Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed and Aliens: Colonial Marines Playable at SEGA’s Pop-Up Arcade in San Diego

Famed Concept Designer and Futurist Syd Mead Exclusively Signing Limited Prints

SAN FRANCISCO (July 5, 2012) - SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced that after last year’s success, the company is once again setting up shop in downtown San Diego to showcase its biggest titles during San Diego Comic-Con International 2012. The limited-time-only SEGA Arcade, located at 200 Harbor Drive, Suite 120, will feature this fall’s Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed™, the thrilling new racing experience featuring Sonic the Hedgehog and a fantastic cast of SEGA All-Stars, as well as Aliens: Colonial Marines™, the highly anticipated first-person shooter from critically acclaimed studio Gearbox Software that will bring new levels of bone-chilling suspense and adrenaline-filled action to the renowned ALIENS franchise.

Additionally, internationally acclaimed concept designer and visual futurist Syd Mead will sign limited prints of his concept art of the USS Sulaco, featured in the movie ALIENS and in the upcoming game Aliens: Colonial Marines, on Friday, July 13, from 3:00 PM  to 6:00 PM. Dark Horse and SEGA® of America, Inc. are also pleased to invite fans of the franchise to stop by the SEGA Pop-Up Arcade in downtown San Diego or Booth #2615 on the expo floor to pick up a copy of an exclusive free Aliens: Colonial Marines comic that is only available during San Diego Comic-Con 2012. SEGA’s Aliens: Colonial Marines presence in San Diego will further entail the display of the original 12ft alien queen special effects prop used in the iconic 1986 film ALIENS, courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

SEGA’s Arcade will also feature Danica Patrick’s custom No. 7 Sonic the Hedgehog/GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, fielded by JR Motorsports, on display. The NASCAR superstar will be racing the car in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge on November 3 at the Texas Motor Speedway (to be televised live on ESPN). The race, part of NASCAR’s Nationwide Series, marks Sonic the Hedgehog’s NASCAR debut.

Fans of Sonic the Hedgehog will be able to get their fix at this year’s Sonic Boom event. After last year’s success of the event during E3, SEGA is bringing Sonic Boom to San Diego Comic-Con. Sonic Boom will be held on Friday, July 13, 2012 from 5:00 PM until 10:00 PM at the House of Blues in San Diego. The event will feature Crush 40 with special guests Alex and JP Makhlouf from Cash Cash, Takashi Iizuka from Sonic Team, and Steve Lycett from Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Developer Sumo Digital. Tickets for Sonic Boom can be purchased HERE.

For more information on Sonic Boom, please visit http://blogs.sega.com/category/sonic-boom-2012/

SEGA Arcade

Location: 200 Harbor Drive, Suite 120, San Diego, CA 92101

Hours:

·         Wednesday 7:00pm – 10:00 pm

·         Thursday 1:00pm – 9:00pm

·         Friday 1:00pm – 9:00pm

·         Saturday 1:00pm – 9:00pm

·         Sunday 11:00am – 7:00pm

For more information, please visit http://www.sega.com/.

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Submitted By: E. Thomas

Upcoming iOS Game to Make Public Debut at Casual Connect

Montreal, Quebec, Canada – July 2, 2012 –  Continuing to bring quality casual game play to the iOS platform, North American publisher Meridian4 (@Meridian4) today announced it has partnered with developer Oceanside Interactive to haunt the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch later this summer when they release Monster Mansion, a new free-to-play character and building management game.  Attendees of this year’s Casual Connect, which is being held July 24 – 26 in Seattle, will be the first to meet Transylvania’s finest when Monster Mansion opens up the doors to give select groups a peek inside.

“As we continue to expand our great offerings on the App Store, it’s important that we find the right games, and the right partners to grow with,” said Steve Milburn, Marketing Director of Meridian4.  “Oceanside Interactive’s proven track record for delivering quality titles, and Monster Mansion’s intuitive, addictive and fun game play for players of all ages, makes this the perfect addition to our iOS lineup.”

“With Monster Mansion, we are thrilled to be partnering with Meridian4 to bring a great game to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch players,” said John Miller, Co-Founder of Oceanside Interactive. “In Monster Mansion , players will have fun customizing and filling their Mansion with cool monsters, including vampires, ghosts and werewolves, and scaring the visitors that come to investigate their Mansion.”

In Monster Mansion, players build up a haunted mansion populated with classic monsters inspired by books, movies and television, including vampires, ghosts and werewolves.  The monsters can find a place to call home in your mansion while they scare unsuspecting human visitors to earn in-game currency.  Players check-in every day to keep their monsters happy and haunting, earn rare monsters, expand and customize their mansion, and earn a Daily Bonus. With unlockable challenges and various updates including new rooms, monsters, game play features and more, there are plenty of reasons to keep coming back to the mansion.

Monster Mansion will be available later this summer on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.  For more information, please visit www.meridian4.com, and be sure to follow them on Twitter for all news and updates @Meridian4.

About Meridian4
Established 2004 in Montreal, Canada, Meridian4 is an interactive entertainment publisher for today’s popular video game platforms.  Supported by a wide network of international developers, the company’s growing catalog of games are distributed both digitally and through retail.  A strong management team of seasoned industry professionals has strategically grown the company by solidifying and expanding its distribution channel; identifying and securing appealing content, and increasing its consumer awareness via innovative marketing and social media programs.  More information can be found online at www.meridian4.com or follow Meridian4 on Twitter @Meridian4.

About Oceanside Interactive
Oceanside Interactive (www.oceansideinteractive.com) is a mobile and social game studio developing several original and licensed games for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android.  Oceanside has released several top-grossing titles in the Apple App Store and have reached over 3 million downloads with their first two titles: MyDinos™ Go! And The Godfather™: Empire.  With four new titles in development, a team of game industry veterans and studios in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Oceanside is uniquely positioned to take advantage of the expanding mobile and social gaming space, and deliver premium content for mobile platforms in 2012 and beyond.

Submitted By: E. Thomas