News & Reviews:   Sega

AirAsia recently announced a partnership with video game company SEGA and subsidiary ATLUS, as part of 'The Color Of Connection' campaign. So, what should you know about it?

Remember SEGA? It used to be a big name for our childhood. Recent reports say the Japanese company could bring 5 popular games to the new Nintendo Switch 2. That said, what should you know about it?

Japanese global holding company and video game giant Sega Sammy Holdings (Sega) is now the owner of the popular Angry Birds video games franchise. This is after Sega bought Rovio Entertainment, the Finland-based company behind Angry Birds for EUR706 million or ~RM3.42 billion.

Sega is preparing for something like the Nintendo 64 on the Nintendo Switch Online by presenting all its classic games under one package. The company is reportedly throwing a big budget into rebooting the classic titles through the Super Game project, and one of them might be Crazy Taxi. 

In conjunction with Sega’s 60th anniversary, they have officially unveiled the Sega Game Gear Micro at the price of only 4980 Yen (~RM195). Due to the fact that there are 4 variants of the aforementioned handheld console, it’s possible to get all of them in a bundle for the price of 27255 Yen (~RM1068).

It seems that Paramount released a new trailer for the Sonic the Hedgehog movie, which is due to be released on 14 February 2020. The new trailer also features the newly redesigned Sonic, which is a huge step forward as compared to the design showcased last April. Not only that, but the trailer also showcased a little of Sonic’s personality which is quite an improvement compared to the previous trailer.

Recently, the SEGA Genesis Mini was announced during an E3 Conference in Los Angeles, USA starting from the price of 79USD. The mini console comes with up to 42 games pre-installed such as Castlevania: Bloodlines, Sonic The Hedgehog series, Tetris and more. That said, Epicsoft Asia notified that the console is expected to be available for purchase via Impulse Gaming on the 19 September 2019, starting from the price of RM359.

Remember the days of the SEGA era? I sure do, but get this - SEGA has launched SEGA Forever which comprise “nearly every SEGA game ever released from every console era”, this includes the Master System, Genesis/Mega Drive, Dreamcast and more. Delivering them to the Apple Store and Google Play Store FOR FREE.

After Nintendo with their Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System, its Sega’s turn to ride on the nostalgia bandwagon, with their Sega Mega Drive Console Anniversary Edition. Like the Nintendo’s product, it is a full-blown console. Unlike them however, this still accepts Sega Mega Drive cartridges.