Akihabara is essentially otaku central, and it’s been home to many massive arcades. However, arcades there have been shuttering, especially in the last few years as a result of COVID. Practicing social distancing meant playing video games at home, and not in a public arcade. …Read more »
According to Deadline, SEGA’s popular 80s arcade game OutRun is getting a live-action Hollywood adaptation, with Michael Bay of Transformers fame set to be director. It’s being developed at Universal, and actress Sydney Sweeney of Euphoria, who has been getting into producing lately, has been …Read more »
Yoko Taro is teaming up with SEGA and illustrator Yuugen for a new mobile game. And this RPG asks the all-important question: what if classic video games were cute anime girls? That’s the basic concept behind 404 GAME RE:SET, coming to Japan later this year. It’s …Read more »
Here’s a fun one that kicked off the weekend: SEGA announced that it has two film adaptations planned for its games, and the choices are definitely some interesting ones. The company has partnered with PICTURESTART to develop films based on Dreamcast rhythm game Space Channel …Read more »
Yesterday Sega held a Sonic Central livestream that lasted a little over ten minutes. If you missed it, the video is still available online, and it includes some sneak peeks. For starters, the upcoming game Sonic Frontiers was brought up, and we get a sneak …Read more »
Sad news out of Sega land: former Sega managing director Hidekazu Yukawa died at the age of 78 of aspiration pneumonia in 2021. His death was just announced to the public. Yukawa, who became managing director of Sega in 1998, was best known for playing …Read more »
Jet Set Radiooooooooooo! Ahem. Excuse this Dreamcast-loving millennial. I’m just excited to hear that Sega may be reviving two of its best franchises: Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio. That’s the word from Bloomberg, who says the two rebooted franchises are part of Sega’s initiative …Read more »
Akira Watanabe is a 54-year-old living in Aichi Prefecture, and when police came to his door to arrest him, he didn’t deny the charges. In fact, he confessed to them. What was he in trouble for? Threatening the lives of Sega employees and their families. …Read more »
SEGA SAMMY Group put out statements in both English and Japanese about helping Ukraine. “The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is escalating quickly. We stand with the people of Ukraine as they continue to suffer the consequences of this conflict. SEGA is making a meaningful donation …Read more »
COVID has caused many arcades in Japan to shutter, and in September it appeared that the Sega Ikebukuro GiGO arcade was joining those ranks. The arcade, which had been around for 28 years, closed amid throngs of well-wishers, and the manager said, “From tomorrow, Sega …Read more »
The Sega Ikebukuro GiGO arcade in Tokyo debuted on July 21, 1993, and it’s shuttering in September, with the 20th as its final day. In addition to offering video games, Sega Ikebukuro GiGO has offered many crane games and sticker picture booths, as well as …Read more »
Crane games and other prize-fetching arcade cabinets are supposed to be fair, or at least they’re supposed to appear to be fair, even if you can never quite grab exactly what you want. It seems as if one of SEGA’s games was neither, because it …Read more »
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) will hold their E3 gaming event virtually this year on June 12-15. The event will be free, and it was just revealed that Sega, Square Enix, XSEED Games/Marvelous USA and Bandai Namco Entertainment will be involved. Before this, it had …Read more »
Sega’s arcades in Japan have taken a major hit because of coronavirus and social distancing. Unfortunately, it’s such a big hit that it is hurting the entire company, and Sega’s parent company Sega Sammy Holdings is asking some of its employees to voluntarily leave the …Read more »
Japan is known both for its ancient culture and its mastery of all things hi-tech, so why not put shuriken machines in arcades and call them Ninja Trainer Arcades? It’s the brainchild of dart-making company DARTSLIVE and none other than Sega. According to SoraNews24, the …Read more »
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