No Formal Booth at Europe’s Largest Game Expo
Sega appears to have quite the on-again, off-again relationship with Gamescom in Germany. After bowing out of a show booth in 2010 only to formally return with full Sonic strength for the hedgehog’s 20th anniversary in 2011, Sega will again last a proper presence at the big show.
An article by GamesIndustry.biz cites a company statement blaming the company’s unfortunate timing of its release schedule for the move.
“Unfortunately the release timing of our 2012 AAA titles and new projects don’t work with the mid-August scheduling of the show,” read the statement. “The decision will not mean that Sega will never attend Gamescom in the future, this was simply a commercial decision made for 2012.”
That said, Sega usually doesn’t outright ignore a show it lacks a booth at. In 2010, Sega piggybacked off other booths, like Nintendo and Microsoft, to show off their Holiday fare. Expect little difference this year, with Aliens: Colonial Marines and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed on the horizon for the end of the year.
Thanks to AugieD who tipped us on Twitter.
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I remember… awesome generations time in Gamescom.
I don’t have good felling about sonic since 1994. Only in Sonic Generations.
Can someone please explain Lucas’ appeal as a commenter on this site. Is he always pushing for classic? I don’t even know if he is joking or not most of the time.
Noooooo!!! Nintendo also left
Not that there is anything wrong with being a classic fan, but he always seems to push it more than most of the classic fans here.
I believe Lucas has the right to comment here, but I think we’d all appreciate it if he’d lighten up a little. We understand you are primarily a Classic fan, but all your negativity towards the Modern era is a real downer for some people.
Or he’s just trolling for teh lulz
I’v lost all confidence that he was even a fan of Sonic in the 90s, let alone even born by that time