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http://www.computera...ced-this-month/ Looks like we may have another new game being announced this Saturday at the VGA's. Let's just hope it is as exciting as they say.

Sonic Guy, long standing member of the Sonic Stadium Message Boards, brought us to some interesting news that THQ has revealed the arrival of the third instalment of Sonic Advance. Delving deeper, we found this statement from an unknown source: --- "THQ announces a co-publishing agreement with Sega Europe for five upcoming GBA games, including the previously unannounced games Sonic Advance 3 and Shining Force. THQ has today announced that it has entered into a Game Boy Advance co-publishing agreement with Sega Europe. The deal will see THQ publishing a number of Sega GBA games in Europe, Australia, and other international territories starting this winter. The games confirmed for inclusion in the arrangement to date include the following: Shining Force Shining Soul II Sonic Advance 3 - (BOIT. See? ) Sonic Battle Sonic Pinball Party "Our two Sonic-branded releases, Sonic Advance and Sonic Advance 2, enjoyed sales of more than one million units at retail in North America according to NPD TRSTS," said Tim Walsh, senior vice president of international publishing, THQ. "We are delighted that our relationship with Sega has expanded to our international territories." "We are looking forward to working together with THQ for the release of these quality games," added Mike Sherlock, executive vice president of sales and marketing, Sega Europe. "Using THQ's unparalleled know-how with the GBA platform will help us to reach our long-term goals in the shortest amount of time. This partnership not only helps us realize our commitment to expand our overseas presence, but also gives us the opportunity to further strengthen the Sega brand name in the international marketplace." --- While this is all freakishly good news, it's odd seeing THQ announce these titles for Europe, whereas Infogrames has been doing the distribution in Europe for some time now. We all know SEGA Europe is to become its own entity and thus detach from Infogrames, but then why go to THQ for publishing when they can do it themselves? It boggles the mind. The fact that THQ has actually announced these titles on SEGA's behalf seems strange too. Still, the announcements are all concrete enough. SO - not only do we get a new handheld Sonic experience on our Game Boys, we'll also be getting either a continuation or a port from one of the best RPG series created - SHINING FORCE. Rumours of a port of the BEST RPG in existence, Shining Force II (no question - NO, don't talk! No question about it!) heading for the Game Boy Advance may be realised with this announcement. Original Post Content: View full story

It sounds like SEGA is in a bit more of a stable situation since exiting the console business a year or so ago, as according to a new report the company is interested in purchasing some third-party publishers to add to its list of development studios. According to a story on Reuters (via Gamespot), the House of Sonic is mostly looking towards publishers in the West - North America and Europe - in an attempt to "strengthen its position in the market and move it closer to the achievement of its goal to be the top publisher in the world." THQ and Infogrames, two publishers that have had close connections with SEGA in the past, are name-checked as potential acquisition targets, but one company that is apparently ruled out is FIFA publisher Electronic Arts. This may be great news for SEGA and its growth as a third-party publisher. We'll let you know if anything comes of this. View full story

The day has finally come for US fans - Sonic Advance has been shipped to retailers, courtesy of THQ. You might remember that SEGA signed a deal with THQ to publish a number of Game Boy Advance titles; Sonic Advance is among them. Read on for the full press release, fired to the media by THQ. View full story

American third-party publisher THQ has announced a partnership with SEGA that will see it co-publish six SEGA-developed and ten co-developed Game Boy Advance games throughout 2001, 2002 and 2003, including Sonic Advance. IGN reports that the agreement, only applicable to the West, allows SEGA to use THQ's strengths in the portably gaming market to 'ensure concurrent release [of their handheld products] with SEGA's major platform titles'. The six games that will be co-published are Columns Crown, Puyo Pop, The House of the Dead Pinball, SEGA Smash Pack, a Major League Baseball licensed game, and Sonic Advance. Outside of these six games - and the unannounced ten titles that THQ is co-developing - SEGA added that it retains the rights to publish its own titles on any platform. Click HERE for more info. View full story