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RETAIL BIZ: Campaign Of The Week

Sonic And The Secret Rings was a commercial hit for Sega, and the publisher hopes to repeat this success with the next in its Wii exclusive series, Sonic And The Black Knight, which arrives on shelves this week . TVSega is running a three-week TV campaign across terrestrial and satellite …

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More Mario and Sonic details revealed

The next edition of Official Nintendo Magazine contains further details on the newly-announced Mario and Sonic At The Olympic Winter Games. The new Sega-published title, announced earlier today, follows on from the mega-selling original. The Wii version was the fifth best selling individual SKU of 2008, so the sequel, due …

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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games confirmed

Publisher Sega has announced that Mario and Sonic will unite once again this Christmas on Wii and DS. The announcement has been expected since Sega secured the Vancouver Winter Olympics rights last week, and the game was even confirmed by the Winter Olympics’ director of licensing, Dennis Kim. We are …

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Sega confirms Winter Olympics deal

Japanese publisher Sega has confirmed that it is to remain the International Olympic Committee’s exclusive video game publishing partner for the upcoming Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics – though it has stopped short of announcing its believed-to-be-in-development Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympics. A press release from the firm stated …

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Mario & Sonic Olympics 2 in development?

A source close to MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz has indicated that Sega is working on Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympics. Based on the upcoming Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010, the game looks to follow the success it has enjoyed with Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, which was …

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US: Sega lays off 30 staff

Sega of America has made around 30 employees redundant, the publisher has confirmed. The news follows similar staff cuts at EA, Crystal Dynamics and Factor 5, who have all had to cut costs in order to cope with the growing economic crisis. A Sega spokesperson said in a statement: Sega …

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2m sales sprint for Mario & Sonic

Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games is creeping towards two million sales in the UK – and is still flying out of stores over a year after it was released. Sega has even recently given the title an outside shot at Christmas No.1, after it appeared in TV ads …

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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.

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Fallout 3 and Sonic half price at GameStation

GameStation’s festive price bonanza will continue tomorrow with further cuts to high-profile titles – this time it’s Fallout 3 and Sonic Unleashed receiving a discount. The High Street retailer is offering Sonic Unleashed, released a mere six days ago, for 20 this week, as well as reducing the price of …

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Gamestation to open 250th store

Specialist retail chain Gamestation has announced it will open its 250th store in Meadowhall, Sheffield on Friday November 28th. The fastest growing games retailer will kick off proceedings on Thursday with an exclusive preview party, before the store opens to the public at 9am on Friday. The first 50 customers …

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