Why Sonic Mania matters more than the next ‘real’ Sonic game
Late Friday night, Sega showed off trailers for two new Sonic games to celebrate the franchise’s 25th anniversary during the San Diego Comic-Con. One...
Why it’s hard to go from building games on console to mobile
It’s exceedingly hard to take a hit game franchise on consoles and make it successful on mobile devices. Pokémon Go has made that seem easy, but...
Why Amplitude chose Sega’s strategy-studio stable
Sega’s acquisition of strategy game house Amplitude Studios on Tuesday set up the publisher’s European arm as a strategy-gaming powerhouse. The move is interesting...
Persona 5 gets European distribution help from Saints Row publisher Deep Silver
Sega is getting help from a company with strong resources in Europe to help release some of the most anticipated Japanese role-playing games. Sega...
Sega buys Amplitude Studios and its hit Endless strategy-game series
Sega is already a big player on the strategy-game scene thanks to The Creative Assembly, the makers of the Total War franchise, and Relic...
Dawn of War III is Relic’s long-awaited return to Warhammer 40,000
Space marines, Orks, and the Eldar about to clash again on a mysterious planet called Acheron. The combat will be beautiful and intense. Welcome,...
Japan is getting a VR zombie-shooting warehouse
Virtual reality is cool because it can put strange new worlds in front of you while you sit at your desk or walk around...
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III announced with a rain of corpses
You know a teaser is epic when it ends with a melodic siren. A reveal trailer for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III came...
Sega confirms layoffs in Western mobile division to focus on its famous characters
Sega confirmed to GamesBeat that it has handed out layoffs at Sega Networks, its mobile division in the West. The company attributes the changes...
Total War Battles: Kingdom takes epic war strategy franchise to free-to-play mobile
Total War Battles: Kingdom will soon be able to find you wherever you play games. The free-to-play epic battle-strategy game from Sega’s The Creative...