Atlus has recently published gameplay movies for Persona 5 to their official YouTube account, showing off Persona summons in battle and other important aspects of gameplay, including fishing. These videos arrive ahead of Persona 5’s release in Japan next month (!), while the West will receive the game early next year.
In a recent Seganama broadcast (also featuring Sonic Boom: Fire and Ice, and Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X), Toshihiro Nagoshi broached the possibility of remasters of Yakuza 2 through Yakuza 5 on Playstation 4. These comments come in response to strong sales of Yakuza Kiwami, the ground-up remake of the first game for Playstation 4. Of Sega’s Japanese brands that have a presence in the console games market segment, Yakuza …read more
Last year, SEGA announced that Chain Chronicles would be getting another anime, titled Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas. The first trailer for the anime boosted rather impressive animation, but unfortunately the video encoding left something to be desired SEGA has now revealed a new trailer, and this time the video is properly encoded and gives us a better look at what we can expect from the anime. So far, …read more
In light of its 20th anniversary this year, the Sakura Wars series has seen several crossover projects with other games, including Granblue Fantasy and Phantasy Star Online 2. At a recent event for their hit mobile game Chain Chronicle, SEGA has now announced that the game will also be getting a crossover with the Sakura Wars series. Few details are known at this point, but SEGA did launch a new …read more
It might seem like it’s been a while since we’ve seen an official update from the Shenmue III team. Recently, an interview with Keiji Okayasu was released by the team, announcing his new role as sub-director for Shenmue III’s development. While Keiji Okayasu works for studiofake (established towards the end of Shenmue II’s development), and Yu Suzuki still maintains his position as main director over Shenmue III, Suzuki approached Okayasu …read more
Earlier on during the Japanese release of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X, SEGA included an exclusive air hostess module (named “CA Style A”) for Hatsune Miku as a preorder bonus for the game. A variation of the module, named “CA Style 39”, was included with Famitsu. These two modules were part of a deal with Japanese airline company Air Do, and they will now be made available for free for …read more
Blade Arcus From Shining: Battle Arena is now available for purchase on Steam, following its official announcement not too long ago. The game is a port of the arcade game Blade Arcus from Shining EX, and was brought to the West by developer Saizensen, with the help of Deciga Games. Following the surprise announcement, fans had several questions regarding the port. Below you can also find a series of answers to …read more
This week’s The King of Fighters XIV trailer features Team Psycho Soldier. Everyone here should be familiar to KOF fans. The composition of this team – Athena, Sie, Chin – surpasses the force of time itself. Athena has been an idol forever, Kensou has been in love with with Athena forever, Chin has been…in love with alcohol forever. Don’t ruin a good thing, right? Unless you want to go for …read more
On August 3rd in Japan, Puyo Puyo Tsu will be available for purchase on the Japanese Nintendo 3DS eShop, per an announcement from SEGA of Japan. It will cost 800円. This release of Puyo Puyo Tsu is independent from the recent inclusion of 3D Puyo Puyo Tsu on the SEGA Reprint Archives Volume 2 (known as the Sega 3D Classics Collection in the Americas), which released in Japan last December …read more
Sony have announced their monthly lineup of free games for PS Plus subscribers, and it includes Yakuza 5 (PS3) for both the US and EU! For those who haven’t played the game yet (and have a PS3 and PS Plus subscription), it’s the perfect occasion to give the game a try and prepare for the upcoming Yakuza 0, which received its release date for the West today. We included the …read more