Stevie Grant writes: "Well here we are. After literally hours of uncertainty the now infamous ‘Hot Dog Pizza Saga’ has been completed. Did I like it? What lengths did I go to to get it? Was it worth all the hype? All these secrets and more are revealed in this 40th installment of The Sega Addicts Kids Table!
You don’t even have to look that far for more as Stevie, John, and Josh also treat you to some game news. What do we think of Kickstarter? What do we make of Yuji Naka’s new iPhone title Monster Buddy? Why is John’s audio so bad in this? Why do I keep asking questions? Just fucking listen to it, then you’ll find out. Jesus you sure are demanding."
SEGA has announced Fearless: Year of Shadow, a campaign that celebrates Sonic the Hedgehog and his brooding acquaintance, Shadow.
GamesIndustry.biz writes: "Relic is best known for the Company of Heroes and Dawn of War games, and recently developed the new Age of Empires for Microsoft. Relic will transition to an independent studio and will no-longer be part of the Sega group of studios.
The majority of the 240 job cuts are across Creative Assembly and Sega Europe, while there will be a ‘small number’ cut from Sega HARDLight. There was no mention of other Sega UK studios, including Two Point Studios and Sports Interactive."
Sega had such a turbulent existence from the mid-90s to when they dropped out of console manufacturing entirely in 2001, it’s understandable if you’ve never heard of the Genesis Nomad.