July 2010

Features

Not-So-Classic Games: Time Killers

Have you ever had a great idea, but in the end your idea turned out to be a really bad one? This unfortunate scenario happened to Incredible Technologies when they decided to port their arcade game Time Killers to the Sega Genesis. This game is broken on many levels, and…

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Vanquish slated for October 21 in Japan

Famitsu has revealed in their latest issue that both the PS3 and the XBox 360 versions of Platinum Games’ Vanquish will be released in Japan on October 21st. Unfortunately, this info doesn’t come packaged with any specifics for the western release (“winter” is all we get), but VG247 did manage to…

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Sega will not be attending Gamescom 2010

In an incredibly disappointing move, it appears that for “commercial” reasons Sega will not be one of the exhibitors at this year’s Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. After a pretty strong showing at E3, with Vanquish, Sonic Colors, Sonic 4 and Shogun 2 all looking incredibly promising efforts, it’s a huge…

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Sega won’t be doing Alpha Protocol sequel

For those of you who are already hankering for another heaping helping of run-up-and-punch AI, I’m about to snatch your swirly lollipop. In a recent interview with CVG, SEGA West President Mike Hayes announced SEGA will not be publishing a sequel to Obsidian Entertainment’s RPG, Alpha Protocol, despite the game’s “brilliant”…