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Pseudo Interactive, developer of the Sega-published Full Auto series, has shut down due to cutbacks at parent company SCi. Over 50 people were employed at the Toronto-based game developer as of 2006. The company was reportedly working on an unnamed project that has now been canceled.

Let’s hope those guys and girls find good jobs elsewhere.

[via 1UP]

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Pseudo Interactive, developer of the Sega-published Full Auto series, has shut down due to cutbacks at parent company SCi. Over 50 people were employed at the Toronto-based game developer as of 2006. The company was reportedly working on an unnamed project that has now been canceled.

Let’s hope those guys and girls find good jobs elsewhere.

[via 1UP]

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If you still have yet to play either of the Full Auto games (*slowly raises hand), and are way too cheap to buy the higher-priced sequel, this is probably the cheapest way you’ll ever find the original through legal means. Right now Frys has clearanced the title for only $3.75. Gamers are reporting it’s marked at $14.99, but will ring up at the low clearance price.

Graham remains adamant to this very day that Full Auto is one of the very best racing games he’s ever played. What that means to us is that it’s probably crap, but for this crazy price, it makes even a mediocre game really attractive.

[Via CAG]

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Its been like 2 weeks since the contest finished - and I’m the douche who forgot to post up the results sooner.  I hold my hands up - Im sorry.

But fret no more, here are thewinners of the great prizes!

2x Runners Up: Christmas NiGHTS

Question: No question, just had to enter the contest and be picked randomly!

Winners: Emmett the Crab and Will Thoraldson

Bundle 4: Handheld Games

Question: What is the name of the lead female character in Sonic Rush?

Answer: Blaze the Cat (or just Blaze)

Winner: Alex Marsh

Bundle 3: PC Games

Question: Which division of Sega develops the Total War series?

Answer: The Creative Assembly (or just Creative Assembly)

Winner: Kogen

Bundle 2: Xbox 360 Games

Question: What major feature do the Xbox 360 versions of Virtua Fighter 5 and Virtua Tennis 3 have, that the PS3 versions do not?

Answer: Online Play (or Online Features)

Winner: Samuel Evans

Bundle 1: Saturn Games

Question: How many Panzer Dragoon games were released on the Sega Saturn?

Answer: Three (Panzer Dragoon, Panzer Dragoon Zwei and Panzer Dragoon Saga)

Winner: Diogo Rato aka “Charmed699“

So congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone who entered.  We had well over 100 entries!

For the winners, if you would still like to receive your prizes (which I assume you do!), could you please Email (graham@seganerds.com) or PM me (via the Forums) your addresses, so I can ship your goodies out to you.

Thanks again to everyone who entered.  I think this was a pretty big success, and hopefully it will mean more contests like this to come in the future…. (not sure how often though - it was pretty expensive!)

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Just over a week ago, we announced the New Years Nerdaway, our special giveaway for the start of 2008.  Featuring 4 great bundles of gaming goodness.

So far we have been inundated with scores of entries, but the contest is not yet over. No sir!

The closing date for the contest is on January 31st 2008.  Which, at the time of posting this article, leaves anyone who has not yet entered, with exactly 1 week (7 days) left, to try and win these fantastic prizes.

For full details, follow this link.

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Finally it is here! Apologies we had planned to hold it sooner, but… well I won’t fob you off with any excuses, it was held off, it’s here now.  That is what matters!

Previously we had teased you with the outline of prizes we had on offer, and now I give you the rules, regulations and (most importantly) the questions, with which you will need to win.

Rules:  We have 4 seperate bundles of prizes to give away.  Each bundle has a question to go with it.  All you need do is choose which of the prizes bundles you would like to try and win, and answer the corresponding question, and then send your answer(s) to us (contact info coming up).

You can enter to win as many of the bundles you want to, however, we will pick the winners for each bundle in order (starting with 4, ending with 1), and should your name be chosen for Bundle 4, you will not be eligeble for any of the other bundles.

So if you really want to win Bundle 1, it could be wise not to enter for all 4 bundles, in case you ‘accidentally’ win a different bundle.  But, then again, if you just want to win some Sega gaming goodies, then go ahead and enter for all the bundles!

The full list of prizes and questions coming up after the jump.

Bundle 4:  Handheld Bundle

What we have here is a selection of Nintendo DS and Sony PSP titles.

DS: Super Monkey Ball DS, Sonic Rush and Touch Darts (with limited edition stylus)

PSP: Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars, Sega Megadrive Collection and CRUSH

Bundle 3: PC Bundle

House of the Dead III, Sonic Mega Collection Plus, Sonic Adventure DX and Total War: Eras (Collectors edition boxset with; Shogun: Total War & Mongol Invasion Expansion Pack, Medieval: Total War & Viking Invasion Expansion Pack, Rome: Total War & Barbarian Invasion and Alexander Expansion Packs, plus more)

Bundle 2: Xbox 360 Bundle

Five Xbox 360 games; Chrome Hounds, Full Auto, Condemned, Virtua Tennis 3 and Virtua Fighter 5

Bundle 1: Saturn Bundle

Three fantastic Saturn classics.  Enemy Zero, Christmas NiGHTS and Panzer Dragoon Saga.  Plus a NiGHTS Journey of Dreams poster, signed by Iizuka-san, the game’s creator (not shown in picture).  And a Xbox 360 controller.

You may be wondering what the Xbox 360 controller is for?  Well, I have to warn you that the three Saturn titles are from Japan, so you will need either a Japanese Saturn, a Convertor cartridge or a Saturn emulator. 

We suggest using a Saturn emulator, in particular SSF.  This allows you to play all region Saturn games on your PC, and the Xbox 360 controller works with SSF allowing you to play these Saturn games with ease.  (See we do care).

Questions

Bundle 4 - Handheld Question:  What is the name of the lead female character in Sonic Rush?

Bundle 3 - PC Question: Which division of Sega develops the Total War series?

Bundle 2 - Xbox 360 Question: What major feature do the Xbox 360 versions of Virtua Fighter 5 and Virtua Tennis 3 have, that the PS3 versions do not?

Bundle 1 - Saturn Question: How many Panzer Dragoon games were released on the Sega Saturn?

So there we are, the full list of questions and prizes on offer for you.  I, perhaps, should add that there are no trick questions here and anyone interested in gaming should be able to answer them with ease.  However, if you cannot, there is always Wikipedia and hundreds of search engines to help aide you. (Really it cannot be more easy!)

How to Enter

To enter the contest all you need do is sign up to be a member here at Sega Nerds (don’t worry it is free) and then PM me  (G) in the forums, with your answers.

Or you can also email me - graham@seganerds.com - giving the email header as “New Years Nerdaway” and then the answers to the questions of the prizes you want to win.

Simple eh?  Any questions, feel free to either PM me or just leave a comment at the end of this post.

 Good luck everyone!

[Update:] Whoops!  I forgot to add.  The closing date for the contest will be on the 31st January 2008.  So that is a little over 2 weeks away. 

Any entries after this date, will not be counted.  We shall then randomly draw the names for each winner and post them on the site the following week.

Thanks, in advance, to everyone who enters.

~G~

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That’s right my fine nerdians, we here at Sega Nerds, want you to kick start your new year with a bang!

Which is why we are going to be giving away a butt load of Sega games, for your enjoyment.

Our New Years contest will see 4 lucky winners, walking away with a bundle of goodies, plus 2 runners-up prizes to be had.  That’s 6 winners overall!

What you see in the picture above, is the entire goodie bag, but those prizes will be split down into 4 seperate (but very good) prize bundles, which go as follows;

• Bundle 4: Hand-held - a selection of DS and PSP games.
• Bundle 3: Sega PC games.
• Bundle 2: Xbox 360 games.
• Bundle 1: Saturn games, plus a signed (by Iizuka-san) NiGHTs Journey of Dreams poster.

We shall be starting the contest very soon, when we shall give you the full details of how to win these prizes!

Happy New Year everyone!