This month marks another special day that game companies give back to their fans by simply dropping the prices of their digitally distributed games. SEGA’s Valentine’s Day sale will see a drop in titles for the iOS and Android services, with Sonic CD and Sonic the Hedgehog Episode 1 being cut in half.
Titles that can be purchased for merely $0.99 include classics such as Streets of Rage, Golden Axe (pictured above), Super Monkey Ball, Gunstar Hero, Altered Beast and Virtua Fighter 2. The sale starts today and will run until the 14th, so make sure you take advantage of this love sale.
SEGA’s Sonic appears to follow the patch of the once famous Hollywood actor, now washed out and doing bit pieces in order to scramble some cash together. If it wasn’t enough that we haven’t seen a good Sonic game in many, many years, SEGA has now completely sold out their mascot. As you can see on the video above, Sonic has sunk so low that he’s now doing car commercials.
When the Wii was first announced many gamers thought of the possibilities when it came to first person shooters. While it took a while, High Voltage Software and SEGA answered the cal with The Conduit. Time and time again, this game has been regarded as one of the best FPS titles for the Wii to date.
The game received such critical acclaim that the developers are going on to release a second title appropriately dubbed The Conduit 2. While we’ve heard a bit about the game, we haven’t seen it’s online multiplayer displayed on video. Luckily, High Voltage has come forth today to release a trailer showcasing just that which we’ve included above for your viewing pleasure.
While there are several different tennis simulators currently on the market, SEGA is looking to bring yet another in the form of Virtua Tennis 4. What is known about this game is that Wii MotionPlus, Xbox 360 Kinect and PlayStation Move will all be supported along with a new dynamic camera feature. This dynamic camera will look like a normal tennis game when the ball is on the other side of the court. However, when it’s your turn to smack the ball the camera will switch into first person mode allowing you to precisely return the ball even allowing for special spin maneuver that stay true to the real sport. Seeing how 3D display technology is also gaining a bit of momentum, SEGA has also let us know that they will be giving Virtua Tennis 4 the ability to display gameplay in 3D.
If you were wondering when the game will be released, SEGA has just come forth to announce that Virtua Tennis 4 will be out for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii on May 10th. No word on a European release but we’ll keep you posted.
While the Nintendo Wii has seen countless different FPS titles, The Conduit has largely been considered one of the best. It’s been known for some time that Sega would be working on a sequel appropriately dubbed The Conduit 2 which would be released on March 22nd. Unfortunately, according to Sega, the game will be pushed back from the previously stated March 22nd to April 22nd.
Below the company responds:
“The game is now scheduled for release on April 22, 2011, which allows for [High Voltage] to continue to balance and enhance the game’s multiplayer, one of the key features and focuses during the development of this ambitious sequel.”
Let’s hope that with this delay we see improved gameplay – in that case it won’t be so bad.
Sega has unveiled a new, upcoming FPS called Binary Domain, with a new, pre-rendered trailer showing some action, cut scenes and cheesy dialogue. The game has no official release date, but is scheduled for a 2011 release on the PS3 and Xbox 360, most likely a Holiday 2011 release.
Expect more details on Binary Domain (like, what’s the game about?) early next year, and of course, E3 2011. Hopefully it amounts to more than anther B-game from Sega.
Sega has announced that Sonic 4 has been delayed until late this year, instead of the original release date set for this summer. The delays is due to quality concerns, as Sega would like to give the developers more time to polish the title. Additionally, the company unveiled that Sonic 4 was also coming to the iPhone as well.
If you ever wanted to buy every Sega game, or just perhaps a few of the latest, like Alien Vs. Predator, you can now pick up the Sega mega-pack on Steam for $90. The bundle includes Alien Vs. Predator, Empire: Total War + all expansions, The Club, Stormrise, and a lot more. Check out the bundle on Steam here.
If you’re going to pre-order Sega‘s forthcoming Alpha Protocol you should probably do it at Best Buy. I say this because it was recently announced that the game will be getting a pre-order bonus at the mega retailer. These bonuses include a Hamilton Marksman High-Accuracy Pistol, the Samael Typhoon High Recoil Control SMG and some ammo and mines.
Alpha Protocol will be out for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on June 1st of this year.
