The move several were predicting is apparently official. According to a translation of Japanese business website nikkei.com, Index Corporation, the parent company of Atlus, has been purchased by Sega Sammy Holdings for 14 billion yen, roughly 140 million US dollars. The transfer is supposedly going to be finalized on November…
The fine folks at Hyperkin have finally opened pre-orders for their newest project: The RetroN 5. The multi-format wonder-machine is a retro emulation dream come true. It includes five cartridge slots for NES, SNES, Genesis, Game Boy and Game Boy Advance. It also includes a wireless controller, as well as…
Did you know Gunstar Heroes just celebrated its 20th anniversary this past Monday? I completely missed this important date, despite it being one of my all time favorite games. The good people at OverClocked ReMix didn’t forget about it, though. Instead they released a new tribute album. Be Aggressive! consists…
It seems there may have been some confusion within the estranged mind of your humble Sega Addicts news editor, as what was thought to have been the immediate global release of Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate: Core Fighters was in fact limited to particular areas of the world. In fact, after…
When Capcom closed Clover Studios, almost the entire team re-emerged under the name of Platinum Games and gave us many incredible titles in this generation of consoles. Most of them were published by Sega, with Konami’s Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance being the only exception. And now starts a new chapter…
In this week’s Famitsu it was revealed that the Phantasy Star Nova team has over 70 tri-Ace staff members and over 200 additional people who are also involved with the game’s development process. Phantasy Star Nova keeps sounding better and better with every new detail. It’s been a long time…
Don’t panic! It’s only the penultimate ‘What We’ve Been Playing’! You know, that thing where I let you guys know what some of writers of Sega Addicts have been up to? Wait.. it’s the penultimate one? OK EVERYONE PANIC! HIT THE JUMP AND ENJOY IT WHILE IT LASTS!!!