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SEGA® Announces Special Stages in Sonic Mania™

This past Saturday, SEGA® announced that Special Stages will be a feature in the upcoming game, Sonic Mania™. The announcement was made during the fully packed Sonic Mania: Behind the Scenes panel at San Diego Comic-Con which featured new insight from Takashi Iizuka (head of Sonic Team), Christian Whitehead (developer for Sonic Mania), Simon Thomley (programmer for Sonic Mania), Tom Fry (artist for Sonic Mania), and Tee Lopes (composer for Sonic Mania). Moderated by Aaron Webber (social media manager for Sonic), the panelists discussed the road to development behind Sonic Mania, all building up to the release date of August 15.

July 24 · 2017

WWE® TAP MANIA NOW AVAILABLE ON MOBILE DEVICES

SEGA Networks Inc. in partnership with WWE, today launched WWE Tap Mania, an action-packed mobile game that is now available worldwide to download for free with in-app purchases on the App Store for iPhone and iPad and Google Play Store for Android devices. Developed by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based studio The Tap Lab, WWE Tap Mania features an expansive roster of past and present WWE Superstars facing off in the ring in high-octane live events and daily challenges. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWsGopT7Q1A

July 20 · 2017

UPCOMING ONLINE MELEE ACTION GAME ABSOLVER REVEALS PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL EDITIONS THAT WILL ROUNDHOUSE KICK YOU IN THE FACE

Independent developer Sloclap and the drunken masters at Devolver Digital have announced the preorder program for the greatly anticipated online melee action game Absolver ahead of its launch on PlayStation 4 and PC August 29. Starting today eager combatants that preorder Absolver on PlayStation 4 or PC will receive 10 percent off the base 27.99 € price, the Labyrinth Prospect mask, and Uring Priest gear set. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qcPJEn2bpE

July 18 · 2017

EVE Online Joins Search for Real Exoplanets With Project Discovery

CCP Games has added the ability for players of its massively multiplayer online game EVE Online to help search for distant planets outside of our solar system (AKA exoplanets) from within EVE’s virtual universe in the newest phase of its citizen science effort called Project Discovery. This unique scientific crowdsourcing effort is a collaboration between EVE Online developers, Massively Multiplayer Online Science (MMOS), Reykjavik University, and the University of Geneva and honorary professor Michel Mayor, who recently won the prestigious 2017 Wolf Prize for Physics. Together with Didier Queloz in 1995, Mayor discovered 51 Pegasi b – the first exoplanet orbiting a main sequence star. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeUEQlWXxSk

July 17 · 2017

The Oh…Sir! Summer Blockbuster Season starts here with politely abusive free updates for both bilous titles in the insult-exchanging franchise

Amsterdam July 13, 2017 - According to new research*, interpersonal insults hit their annual peak over the summer months as tempers flare in the stifling sun. To mark this offensive occasion, the nincompoops at developer Vile Monarch and frightened schoolboys at Gambitious Digital Entertainment present the Oh…Sir! Summer Blockbuster Season, with free potty-mouthed updates coming to Oh...Sir!! The Insult Simulator and its equally disrespectful progeny Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast on PC and mobile throughout the summer.

July 13 · 2017

ANYONE FOR TENNIS?

Whether you’re waiting at will call for the US Open, Wimbledon, or the ATP World Tour, SEGA Networks Inc. has your entertainment needs covered. Virtua Tennis™ Challenge, part of one of the world's leading tennis video game franchises, today joins the SEGA Forever collection as a free-to-play mobile title with ad support. Tennis fans can now download the game, which was previously available for 5.49€, for free from the App Store for iPhone and iPad and Google Play Store for Android devices.

July 12 · 2017

Summoners War celebrates 80 million downloads worldwide

On the heels of Summoners War climbing back to the top of the App Store charts across key global markets, Com2us today announced its flagship RPG has reached 80 million downloads worldwide.

July 12 · 2017

BONE-CRUSHING BRAWLER REDEEMER TO LAUNCH ON AUG. 1 FOR €14,99 ON WINDOWS PC FROM GAMBITIOUS DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT AND SOBAKA STUDIOS

Gambitious Digital Entertainment has revealed with a new gameplay trailer that it will release independent developer Sobaka Studio’s top-down, close-quarters action brawler, Redeemer, on Aug. 1 for Windows PC via Steam and GOG.com for €14,99. As Vasily, an ex-mercenary on the run from the shadowy forces he once worked for, players will punch, kick, hammer, hack, smash and shoot through an army of elite operatives on a mission of reckoning and redemption. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfsyyBFEUkA

July 12 · 2017

GLADIATORIAL VR SIM ‘GORN’ NOW AVAILABLE ON STEAM EARLY ACCESS

International party time developer Free Lives (Broforce, Genital Jousting) and oppressive game publisher Devolver Digital (also Broforce, Genital Jousting) have released the highly anticipated VR gladiator simulator GORN on Steam Early Access. Virtual gladiator enthusiasts can grab the game at a 25% discount off the standard €19.99 price through July 17 or until the emperor decrees the promotion to be over. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdDLoWQK8dI

July 10 · 2017

LAWBREAKERS BETA EVENT OPEN TO ALL PLAYERS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER STARTING TODAY

Gamers have yet another opportunity to bring their skills and experience the thrilling, gravity-defying combat in LawBreakers during the game’s very first open beta event. Key-holding beta participants headed into battle earlier this week, but starting today at 9am PDT/6pm CET, for the very first time, the PC beta is open to all gamers via Steam. Visit LawBreakers.com to get started. The PC beta event ends July 5 at 9am PDT/6pm CET.

June 30 · 2017

Summoners War climbs the App Store charts across key global markets

Summoners War’s popularity continues to blaze trails in the mobile gaming space. Com2us today announced its flagship mobile RPG has seen a dramatic rise in the App Store top grossing chart across key global markets.

June 29 · 2017

DEVOLVER DIGITAL AND FREE LIVES TEAM UP ON GLADIATORIAL VR GAME GORN

Prolific independent developer Free Lives (Broforce, Genital Jousting) and game label Devolver Digital have announced a blood oath partnership on GORN, the highly anticipated VR gladiator simulator, with plans to release the game on Vive via Steam Early Access on July 10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CaGPLxemJw

June 26 · 2017

Exclusive Sonic Mania Vinyl Album Announced Happy Birthday, Sonic!

Just in time for his 26th Anniversary, SEGA today announced an exclusive Sonic Mania Vinyl Album being released in partnership with Data Discs, the company behind the well-received SEGA Retro albums for classics like OutRun, Streets of Rage, and more.

June 23 · 2017

SEGA FOREVER™ MAKES TIME TRAVEL* COST-EFFECTIVE, CONVENIENT

In celebration of a simpler time - an era that came before cool kale, hyper-connectedness, DIY artisanal beer-making, and social media mayhem - SEGA Networks Inc. is bringing a growing collection of classic video games from every console era to your mobile device for free. The collection, called SEGA Forever, is a re-awakening of archetypal gaming, an ode to the deep and diverse SEGA catalogue, and the beginning of a retro revolution that will transport players back through two decades of console gaming.

June 21 · 2017

ENDLESS SPACE 2 STELLAR PRISONER UPDATE AVAILABLE NOW!

Amplitude Studios has released a cool free update for Endless Space®2, their highly praised 4X grand strategy game, which was recently released for PC & Mac on Steam.

June 21 · 2017

SERIOUS SAM’S BOGUS DETOUR AVAILABLE NOW ON PC + LINUX

Independent developer Crackshell (Hammerwatch), series creator Croteam (Serious Sam), and label Devolver Digital have unleashed Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour, a retro-styled take on the legendary first-person shooter series, on Steam, GOG, and the Humble Store. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59HyLq2jkhI

June 20 · 2017

EVE Online’s Rogue Swarm Alert Event and Color Blindness Support

Following the revelation that CONCORD's Rogue Drone Monitoring Taskforce has begun to observe new behavior among many of the groups of rogue drones, the empires of New Eden are requesting that capsuleers assist in stamping out this new breed of high-level rogue AI that has emerged. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRBz5hZ5ctE

June 16 · 2017

[E3] PICO GOBLIN ALL-IN-ONE HEADSET NOW AVAILBLE FOR PRE-ORDER WITH BONUSES

Enjoying VR experiences without the need of a mobile phone, PC or console is about to be a lot easier for gamers, students, families, and tech enthusiasts as the Pico Goblin all-in-one (AIO) virtual reality headset is now available for pre-order. Pico Interactive, Inc., creators of easy-to-use and ultra-portable virtual reality products that solve the complexities of VR for the average consumer, is now offering the headset for a special, pre-order price of $249, $20 off of the MSRP, and with five premium VR games bundled with the headset. The Pico Goblin can be ordered here, and will be shipped in 6-8 weeks as it goes on sale this summer.

June 13 · 2017

[E3]: Harness Your Inner Jackie Chan as Fourth Absolver Combat Style Revealed at E3 2017: Stagger Style

Zui Quan masters at Sloclap and bootleggers at Devolver Digital revealed the mysterious fourth combat style for the upcoming combat melee combat game Absolver today: Stagger. The reveal of the unorthodox and unpredictable combat style follows the recent combat overview of the game's three other combat styles and is showcased in a stunning new trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdtSiJTe_KE

June 13 · 2017

[E3] CCP Games’ Sparc™to Launch Exclusively on PlayStation®VR This Year

CCP Games’ first-of-its kind, full-body virtual sport (“vSport”) Sparc™is coming first to PlayStation®VR (PSVR) in Q3 2017. The upcoming virtual reality game has been topping headlines through its fun and fierce competitive gameplay, with Eurogamer describing Sparc as “a new magical moment in VR,” Hardcore Gamer calling it “one of the best times I’ve had in a VR environment,” and VG24/7 declaring that “Sparc is the type of game that VR desperately needs more of.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TqlHjsTmdk

June 12 · 2017