.April 21, 2009 - There will never be another SEGA. While their reign as a first-party has long ended, and the name hardly carries the cachet it once had, the industry owes deep debt to the former giant. An innovator and an unrivaled creative powerhouse, they were perhaps the greatest single developer in gaming history.While rival Nintendo has shown an unmatched ability to maintain a small handful of blockbuster series, SEGA churned out brilliant original franchises one after another with such frequency they made it seem effortless.
Their hit series were practically disposable, because they knew the next one would be just as good. All across the world, from Tokyo, to San Francisco, to Lyon, their studios always bet on the gamble, always took chances, and to their fans, they were always winners.February 23, 2009 - The duplicitous nature of gamers once laid low an entire hardware maker by not supporting what they are now publicly demanding: SEGA.On September 9, 1999, SEGA released the Dreamcast in North America.
These titles are uploaded by our forum members to file hosting services. This list is automatically updated based on the various Master Lists that our moderators maintain at epforums. Originally slated by Sega for release on the Dreamcast (and to have used a controller in conjunction with a light gun!), GunValkyrie is the type of game that is becoming rare these days: a skill-based, challenging, unique experience. But it adds superb graphics and sound, and some of the best videogame art found in the current generation.
The console was the culmination of four years of listening to complaints about the Saturn and responding with a feature set that met almost all of them. It wasn't just the addition of a modem for online play and the ease of programming to encourage greater third-party support, though, that made the Dreamcast such a special machine. The Dreamcast was SEGA's love letter to gamers that wanted fresh concepts and ideas.The majority of gamers stamped it with 'return to sender.' .April 25, 2006 - Welcome to IGN's weekly countdown of the exceptional, fascinating, and absurd: something we like to call Top 10 Tuesday.
Every week we'll feature the top ten games, characters, fashion statements or whatever else we can think of that in some way relates to gaming and its history. And just because it's called Top 10 Tuesday doesn't mean it's always going to be a list of the best - we like to razz on stuff as much as praising it. From counting down the best consoles ever to revealing the worst use of fish heads in a videogame, this is where it's at.It seems like nearly every new game is either a sequel or part of an established franchise. It's understandable, establishing a new intellectual property can be a huge financial risk. However, some of these original titles are amongst the best out there. This is why today we honor those shining stars that stood alone, never to become part of an established franchise in our list of the top games we think deserve a sequel.
To keep things simple, we narrowed it down to games that never saw a sequel, or a prequel, in any form. We've even included suggested titles for the sequels that we think will give the games that extra something to ensure they sell.March 19, 2004 - There is something both great and awful about the spring. On the one hand, company's are teasing us with brief glimpses of the games they'll be showing at May's E3. On the flip side, it's all talk about the future and there are few games in our possession here at IGN Xbox.
While we'd love to tell you more about Fable or Halo 2 or DOA Ultimate, we don't have any more info to give. There are loads of games we all would like a chance to play, to take screens and movies of, and to write an endless stream of features on - but we ain't got 'em yet. For that reason, you get to enjoy some fanciful features pondering what the future might bring, or at least what we hope it will bring.October 18, 2001 - With the recent Tokyo Game Show, we saw and heard many potential US Xbox games. Of course, the gaming taste of Japanese gamers are not always in sync with those of US gamers as seen in the numerous dating sims and 2D shooters.
But who are we to say US gamers wouldn't enjoy simulating the dating life of a restaurant entrepreneur? More importantly, who are we to deny our devoted Xbox readers, especially Insiders, coverage on the wide spectrum of Xbox games? To this end, we have direct feed footage of almost every Xbox title shown at TGS.
Sure, some of you might not care too much about being the mack-daddy chef in Bistro Cupid or a fashion designer in Style Laboratory, but then again, you might. But for your protection, keep that information to yourself and enjoy the movies below!