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I, like many gamers, am particularly fond of the Dreamcast. I still have mine hooked up to a VGA monitor in the corner of my pseudo-office. So you can understand why I had a big smile across my face when I saw that someone had the ambition to convert the Dreamcast into a PC mod. Sheer awesome.

What makes things even more interesting as that the enthusiasts of Akiba PC in Japan, the people who put this thing together, actually kitted this machine with some fairly impressive specs, including…

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Sega understands that the PS3 and Xbox 360 owners may be feeling a little left out. After all, ports of popular Sega Genesis and Sega Master System games have been brought to the Game Boy Advance, PSP and PS2. But don’t worry, because in 2009 the Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection, filled with 40 famous Sega Master System and Sega Genesis titles, will be available.

The Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection titles confirmed by Sega’s press release so far are…

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The Conduit, High Voltage Software’s (HVS) science fiction first-person shooter for the Wii, has been garnering a great deal attention from the “hardcore” gaming community since its unveiling earlier this year (April 2008), but it has taken until now (October 29, 2008) for its publisher to be confirmed.

After receiving offers from a large number of publishers, HVS finally settled on Sega to handle publishing duties for its premier Wii release. HVS CEO and founder Kerry Ganofsky suggests in the announcement press release that Sega shares his company’s vision for The Conduit.

The game…

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Do you ever get the urge to delve into the past and whip out your original copies of Sonic & Knuckles, Golden Axe, or Ecco the Dolphin, only to discover that the hassle of locating and setting up a 17-year-old Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) is more trouble than its worth?

Perhaps you’ve also had the urge to play said games on a handheld system but didn’t think doing so would be possible without breaking various laws in the process. Well, videogame peripheral producer Blaze has a solution for you: A handheld MegaDrive complete with 20 built-in titles.

Currently available in the…

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September 25, 2008, marks the beginning of the end as Sega’s newest Nintendo DS role-playing game, World Destruction: Michibikareshi Ishi (WD), invades store shelves everywhere in Japan.

World Destruction boasts designs contributed by key members of Square’s original Xenogears’ development team as well as former staff who worked on games including Grandia and Etrian Odyssey. Those who have played Xenogears may find…

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While many gamers may have jumped ship to the comfort of the cell microprocessors that power the Playstation 3, the accrual of Playstation 2 titles have yet to come to a complete halt. The pickings may be slim but many developers, such as Atlus, continue to show faith in this 8-year-old console by releasing highly anticipated titles exclusively for the Playsation 2. Other developers, like Electronic Arts, show their support by continuing to develop Playstation 2 versions of popular multi-platform games.

Click through for a list of popular developers and the more notable games that are planned for release in time to make it onto your 2008 Christmas wish list…

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The Penny Arcade Expo is looking like The game conference of choice this year (along with Tokyo game show, of course). PAX 08’ is looking way hotter than E3 - think of how crazy that sentence would have been ten years ago. Sega is in on the show, with several titles available for hands-on play. The lineup, which we’ve previously reported, will include Bleach Dark Souls (DS), Dinosaur King (DS), Sonic Chronicles (DS), Valkyria Chronicles (PS3) and Yakuza 2 (PS2) will be on hand for attendees to try out.

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Wii gamers who find themselves defending the system as a legitimate platform for hardcore gamers have been given some new ammunition (of course, they may want to save that ammunition for the zombies). Sega has announced The House of Dead: Overkill will be coming to the Wii early 2009. The game is being developed by Headstrong Games (formerly Kuju of Battalion Wars 1 and 2) and is being built from the ground up specifically for the Wii platform.

Using the Wii remote (as opposed to the light-gun approach of the The House of the Dead 2 and 3 Return port), the game will be presented in a pulp action-style design. This is made quite clear in the trailer which was instantly one of the best game trailers I have ever seen. Click through to check it out…

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To everyone who was up in arms about the news that Sega’s Legendary Yu Suzuki (he of Shemnue, Outrun and Virtua Fighter fame) has not left the building. GameDaily posted an article that indicated Suzuki’s departure, stating evidence from an earlier Gamasutra interview with Sega’s Simon Jeffery. Later, they corrected it, noting that Jeffery was totally wrong, and Suzuki is still with Sega. In fact, he currently holds the position of “Creative Officer”.

I do find the entire affair rather funny. Firstly, Jeffery was totally misinformed about a gaming celebrity at his own corporation, and secondly because Suzuki himself must keep an insanely low profile (or not do all that much on the surface) for the mistake to even be made.

Read [GameDaily] Also Read [Gamasutra]

• Sega revealed as publisher for The Conduit
• PS3 and Xbox 360 get 40 hits in Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection
• Dreamcast modded into a Windows PC

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