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Sonic & The Black Knight unveiled

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:37:52 +0000

A post over at Neogaf shows that the newest Sonic game is titled “Sonic and the Black Knight” and features Sonic holding a sword. Read that again for me. Sonic + Sword. I have no idea what goes on with Sega these days.

Here’s what we know so far: It is a Wii exclusive Sonic adventure and Sonic will indeed be holding/using that sword. At least it aint a gun…oh wait…

Image Source via NEOGAF

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Sega’s Master System joins the Wii Virtual Console

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:32:44 +0000

Sega has announced that it will begin shortly distribution of Master System titles on Nintendo’s Virtual Console service. Sega currently distributes via the Virtual Console a large library of classics for its once successful 16-bit Mega Drive (aka Genesis in America).

The Master System is the 8-bit predecessor to the Genesis/Mega Drive which was released opposite the NES and, while popular in Europe, failed to take the spotlight from the Nintendo console elsewhere.

In addition to games that were originally released for the Master System platform, Sega’s Virtual Console Master System distribution will also include titles for the Sega Mark III and Game Gear platforms. Mark III was a Japanese predecessor of sorts for the Master System. Game Gear was, of course, Sega’s answer to the Game Boy.

Master System titles will begin appearing on the Japanese Virtual Console some time in February with Fist of the North Star (600 Wii points) and Fantasy Zone (500 Wii points).

Sega also plans on distributing Master System titles on the Europen and North American VC services. We’ll have details as soon as they’re available.

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Sega Announces Game Lineup, License

admin — Fri, 18 May 2007 13:00:08 +0000

Sega has been in the headlines numberous times this week. First, the game maker announced their 2007-2008 game lineup giving us a good idea of what to expect as far and their games go and the general direction of the company. Here’s a list of games that will be released:

Condemned 2: Bloodshot (Xbox 360, PS3)
Ghost Squad (Wii)
Happy Tree Friends False Alarm (XBLA, PC)
Universe at War: Earth Assault (PC)
Unnamed RPG in development with Gas Powered Games

Sega also announced this week that, like many other games studios, they would be licensing the Unreal 3 game engine for upcoming titles. The engine from Epic is one of the most powerful engines on the market and should take their games to another level graphically.

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