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Sega Made a Bid on Atlus, 20 Billion Yen Offered

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According to a report by Bloomberg Japan about twenty companies including Sega Sammy Holdings made a bid on the studio behind Persona and Catherine.

Executives familiar with the situation reported that some of the bids reached about 20 billion yen (a little south of 201 million dollars) in the primary auction held earlier this week.

In July Index hired the GCA Savvian firm to serve as advisor during the transfer of business ownership. Kazumasa Otsuka of the Nijubashi law firm declined to comment or to share details about the actual procedure implemented for the auction. A representative of Sega Sammy Holdings did not offer any comment as well.

Atlus is being sold because its parent company Index Corporation filed for Civil Rehabilitation (the Japanese equivalent of a soft Bankruptcy) after finding itself in debt of 24.5 billion yen (almost 246 million dollars).

There is still no word on the results of the auction, so all we can do for now is wait and see, while hoping that Atlus will be acquired by a party that will guarantee its quality, creativity and independence.

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Sega Teases Yakuza “Surprise Announcement”, New Yakuza Game Incoming for PS4?

Sega just announced that the results of the popularity contest between Yakuza (Ryu ga Gotoku) characters held on the series’ official website will be officially disclosed on August the 18th at 5 PM Japan time directly on the iconic landmark mega screen Alta Vision in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

But that’s not all. The official announcement mentioned something a lot juicier, in the form of a “surprise announcement” set to happen during the unveiling. Considering the timing, we’re most probably going to hear about a new Yakuza game, considering that almost all the previous chapters of the series have been announced between August and September.

The series’ creator Toshihiro Nagoshi already mentioned that Yakuza 5 would be the last Yakuza game of the PS3 generation. Will we hear about Yakuza 6 for PS4 on August the 18th? Will the series remain PlayStation Exclusive?

hoping for Yakuza 5 Localization

Sega Sammy to acquire Atlus parent company Index
Persona under the same wing as Sonic and Yakuza.

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Sega Sammy will acquire Atlus parent company Index for approximately 14 billion yen in November, according to a report from Japanese news site Nikkei.

Atlus is well known as the publisher and developer of the Persona, Shin Megami Tensei, and Etrian Odyssey series.

Sega, as well as J Trust, were one of the approximately 20 buyers reportedly interested in purchasing Atlus when it was up for auction last month.

I'm good with SEGA

This might not sound good to some, but there's potential here. Imagine Atlus developing a new Skies of Arcadia or Valkyria Chronicles. Also, with Atlus USA, it's hopeful that we can get more English versions of games

Possible crossover of Sonic and Catherine?

Oh fck* nooooo why why T_T

Missed Tokyo Game Show? You can still try Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd on your Vita. The demo will be available for a really short period of time on the PlayStation Store, October 17 to October 23.

The Vita demo of Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd will have three songs "Akatsuki Arrival," "Romeo and Cinderella," and "Colorful X Melody."

-Siliconera

Oh! Matatry na agad yung mga bagong Star notes.

Upvna ang demo . Grab it now at the JP PS store before its gone.

http://sega.jp/4936596311014649/

The title of the page reads “Action x Simulation x Card Battle.” The center of the page contains the Japanese character for “violent” or “rage.” Below that, the text, “The new story will begin.” And finally, it promises an update on October 28.

The source code of the page mentions “PS Vita” and “PlayStation Vita” in its meta tags, suggesting it’s a PS Vita game, as well as the number “4936.”

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The people at Kotaku has contacted SEGA about the possibility of the Playstation 4 version of Phantasy Star Online 2 coming West. This is the response they recieved from a SEGA representative.

“SEGA is currently not planning to release the PS4 version of Phantasy Star Online 2 outside of Japan,”

It has been over 3 years since SEGA announced at PAX 2012 that they would be bringing Phantasy Star Online 2 over from Japan on the PC and Playstation Vita. Then, silence. We got a few generic ‘its still coming’ answers from them, but this is the first time they have officially denied it coming West.

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noooooooooooooooooo

http://next39.sega.jp/


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The website features six differently colored lines and the numbers “3939.00 / 3939.”

As noted by Games Talk, this is likely a play on words, as the numbers three and nine can be read together in Japanese as “Miku.”

A new Hatsune Miku project is already known to be in development. Sega and Piapro opened a page for users to submit their illustrations to be included in the end credits for a new “Sega feat. Hatsune Miku Project” ealier this month. And a tweet from the official Sega feat. Hatsune Miku Twitter account teased that they’ll be able to tell everyone about the new project in the near future.

The official Japanese portal for the Yakuza series was updated today with the above image.

The file name for the new image is button-new_title.jpg, and September 15 is the date of SCEJA Press Conference 2015, where Sony and third-party Japanese developers annually announce a slew of new PlayStation titles.

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Announced @Pre TGS Sonjy Japan Conference


Yakuza Kiwami announced for PS4/PS3. A remake of the original game. New cutscenes, new scenarios. Coming January 21

Sega announces TGS 2017 lineup
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Sega Titles

A Certain Magical Virtual-On (PS4, PS Vita) – Playable, Stage, Trailer, Goods
Dx2 Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation (iOS, Android) – Playable, Stage, Trailer
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone DX (PS4) – Playable, Trailer, Goods
Hokuto ga Gotoku (PS4) – Theater, Trailer, Stage, Photo Spot
Phantasy Star Online 2 (PS4, PS Vita, PC) – Playable, Trailer, Stage, Goods, Photo Spot
Sonic Forces (PS4, XBO, Switch) – Playable, Stage, Trailer, Goods
Yakuza Online (iOS, Android, PC) – Theater
Yakuza: Kiwami 2 (PS4) – Playable, Stage, Trailer, Theater, Goods, Photo Spot

Atlus Titles

Shin Megami Tensei: Deep Strange Journey (3DS) – Playable, Stage, Trailer

5pb. Titles (TGS 2017 Website)

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Infinite Combate (PS4, PS Vita) – Playable, Trailer
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Infinite Combate will be playable on PlayStation 4. Attendees will be allowed seven minutes to play the game and will walk away with an A4-size “Status Seal” as a present for playing.
Steins;Gate Elite (PS4, PS Vita) – Playable, Trailer
Steins;Gate Elite will be playable on PlayStation 4. Attendees will be allowed seven minutes to play the game and will walk away with a 56mm “Lab Men Tin Badge” as a present for playing.
Steins;Gate Elite is also listed for Switch on Sega’s Tokyo Game Show 2017 website, however, 5pb.’s website nor http://steinsgate.jp/elite/Steins;Gate Elite‘s teaser website has no mention of a Switch version. This was likely an error on Sega’s part.

Electronic Arts Titles

FIFA 18 (PS4, PS3, XBO, Switch) – Trailer
Need for Speed: Payback (PS4, XBO) – Trailer
The Sims 4 (PS4) – Trailer
Star Wars Battlefront II (PS4, XBO) – Trailer

Nippon Ichi Software Titles

Coven and Labyrinth of Refrain (PS4) – Playable, Trailer

Warner Bros. Titles

LEGO Ninjago The Movie Video Game (PS4, Switch) – Playable, Trailer
Middle-earth: Shadow of War (PS4) – Trailer

Former Sonic Team Head Yuji Naka Has Joined Square Enix
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Yuji Naka is not only best known for programming and producing classic Sonic games but also for heading up titles like Nights into Dreams, Samba de Amigo, and Phantasy Star Online while at Sega. He’s recently joined Square Enix.