If you haven't figured it out by now, I'm a huge Yakuza fan. Ever since playing Yakuza 3 roughly seven years ago, I can't get enough of the series. I'm eagerly awaiting Yakuza 6 and having finished Kiwami roughly a month ago, I still pine t...

The first gameplay of Hokuto Ga Gotoku was shown at the 2017 Tokyo Game show and it certainly looks like a Yakuza game. Kenshiro walks around the city of Eden and gets into some fisticuffs with other burly men. He even catches a ...

Excluding console ports, the last new Virtual-On game was released by Sega in 2003. After 14 years we have word of a brand new one coming to Japan for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita on February 15, 2018. Announced during Sony's pre-TGS PlayStat...

One of the joys of games such as Sega's Sonic Mania landing on PC is the sneaky allowance for fun, community-based mods to appear. This amusing endeavor, "Knuckles Mania", by EX Falchion, brings one of the blue blur's supah-edgy friends to ...

Hokuto Ga Gotoku, SEGA's Fist of the North Star game has been dated for a February 22 release date in Japan. Alongside this news comes a pretty action-packed trailer showing off the sort of style and wackiness you would expect from bot...

Shadow has found his way into Sonic Forces. Sega is planning an Episode Shadow add-on that'll deal with his "mysterious backstory" with the new villain, Infinite, and include three Shadow-centric stages (and the ability to play as him in "o...

This morning's Tokyo Game Show brings news that giant bugs and terrifying mechs are set to plague the planet once more, as D3's long-running kaiju-battle series Earth Defense Force is getting a new sequel for PS4.Earth Defense Force: Iron R...

SEGA Forever keeps chugging along with monthly game updates and I keep coming up with weird ways to memeify my headlines. Has anyone actually shopped for an axe while playing Golden Axe? Anyway, the next game coming to Sega's ever expanding...

Sci-fi 4X game Endless Space 2 launched its "Target Locked" update today, adding much-anticipated fighters and bombers to the fray. These smaller ships will give you an edge over bigger cruisers, and they'll look good doing it since th...

We have to go across the sea to find the theme for the newest Humble Bundle. Some of the biggest names in Japanese games are the focus of this week's sale. Specifically, it's Capcom, Sega, and Atlus that are highlighted. The ...

Much like the Vanquish & Bayonetta two pack I reported on earlier, multiple Eastern European retailers seem to have leaked a two pack of Shenmue and Shenmue II for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Once again Alza has a listing, along wi...

It seems like only yesterday that I was asking you, my dear children, which game you'd like to see get the "Rebirth" treatment next. In reality, it was almost ten years ago that I wrote that post. Even worse, shortly after I asked the quest...

Sega loves its crossovers. Perhaps the biggest of them all is their contribution to not one but two Project X Zone games, and you can't forget Sonic's surprise appearance in Smash Bros. There might be another one in the works too, as t...

The critically acclaimed and fan-pleasing Sonic Mania title features a tribute to a deceased member of the Sonic the Hedgehog modding community.Lava Reef Zone's stunt-jumpin' boss Heavy Rider is a mace wielding knight who attacks the player...

Sonic Forces....man where do I begin. I can't say I have high hopes, but you have to think that after greenlighting Sonic Mania that Sega kind of isn't ready to trash the series with a complete dud? Then again, Sonic Boom Wii U di...

A British electronics wiz, Matt Brailsford, also known as "CircuitBeard" has created a fully working mini-arcade of Sega's 1986 legendary racer, OutRun, out of a classic children's toy.Beginning with the vintage "Tomy Turnin' Turbo Dash", o...

Those eager to see how Sega might screw up Sonic's good will after Mania should mark their calendars, because Sonic Forces will be arriving in the US on November 7. Along with finally getting the chance to live out their DeviantArt dreams, ...

Sega's ever expanding collection of classic titles, Sega Forever, is getting a new addition today with Golden Axe. Hailed as one of the best beat-em-ups from Sega's arcade roots, the game allows players to select from one of three character...

Dawn of War III didn't have the best fan reception at launch. While I thought it was actually a pretty solid campaign, the multiplayer drew too many comparisons to MOBAs and the lack of mod support put a lot of people in a sour mood. While ...

Sonic Mania has burst onto the scene to heaps of praise from critics and the community, who have suffered terrible games featuring the blue blur for decades now. Something to celebrate, at long last.It's not all roses in Green Hill Zone how...

It's intriguing to see how two passionate fan project developers came together to form Sonic Mania, and in essence, create a Sonic game better than Sega would have done.  That's just how Headcannon and PagodaWest Games did it, as this ...

Were you excited by the announcement of Yakuza: Kiwami 2 and that sick-looking Fist of the North Star game on August 26? Do you know someone who was interested in them? Are you looking for a way to express interest to Sega that you would th...

During Sega's Yakuza series reveal event in Akihabara, on top of Yakuza: Kiwami 2 and a Yakuza MMO for mobile and PC, they topped it off with Hokuto Ga Gotoku (Hokuto No Ken is Fist of the North Star, Ryu Ga Gotoku is ...

The Taiwanese leak was real: Yakuza: Kiwami 2 is happening. It will release on December 7, 2017 in Japan (no window for localization yet) using the Dragon Engine (same engine as Yakuza 6). The remake will include new stories, some ne...

Up until now, we've seen three different gameplay styles for Sonic Forces, Sonic Team's newest project. Modern Sonic plays similarly to how he did in recent years, a mix of 3D and 2D platforming with homing attacks and a boost gauge that al...