SEGA E3 2015

We all love PlayStation here at Push Square Towers, but we have a soft spot for SEGA's systems of old, too. Growing up in the UK, both the Master System and the Mega Drive were arguably more popular than their Nintendo rivals – and while we'll gleefully admit that the Saturn deserved to get trounced by the PSone, the Dreamcast certainly didn't warrant such a cruel fate.

It's gutting, then, to see the state of the company today, with the likes of Football Manager among its most important properties right now. We're probably missing something, but Yakuza 5 – a release being localised by Sony's third-party productions team – is pretty much the only Western PlayStation game that we can think of that's in the pipeline. An Alien Isolation sequel is likely, while there are rumours regarding a new-gen Sonic – but nothing else is jumping out.

It's no surprise, then, that the publisher is skipping this year's E3, opting to demo its wares with partners such as Sony. This means that for the first time since 1995, there'll be no dedicated SEGA presence on the showfloor at all; you may want to cross Shenmue III off your predictions list. We understand the organisation's decision, but it's just sad to see the company slump like this. End of an era, indeed.

[source arstechnica.com, via vg247.com]