Haven’t heard too much about Sands of Destruction from Sega in the wake of Madworld, but they are localizing it as we revealed way back at Tokyo Game Show. To remind us Sands of Destruction is coming a teaser trailer introducing the cast was posted a few days ago.   Doing further checking it looks [...]

In Sands of Destruction beastmen called Ferals reign over humanity and the human heroes decide to go on a quest to end the world. Wait, their solution isn’t to overthrow the beasts? They want to destroy the world. What’s going on here and what’s the driving message of Sands of Destruction?   I asked Ryoei [...]

World Destruction… ahem… I mean Sands of Destruction is scheduled to come out in North America this fall care of Sega USA. The news of that Sega is localizing the game shouldn’t be much a surprise now since English screenshots leaked out last week. We know a talented team is working on Sands of Destruction, [...]

Yes, World Destruction is getting a North American release. The President of Imageepoch already told us they were working on a North American version back at Tokyo Game Show. Sega USA just hasn’t gotten around to announcing it yet. But, Sega must be getting ready to make an announcement soon.   Eagle-eyed Volcynika spotted a [...]

At Tokyo Game Show I caught up Ryoei Mikage, the President of Imageepoch, and among discussing Arc Rise Fantasia, Seventh Dragon, and a bunch of other titles we touched on World Destruction. He told me Imageepoch is currently working on the US version of World Destruction which Sega USA will publish in the future. A [...]

Just because Sega is developing software like Project Beauty doesn’t mean they forgot about core genres like RPGs. In their Fiscal Year 2009 1st Quarter Financial statement Sega stated they want to expand RPG title sales for domestic market. By domestic they mean Japan so this isn’t a confirmation of World Destruction. However, if Sega [...]

Sega’s World Destruction project is more than a Nintendo DS RPG. It’s a media explosion similar to .hack. This July TV Tokyo will broadcast an anime focused on six characters with the intention of destroying the world. Production I.G., the studio behind Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, will take care of the animation. [...]

Summer is a time for sunshine and in Japan the end of the world. World Destruction has become notable for its plot, the player causing “world destruction” other than saving it, and the collaboration with some ex-Xenogears staff.   That’s really not much, but this set of screenshots is a pretty good look at the [...]