December 4, 2008
PLAY, WIN AND ESCAPE WITH SEGA
SEGA launches new community and
gaming site, boasting classic and newly created games exclusively available on
PlaySEGA.com
SEGA Europe Ltd. and SEGA® of
America, Inc. today launched PlaySEGA™, a completely new SEGA experience for all
types of gaming and social networking fans. PlaySEGA is based at
www.PlaySEGA.com and is a
mini web game portal with a selection of arcade, word, card, puzzle, quiz, Sonic
and sports titles, which are available now and completely FREE to all PC and Mac
users.
PlaySEGA has an impressive
assortment of titles available on the site including Brain Assist™, which was
originally released for the Nintendo DS™, and the successful mobile title, Sonic
at the Olympic Games™. Brand new SEGA games that have been created exclusively
for PlaySEGA are also available such as Ice Shuffle, Hollywood Adventure Quiz
and Aquatic Word Burst. In addition, a selection of all-new Guest Games will
soon be unveiled, all entirely FREE to each PlaySEGA user.
Every game has a unique integrated
system to calculate players’ highest scores, giving player’s the ability to view
leader board achievements, and PlaySEGA Rings earned during each gaming session.
PlaySEGA Rings are the site’s currency; the more games you play and the longer
you play, the more PlaySEGA Rings you win – it’s as simple as that!
Users can use Rings to customise
their site and create an Escape Area, which is essentially their very own
profile page. A wide range of Escape Areas are available to purchase and can be
anything from a New York apartment, Swiss chalet or Caribbean villa, to a
haunted house! Consumers can also purchase luxury items using their PlaySEGA
Rings and decorate their Escape Areas with items including; furniture, TVs,
lights, flooring and much more. Customers can invite friends to visit their
decorated Escape Areas, as well as view their favourite PlaySEGA games, highest
scores, and achievements earned.
SEGA is also proud to announce a
PlaySEGA VIP (Very Important Player) area of the site. This new area is coming
soon and for a small charge users will be able to access and play dozens more
web games, including newly acquired titles specifically created for PlaySEGA,
along with fan favorites from the respected SEGA Genesis™ years. These titles
include the genuine SEGA classics we all know and love: Columns™, Puyo Pop™, Chu
Chu Rocket™, Sonic The Hedgehog™ and Super Monkey Ball Tip n’ Tilt™ among
others.
“What started off as a small project
within the SEGA Network Group has now caught the imagination of the entire
company,” explains Nick Pili, Network Business Director, SEGA of Europe. “I have
suggestions for new games filling up my in-box, from the CEO, to staff I’ve
never even met over in our Japanese, European and US offices.”
“SEGA fans and new gamers alike can
now come together in one place and enjoy some of our most exciting vintage and
new titles,” continues Pili. “There was a story out there recently that we have
a locked vault full of retro SEGA classics in Japan. Well, it’s true – and we’ve
been given full access to a lot of the properties in it.”
PlaySEGA launches today and is an
evolving site that will continue to keep user’s interests piqued by the many new
games, social network and community elements available in the near future. To
sign up and enjoy everything PlaySEGA has to offer, go to
www.PlaySEGA.com
