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Shinobi | Extraction director Sam Hargrave to tackle Sega's arcade classic

by Dan Cooper | Oct 09, 2024 | News

Extraction director Sam Hargrave is to adapt the classic Sega ninja action game, Shinobi, into a big screen ninja action movie....

Crazy Taxi | Sega's reboot will be a multiplayer online racer

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 02, 2024 | News

A reboot of the classic arcade game, Sega's Crazy Taxi will be an online MMO with players driving pursuit vehicles as well as private hire cars....

Golden Axe | Sega's classic fantasy brawler game is to become an animated TV series

by Ryan Lambie | Apr 17, 2024 | Gaming, News, TV

Classic arcade beat-'em-up Golden Axe is to become a 10-part animated TV series on Comedy Central....

8 classic Sega games we’d like to see turned into movies

by Ryan Lambie | Nov 16, 2023 | Feature, Gaming

As Sega’s boss talks about turning more of its old games into movies following Sonic’s success, we’ve come up with a few not-entirely-serious sugge...

Sega wants to make more of its games into movies following Sonic success

by Ryan Lambie | Nov 16, 2023 | Gaming, News

Sonic The Hedgehog's big-screen success has left Sega boss Shuji Utsumi thinking about which of its other "major IPs" could be adapted into movies and...

Hyenas preview | Could have been one of the best arena shooters of recent years

by Ignas Vieversys | Oct 02, 2023 | Feature, Gaming, Previews

Abruptly cancelled last week, Hyenas had the potential to be a great arena shooter. Here’s a beta tester’s preview of a game we’ll never get to play.

Hyenas | Sega has cancelled Creative Assembly's multiplayer shooter

by Ryan Lambie | Sep 28, 2023 | Gaming, News

In a surprise move, Sega has confirmed that it has cancelled Creative Assembly's upcoming multiplayer shooter, Hyenas.

Like A Dragon Gaiden contains a club with live-action 'sexy scenes'

by Ryan Lambie | Sep 08, 2023 | Gaming, News

Like A Dragon Gaiden will feature a club where the player can romance hostesses and trigger 'sexy' live-action scenes. What year is it again?

SegaWorld London: remembering the beginning of the end of an era

by Alan Wen | Sep 07, 2023 | Feature, Gaming, Opinions

On the 27th anniversary of its opening, Alan Wen remembers Sega’s futuristic indoor theme park, SegaWorld London, and an old childhood friendship.

Hyenas | "We are striving to improve the quality" of Creative Assembly's upcoming shooter, says Sega

by Ryan Lambie | Aug 17, 2023 | Gaming, News

Describing Creative Assembly's upcoming multiplayer shooter Hyenas as "challenging," Sega says it's "striving to improve" the game ahead of release.

Segagaga: Exploring Sega’s 2001 game about its own baffling business decisions

by Steven Tucker | Jul 18, 2023 | Feature, Gaming

Sega’s baffling business decisions are nothing new: in 2001, it made an entire game about them - the Japan-only RPG parody, Segagaga.

Sega Saturn Mini | We'll have to wait a 'little longer' before we see one, says Sega executive

by Lewis Packwood | Jul 17, 2023 | Gaming, News

Sega president and COO Yukio Sugino has said the Saturn's 'high performance' makes it difficult to miniaturise.

Sega | "classic" IP being turned into a Web3 blockchain game

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 10, 2023 | Gaming, News

A blockchain firm has announced a deal with Sega to bring one of the latter's "popular" properties to a Web3 gaming platform.

Sega reins in its plans for "boring" blockchain gaming

by Lewis Packwood | Jul 07, 2023 | Gaming, News

Sega has shelved some of its to develop games based on the blockchain. “What’s the point if games are no fun?” said Sega co-COO Shuji Utsumi.

Microsoft once had plans to buy Sega, court documents show

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 27, 2023 | Gaming, News

Internal documents appear to show that Microsoft came close to buying Sega in 2020, and had numerous other big-name studios on a list of potential acquisitions.

Sega of America workers vote to unionise

by Lewis Packwood | Apr 25, 2023 | Gaming, News

Sega of America's workers have voted to unionise, with staff at the company's California headquarters citing a "lack of control over our own working conditions."

Sega makes $1 billion deal to buy Rovio, maker of Angry Birds

by Ryan Lambie | Apr 17, 2023 | Gaming, News

"I feel blessed to announce such a transaction with Rovio," Sega's boss says of a $1 billion deal to buy the maker of Angry Birds.

E3 2023 | Sega and Tencent among latest names to back out

by Ryan Lambie | Mar 29, 2023 | Gaming, News

E3 2023's event line-up takes another hit, as Sega and Tencent join Ubisoft in their withdrawal from the expo.

Sonic Origins Plus adds Game Gear titles and more

by Ryan Lambie | Mar 23, 2023 | Gaming, News

Sonic Origins Plus will reportedly add a wealth of hard-to-find Game Gear handheld titles, and a playable Amy Rose, to the retro mix.

The bygone joy of bespoke arcade cabinets

by Stuart Campbell | Mar 14, 2023 | Feature, Gaming

Generic cabinets may have saved arcade owners money, but the true magic lay in bespoke coin-ops. Stuart charts their rise, fall and return.

Mega Drive: The indie devs still making games for Sega's 16-bit console

by Ryan Lambie | Jan 17, 2023 | Feature, Gaming

Years after its nineties heyday, Sega’s 16-bit console is still getting new games. We chat with some of the people behind its thriving indie dev scene