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NME, Creative Assembly has revealed that it’s “not ruling anything in or out” in terms of future factions it’s looking to add to Total War: Warhammer 3.In an interview with NME, Jim Watson – lead designer for Total War: Warhammer 3 – was asked about Creative Assembly’s plans for Nagash and Thanquol, and if more obscure races could make their way into the final game.“We’re not ruling anything in or out at this stage,” answered Watson. “The stated intention – right from the first game – was that we want to do everything because we’re incredibly greedy.

Sonic the Hedgehog game could be announced soon, with a new website registration and a Steam update pointing to an imminent reveal.While Sega trademarked the title ‘Sonic Frontiers’ in November 2021, no official announcement of a new game came with it.

Relic Entertainment has announced that players around the world will be able to play the Company Of Heroes 3 multiplayer pre-alpha from tomorrow.Company Of Heroes 3 is set to launch in 2022, but starting tomorrow (November 30) at 5 PM GMT, the multiplayer pre-alpha will be available to play ahead of the release.The multiplayer pre-alpha will allow players to jump online and experience the first multiplayer combat the game will provide.

Capcom has revealed that a collaboration with Sega’s Sonic The Hedgehog is coming to Monster Hunter Rise next week, and it looks like…something.Available to all players of the Nintendo Switch title starting November 26, and day one on the PC version of the game (launching January 12, 2022), the crossover includes a series of character outfits for the player, the Palicoe, and the Palamute.Now, the Palicoe Sonic costume is definitely questionable looking at best, but at least there’s a lot of

SEGA‘s CEO, Haruki Satomi has said he believes that the recently-released Humankind could be the first in a series of games.The launch of the turned-based strategy game “was a good start, said Satomi in a Q&A session following a financial report (via Gamewatcher).

Sega has trademarked the words “Sonic Frontiers” in both English and Japanese, leading to the belief that this could be the name of the upcoming Sonic title.Both the English and Japanese trademarks can be found on Chizai Watch, a website that publishes different patents, designs and trademarks from the Japan Patent Office.

SEGA is considering investing nearly $1billion in game development over the next few years.In the company’s annual report (as spotted by VGC), the Japanese publisher’s parent company SEGASammy has said that it would consider investing almost $1billion over the next 5 years into what it calls its “super game” ambitions.The Japanese publisher has also said that the investment could be spent on not only its internal development but also on potential acquisitions.“The way people interact with games

Total War: Warhammer 3 has solidified a February release date, revealed the Ogre Kingdoms as an ‘early adopter’ faction, and announced that the title will be available on Xbox Game Pass for PC.Today (November 4) Creative Assembly has confirmed that Total War: Warhammer 3 will launch on February 17, 2022.The game will also be available from day one on the Xbox Game Pass for PC, which chief product officer Rob Bartholomew says will allow the team “to bring the ruinous powers of Chaos to as many

Relic Entertainment has released a new dev diary for Company Of Heroes 3, with developers on the title sitting down to explain why they chose to take the strategic World War 2 game to the Mediterranean theatre of war.In the dev diary, executive producer David Littman says that early in development, players were asking for extra “variety of environments” more than anything else.

Humankind will be receiving fully integrated modding support today (November 3), after the feature was originally pushed back from the initial launch.Humankind will use “full modding support” from mod.io, a cross-platform modding support service from ModDB founder Scott Reismanis.Speaking on the addition of mod.io to Humankind, Reismanis has said he is “thrilled that official mod support is being introduced into Humankind so early on” and added that “it’s exciting to work with Sega and Amplitude

Nintendo 64 controllers for the Nintendo Switch, launched alongside the Nintendo 64 Online games library, has completely ran out of stock.As spotted by VGC, the US store has an “out of stock” message alongside the controller, and also says that “more controllers will be available in 2022”.

Sega has announced that it is entering a “strategic alliance” with Microsoft to explore creating new strategic games together.In a press release posted earlier today (November 1), Sega has shared that it has “agreed in principle” with Microsoft to explore “ways for Sega to produce large-scale, global games in a next-generation development environment built on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform”.The statement mentions the phrase “Super Game”, which Sega details will be “a new initiative for

Sega has revealed its three-point plan to extend the life of its old IPs in an annual financial report by SegaSammy.The report highlights that sales of its five biggest IPs: Sonic the Hedgehog, Persona, Yakuza, Phantasy Star Online and Total War, have increased by 40% over last year’s sales.

Total War: Warhammer 3 has shared a first look at the faction of Tzeentch, the raven god.Also known as The Great Conspirator and The Lord of Change, among other names, Tzeentch is one of four daemon-gods and factions that will feature in the upcoming strategy game.

Lost Judgment’s School Stories expansion has launched ahead of schedule and is available now.Originally planned for release as post-launch content on October 26, developer RGG Studio has announced that the Lost Judgment School Stories DLC has launched across all platforms today (October 12).The content is separate to the main story, and sees protagonist Detective Yagami going undercover in a high school.

Yakuza franchise, has officially left Sega after 32 years at the company.The announcement came today (October 8) via a statement from RGG Studio, which is transitioning with a new structure and new leadership.“As of today, a new Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio is born where the series will live on,” Nagoshi said in his departing statement.

Panzer Dragoon VR shared that the game was cancelled due to the death of its producer, though the claim has been disputed as false.As reported by VCG, a now-deleted tweet from the Panzer Dragoon VR account said:“Panzer Dragoon Voyage Record has been cancelled due to the cancellation of the contract by Sega and the death of the producer, Haruto Waranabe, CEO of Wildman Inc.

Lost Judgement to life in London.Street artist Dan Kitchener transformed the Waterloo Leake Street Arches into the RGG Studio title back in September, and the video below shows a time-lapse of Kitchener’s work.A neon light rig was also placed in front of the mural, allowing people to pose in combat stances from Lost Judgement.

Sports Interactive has today revealed two new features for the upcoming sports simulation title, Football Manager 2022.

Sega has revealed more details about its mobile-only RPG, Sin Chronicle, during the Tokyo Game Show.Sin Chronicle will release in Japan on December 15 and will be available through the App Store and Google Play. Pre-registration is available.

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania director Masao Shirosaki has shared his hopes for the future of the franchise.Speaking to Everything Nintendo about a new Super Monkey Ball game, Shirosaki said: “I like going on adventures so I want to play a game where I can go on an adventure around the world with AiAi,” suggesting the follow-up to 2012’s Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz could be an open-world adventure game, rather than sticking to the arcade platformer that most games in the franchise have

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, Sega has released an Anniversary Edition on Steam, which is free to anyone who owns the game.For players who don’t have Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine already in their Steam libraries, the new Anniversary Edition is available at a discounted price until September 30.

Sega Mega Drive games launching on the Nintendo Switch Online service will come with the option of using new wireless Switch-compatible Mega Drive controllers.The controllers will be released at the same time as the games launch, however, it appears that the type of controller available will vary between regions.As shown in the Japanese stream of the Nintendo Direct last night (September 23, albeit on September 24 in Japan’s time), the six-button variant of the Mega Drive controller is shown,

Nintendo Direct revealed that select Nintendo 64 and Sega Mega Drive titles will be coming to Nintendo Switch Online in late October.The Nintendo website shows off some of the games coming to the Nintendo 64 portion of the service, which includes at launch:A short teaser video on the Nintendo UK Twitter also showed off what would be coming to the service down the line, and that includes Pokémon Snap, The Legend Of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Paper Mario, Banjo-Kazooie, F-Zero X and more.These Nintendo

Famitsu, it’s a simple case of business – the lease on the iconic building had come to an end, and the building is now in need of renovating.But as hundreds of gamers turned out to pay their respects, it just goes to show that the arcade was undoubtedly popular among fans.Sega’s Ikebukuro Gigo has been a central focal point of the Tokyo gaming scene since it opened in 1993.

Sonic Team boss Yuji Naka thinks the sale of a Sonic game is a scam. Via Eurogamer, and quoting a tweet from Goldin Auctions, where the original Sonic The Hedgehog sold for $430,500 (roughly £315,175), Naka wrote “what’s this? Is it a scam? That’s a scam right? I wondered if it was time for Sonic to reach a high,” and he added that he “saw the news that Mario was sold at a high price recently, so I thought Sonic was also a high price, but it’s different.

Sega has launched a teaser site for an upcoming RPG game, which seems to be a mobile game based on the translated voiceover.A teaser site with the link ‘Sega-new-rpg.sega.jp’ is now live, showcasing a teaser trailer that shows fantasy artwork being drawn and brought to life in colour. As spotted (and translated) by VCG, the voiceover mentions “an RPG made up of scenes.

Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Symphony has appeared on Apple Music and iTunes, with other streaming platforms set to follow in the next week.Originally performed in June as part of a series of events celebrating 30 years since the release of the original Sonic The Hedgehog game on SEGA Genesis, the Symphony saw orchestral reworkings of soundtracks throughout the years.It’s been available to rewatch on Youtube ever since, but earlier today (September 18) it was announced that the one hour

Tokyo Game Show 2021 has revealed that Sega and Atlus will be revealing an all-new RPG game later this month.As visible on the Tokyo Game Show 2021 schedule (and spotted by VGC), Sega and Atlus are scheduled to present for almost two hours together.

Sonic The Hedgehog now has its own official song and lyrics, thanks to its original composer.While Masato Nakamura is known to Sonic fans as the composer of Sonic the Hedgehog and its sequel, he’s best known by Japanese music fans as the bass player and co-founding member of J-Pop band Dreams Come True, who have been around since 1988, having sold 50million records worldwide.To celebrate Sonic’s 30th anniversary, Dreams Come True has released a new song called ‘Tsugino Seno! De – On The Green