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In news that has put something of a dampener on the past weekend's incredible events in London, it appears that the Germany performance for the Sonic Symphony World Tour has been suddenly cancelled. It was due to take place at the Mitsubishi Electric Halle in Düsseldorf on November 17. While news of the potential cancellation has not yet been addressed or confirmed by production company MGP Live, the Düsseldorf page has been scrubbed from the official Sonic Symphony website and links to the show now throw up a 404 error. Fans have also posted images of notices they have received from the ticket management company Eventim informing them of the show's cancellation, citing "logistic" issues. Again, no formal announcement has yet been posted on the venue's website or social channels, however their full schedule page quietly lists the Sonic Symphony event as "Cancelled" with no reason given. Clicking through to the event takes users to a 404 page. Hopefully this is something that can be resolved very quickly with a new date for the country, as it's otherwise a significant blow to the non-US tour. Many Sonic fans in international markets do not get the opportunity to visit the US (or even the UK) to attend events, and the opportunities for fan-focused events are very rare in a lot of countries. We have reached out to MGP Live for some more information and hopefully we will have something to update you on this soon. Original Post Content: View full story

The crazy rollercoaster that is SEGA's love-triangle merger may well be coming to an end - and an end that nobody really saw coming at that. Is it going to be Sammy that SEGA merges with? Or Namco? Turns out, it's probably going to be neither of them! On the one side, it sounds like Namco got tired of waiting for an answer from SEGA about whether it wanted to merge with the company or not, and decided to withdraw its offer after all. The Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun reports that, because SEGA "wasn't able to give a specific answer to its offer, Namco has dropped its proposal and SEGA has announced that merger talks have concluded." On the other side, SEGA also announced that it had broken off merger talks with Sammy as well. So now it seems like SEGA won't be merging with any company at all and will continue to go it alone. An article on Gamers.com says, "SEGA would have continued to consider Namco's offer, but Namco, which had asked for an answer by the end of the week, apparently considered that response unsatisfactory. "Namco said that it may consider a merger in the future at Sega's instigation, but Sega responded that it will not pursue such a course. Thus, it appears that Sega will no longer merge with anyone, at least in the near term. At a press conference announcing Sega's current course, president Hideki Sato declined to comment on any other potential future deals -- including a rumored capital investment by Electronic Arts." So, after all of that... SEGA is going to make it on its own! Hooray! View full story