Normally, when a company posts a profit, it’s cause for celebration. However, when a company posts profits significantly less than the previous year, it becomes a point of investigation. Guess which camp Sega falls into. With a net profit of ¥5.5 billion ($53.4 million/£31.7 million) for the April-June quarter, Sega…
Sony and Sega are to collaborate on a Sonic the Hedgehog movie set to be a hybrid of CG animation and live action. Whilst still early in development, some details have leaked. Evan Susser and Van Robichaux are writing their first feature-length script under the auspices of Neal Moritz, the…
With Brett, Stevie, Scotty and Pocky off to E3, Sega let it be known which of their delights will be on show for our roving gang of Addicts. In a sign of changing times, Sega no longer hosts its own press conference, preferring instead to display upcoming games in a…
Just two days after the reveal of Sticks the Jungle Badger, Sonic’s latest companion, Sega divulged yet more information on the Sonic Boom franchise via a blog post. Rather than watering-down the Wii U title into a 3DS game, Sega have decided to release two discrete games focused, one hopes,…
In news that will delight the naïve and bore the cynical, Sega have once more renewed their hold on the Shenmue trademark. As game companies prepare for E3, with the likes of Sony trademarking ‘Bloodborne’ and Square Enix going for ‘Run! Yankee Spirit’, this is nothing out of the ordinary….
Blake Harris’ newly released ‘Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation’ has been getting a great deal of media coverage in the non-specialist press. As the PR mantle of spin and image control starts to slip with the ravages of time, ‘Console Wars’ provides a wonderful insight…
Sega continues to make its digital propositions more tempting by the month. This time, the iOS remasters of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 have been reduced to 99c/69p (from $2.99/£1.99), with Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed being made available for free. Many will have both Sonic titles on…