Legendary developer publisher Sega has released their latest integrated sales report, giving us a look at some of the incredible numbers that have been reached to date by their most successful flagship franchises, first-party or otherwise.T...

One of the cooler bonuses in Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise is the ability to play the game as Yakuza protagonist Kiryu Kazuma. It brings an entirely different light to the game that further cements its development by Sega's Ryu Ga G...

For many western '80s kids, Akira was their first introduction to anime, with Katsuhiro Otomo's dystopian classic being one of the first anime movies to get a major push by the mainstream media. For me, however, my first anime encounter was...

Golden Axe, Sega's classic scrolling brawler from 1989, is to be immortalised on stage in the form a play, written and performed by Japanese collective Spiral Chariots.The old-school arcade classic, which sees three heroes on a quest to def...

Team Sonic Racing was originally slated for winter 2018, but that may have changed based on a booklet distributed at the IgroMir Expo in Russia. According to an attendee the booklet notes that Team Sonic Racing is now due in 2019. It could ...

Persona, Catherine and Etrian Odyssey publisher Atlus has had a shake-up at the top of its corporate structure, bringing in head honchos from Sega to oversee operations and projects from both video game industry corporations.Ian Curran, the...

Dtoid is the best gaming site around -- no contest! Except this contest. Which is for Valkyria Chronicles 4 for Steam. Can you believe that, after a month and a half of giving out free games every single day, I haven't given out a single on...

Shenmue 1 + 2 were just re-released for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and Shenmue 3 is slated for an August 2019 release on PC and PS4. You might notice that the Switch is completely out of the equation, but according to Sega localization tea...

A new console generation, a new Sega compilation. That seems to be the mantra Sega has adopted with its back catalog. Unlike Nintendo’s drip-feed approach to Virtual Console (RIP) or Sony’s refusal to even allow for backward com...

Hello folks! The lovely folks at Sega have given us a copy for each of the consoles! A copy of what you ask? The sequel to the beloved Valkyria Chronicles series, silly! That's right, we have one copy for each system of Valkyria Chronicles ...

Total War: Three Kingdoms will unleash Lu Bu on March 6, 2019. Pre-orders are now available for the game and anyone that does so will receive the "Yellow Turban Rebellion" scenario pack (this will also be available as extra DLC on release)....

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios unleashed two trailers for the upcoming Ryu Ga Gotoku Online (aka Yakuza Online) at TGS yesterday and it contains one hell of a sight for fans of the series. Apparently, Haruka has had enough of everyone's nonsense, be...

It's been a while since we heard any news on the Sega Mega Drive Mini, yet another nostalgic console which is currently in development for the Japanese market. Today sees some good news and some bad news on this 16-Bit re-release.Sega has a...

Sega has released the opening movie to the upcoming detective brawler known as Project JUDGE, currently in development for PS4 by the face-smashers at Team Yakuza.The bemusing two-minute intro features multiple characters, including our har...

The recently released Sega Genesis Classics compilation is heading to Switch soon. Sega announced the collection with a release window of Winter 2018 for Nintendo's console. Being on the Switch, players will be able to split their joy-con f...

Sega has released more details and screens related to its upcoming asphalt-searing title Team Sonic Racing. The new info gives us a better look at the recently-revealed Team Vector as well as the many modes headed to the title this December...

If you were to tell me that your Uncle Who Totally Works At Sega said that Valkyria Chronicles 4, the latest game in the tactical role-playing franchise, was actually developed in 2009 as the original sequel to 2008's Valkyria Chronicles, a...

Sonic will be continuing its "SEGA Ages" line-up on Switch with five more Genesis classics. Announced via this week's Famitsu magazine in Japan, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Space Harrier, Columns II, Out Run, and Thunder Force AC will be availabl...

Even if I never end up playing the new Space Channel 5 designed solely for virtual reality, the knowledge that the rhythm series is alive and well in 2018 in any capacity warms my heart. Between this and the niche-PSP-series-turned-VR-game ...

With the Tokyo Game Show still a few weeks away, I didn't expect to hear anything about Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios' (Yakuza devs) new game until then. With all the Pre-TGS info coming out, we now know exactly what that game is. Going as Project ...

Die-hard Sonic the Hedgehog fans might want to start putting some pennies aside, as statue-makers First 4 Figures have revealed a colourful new diorama model starring the famous blue blur in action.The model, standing 11 inches in height, f...

[UPDATE: Sega has recently released a tweet announcing that the Shenmue I & II patch has been delayed, it will now be released sometime during the week of September 17. The publisher apologised for the delay, saying that they wanted "to...

It's still kind of surreal to me that the Yakuza series is actually popular in the West. I've been playing them for roughly one-third of my life and I never expected the series to break beyond its niche. It has truly been a wild ride and I'...

Last year's sudden resurgence of Windjammers blew right over my head. I never owned a Neo Geo as a child, don't keep up with the crew at Giant Bomb, and am certainly not French. So when it reappeared in the spotlight last year, the new...

For nearly as long as I’ve been playing Yakuza games, I’ve always read comments from fans saying, “These games are like Shenmue”. At first glance, that definitely sounds accurate. I even remember making such a claim ...