The Humble Store has launched a new Birthday Sale, and it’s giving people the option to create a SEGA Bundle of their own. Buying 3 or more games from a select list of SEGA games will give you a significant discount on the entire bundle. You get 80% off when buying 3 game, 83% for 4 games and 85% for 5 games. This is the list of available games which you can add to your own bundle:
SEGA has just issued a press release stating that Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live 2nd Stage is now available on the PlayStation Store in Europe and the Americas. The 2nd stage adds 6 new tracks, and also introduces the characters Rin, Len and Luka. You don’t have to own the 1st Stage in order to buy the 2nd one, but do note that the game is only playable with PlayStation VR. If you’d like to learn more about the game, you can read our review of the 1st stage here!
Atlus U.S.A. has released another character introduction trailer for Persona 5, this time featuring the game’s mascot: Morgana. Alongside the trailer we also got a new interview with Cassandra Morris, Morgana’s voice actress. You can watch both videos below, and we also included a short write-up with more information on the character of Morgana, taken from the official press release.
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Major Nelson posted another update today, informing people that Operation Flashpoint: Red River and Guardian Heroes have been made backward compatible for Xbox One. Previously released for Xbox Live Arcade on the Xbox 360, Guardian Heroes was an enhanced version of the original 2D side-scrolling beat ’em up game, which was first released on the Sega Saturn. The Xbox Live Arcade version was ported by Treasure and published by SEGA.
The official Sony PlayStation blog has posted a new article, written by the President and CEO of Enhance Games, Tetsuya Mizuguchi. In the article, Mizuguchi talks about the benefits of playing Rez Infinite on the upcoming PlayStation 4 Pro. Rez Infinite will take advantage of the increased performance offered by the PlayStation 4 Pro at the system’s launch, but what sets it apart is the fact that it will run at a native 4K resolution. Most games offering PlayStation 4 Pro support have resorted to a technique called “checkerboarding” to reach a 4K resolution output, rather than rendering the game at 4K natively. Rez Infinite on the other hand won’t use upscaling and instead renders a 4K resolution directly.
SEGA of Japan have posted 4 new videos for their upcoming Nintendo 3DS game Puyo Puyo Chronicle, an RPG based on the Puyo Puyo puzzle series. The first video shows off the Skill Battle system with a demo by the game’s producer Mizuki Hosoyamada, while the three other videos are commercials featuring Misako Uno and Chiaki Ito. Both are members of the Japanese pop group AAA. Gematsu has translated all the information on the Skill Battle system, so you may want to take a look at their article for more in-depth information!
Vocaloid MEIKO celebrates her 12th anniversary today, and the SEGA feat. Hatsune Miku Project team decided to celebrate the occasion with two new wallpapers, one in the Project DIVA X style and one in the Project DIVA Future Tone style. You can find the 1080P versions of the wallpapers below! You can also find additional mobile versions in the original article on the official blog.
It took a while, but today the SEGA 3D Classics Collection was finally released in Europe! SEGA Europe have released a launch trailer to celebrate the occasion, along with screenshots of the various games included in the bundle. The collection includes a range of classics SEGA games, remastered to take advantage of the 3D display of the Nintendo 3DS. You can find the trailer, screenshots and more details on the games below!
Earlier on, SEGA of Japan had noted that they would be releasing a demo of Valkyria: Azure Revolution to the general public. They have now opened a website where people can pre-register to receive the demo, as well as other bonus items that will be available at the game’s launch. You can pre-register on the official website here, simply by entering your e-mail address. The demo will be released on November 20, but note that you need to register before November 19 if you want to receive it. You’ll probably need a Japanese Playstation Store account to redeem it.
In a recent article, Gematsu points out that Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone has received a rating by the USK, the organization that rates video games in Germany. This suggests that the game will likely be released in Europe and presumably also the Americas. The rhythm game was previously released in Japan as a digital download only, where it offered no less than 220 songs (if you bought both of the DLC packs). As such, it offers a lot more value for money than any of the Project DIVA games that came before it, at least to those who primarily play the rhythm game
Interestingly, the publisher is listed as Atlus U.S.A. rather than SEGA Europe. Until now, SEGA Europe was still listed as the publisher for digital games from Sega of America, such as Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live. It looks like they may not be involved this time. Previously, Deep Silver already took over publishing duties in Europe for the physical games from Sega of America. It should be noted that there’s no official confirmation yet from Sega of America that Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone will be released in the West, but as always we’ll let you know as soon as we have any more information to share!