that Sega would cut the funding on …
Read More »New Mega Drive devs eyeing XBLA
Water Melon Development says upcoming cartridge-based Mega Drive outing could be heading to Xbox Live
Read More »Football Manager goes Live in January
Following the huge sales of Football Manager 2009, Sega will launch its first MMO – Football Manager Live – on January 23rd, MCV can reveal. The game will receive a full retail launch – with the boxed product featuring four months’ subscription for 29.99. And Sports Interactive’s MD Miles Jacobson …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Call of Duty holds firm
With just a week to go before the official Christmas number one is revealed, Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: World at War has enjoyed its fifth consecutive week at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40. The WWII epic fought off stiff competition from Mario Kart Wii, …
Read More »Sega primed for 2009 software drive
Sega is confident it can defy the economic climate in 2009, with a wealth of new IP to the market in 2009. The publisher enjoyed a stellar 2008, with Wii sensation Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games sailing past the two million mark. The firm also recorded its first …
Read More »Sega gets into casual gaming
Gaming giant Sega has become the latest established player from the games market to make a move into the casual gaming sector with the launch of its new Flash games portal PlaySega. For the complete story, head over to MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz.
Read More »UK CHARTS: Call of Duty stands its ground
Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: World at War has taken the number one position in the ChartTrack Top 40 for the third week in a row – despite sales dropping by 30 per cent. The game was raced all the way by EA’s Need For Speed: Undercover, which moved from …
Read More »Double Fusion nets PS3 deals
In-game ad firm strikes partnerships with THQ, Sega, Eidos and Midway
Read More »Sega confirms no UK delay for Sonic
Sonic Unleashed won’t be delayed in the UK, Sega confirmed to MCV today. The title launches on November 28th on 360, Wii and PS2, with the PS3 version arriving in December. Following reports that the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the forthcoming Sega title Sonic Unleashed had been delayed …
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