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BLADE ARCUS from Shining is a weird name Along time ago, in an arcade far far away, Sega was king of the scene. Some of the industries best fighters (Virtua Fighter 2,Fighting Vipers,Virtual On…) were developed and powered by the once dominant developer. But alot has changed since the ’90s. One of my favorite franchises, that has seen little fanfare out west since those oh-so great days, isSega’sShiningseries. All threeShining Forcegames,Shining the Holy Ark… hell evenShining Wisdomare some of my most cherished gaming memories growing up....

iOS Thanksgiving sales — everyone’s doing it. Sega gets in on the fun with their Early Bird Sale. 13 titles for various iThings have been knocked down in price, with some coming in at 80 percent off. Search Sega in the App Store to find all the goodies. Here’s a taste of what’s on sale right now: •Sonic Spinballfor $0.99•Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 for $2.99•Altered Beastfor $0.99•Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Editionfor iPad for $0....

‘Developmental’ footage, of course While Yu Suzukimay need $10 millionto see a “fully realized open worldShenmue 3,” he notes that $5 million is good enough to accomplish most of what he set out to do. And it looks like that’s what he’ll get, asShenmue 3is closing in on that amountat the time of this writing, with only 60 hours left to go. In the meantime, you can check out a new in development trailer featuring Ryo and Shenhau at the “Lake of the Lantern Bugs....

Plus Gex and Anachronox At GDC Next, Square Enix gave more concrete details regarding its new game pitching-and-publishing platform calledCollective. Most notably, we now know which Eidos intellectual properties are open for developers topotentiallywork on. To start, it’s going to beGex,Fear Effect, andAnachronox, reportsGamasutra. Through Collective, developers will pitch game ideas to Square Enix — either original titles or ones based on the aforementioned IPs — and eventually attempt to bring in funding through Indiegogo....

I’m the medic! Happy Tuesday! It’s over. The Steam summer sale has finally ended. Personally, I’m glad it’s over. I spent way more than I said I would, and I have a feeling I would have kept going. 19 games. That was my haul this year, nineteen friggin games. Out of those nineteen games, how many have I played? Four. I’ll eventually get around to playing the other fifteen games. One day....

DBDLegue has confirmed that Team Tremor has been disqualified from Season 9 for failing to rejoin within a set deadline following the discovery and ruling on a specific bug that referees found had triggered in a previous match. As DBDLeague Season 9 continues through June, the official body recently issued a statement explaining that Team Tremor, one of the competing teams, had been disqualified. To be clear, the official statement says that Team Tremor was disqualified for quitting the league’s voice chat and failing to rejoin within the given time limit....

Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomhas no shortage of epic and imposing enemies for Link to fight. From the coliseums in the Depths to the tallest sky island, Hyrule is stuffed with fun combat encounters. But which creatures and face-offs are the absolute best? It’s all, of course, somewhat subjective based on the player. However, in this complete TOTK enemies tier list, we’re going to do our best to sort all the adversaries objectively....

Tactical battles with that familiar Behemoth charm No, the next game from The Behemoth isn’t a sequel toCastle Crashers. I mean, yeah, that’d be nice to have one day, but I’m loving how the studio is continuing to try new things. And its next project, the to-be-properly-named “Game 4,” is most certainly a New Thing for the team. It’s a turn-based strategy role-playing game with the style and humor we’ve come to expect from The Behemoth....

Check out everything Destructoid did today Yesterday, it was 2012. Today, it’s 2013.What a wild world we live in. To start the year off, we’re giving away fromGrand Theft Auto: Vice Citygear, EA announced it’ll be shutting down some sports game servers, our wonderful community blog recappers went ahead and recapped the best of 2012 in the cblogs, and more!Well, not much more.Most people were too hungover to make today productive....

Tonight, a comedian died in New York The Dark Phantomis a neo-noir comic-book influenced third-person shooter about a man calling himself the “Dark Phantom” as he hunts down criminals across the city. Sound familiar? The Dark Phantom is reminiscent of Rorschach fromWatchmen, with his trench coat, bandaged face, and fedora. His views, morality, and mission seem to be in alignment with Rorschach too. You’ll control the Dark Phantom through rooftops and back alleys, engaging in intense shootouts with the denizens of the city....

If you’ve been keeping up with Funcom’s newly released MMOThe Secret World, you’ll know exactly what to expect. But, for those that haven’t, this new launch trailer shows just how vast and lovely this game’s world is. Either way, check it out. I’mall up in itnow, and really liking it.The Secret Worldis all modern-day and edgy, and that really speaks to me as I’ve grown tired of the old fantasy stuff in MMOs lately....

Let’s take a look We’ve been keeping you abreast of just about every amiibo happening sincethe “Holy Trinity” debacle, and it feels good. I’ve met so many great people as a result of this wretched hobby, and it still isn’t over yet. While I initially thought that Nintendo had cooled down on amiibo several months ago, they went and announced six exclusives (a practice they hadn’t done in over a year) and 13 more figures were revealed at E3....

If you want to acquire a treasure trove of role-playing games while helping others play too, you’re in luck. Available on Itch.io right now is theTTRPGs for Accessible Gaming Charitybundle, featuring just over 300 tabletop role-playing games from 139 different game designers. Organized by ChariTTRPGs creator Jes Wade, the bundle is a fundraising effort for theDOTS RPG Project. The mission of DOTS is to make gaming at the table more accessible for those who are blind and visually impaired....