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Here’s the perfect Android controller for SEGA fans

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If you enjoy gaming on Android devices but find the screens and controls too small and fiddly then videogame merchandise retailer Merchoid may have the perfect item for you.  Titled the SEGA: Mega Drive/Genesis Android Smartphone Controller, this officially licensed SEGA device will make gaming on Android much easier.  The controller is available to order now with […]

Exclusive Interview – Bill Harbison talks about his career in gaming from the ZX Spectrum to Runescape

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Villordsutch chats with Bill Harbison about his career in gaming… Bill Harbison has been in the gaming business now for three decades plus.  Cutting his teeth on the ZX Spectrum over at Ocean Software he delivered some truly outstanding pieces of artwork of the rubber-keyed wonder.  Now with a client list including SEGA, the BBC […]

Video Game Review – Yakuza 6: The Song of Life

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Shaun Munro reviews Yakuza 6: The Song of Life… The Yakuza series won itself a whole new Western fanbase last year with the release of the meteorically successful Yakuza 0, and last summer’s remake of the original game, Yakuza Kiwami, cemented the franchise’s newfound popularity in a void still awaiting the next Shenmue game. While this latest instalment is as […]

Rivalry Resumed: Sonic the Hedgehog movie races ahead of Super Mario Bros.

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Having spent the last few weeks reporting the news that Nintendo were to move ahead with their long in the pipeline Super Mario Bros. animated movie, Paramount has confirmed that the plumbers’ biggest pixelated rival, Sonic the Hedgehog, will beat them to the big-screen with a November 15th, 2019 release date.  The Hollywood Reporter have revealed […]

Gunstar Heroes available to download free as part of the SEGA Forever Collection

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The critically acclaimed 1993 run-and-gun shooter Gunstar Heroes has become the latest addition to the SEGA Forever collection and is now available to download for free from the App Store for iPhone and iPad or Google Play Store for Android devices. Gunstar Heroes was developed by Treasure, the Japanese studio known for frantic action games […]

Sonic Forces: Speed Battle available now on iOS

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Available now on iOS from SEGA Networks Inc. and HARDlight, the UK-based studio known for Sonic Dash, Crazy Taxi: City Rush, and Sonic Jump is the much-anticipated Sonic Forces: Speed Battle.  This real-time multiplayer features fifteen playable characters from the upcoming Sonic Forces console game, and here players from around the world go up against […]

Decap Attack joins the SEGA Forever Collection in time for Halloween

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Get Halloween-ready with Chuck D. Head today, as everyone’s favourite headless mummy returns with the release of Decap Attack as part of SEGA Forever, a growing collection of classic SEGA games from every console era that are free-to-play for mobile devices. Decap Attack is a spooky side scrolling platformer first released in 1991 for the SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive. […]

New Mortal Empires joins the maps of Total War: Warhammer 1 and 2

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On the 26th October something truly epic is coming to fans of Total War: Warhammer 1 and 2.  Creative assembly have announced that the Mortal Empires expansion will be arriving FREE for owners of both games.  This expansion will deliver a whole new campaign that joins together both the New World and Old World maps together.  […]

Endless War update arrives for Dawn of War III tomorrow

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The 41st millennium is a rough old place, always someone waging war with someone else; well thanks to Relic Entertainment that war is going to continue for fans of their RTS Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III with the release of the Endless War update tomorrow (19th October).  This update includes new maps to fight […]