Categories Posted inin Gameplay Shenmue III gets August 2019 release date Posted byby Mike Minotti August 21, 2018 1 min Sega announced today that Shenmue III is coming out on August 27, 2019. The open-world action-adventure game is releasing on PlayStation 4 and Xbox... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay How Creative Assembly conceived the art for Total War: Three Kingdoms Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 16, 2018 8 min With Total War: Three Kingdoms, the Creative Assembly studio of Sega is branching away from pure history, moving into the realm of legend and... Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Total War: Three Kingdoms hands-on — Escaping a deadly night ambush Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 16, 2018 4 min Total War: Three Kingdoms isn’t coming out until the spring 2019, but Sega’s Creative Assembly studio showed me one of the things that will... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Yakuza 6 joins Yakuza 0 on Steam as Sega continues PC gaming expansion Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 2, 2018 2 min The Yakuza series finally came to PC yesterday when Sega released the prequel Yakuza 0 on Steam. If you’ve already dug into it and... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sega of America taps THQ, Acclaim vet Ian Curran as new president and COO Posted byby Mike Minotti August 1, 2018 1 min Sega of America announced today that Ian Curran is its new president and chief operating officer. Curran has worked for major gaming companies like THQ... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay The RetroBeat: Sonic Mania Plus adds new reasons to play or replay a retro masterpiece Posted byby Mike Minotti July 11, 2018 3 min Sonic Mania was one of my favorite games of 2017. I love Sonic’s 2D classics from the Sega Genesis era, so I was delighted... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Mark Cerny and Amy Hennig: A fireside chat with master game makers Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 8, 2018 35 min Amy Hennig and Mark Cerny are both 53 years old, and they attended the University of California at Berkeley at the same time. And... Continue Reading 35 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Shenmue I & II launch on August 21 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC Posted byby Mike Minotti July 3, 2018 1 min Sega announced today that the Shenmue I & II remasters will be available on August 21 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Both games... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Shawn Layden and Mark Cerny: from Icarus moment to managing 3,000 devs Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 1, 2018 27 min Shawn Layden and Mark Cerny deserve a lot of the credit for why Sony’s PlayStation 4 is sitting at the top of the console... Continue Reading 27 min
Categories Posted inin Business IP owners are too careful, and it’s stifling creativity in games Posted byby GamesBeat June 29, 2018 5 min Popular books, hit films and TV series, characters from graphic novels, and even toys can all be translated into the digital space, allowing fans... Continue Reading 5 min