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BlazBlue on Japanese location test

HeavyElectricity June 13, 2008 0

BlazBlue is one of those fighting games which seems to have gotten a little lost in the shuffle – not surprising when you consider the big name fighters that have been announced and released

GamesTM reviews Sega RaceTV

HeavyElectricity June 4, 2008 0

While we often express dismay at the state of arcade coverage in the mainstream gaming press, we’ll always encourage any examples of constructive reporting. UK multiformat magazine Games™ is one of the publications we’ve

Location Review: Bowlplex, Basingstoke

HeavyElectricity June 1, 2008 0

As you might imagine, Rambo wasn’t the only thing I played on my trip to Basingstoke’s Bowlplex last week. Having spent something like £20 on the return train ticket, there was no way I

Behind the scenes at Sega

HeavyElectricity May 31, 2008 4

While I was at the Sega Rally 3 launch last week, I got to see a little bit of what goes on at Sega Amusements Europe. It is a fun place! The developers from

Rambo UK location test: video, impressions

HeavyElectricity May 26, 2008 9

Please note that this article refers to an unfinished version of Rambo – content may substantially change before the game receives a general release! It was only a couple of days ago that I

Sega Rally 3 videos

HeavyElectricity May 24, 2008 18

As promised, here’s some of the video footage from the game. I’m putting two videos after the break so as not to slow down the main page with lots of flash stuff. Attract mode

Sega Rally 3: Hands-on impressions

HeavyElectricity May 24, 2008 9

Sometimes, a 6:30am wake-up call and a peak hour London tube journey will ruin your day. Today, they absolutely didn’t. The destination was Sega Amusements Europe, where a private Sega Rally 3 launch event

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom – First screens

HeavyElectricity May 22, 2008 7

It’s official, folks – 2008 is the year of the fighting game. Not content with bringing back the Street Fighter series, Capcom has revived its popular line of crossover fighting games. Tatsunoko vs. Capcom

Friday Flashback – Sega Rally Championship

HeavyElectricity May 17, 2008 1

Here’s a little feature concerning older games which I hope to regularly update in weeks to come. Good, bad or ugly – if I find an old game interesting, you can bet it’ll end

Sega's Rambo on location test in Japan

HeavyElectricity April 20, 2008 11

I hadn’t heard anything about this one prior to today, but Kobayan reports that Sega has a new lightgun shooter out on test in Japan at the moment. Rambo is obviously based on the

King of Fighters XII screenshots

HeavyElectricity March 21, 2008 0

King of Fighters XII has whipped up a wave of excitement as of late, with a recent poll suggesting that our fine readers are looking forward to it more than any other fighting game,

Sega RaceTV mini-site opens

HeavyElectricity March 19, 2008 0

While rumour suggests that Sega RaceTV isn’t exactly revving the engines of arcade gamers, Sega Amusements Europe has recently launched a mini-site for the game, as is customary for big new releases from the