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| Here we will supply you with the most up to date essential news on the Dreamcast. Past News Archives *Just to show how the Dreamcast has made a impack on peoples lives the animated block of shows called Adult Swim on Cartoon Network mentioned the Dreamcast befor it went to break on national TV, here's what they said "Blue Gender is a show, Blue Stinger is a Dreamcast game ... one of them sucks guess what its not the show" and then after the commercial break they said the following "Not all Dreamcast game suck like Seaman ... are's died we cried", Ya we know interesting right.8/7/03* *Sega's has released the names of its new designated studios here they are: 1. Sonic Team + United Game Artists = Sonic Team. 2. Hitmaker + Sega Rosso = Hitmaker. 3. Wow Entertainment + Overworks = Wow Works (tentative name). 4. Amusement Vision + Smilebit (main staff) = Amusement Vision. 5. Sega-AM2 = Sega-AM2. 6. Smilebit (sports staff) + Amusement Vision (portion) = Smilebit. 7. Sega-AM2 (portion; lead by Yu Suzuki) = Cinematic Online Games (tentative name). To see what each new studios work will be scroll down 7/24/03 news update.8/4/03* *Today Symphony and Missing Parts 3 were released.7/31/03* *Sega recently revealed their sales performance for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2004 (April to June). According to news service Bloomberg, Sega sold 1.45 million units of home software worldwide, exceeding their target of selling 1.22 million units of software in the April to June quarter. Sega's plan to consolidate their 9 development studios down to 5 while establishing 2 new ones has come true. According to Japanese newspaper Mainichi Interactive, Sega will be merging their R&D houses as follows: * Sonic Team + United Game Artists Focus: Develop games for beginners and younger gamers. * Hitmaker + Sega Rosso Focus: Develop original games in new types of genres. * Wow Entertainment + Overworks Focus: Develop games for all ages for current and next-generation platforms. * Amusement Vision + Smilebit Focus: Develop games that use and rely on movies (FMV and CG). * Sega-AM2 Focus: Develop fighting games and games for advanced/hardcore gamers. * "New Studio" #1 (Created from Amusement Vision and Smilebit staff) Focus: Develop sports games. * "New Studio" #2 (Created by Sega-AM2 staff; headed by Yu Suzuki) Focus: Develop high-profile games, hit series, and arcade titles. Sega will also create a company that will manage these merged studios and finances. It is unknown at this time if Sega will assign new names for these merged studios.7/27/03* *We will begin updateing are reviews section and today we have updated a review on the much loved game Soul Calibur.7/23/03* *Kaze no Uta just added to Japan's Dreamcast release list and is set for a release on September 25th 2003, more info will be posted soon.7/9/03* *NEC Interchannel announced that their popular PC game Snow will be released September 25th 2003. NEC has stated that as long as its Dreamcast efforts sell, it will continue to support the system. Sega also has confirmed that it will continue its DoriKore (abbreviated Japanese for "Dreamcast Collection") line of games with four budget releases: Pandora no Yume, Miss Moonlight, Memories Off Second, and Yoshia no Oka de Nekoronde. Each of the DoriKore releases will retail for under $30.00. Plus the links page had been updated and we also wish you a happy 4th of July!7/4/03* *As we reported as of June 2003 all Dreamcast game servers that are run by Sega will be shut down the only remaining online will be PSO and PSO ver. 2 but whats is new is that it appears the 3rd party titles like Starlancer are still online!7/3/03* *To see the Border Down Info page with some screen shots from the game.7/2/03* *In honor of July 4th we are today releasing Julys and Augusts Article of the Month! Click Here to check them out.7/1/03* *Developer Grev has announced plans to port their recent Japan only NAOMI arcade shooter, Border Down, to Dreamcast with a release this Fall. Plans for the Dreamcast version include added gameplay modes, like Practice and Remix, to increase longevity. Two release versions of Border Down are planned: A normal-edition (just the game) package priced at 6,800 Yen and a limited-edition package (game with music soundtrack CD) priced at 8,800 Yen. Border Down is only planned for Dreamcast meaning no PS2, Xbox, or GC versions and is scheduled for release in Japan on September 25th.6/30/03* |
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