Going by a release schedule from Sega’s European branch, it appears Gearbox’s Aliens: Colonial Marines will be released within the next three months. The game was originally set for release late last year, but was delayed to sometime this year.
The game was rumored to be cancelled amidst layoffs at the company, but Gearbox head honcho [...]

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Ok guys, I need my horse, my laptop and my gaming mouse. The video here made me totally want to play the game. I haven’t played a Total War version in quite a while and Empire: Total War might be just the thing I need. And it’s not only the terrestrial battles that make me [...]

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Publisher Sega today announced that Creative Assemblys upcoming strategy game Empire: Total Warhas been delayed to early March 2009.
The large scale, Napoleonic-era title was originally expected to hit PC on February 3, 2009. The reason for the delay wasnt provided, but the extra time means more polish, which is always a good thing in my [...]

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Another week, another Virtual Console update, this time with a fan favorite, Earthworm Jim, hitting the service.
While we haven’t seen a new game from the franchise in a while, Earthworm Jim for Sega Genesis, goingfor 800 Wii Points, will definitely satisfy your needs.
But what we really want, is an all new title. Any bets on [...]

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With many countries clamping down on violent games, it appears unlikely that MadWorld, the upcoming ultra-violent action game from PlatinumGames, is going to be released in countries where it isn’t welcome. And that’s what Sega is going to do, too: not release the game in censor-heavy countries.
The publisher knows just [...]

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The Dreamcast may have been one of the greatest consoles of all time (if not the greatest), but it was a commercial failure that caused Sega to back out of the hardware business and focus exclusively on software.
Before the launch of the console, Sega brought in now-EA Sports president Peter Moore as an executive [...]

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Sega has confirmed that Samba de Amigo for the Wii will be the first retail release to support downloadable content on the platform. New tracks will come in the form of 3-song packs, all of them performed by the original artist. The first bundle is slated to arrive when the game launches on September [...]

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Maraca-shaking monkeys are headed to your Wii, as Gearbox Software’s Samba de Amigo will hit North America on September 23 and Europe on September 19.
Publisher Sega also revealed the game’s full list of songs. Below are the Wii-exclusive songs; hit the jump to see the songs which made the jump over from the classic [...]

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Yakuza was an awesome game that got ignored in North America, but sold pretty well in Japan. The sequel has been out there for quite some time now, and it appears Sega will finally bring it stateside on September 9.
Simply dubbed Yakuza 2, the game builds on its predecessor, offering more urban areas to [...]

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Sega of America president Simon Jeffrey recently critiqued how publisher Electronic Arts has handled the core gamer market.
“EA has always struggled with the hardcore gamer,” Jeffery said. “I think they look at Gears of War and Halo and wonder why they can’t do that. EA has to do something about that. They have tried [...]

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Speaking to GameDaily, Sega of America VP of marketing Sean Ratcliffe admitted that criticism towards recent Sonic the Hedgehog titles was not without met.
“Some of that criticism is probably warranted,” he said. “We definitely recognize that a franchise that has been going as long as Sonic, you really have to put a huge amount [...]

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