SEGA and Sony have announced that a special PlayStation 4 bundle, called the “PlayStation 4 Yakuza 6 Starter Limited Pack”, will be released in Japan. The bundle includes a 500GB PS4, a copy of Yakuza 6 and a Yakuza 6 PlayStation 4 theme. It will be released on December 8 for the price of 35,980 yen (around $344). Another bundle, called the “PlayStation 4 Yakuza 6 Edition”, includes a PlayStation …read more
SEGA of Japan have aired a trailer for the collaboration between the anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica (more specifically the movie Rebellion) and their mobile RPG Chain Chronicle. At the same time SEGA have also launched a new website for the collaboration, as well as a Twitter campaign, asking people to retweet one of SEGA’s tweets 5000 times to earn an SR card of the character Homura (a goal that …read more
SEGA has produced the next main character trailer for Yakuza 0 , featuring the secondary protagonist and fan favorite Goro Majima. Yakuza 0 is going to be an exciting game for Majima. As we all know, the Majima of Yakuza 0 is a very different man compared to the rest of the mainline games. In the preview trailer, we see a man who was tortured by the Yakuza and lost …read more
SEGA’s arcade rhtyhm game Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone will be getting an update on October 27 which will add two news songs and six modules. The two songs are Hibikase (Resonate), produced by Giga-P with lyrics from Reol and an illustration from Key, and Piano x Forte x Scandal, produced by the OSTER Project with an illustration from Kochimu. In terms of modules, new “Phantom Thief” modules …read more
SEGA has released another trailer for Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas, an anime based on their hit mobile game Chain Chronicle. The first three parts of the anime will be screened at theaters around Japan. The first part will be screened on December 3, the second one on January 14, followed by the third and last part on February 11. They’ll then be followed by a full TV anime …read more
While the 20th Anniversary of the Sakura Wars series has come and gone, events are still being held throughout this year to commemorate the storied history of the franchise. First, Cinema City and Kotobukiya are partnering together to screen “Sakura Wars: The Movie” in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Chisa Yokoyama, the voice actor for Sakura Shinguuji, will also be present for a talk segment. The screening begins at 4:30 PM on November …read more
Atlus U.S.A. has sent out a newsletter announcing the Atlus-O-Weenie 2016 Costume Contest, where fans are asked to dress up with an Atlus-themed costume to win various prizes. In addition, those participating in the voting process also get a chance to win a prize. The deadline for the entries is 11/04, and you can find details on how to register on the official website. Keep in mind that the contest is …read more
IGN has reached out to publishers and developers that will be releasing games on the Nintendo Switch, and asked for a comment regarding their plans for the system. SEGA and Atlus are of course part of the companies that will be publishing and developing games for the system, and they both responded to the request. The statements are as follows:
SEGA of Japan have announced a new mobile RPG called Soul Reverse Zero for Android and iOS. The news comes shortly after The World End Eclipse was shut down less than a year after its release. Soul Reverse Zero is being directed and produced by SEGA’s AM2, and is scheduled to be released this fall in Japan. While the game’s premise and artstyle don’t look terribly original, the opening trailer …read more
Deep Silver, SEGA of America and Atlus U.S.A. have announced that both Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse (Atlus) and 7th Dragon III Code: VFD (SEGA) will be released on December 2nd day in Europe and other PAL regions. Both JRPG games will be released exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS, and will be available for €39.99 / £34.99 at retail stores and via digital download. The retail version of 7th Dragon …read more