This week on Sega Addicts, we discuss everyone’s favorite not-Space Harrier, Galaxy Force II! We discuss how we feel games could best touch on social issues without being preachy, share our list of games we’ve beaten (or come close to beating) in the arcade, and get straight-up “laxative” in this…
This week on Sega Addicts, we discuss Gearbox’s greatest creation, Aliens: Colonial Marines! We also talk a bit about what games have ever made us feel deeply for them and what we have to put in to get something equal out of the experience. To top it off, we…
If you have been following our Splatterweek in full, you will have the impression that we think All Hallow’s Eve is a celebration of little more than Namco’s early ‘90s excesses. Nothing could be further from the truth. Sega have been a vehicle for a wide variety of experiences based…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKR4BDuwZlU&w=560&h=315] Sega have taken the genre ‘sandbox’ somewhat literally with their latest arcade innovation. Eederu Sunaba is an experience based around crafting a landscape from sand. Sensors determine the height and depth of the sandy structures as projectors add features like grass, snow and schools of fish. It’s…
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I don’t mean to be cynical, but I really thought Company of Heroes 2 demolished most of Sega’s other releases in the last fiscal year (which ended March 31st of 2014), but apparently not. Sega announced that their sales have gradually increased yearly and its mainly thanks to their Pachinko…
Most of the news about video games shows decreasing sales and adjustments for the coming fiscal year, and Sega is no exception, with profits down approximately 8% from the previous year; however, Sega still is showing profits of $300M. This is due primarily to the impressive numbers from Total War: Rome 2, Football…