Tag: Sega
News Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Movie's Debut Trailer Shows Off Shadow, Voiced by Keanu Reeves
Ultimate lifeform
Ow, the edge! Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is speeding to cinemas on 20th December, 2024, and Paramount Pictures has just released the movie's first trailer. Confirming reports from earlier in the year, the film, which introduces Shadow the Hedgehog, will star Keanu Reeves as Sonic's new rival. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles — now...
He may be edgy, but without him we wouldn't have I am... All of Me
Let's just get it out of the way: Sonic Generations is the best game in the series, and if you disagree, you're a coward (or just have a different opinion than us, either works). The 2011 entry into the series was a celebration of the blue blur's best and worst adventures across nine...
News Two Point Museum Has Way More Depth on PS5 Than We Ever Imagined
Aquariums! Exhibit expeditions! More!
We’ve always loved tycoon titles, and grew up enviously eyeing the Japan-exclusive Theme Aquarium as a result. We never expected Two Point Museum to have an entire aquarium aspect bundled in, on top of all the other exhibits you can curate. But speaking as part of a Gamescom livestream, captured and uplo
News Shadow's Doom Powers Look Awesome in Sonic X Shadow Generations on PS5, PS4
New trailer shows them off
Sonic X Shadow Generations seems to be hitting all the right notes, doesn't it? This remaster of the beloved Sonic Generations is going above and beyond with lots of new features, mostly surrounding Shadow the Hedgehog, and the whole package is, so far, looking really promising. SEGA's latest update about the game focuses...
News Sonic X Shadow Generations Goes Nostalgia Overload with Dreamcast-Heavy Collector's Edition
You could call it adventurous
SEGA has partnered with Limited Run for a special collector's edition of Sonic X Shadow Generations, the upcoming remaster of the beloved platformer, and it's laser-targeted to get fans all nostalgic. With a heavy emphasis on the Dreamcast, we've not seen something so perfectly aimed at editor Sammy Barker in a long...
News SEGA Announces Two Point Museum for PS5
This is an artefact
We've had Two Point Hospital and Two Point Campus — what's next for this fun series of management sims? Well, SEGA and Two Point Studios have just announced their next game: Two Point Museum. Confirmed for PS5, Two Point Museum looks like exactly what you'd expect from the developer. You'll be able to create, curate, and...
If you know, you know
Fans of the franchise heading out to see Alien: Romulus this weekend and Creative Assembly's truly terrifying PS4 punt, Alien: Isolation, will have a subtle advantage over their non-game playing kin in a cool nod from director Fede Álvarez. If you want to go into the film without meta-spoilers (we haven't seen it), read no...
News Don't Expect to See Kazuma Kiryu or Goro Majima as Guest Fighters in Tekken, Street Fighter
Wouldn't really be fair, anyway
Legendary, beloved Like a Dragon / Yakuza characters such as Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima are unlikely to appear as guest fighters in series like Tekken or Street Fighter. That's despite developer RGG Studios getting plenty of offers for such combative crossovers, which would much prefer the path of transmedia...
News Yakuza Wars May Be the 'Surprising' New Game from RGG Studio
SEGA registers the trademark
RGG Studio is ready to announce a new instalment in the Yakuza / Like a Dragon series at the Tokyo Game Show next month, with the entry's genre supposedly being a surprise for fans. Ahead of the reveal, a new trademark has surfaced for something titled Yakuza Wars, which may be the new title. Fans are speculating this...
Shonen Jump to a blue square
Given its overwhelming popularity, it’s a surprise there aren’t more alternatives to Mario Party – especially on platforms Nintendo doesn’t support. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Sweep the Board! may initially seem like a strange proposition, then, but it fills a niche on the PS5 that no one else has...
News Like a Dragon: Yakuza Show Won't Have Time for Karaoke, But Singing 'May Come Eventually'
Sad ballad
Amazon's upcoming adaptation Like a Dragon: Yakuza will, tragically, not have the runtime to tackle Kazuma Kiryu's enduring passion for karaoke, it's been revealed. However, all hope is not lost as raucous, drunken singing "may come eventually". Unfortunately, the show's first offering will be just six episodes, so the sillier side of...
News RGG Boss Says First Episode of Like a Dragon: Yakuza Made Him Scream, Take a Smoke Break
Rave reviews
The head of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, Masayoshi Yokoyama, says that the first episode of the upcoming live-action Like a Dragon adaptation from Amazon made him scream, with a "major surprise" at the end requiring him to take a relaxing cigarette break. The revelation comes via a video shown by SEGA during San Diego Comic-Con, in which the...
News Don't Expect Any More Awesome Olympics Games from SEGA on PS5, PS4
Disqualified
The Olympics are underway in Paris, and we bet you’ve seen enough now to be itching for a good video game, eh? While Konami’s iconic International Track & Field on PS1 can never be beaten, SEGA made a bunch of great arcade sports tie-ins in more recent years, like the amazing London 2012 and equally fun Tokyo 2020. We also...
Get caught up on Kiryu and Ichiban
With the Like a Dragon: Yakuza television series set to debut on Amazon Prime this October, SEGA has published starter packs to the PS Store that bundle together some of the series' most important games for those getting started with the franchise. The Yakuza Series Starter Pack pairs Yakuza Kiwami with Yakuza...
News Sonic X Shadow Generations Physical Pre-Orders Include Reversible Cover
By popular demand
Sonic X Shadow Generations will be going really, ridiculously fast on PS5 and PS4, with the Blue Blur and the Ultimate Life form (Sonic and Shadow, respectively) set to hit the ground running in October. That in itself should be enough cause for celebration, but what if we told you that physical pre-orders of the game will be...
News Classic Stages Return in Sonic X Shadow Generations Comparison Trailer
Generation leap
Sonic X Shadow Generations is still a good few months away, but SEGA is getting hedgehog fans excited with small updates here and there. The latest comes in the form of a comparison trailer, placing classic Shadow levels side by side with the revamped versions in the upcoming game. As you can see, stages from Sonic games in which...
News Next Ryu Ga Gotoku Game to Be Revealed at Tokyo Game Show 2024
We love surprises
The next game from Yakuza / Like a Dragon developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio will be revealed at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show in September. It's currently unknown which franchise or family the title will belong to, so feel free to speculate wildly. That's according to VGC, which reports word from the Essence of Fandom event at Anime...
News Sonic Team Boss Would Love to Explore a Sonic RPG Someday
Gotta level up fast
Takashi Iizuka, head of SEGA's Sonic Team, wonders how we've come this far without a proper Sonic RPG. It remains a dream, and he is unwilling to commit to anything concrete, yet the thought remains an intriguing one. In an interview with Good Vibes Gaming (thanks, VGC), Iizuka was asked whether the studio might tackle a...
News Next Like a Dragon Title a Surprise for Fans, RGG Studio Teases
In terms of "what kind of game it is"
RGG Studio has teased the next instalment in the Like a Dragon series will come as a surprise for fans in terms of "what kind of game it is", fans attending an Anime Expo panel report (via VGC). Fans at the Essence of Fandom event tweeted that the developer said: "We can't tell you what kind of game it is but I...
News SEGA's New Crazy Taxi Game Is Open World and Multiplayer
Probably still a ways off
Let's be honest — everything we're playing right now is just filling time until the new Crazy Taxi is out. As part of a big new push to bring its beloved back catalogue into the modern age, SEGA is producing a brand new Crazy Taxi, and a recent recruitment video has revealed some new details about the arcade racer...
News A Mischievous Boy Has Leaked Footage of Jet Set Radio's Revival for PS5
Oh, sweet soul brother
Mom won’t be getting much sleep this week, because a grown-up version of legendary Dreamcast graffiti-‘em-up Jet Set Radio has leaked online. The footage, which we won’t reproduce here as we’re unsure how the materials were obtained, shows both gameplay and cut-scenes. In one clip, Professor K is glimpsed rocking out...
News Sonic X Shadow Generations Looks Legit on PS5, PS4
Chaos
Let’s not beat around the bush: Shadow the Hedgehog was definitively uncool when he debuted on PS2 back in 2005. But time is a flat circle, and public opinion on the character has completely transformed in recent years. He’s now very well-liked, and will even be voiced by Keanu Reeves in Paramount’s upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie...
News Sonic X Shadow Generations Has PS5, PS4 Exclusive Content
Due out on 25th October
Update: As had leaked prior to Summer Game Fest, the upcoming Sonic X Shadow Generations will launch on 25th October for PS5 and PS4 – and there’ll be exclusive PlayStation content. “Players who buy the game on PlayStation will receive bonus extended prologue animations with never-before-seen deleted scenes,”...
News Surprise! Live-Action Like a Dragon: Yakuza Punches Amazon Prime This October
That's rad
Did you know Amazon Prime was making a live action adaptation of the Yakuza franchise, now known as Like a Dragon? There was a Japanese movie in 2007, but this new television series will covet worldwide appeal, as it loosely plots the events of the original game across six episodes. The first part of the story will launch on 25th October,...
News SEGA 'Flat Out Rejected' Initial Pitches for Yakuza/Like a Dragon
Criminal
SEGA's now legendary Yakuza/Like a Dragon series almost didn't happen, with the Sonic the Hedgehog publisher initially hesitant to produce something so outside of its family-friendly wheelhouse. That's according to series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, who said it was a struggle to get the first game off the ground. In an interview with Weekly...
News Switch's Demon Slayer Board Game Rolls a PS5, PS4 Port in July
Launched on Switch last month
The board game adaptation of goliath manga and anime series Demon Slayer is coming to PS5 and PS4, after debuting meekly on Nintendo Switch last month. The title couldn’t top 20,000 sales in Japan during Golden Week, and so Sony subsidiary Aniplex will be hoping the CyberConnect2 title sells a little better on...
Rumour SEGA Wants Persona to Be an Annual Franchise Alongside Like a Dragon, Sonic
And so it begins
It doesn't come as a huge surprise, but SEGA reportedly wants Atlus to pump out a new Persona release every year. This is according to well-known leaker Midori, who claims that the publisher now places the Persona series alongside Like a Dragon and Sonic as one of its big three. Really, it's testament to how far Persona has come,...
News Smartphone Spin-Off Persona 5: The Phantom X May Launch Worldwide
SEGA plotting further expansion of gacha game
Persona 5: The Phantom X, a smartphone spin-off of Atlus’ iconic RPG series, launched last month in China, Taiwan, and Korea – and it’s received an enormous marketing push to say the least. In addition to bus liveries, we’ve seen entire subway station takeovers here in Taipei – and there have...
Rumour Sonic Frontiers 2 in the Works, Say Multiple Sources
Gotta go fast again
Rumblings of a follow-up to SEGA's Sonic Frontiers are currently doing the rounds. Referred to simply as Sonic Frontiers 2, a couple of known leakers have said the project is currently in development. First, X user Daniel Richtman shared a post with his Patreon followers claiming the open zone platformer sequel is in the works...
News Sony Collaborating on SEGA's Golden Axe Animated Series
Bringing peace to the land is my duty!
The immortal SEGA brawler Golden Axe is being resurrected as a comedic animated series, of all things. Ordered by Comedy Central and produced by CBS Studios in collaboration with Sony Pictures, the series will undoubtedly feature buxom men and women battling dragons and various beasts, and presumably, hilarity...
News Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Film Casts Shadow, Voiced by Keanu Reeves
Dark side of the same coin
Two years after debuting in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, it seems a Hollywood leading man of sufficient talent has finally been found to portray the edgy Shadow the Hedgehog. Keanu Reeves, who needs no introduction but will get one anyway, is the star of film franchises like The Matrix and John Wick, and, of course, Cyberpunk...
News Next Like a Dragon Game Isn't Kiwami 3, But the Yakuza 3 Remake Is Happening 'Sooner or Later'
That's rad!
To no one's surprise, work is already underway on the next Like a Dragon game, with developer RGG Studio announcing that it's in the process of hosting character auditions. The team goes on to confirm that the next title is not Kiwami 3 — a remake of Yakuza 3, which originally released for the PS3 all the way back in 2009. However,...
News SEGA Drops Relic Entertainment and Cuts Back Across the UK
Around 240 jobs lost
SEGA has sold off primarily PC-based strategy game developer Relic Entertainment, and is in the process of cutting up to 240 jobs across its various UK studios. Relic, which makes the Company of War games, will become an independent studio moving forwards, and said in a short statement that it remains on good terms with its...
Random You'll Probably Want This Streets of Rage Action Figure
Axel to grind
SEGA is really embracing its history these days, and it’s resulted in ongoing development of several nostalgic franchises, like Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi. But it’s also commissioning some cool merchandise collaborations, and you’ll probably want to add this Axel from Streets of Rage to your wishlist. Described as the...
News Sonic and Angry Birds Join Forces at Last in a Crossover No One Asked For
Five smartphone games see series collide
SEGA purchased Rovio a little while ago now, so it’s a surprise it’s taken this long for Sonic the Hedgehog and Angry Birds to meet. But as of right now, the two franchises have clashed in five smartphone games, through until 21st March. This includes Angry Birds 2,
News Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Dev Reveals Three Cut Job Classes, Praises Dondoko Island
Basketball player, courier, pest exterminator
The year kicked off with a bang, with the eagerly anticipated Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the ninth mainline entry in developer RGG Studios' long-running crime melodrama, released in January. We loved it, and it was so crammed full of content that it always felt like there was something new to do or...
News There's a New Super Monkey Ball, But It's Exclusive to Nintendo Switch
Balls
Super Monkey Ball and Nintendo will forever be intrinsically linked, because the original game first found fame on GameCube. Since those halcyon days, however, SEGA has enjoyed success with the series on pretty much all platforms, so it’s a shame to see the newest entry, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble, skip Sony’s systems entirely...
News SEGA's New Sapporo Studio Contributing to AAA Titles Like Crazy Taxi PS5
Hope it makes some crazy money
SEGA is cooking a new Crazy Taxi game, among several other reboots or revivals. While little information is known about this rebooted arcade driving outing, an interview with its recently established Sapporo studio reveals it’s contributing to the project, which it describes as a AAA title. “We’re responsible...
News Shadow the Hedgehog Is Now Sort of, But Not Really, Playable in Sonic Superstars
Free costume available now
SEGA has played Sonic fans the world over with a pretty amusing bit of DLC for its colourful side-scroller, Sonic Superstars. To celebrate the announcement of Sonic X Shadow Generations, a new costume is now available for free, and it brings the infamous anti-hero, Shadow the Hedgehog, to the action — well, kind of. The...
News SEGA Issues Financial Warning After 'Sluggish' Sales Over Holiday Period
But we wanted to go fast
SEGA has issued a financial warning after what it described as "sluggish" and "weak" sales over the crucial holiday 2023 period, traditionally when sales peak. The venerable publisher and developer has revised its sales and profit forecast appropriately downward to compensate. Games released by the company during Q3 include...
News Knuckles TV Series Hits Paramount+ in April, Watch the First Trailer
Punch it
The third Sonic the Hedgehog movie is due to close out 2024, but before then comes a TV show spin-off. Simply named Knuckles, the short series focuses on the powerful echidna, introduced in the second film and voiced by Idris Elba. You can watch the brand new trailer above. Over the course of six episodes, Knuckles is set between films two...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth?
Infinite/10
It's been over a week since the release of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and it's safe to say that RGG Studio's latest RPG has been a hit. Its unique brand of madness (and massive marketing campaign) has allowed the game to reach people who wouldn't normally be interested in the series — and so we're very interested in hearing what...
News SEGA Congratulates Itself in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth on PS5, PS4
Getting gassed up
Venerable publisher SEGA has been around for a long time. It was founded, appropriately enough, in Hawaii back in 1960. In its latest game, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (which ventures to the tropical locale), SEGA couldn't help but give itself a pat on the back via a fourth-wall-breaking conversation between protagonists Ichiban...
News Jim Carrey Will Once Again Don the Moustache of Dr. Robotnik in Third Sonic Movie
He hates that hedgehog
In case you'd forgotten, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 — the movie, not the game — is due to release this year. Picking up the story after the second film, which brought Knuckles to the party, the third entry has teased the introduction of Shadow the Hedgehog. However, he won't be the only antagonist for Sonic and pals to deal...
News Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Named Series' Fastest-Selling Game, Already at One Million Units
Free in-game t-shirts to celebrate
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is now officially the fastest-selling entry in the Yakuza / Like a Dragon series, having sold one million copies since its launch on 26th January 2024. To commemorate the achievement, RGG Studio will release a free in-game t-shirt set in the future. You can see at least four of the...
News Sonic X Shadow Generations Revealed, Enhanced Remaster Set for Autumn on PS5, PS4
Prepare to go fast all over again
Yesterday's rumour was revealed to be right on the money, with Sonic X Shadow Generations unveiled at Sony's latest State of Play showcase. The effortlessly cool Shadow is back in a new story campaign, teaming up with both Classic and Modern Sonic in a newly remastered version of Sonic Generations. This one is...
Rumour Sonic Generations May Make a Comeback During Sony's State of Play
Positive spin
Of the modern-era Sonic games, a handful are generally favoured by fans, and Sonic Generations is certainly one of them. Released to celebrate the SEGA mascot's 20th anniversary, the PS3 game combines the usual 3D stages with throwback side-scrolling levels, revisiting various zones from previous entries. It's thought to be one of the...
News The Excellent Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Has Had a Huge Opening Weekend
Starting strong
Long gone are the dark days when fans had to lobby PlayStation to help SEGA localise the Yakuza games: this franchise has quietly matured into a bit of a cult hit. You won’t find Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth locking horns with Call of Duty at the top of the sales charts, but by all accounts, the latest entry is enjoying an...
Poll Are You Playing Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth?
Scratching the Ichiban
Promising a potent mix of utter madness and intense drama, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is here, and its arrival likely signals the start of a memorable weekend for fans of the franchise. Indeed, the stakes are dangerously high for Ichiban and Kiryu in this climactic adventure across Honolulu, and as always, we want to know...
Review Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (PS5) - The Best Yakuza Game Ever Made
Finish the fight
If Yakuza: Like a Dragon was SEGA setting up a baton toss so legendary protagonist Kazuma Kiryu could finally retire after eight games' worth of story, then receiver Ichiban Kasuga needs to work on his handling technique. The new kid on the block doesn't just require the Dragon of Dojima to handle a few side stories as his hair...
