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Chain Chronicles Will be Getting a TV Anime Series

Draikin December 7, 2015 1 Reply

A lot of mobile game announcements are coming from Sega Networks’ Fan Kanshasai Festival today, and one of them is that Chain Chronicles, after already getting an 8-episode OVA in 2014, will also be getting its own TV anime series called “Chain Chronicles: Hekuseitasu no Hikari”, which can be translated as “Chain Chronicles: Light of Haecceitas”. The “Haecceitas” part is actually Latin, and refers to the “essence” of a person, or what makes that person an individual.

The trailer actually looks quite impressive, not only showing high-quality animation but also CG that doesn’t look out of place (too often the use of CG in anime can produce some very awkward results). But unfortunately whoever encoded the video didn’t do a particularly good job. There are a ton of interlacing artifacts remaining, which completely ruins the image quality of an otherwise great looking trailer.

SEGA Reveals First Trailer for “Liberation of the Blue Sky”

Draikin December 7, 2015 Leave a reply

We talked about the newly announced mobile game from SEGA, “Liberation of the Blue Sky”, in a previous article. During the Sega Networks’ Fan Kanshasai Festival, SEGA showed the first trailer for the game. showing some of the gameplay elements we talked about before. The theme song featured in the trailer was done by AKINO with bless4. You can take a look at the trailer here:

SEGA Reveals First Teaser TV Commercial And PS Vita Boxart for Project DIVA X

Draikin December 7, 2015 Leave a reply

SEGA has posted a (very short) teaser TV commercial for Project DIVA X on their Youtube channel. It features the song “First Sound” by almo. You can watch the teaser below. At the same time, SEGA also revealed the boxart for the PS Vita version. As usual, the illustration for the boxart was done by KEI (who also created the original illustrations for the Sega Hard Girls). The Arcade Aime card included as a preorder bonus will be also using the same artwork. You can take a look at them here:

More Rez Infinite Screenshots and Details Revealed

Draikin December 6, 2015 1 Reply

There’s a new post over on the official US PlayStation blog where Tetsuya Mizuguchi talks about Rez Infinite. It’s well worth a read, as it reveals among other things that the game will have both a VR Mode and a regular mode where you can just play the game on a TV. Below you can find a quote from Mizuguchi that explains why this version of the game will be the closest to what the team had originally envisioned, as well as a bunch of newly released HD screenshots of the game.

More Yakuza 0 Details Revealed While Confusion Abounds Over EU Release

Draikin December 6, 2015 1 Reply

We’re getting some mixed messages over a potential EU release for Yakuza 0. While SEGA’s official Twitter account mentioned that they’re unable to confirm a EU release, Eurogamer pointed out that the trailer featured on the official PlayStation Youtube channel clearly mentions the game is coming to Europe as well. On the other hand, the US trailer on the official Sega of America Youtube channel only mentions the release for the Americas. It’s certainly odd to see the conflicting statements, so we hope SEGA will clarify the situation soon.

Rez Infinite Announced for PlayStation VR at PSX 2015!

Draikin December 5, 2015 Leave a reply

We just got a surprise announcement at PlayStation Experience 2015, as Tetsuya Mizuguchi himself appeared on stage to show Rez Infinite on PlayStation VR! Running in true 1080P, the game appears to be a port of Rez HD (in itself an HD remake of the original Dreamcast game), but this time playable on PlayStation VR! We’ll post more details as they become available!

UPDATE: PlayStation Lifestyle uploaded the demo shown at PlayStation Experience to their Youtube channel, you can view it below!

Yakuza 0 Confirmed for the West on PS4, Yakuza 5 Releasing on December 8th! (UPDATED)

Draikin December 5, 2015 1 Reply

At PlayStation Experience 2015, Gio Corsi has just announced that Yakuza 0 will be heading to the west! At the same time, he also confirmed that Yakuza 5 has also been confirmed for a release on December 8th.

It’s interesting to see that SEGA didn’t wait to see how well Yakuza 5 sells before announcing Yakuza 0. Not that we’re complaining! For now, that’s all we have, but we’ll provide more updates as they become available!

UPDATE: the Yakuza 0 trailer shown at PlayStation Experience can be found below!

UPDATE 2: InTheSky pointed out that Atlus PR Manager John Hardin confirmed both a physical and digital release! There’s been no word on a EU release so far.

UPDATE 3: EU release is uncertain, here’s what SEGA tweeted to their EU fans:

We know the Yakuza series is loved by all its fans in Europe but unfortunately at this time we’re not able to confirm a Yakuza 0 EU release.

The official English website has also been revealed, and can be found here: http://yakuza.sega.com/yakuza0/

Sega-Sammy Slashes Profits Forecast by 90% for This Fiscal Year

Draikin December 5, 2015 Leave a reply

Sega-Sammy Holdings Inc. has announced that it will be adjusting the profit forecast for this fiscal year, ending March 2016. While the company expected a 19,000 million yen profit (~154 million USD), it now expects to earn only 2,000 million yen (~16 million USD). Sega-Sammy Holding’s CEO Hajime Satomi recently apologized to shareholders and investors for the Group’s failure to meet their targets for the third consecutive year.

Sega-Sammy’s primary source of income remains the Pachislot and Pachinko Machines Business, but it hasn’t been performing quite as well as it did before. However, it’s the Entertainment Contents business that really underperformed for Sega-Sammy. In their official statement, the company points out three main reasons for these disappointing results. One is the delay of key titles (such as Persona 5). Secondly, some newly released titles did not meet expectations (though they didn’t state which ones). Lastly, there’s the increasing competition in the mobile games market. Mobile games were typically cheap and fast to produce relative to their console counterparts, but this situation is rapidly changing. Sega-Sammy points out that people expect higher-quality content now, and this leads to longer development times.

To reverse the situation, Sega-Sammy points out their recent efforts in their structural reform to improve profitability, and they will be discussing further initiatives internally that target all of their businesses. They plan to present the entire overview when they announce their full year results for the fiscal year ending March 2016 (scheduled in May 2016).

SEGA’s “Liberation of the Blue Sky” Turns Out to be a Mobile RPG

Draikin December 5, 2015 1 Reply

SEGA recently registered a trademark for “Soukuu no Liberation” (‘Liberation of the Blue Sky’), which had people speculating about what game the title could be referring to. SEGA has now officially revealed the game, and it turns out to be a new mobile RPG for iOS and Android. This probably won’t be too much of a surprise, given how SEGA has been churning out a lot of mobile games over the past years. The story involves the hero “Loran” as he attempts to lead an army to retake the Imperial city from an invading force. He signs a contract with Queen Rivera from the Underworld (who appears to be another major character in the game) which gives Loran access to a power to crystallize monsters.

Meet the Supporting Cast of Yakuza 5

Draikin December 3, 2015 1 Reply

Sega has issued some new press materials for Yakuza 5’s English release that detail some of its supporting cast. Yakuza is known for cool gameplay traits like its evolving combat systems and minigames, but Yakuza is still also a story-heavy franchise, so its many characters are important in creating a rich mythology to engross fans with.

Continue reading to browse some cast profiles! Character descriptions drafted by SEGA are provided via this heypoorplayer article. We also have an image gallery of our own for you to check out at the end of the article after all of the character descriptions.