Team South America graces us with their presence this week in The King of Fighters XIV’s cycle of playable character videos. I do like the theme music for this team, and their stage background. Wonder if they will also be a favorite of other players of this game? These are all new characters, so be sure to watch the trailer to see what they’re about. Atlus U.S.A.’s character description immediately …read more
It’s already been one year since the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter was launched, and Ys Net have posted an update on their Kickstarter page to celebrate the occasion. While the video posted with the update uses mostly footage of areas that we’ve already seen before, it does feature Yu Suzuki, who looks back on the work the team has done over the past year.
Like last year, Sony have launched another “Big in Japan” sales for the EU PlayStation Store, which sees a bunch of (mostly) Japanese games sold at a discounted price for the PS4, PS3, PS Vita and PSP. Like last year, we made a list of all the Atlus and Sega games featured in the sales, with their discounted price. Worth noting is that the discount applied for the price in British pound isn’t …read more
SEGA of America have released a demo for 7th Dragon III Code: VFD in the Americas today. You can find it on the Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo 3DS. 7th Dragon III Code: VFD is the latest entry in SEGA’s 7th Dragon series. In the demo you’ll receive a pre-made group of characters with a level cap set to 10. You’ll also be able to transfer the save game from …read more
The Japanese official Sakura Wars website recently posted scheduling details for a 20th anniversary Sakura Wars event. Titled “Chisa Yokoyama’s Sakura Wars 20th Birthday Party”, it will be taking place the weekend of September 23rd-25th – which, incidentally, is the weekend before the franchise’s 20th anniversary on September 27th. That is one extreme party! Across these three days, five different performance and talk events will be held. Each event will …read more
Missed the recent SEGANAMA broadcast with Toshihiro Nagoshi and Hideo Kojima? The archived footage was uploaded to SEGA of Japan’s YouTube account. Check it out below. It runs for a little under two hours, and Hideo Kojima, the guest of honor himself, shows up at around the 38:00 mark, with Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone being demoed before then. After Kojima departs from the show, The World End Eclipse …read more
If there was any doubt that Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X was heading to Europe after the reveal that SEGA Europe would be publishing the game in Australia, someone on the NeoGAF forums has now pointed out that the website for the German rating system USK (basically the German equivalent of the ESRB or PEGI) now also lists a rating for the game:
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE for the Wii U is now available in North America and Europe, and to celebrate the game’s launch, Nintendo have released a new launch trailer for the game, which you can view below. Developed by Atlus and published by Nintendo, the game is a crossover RPG for the Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem series, and it’s probably also the closest thing you’ll get to a …read more
New week, new The King of Fighters XIV team trailer. This one features a trio of new faces. Very colorful people, with the exception of the bleak (but deadly) Kukri. Swanky stage background, too. Reminder that The King of Fighters XIV will be present at the fighting game tournament CEO 2016 both as a competitive event and as a game that can be demoed by players. CEO 2016 is taking …read more
SEGA Europe have uploaded the latest SEGA Central episode to their Youtube channel, which almost entirely consists of an interview with SEGA’s Toshihiro Nagoshi, the man behind the Yakuza series, but also other SEGA games such as Daytona USA, Scud Race and the Super Monkey Ball series. Among other questions, SEGA Central asked Nagoshi about his most memorable moments of the Yakuza series, and also of his entire career in …read more