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Sega released some new merch today for the 35th anniversary celebration of Sonic the Hedgehog. The aptly named Sonic the Hedgehog 35th Anniversary Collection includes a variety of themed gear that true Sonic aficionados will love. Honestly, a lot of these items look awesome, especially that plush there.

Sega offers up a 12" statue of Sonic in the Green Hill Zone, a varsity jacket, some shirts, a hat, a plush, crossbody bag, mug, and more.
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No really: What the actual fuck is that?

RGG Studio shared a new trailer for Stranger Than Heaven during the Summer Game Fest event. The trailer showed off the cast and some characters we knew about previously but then it threw a bit of a curveball near the end. Emerging from the shadows was none other than Tupac Shakur, a man who has been dead for 30 years.

Sure, it's not clear yet just how big of a role this virtual Tupac will have in Stranger Than Heaven but it's...

Yes, that's Snoop Dogg.

Sega partnered with Xbox to host a special showcase reveal of their upcoming Yakuza prequel, Stranger Than Heaven. Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio is not only going back to their Yakuza roots with this, but they're going back to the roots of the Yakuza clans in general. Specifically, Stranger Than Heaven will explore the beginning of the Tojo Clan, a name that should be immediately familiar to anybody that has ever played any of the Yakuza and Like a Dragon games....

It was a dark and stormy night...

Something that sure looks like a teaser for Alien: Isolation 2 was released today by Sega and developer Creative Assembly. This mysterious video called "A False Sense of Security" was put up on the official Alien: Isolation YouTube account on April 26.

The trailer is brief but it does appropriately set the tone of what one should expect to see from a potential Alien: Isolation sequel. The teaser depicts a sci-fi sort of tech...

Happy Halloween?

Here on All Hallows' Eve, one of the best survival horror games ever made, Condemned: Criminal Origins was pulled from Steam, the Xbox storefront, and possibly other digital platforms.

Nobody seems to know exactly why Condemned was pulled from these storefronts. No official announcement was shared, which means there is plenty of fan speculation starting to circulate on social media. The biggest hope amongst fans is that this is a sign that a remaster...

Ryu Ga Gotoku has been very busy.

The development studio that is best known for the Yakuza / Like a Dragon titles, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio (RGG Studio), has been very busy. Last week at The Game Awards, RGG Studio showed off not one, but two games that they're working on. Neither of them is a new Like a Dragon title.

First off, RGG Studio shared that they are working on a new Virtua Fighter. Very little was shown off as part of this reveal other than it is being developed...

The last release came in 2007.

Justin Scarpone, the global head of transmedia at Sega, told VGC that a new Virtua Fighter game is being developed. This new title will be the first new console Virtua Fighter title since 2007's Virtua Fighter 5 on the PlayStation 3.

In the years since Virtua Fighter's 5 initial debut, it was re-released several times. It was also included as an arcade game in both Yakuza 6: Song of Life and Yakuza: Like a Dragon. The casual mention of...

This won't be the Crazy Taxi you knew and loved.

Instead of being a single player title, the next Crazy Taxi from Sega may be an online multiplayer game set in a big open-world environment. This is according to a new video Sega put out where they talk about the upcoming title and provided a few looks at several game modes, vehicles, and visuals.

In the video, the team says there have been a few difficulties in moving from a single-player game to a live-service multiplayer...

The six-episode series comes to Prime Video starting October 25.

I am trying my best to maintain my composure while writing this but DAMN if I'm not extremely excited at the news that Amazon's Prime Video will release Like a Dragon: Yakuza starting this October. This is a live-action adaptation of Sega's Like a Dragon/Yakuza franchise.

This "crime-suspense-action series" is directed by Masaharu Take and Kengo Takimoto. It will star Ryoma Takeuchi as Kazuma...

Relic Entertainment also sold off.

We are still at the point with games industry layoffs where we have multiple different announcements coming in the same day. Today, we have learned that Sega made layoffs at Sega Europe, Creative Assembly, and Hardlight. All told, there were approximately 240 employees laid off from these three studios, with only a "small number" of layoffs hitting Hardlight.

Despite the layoffs, Sega says Creative Assembly continues to "have...

Other projects have also been cancelled.

Sega has shutdown development on Hyenas, the multiplayer extraction shooter that was in development at Creative Assembly. This development stoppage comes shortly after a few beta periods for Hyenas were held online for testers. The latest test having just ended on September 11th.

This comes as Sega warns investors that they are recording a loss for the current financial year, saying, "profitability has been lowered mainly in...

The Knuckles series is getting even more substantial star power.

Paramount+ and Sega are really going whole (hedge)hog on the casting for its upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog spinoff series, Knuckles. We already know that Idris Elba is voicing Knuckles, just as he did for Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

Now, we're hearing that Cary Elwes (Saw, The Princess Bride, Robin Hood: Men in Tights) and Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future, The Addams Family, Who Framed Roger Rabbit) are joining...

Prepare to shake your groove thing.

Sega just shared the first batch of songs that will be included in Samba de Amigo: Party Central. These are the first tracks to be revealed out of the initial lineup of 40 songs that will be included at the launch of the game.

We're looking at tracks from artists like Ariana Grande, Icona Pop, Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, and Carly Rae Jepsen to name a few. These tracks here are in addition to the selection of Sonic the Hedgehog tracks...

Sega seems keen on entering the mobile market.

Sega confirms that they are acquiring Rovio, the development studio that made Angry Birds back in 2009 and have been riding that wave ever since. The deal, valued at $775 million (USD) was officially announced on Monday morning. Speculation late last week about this acquisition started to circulate with a $1 billion price tag associated with it.

Sega is looking to dive deeper into the mobile gaming market. They plan to combine...