Sonic Boom uses CryEngine to achieve 'lush, tropical, beachy' look
Sonic Boom is yet another reboot of Sega's classic mascot. Developed by Big Red Button, the upcoming Nintendo exclusive features redesigned...
READ MORE >Hatsune Miku to join Lady Gaga concerts
Popular Japanese vocaloid mascot Hatsune Miku is joining Lady Gaga to open her ARTPOP Ball concerts. For the unfamiliar, she’s a singing synthesizer that's represented as a 16 year old girl with turquoise hair. Sega publishes numerous games starring her and other vocaloids...
READ MORE >Alien: Isolation video shows off 1970s tech, reveals importance of VHS
“This isn’t a world of holograms and touchscreens; there’s no sense here that technology is going to save you.” creative lead Alistair Hope says in a new developer diary video. “It’s a world very much of CRT, not LCD.”
READ MORE >"Please don't suck! I had no idea it would be this authentic; it looks and sounds great."
see all 17 commentsApril Fools: Phantasy Star Online stars in (very late) Flappy Bird clone
Phantasy Star Online's Rag Rappy is late to the Flappy Bird phenomenon, but you can fly him through Sonic's Green Hill Zone in a new Flash game called Rappy Bird.
READ MORE >"What I want to know is why they didn't make Flicky Bird. I mean c'mon, it's right there!"
see all 4 commentsAlien: Isolation begins its hunt October 7
Alien: Isolation has been given a release date of October 7.
READ MORE >"this has to be nuked, its linked as the main comment on the news page."
see all 8 commentsCompany of Heroes 2: The Western Front Armies is a standalone trip back to the original
Sega and Relic Entertainment have announced Company of Heroes 2: The Western Front Armies, a standalone multiplayer game that takes players back to the setting of the original Company of Heroes.
READ MORE >"Nice, I've been wishing the older armies were available. Hopefully the British and German ..."
see all 2 commentsTotal War: Rome 2 gets free 'Seasons & Wonders' update, plus Hannibal DLC
The Creative Assembly has a double dose of content for Total War: Rome 2 today in the form of the $14.99 'Hannibal at the Gates' DLC expansion and the significantly-less $0.00 'Seasons & Wonders' update.
READ MORE >DualShock turns into motion tracker in PS4 version of Alien: Isolation
"Isolation takes advantage of DualShock 4's light bar to mirror the signal on the motion tracker," creative lead Alistair Hope said.
READ MORE >"But yeah the gamepad would be made for this game. Could be integrated in to core gameplay just ..."
see all 17 commentsHatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd coming west
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd, the sequel to last year's rhythm game, is coming to America.
READ MORE >"But you can do really cool shit with just buttons and knobs though ..."
see all 7 commentsAlien: Isolation preview: extra terrifying
The Creative Assembly wasn't kidding when they said they made a smarter Xenomorph. In fact, after going hands-on with Alien: Isolation at GDC 2014, it's almost safe to say that the studio might have actually made the alien too smart. And that's bad news for players hoping to...
READ MORE >"I loved the do or die QTE in RE4 when you're running from the boulder. That made sense as button ..."
see all 12 commentsSonic Boom's first character redesigns were 'more alien and different'
Sonic Boom is making some bold revisions to Sonic and the gang, but earlier versions of the redesigns were even more radical and tempered by Sega's Sonic Team.
READ MORE >"Whenever I fire up Sonic 1, 2, 3 or Sonic CD I get immediately that great Sonic feeling. The ..."
see all 13 commentsSega Humble Bundle offering 10 games for charities
Sega is the subject of this week's Humble Bundle sale, and it's offering up to ten games split across three different pricing tiers, with proceeds going towards various charities.
READ MORE >"Isn't it $1 minimum for the first tier, and $5.99 to also get the second tier?"
see all 5 commentsTotal War: Rome 2 'Hannibal at the Gates' DLC crashes in on March 27
The next major Total War: Rome 2 expansion is 'Hannibal at the Gates' and will introduce new playable factions, a new campaign map, new units, and more, as players can begin reenacting the great conflict between Scipio and Hannibal on March 27.
READ MORE >"It'd be awesome if they made politics in any way meaningful, fixed siege AI, fixed naval battles ..."
see all 3 commentsFree-to-play Crazy Taxi: City Rush announced for mobile
Crazy Taxi: City Rush, a free-to-play mobile game based on Sega's classic franchise, is coming later this year.
READ MORE >Alien: Isolation trailer extols unscripted AI
"As soon as the player can predict a pattern in the Alien, it stops being scary," Alien: Isolation designer Gary Napper says in a new video developer diary. "Depending on cautious players are, we've seen encounters ... last well over 30 minutes in some cases, and this just c...
READ MORE >"Pre-Alpha footage = will look nowhere near as good as this* *Please see 'way way pre-Alpha' ..."
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"Sega publishes numerous games starring her and other vocaloids."
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