Even though the Shining series has strayed from its SRPG roots, Sega still has been releasing games in the universe regularly with Shining Blade for the PSP being the most recent. Unfortunately, many of the recent games have not made it to Western shores but their more action-oriented gameplay as…
A famous chef in Japan, Tatsuya Kawagoe, will be making an appearance in Yakuza 5 as a character named Chef Tatsuya. The real Tatsuya Kawagoe is the CEO for a well known company and restaurant he named after himself. In Yakuza 5, Chef Tatsuya is traveling the world looking for unique…
The legendary composer, Yuzo Koshiro, will be making an appearance at next year’s MAGFest. In the Sega world, Koshiro is most known for his work on the Streets of Rage, Shinobi and Shenmue soundtracks. Yeah, those games have some incredibly good music. Koshiro’s appearance will include a Q&A session and…
Last week we listed 10 of our favorite games on the Master System. Unfortunately, that period of happiness and good games had to come to an end eventually as not every game on the 8-bit console was a shining star. In fact, there’s quite a few games on the Master…
In the US, and several other countries, the Sega Master System was largely overshadowed by the NES. With Nintendo’s lock on most third-party developers and an early entry into the market, the Sega Master System didn’t have much of a chance in the 8-bit console wars. While it did have…
We all know of the “classic” Genesis games like Sonic, Phantasy Star, Gunstar Heroes, Shining Force, etc. but with such a huge library of games there has to be some other great games out there too, right? Yes, person who just asked that question, you are correct. In fact, there’s…
In just under 3 weeks since its official launch in Japan, Phantasy Star Online 2 has already received over 730,000 registered users. It appears that Sega’s free-to-play model for the newest game in the PSO series is gaining a big following. If it will be profitable is yet to be…