SEGA and Samsung Announce Distribution Partnership

Multiple Titles Including Sonic CD™ and Virtua Tennis™ Challenge Being Brought to Samsung Apps and Game Hub

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SAN FRANCISCO & RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. – August 17, 2012 –  SEGA® of America Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced the availability of SEGA games on Samsung Apps and its premium mobile game service, Game Hub. Sonic CD™, Sonic The Hedgehog 4™ Episode I and II, and Chu Chu Rocket!™ are available for purchase through Game Hub. Other SEGA titles such as Virtua Tennis™ Challenge and Super Monkey Ball™ 2: Sakura Edition will follow.

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Bust a Move and Some Pygmy Heads – Pocket God Episode 45 Dances its Way onto the App Store

Hit iOS Pygmy Slaughter-fest Updated with Deadly Dance Club and Murderous Music

SAN FRANCISCO – May 31, 2012 – Everybody dance now… or else! The Pygmies of Pocket God are ready to shake it, one time, on the dance floor of their all-new apocalypse chamber in the game’s latest free update. Limber up, take a hit of helium, and show the world your moves in Pocket God Episode 45: Dance Dance Execution, available for free on the iTunes App Store today. The new episode takes place in a hot new Pygmies-only dance club, where the island’s hapless inhabitants can unwind after a long day of perpetual death, and take part in a new dancing mini-game… which will also actually lead to their demise. It’s a rough life, being a Pygmy.

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SEGA Serves Up Virtua Tennis Challenge at the Miami Tennis Open

Take your best shot Today on Select Sony Xperia Devices

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON – March 19, 2012 – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. in conjunction with the Sony Mobile, today announced the first-ever release of the Virtua Tennis™ franchise on smartphones with the new Virtua Tennis™ Challenge. Available now for select Sony Xperia Devices, grab your copy of Virtua Tennis Challenge now on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.sega.vtc

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Action-Puzzler Bitter Sam Swings onto the App Store!

SECRET LAB, UNDISCLOSED LOCATION – March 15, 2012 – Independent mobile game developer Moon Active today announced that its first title, Bitter Sam, is now available on the App Store. To help Sam swing past the deadly obstacles that stand between him and the crystals which will secure his freedom, grab a copy of Bitter Sam today for $0.99 at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bitter-sam/id470556951?mt=8.

To see Sam in action, take a look at the latest Bitter Sam trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wFFZAGPyqc.

For more information about the game, visit the official site at http://www.bittersam.com/ and Sam’s Facebook page at http://facebook.com/BitterSamApp.

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fiveonenine Officially Launches Social Gaming Studio

Industry Veterans to Meld Cultural and Political Content with Social Gameplay

fiveonenine games logoDURHAM, N.C. – February 22, 2012 – Promising to blaze new trails in social gaming, fiveonenine Games today officially opened its Durham office for business. A joint venture between top media companies E.W. Scripps and Capitol Broadcasting, fiveonenine will create high-quality, engaging social and casual games that entertain while connecting players with culturally and politically relevant content.

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