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Sega of America to Cut 61 Jobs – QA and Localization Hit Hard, Union Responds In a move that has sent shockwaves through the gaming industry, Sega of America has announced plans to lay off 61 staff members next month. This restructuring, which significantly impacts the Quality Assurance (QA) and localization departments, is a sobering reminder of the volatile nature of the gaming business. According to the union representing the …

Dear Sega,   I hope this letter finds you riding the wave of nostalgia and innovation that has always been your hallmark. I am one of the countless fans whose voice has longed to see Sega leap back into the console hardware race, even though the timing never seemed quite right. The landscape of gaming has evolved, with future consoles setting their sights on a digital-only horizon. Yet, in this …

The Game-Changing Graphical Ascendancy: Why N64 to Dreamcast Was the Real Revolution Fact Piece (this is a fact) As gaming aficionados wax poetic about the visual leaps from the PlayStation 2 to the PlayStation 3, they seem to have overlooked the true graphical deity of its time—the Sega Dreamcast. While the PS2 to PS3 evolution indeed brought us into the HD era, it pales in comparison to the seismic shift …

We found an amazing remake of Streets of Rage that everyone should play. Starting as a small fan project in 2003, it has blown up and into a huge remake of the ultimate beat em ups of our generation. After 16 years of development there are well over a hundred stages and all of the characters from the first three games are present with new moves. Every aspect of this …

There has been and epic global shortage of face mask respirators, endangering the health our men and women on the front lines. To fight back against Covid19, Nintendo has found almost 10,000 n95 particulate respirator masks which are now being donated to the brave 1st responders near the company’s North American operations. It is being reported by North Bend Washington, where Nintendo of America’s packaging and distribution center is based, …

The world Health Organization (WHO), a specialized agency of the United Nations concerned with international public health, states that being transgender is no longer classified as a mental illness. There is nothing wrong with it, and they apparently had it wrong for ages. In the newest version of the ICD, the WHO “has removed trans-related identities from a list of mental disorders, reclassifying them under ‘Conditions Related to Sexual Health’. …

Tough break guy. Following his arrest last year, Pirate Bay co-founder Fredrik Neij is now serving time in a Swedish prison for his involvement with the controversial file-sharing site. Now, it’s come to light that Neij’s request for a Nintendo Entertainment System to play as he serves out his year-long sentence has been denied. Swedish news publication expressen.se reports that Neij’s request for the 8-bit console was shut down, but …

This could be the ope source home video gamea console we have been looking for since iNDREAMA. Anyone remember that? It’s been less than a week since the OUYA open-source video game console first debuted on Kickstarter, and the project is already closing in on the $5,000,000 mark. And yes, you read that right — 5 million dollars. Considering that the guys behind the project were originally aiming for slightly …

Squaresoft and Bandai-Namco have asked users in Japan to request their favorite ps1 and tg16  games via tweet. I had forgotten that you can download ps1 games to your psp via your ps3.  When I had a PSP (R.I.P. my little friend) I remember trying to play ps1 games on it via elaborate hacks and tricks.  I would definitely have paid to get some of my favorite systems on there.  …