Xbox

Guardian Heroes For XBLA Looks Awful, But Don’t Lose Hope!

Sega announced earlier today that it would bring Sega Saturn great Guardian Heroes to Xbox Live Arcade. Awesome, right? Everyone loves a Treasure game! Not awesome? First screen shots of the XBLA port of Guardian Heroes.


News

Smithsonian Picks The Games Of Its Art Of Video Games Exhibit

The Smithsonian American Art Museum revealed the winners of its public vote to decide what games will be featured in their exhibit, The Art of Video Games, today. The exhibit creates a visual history of the evolution of gaming from its humble beginnings through the present. The vote, which took place between February and April, helped to pick the majority of the exhibit, with only a few iconic selections guaranteed entry.


Xbox

Sega Saturn Classic Guardian Heroes Coming To Xbox Live Arcade

Sega is bringing an enhanced version of Treasure’s Saturn beat-em-up Guardian Heroes to Xbox Live Arcade this (northern) fall, complete with enhanced HD graphics, online cooperative play, and an online versus mode supporting up to 12 players at once. Rejoice!


December 1, 2010
News

Has NASA Discovered Life On Saturn’s Moon?

This Thursday NASA is holding a press conference to discuss an astrobiology finding that will “impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life”. Have we discovered alien life within our own solar system?


November 27, 2010
News

Saturn’s Moon Rhea May Have A Breathable Atmosphere

Saturn’s icy moon Rhea has an oxygen and carbon dioxide atmosphere that is very similar to Earth’s. Even better, the carbon dioxide suggests there’s life – and that possibly humans could breathe the air.


July 14, 2010
News

Every NiGHTS Fan Should See Cirque Du Soleil’s Mystère

Why? It’s the inspiration for Saturn classic NiGHTS Into Dreams, according to the game’s creator Yuji Naka, who tells you everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the cult Sega hit in a new interview.


July 1, 2010
News

Sega ‘Thinking About’ Saturn Games For Downloadable Releases

Sega is bringing back its beloved Dreamcast this spring – or at least two of its more memorable games, in downloadable form – but what of its predecessor, the sometimes spectacular but relatively unsuccessful Sega Saturn? Sega has not forgotten it.


May 22, 2010
News

A Very Special Cameo

Alpha Protocol is a spy game that SEGA is publishing. Know what I spy?


December 25, 2009
In Real Life

Segata Sanshiro Toy Filmed For Your Pleasure

Segata Sanshiro was SEGA’s mascot character for the ill-fated SEGA Saturn. The character was a parody of Sanshiro Sugata, the character from the Akira Kurosawa film.


July 16, 2009
In Real Life

How Sega Has Described Itself From ’89 To ’09

Nintendo is not the only company that has had to explain, in press releases, what in the world it does. For at least 20 years, so has Sega. That description has never been much fun, sadly. But it has changed.