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Sega is developing a live-action movie adaptation of Yakuza

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Sega is officially developing a live-action movie adaptation of its bestselling Yakuza video game franchise with production companies 1212 Entertainment and Wild Sheep Content. According to Variety, Erik Barmack, Roberto Grande and Joshua Long will produce the live-action adaptation of the video game series, but no writers or director have been attached to the project as of yet. […]

Crunchyroll and Adult Swim team for anime adaptation of SEGA’s Shenmue

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Crunchyroll has announced that it is partnering with Adult Swim for an anime series based upon the beloved SEGA video game franchise Shenmue. “The first Shenmue video game was released more than twenty years ago and we’re so excited to be working again with Adult Swim to bring this franchise to life through anime,” said […]

Fist of The North Star LEGENDS ReVIVE x Virtua Fighter collaboration event starts this week

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SEGA will be releasing a new collaboration event for Fist of The North Star LEGENDS ReVIVE that sees two characters from the iconic fighting game Virtua Fighter join the lineup.  A new trailer can be seen below showing these classic characters in action. With this collaboration event the martial art styles of Hokuto Shinken and […]

Shinobi and Fantasy Zone coming to SEGA AGES on Nintendo Switch this January

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Shinobi and Fantasy Zone were two very popular arcade games back in those heady neon days of the 1980s and these are the latest two games coming to SEGA AGES on the Nintendo Switch on 23rd January.  These latest two titles join a growing list of all time classic SEGA games available on the Switch, including Space […]

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD now available

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SEGA has today announced the launch of Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD on Xbox One, Playstation 4 and Nintendo Switch.  Originally released on the Wii back in 2006, Super Monkey Ball will provide players with plenty of single player levels, multiplayer fun, self-aware monkeys and, for the first time ever, Sonic the Hedgehog as a speedy […]

Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 coming to mobile devices

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Sonic the Hedgehog and pals are getting ready for Tokyo 2020, with SEGA releasing the first trailer for the upcoming video game Sonic at the Olympic Games, which will hit mobile devices next year to coincide with the iconic sporting event. Watch the gameplay trailer here… Sonic at the Olympic Games – Tokyo 2020 will be […]

First part of the Yakuza Remastered Collection available now on Playstation Store

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Players are now able to complete the journey of the dragon as The Yakuza Remastered Collection brings the final missing chapters in Kiryu’s story to the PlayStation 4 starting with Yakuza 3 which is available now on the Playstation Store with the purchase of the collection.  Yakuza 4 is scheduled to release on 29th October with Yakuza 5 following […]

SEGA addresses Sonic the Hedgehog movie backlash and redesign

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Unlike the likes of Ubisoft (which now has its own film department) and Nintendo (notoriously protective of its IP since 1993’s Super Mario Bros.), fellow video game giant SEGA is taking a much more hands off approach with regards to Hollywood adaptations of its various properties, including Paramount’s upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog movie. Speaking to […]

Sega Mega Drive Mini delayed in Europe and the Middle East until October

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Sega has delayed the release date of the Mega Drive Mini in Europe and the Middle East by two weeks, now launching on 4th October instead of its initial 19th September date. Sega announced the news in a tweet, stating the reason for the delay is ‘unavoidable logistical challenges’. https://twitter.com/SEGA_Europe/status/1155825449500647424 A Sega spokesperson issued this […]