Besides Sega's announcements of network plans and price cuts, the New Challenge Conference '99 also gave the company a chance to show off several new games. To die-hard Sega fans, the announcement of a new game by the Phantasy Star team known as Project Ares, was surely the most momentous. A fully polygonal RPG, Project Ares is said to be Sega's attempt at creating a new standard in RPGs.
In other RPG news, Sega also showed off Baldur's Gate for the Dreamcast. This will be the first game scheduled for Sega's worldwide Dreamcast Heat network. We've also included a few snapshots of other games displayed at the conference. Enjoy.
TOKYO - Sega held its New Challenge Conference '99 on Tuesday to announce its future strategy for the Dreamcast system.
The biggest announcement (one that GameSpot News broke in a story two weeks ago) was that Sega will drop the Dreamcast's price to 19,900 yen (US$165) in Japan's retail stores starting on June 24. This is a markdown of 9,900 yen ($82) from its current price. To coincide with this markdown, five games (Virtua Fighter 3tb, PenPen Tri-Icelon, Sonic Adventure, Godzilla Generations, and July) will be retailed at 1,990 yen ($16) from June 24 through July 31.