The list of nominees for The Game Awards 2016 has been revealed, and while there’s no game developed by SEGA or Atlus on the list, there are still two games that have some link to the companies. First of all, Enhanced Games’ Rez Infinite, the enhanced port of the original Dreamcast game, is nominated in two categories: “Best VR game” and “Best Music / Sound Design”. The VR port of …read more
Deep Silver, the European publisher for Persona 5, has released a new Game Mechanics trailer for the game. The trailer shows those parts of the game where the main character goes through his daily routines as a young student in Japan. These activities include going to school, hanging out with friends, getting a part-time job, eating meals, training in the gym and much more. You can watch the video below! …read more
SEGA of Japan has launched a survey where they ask fans several questions. In particular, they want to know what you think is SEGA’s “Most memorable work”, the most memorable character and which SEGA creation they would like to see revived (it needs to be product that hasn’t received a new release since January 2014. Not that this work doesn’t necessarily have to be a game franchise, basically anything SEGA …read more
After reviewing Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live’s 1st Stage, it’s now time for my review of the 2nd Stage. Given how much overlap there is between the 1st and 2nd Stage, I’ll only be talking about the differences compared to the 1st Stage here. As such, you may want to read my first review before this one if you’re not familiar with the game.
SEGA of America has officially announced that Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone will be released in the Americas and Europe on January 10, 2017 on the PlayStation 4! This announcement confirms what we basically already knew, given that the game had received a rating in Germany. You can watch the game’s first teaser trailer below, as well as the first screenshots. Like in Japan, Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future …read more
Sony has recently announced 25 games that will be joining the PlayStation Now service, and the list includes the puzzle platform game Catherine from Atlus. Catherine is a rather unique game, and was one of the rare games that was oriented towards adults not just because of its (ultimately tame) suggestive themes. but rather its characters and setting. The game was arguably somewhat of a social experiment, exploring where the …read more
In a recent article, Yakuza Fan points out that Yakuza 6 is on the list of games that will support the PlayStation 4 Pro (illustrated by a “PS4 Pro Enhanced” label), rendering the game at 4K. It’s unclear at this point if it’s native 4K or if they’ll opt for some form of upscaling from 1800P. However, aside from Yakuza 6, the list also includes three other SEGA games: Hatsune …read more
SEGA has announced that they’ll be releasing a demo for Yakuza 6 in Japan which will allow people to play the first chapter of the game. You’ll also be able to visit some of the play spots in the game. In addition, the demo will allow you to transfer the save game data over to the final game when it’s released on December 8, 2016. It’s interesting to see SEGA …read more
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 …read more
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 …read more