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Reenactment: Next Generation Interviews Sega's Tom Kalinske

Defunct Games presents Interview Reenactment, where they recreate some of the greatest print interviews of all time. This week's episode reenacts Next Generation magazine's interview with Sega's chief, Tom Kalinske. Tom is best known for his aggressive marketing tactics, which included calling out the competition and creating the iconic Sega scream. In this interview he suggests the 32X will outsell the PlayStation and that Nintendo isn't a threat.

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MultiConsoleGamer3543d ago

Wow! This guy was responsible for overseeing some of Sega's most notorious advertising. He's kind of a legend.

choujij3543d ago (Edited 3543d ago )

One thing I always respected him for was how he was known for going into schools to ask kids what they wanted to see in video games. What pissed me off the most was how he sabotaged Saturn with it's surprise launch, after ditching support for Sega CD and then later with the 32X.

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SEGA announces Fearless: Year of Shadow

SEGA has announced Fearless: Year of Shadow, a campaign that celebrates Sonic the Hedgehog and his brooding acquaintance, Shadow.

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Sega sells Relic and will cut 240 jobs across UK studios

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."

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-Foxtrot29d ago

Shame about Creative Assembly, they should have just been allowed to do an Alien Isolation sequel.

just_looken28d ago

It was that garbage coh 3 that did them in only a special team can make a sequel worse in every way even though it was a 10 year gap and the same era.

gold_drake29d ago

I hope they find new jobs in the industry soon.

Jingsing29d ago

Two Point Studios and Sports Interactive probably run on a shoe string budget so that fits into SEGA better lol

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SEGA’s Switch Predecessor: What Happened to the Nomad?

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.

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