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Delta's 2.0 update introduces a dual-screen mode that uses foldable hinge hardware to emulate the Nintendo DS experience, splitting gameplay across two screens. The release also adds support for emulating Sega Genesis games, expanding the app's library of supported retro consoles.
Retro game emulator Delta has released version 2.0, adding a Liquid Glass interface redesign and dedicated support for the foldable iPhone Duo. The update includes custom controller skins for Nintendo DS layouts that adapt to the device's various folded poses, Sega Genesis ROM compatibility, improved library navigation, and audio settings that let game sound mix with music or podcasts.
Delta 2.0, the iOS game emulator, now includes optimization for Apple's foldable iPhone Duo, letting users play Nintendo DS games with controller skins adapted to portrait and landscape folding poses. The update also adds Sega Genesis emulation with matching controller skins, a custom DLC feature for classic Game Boy Advance Pokémon titles, a redesigned UI built around Apple's Liquid Glass design, and experimental support for Epilogue's GB/SN Operator cartridge adapters and custom visual filters.
Sega's upcoming Like a Dragon spin-off Stranger Than Heaven traces Makoto Daito's life from a Japanese-American outcast in the segregated US to a hustler and eventual Tojo Clan figure in 1960s Shinjuku. The game spans roughly five decades, connecting Daito's story to the backgrounds of series mainstays Kazuma Kiryu and Ichiban Kasuga.
Sega's October 13 remaster of Shogun 2, developed with Mataboo, drew overwhelmingly negative Steam reviews over apparently AI-upscaled 2D art, unresolved and new bugs, and a mod system switch that broke 15 years of unofficial patches. Sega had also delisted the original game, leaving Complete Edition as the only purchase option for new buyers. About 48 hours after launch, Sega apologized, pulled the remaster, and restored the original version for sale.
Sega and Creative Assembly have withdrawn Total War: Shogun 2 — Complete Edition from sale after players reported bugs and distorted artwork that many believe resulted from AI-assisted upscaling. The remaster launched Tuesday with promised 4K support and modernized controls but quickly earned an 'Overwhelmingly Negative' rating on Steam before being removed. The companies say they will restore the original 2011 game and that existing buyers of the remaster will retain access.
The Video Game History Foundation announced its digital archive now holds more than 5000 out-of-print magazines, up from the 1500-plus it launched with roughly a year and a half ago. The collection spans 1981 to 2026, totals nearly 600,000 pages, and was built with scans from community archiving groups, industry alumni, and individual contributors.
A hardware tinkerer who created the Soggy-1000, a clone of Sega's SG-1000 console compatible with its optional keyboard, found Sega's built-in BASIC too limiting for development work. They are now writing their own Forth implementation to serve as a self-controlled, copyright-clean programming environment that can be embedded in ROM and run interactively on the machine.
Sonic the Hedgehog series boss Takashi Iizuka told Tokyo Game Show attendees that Sega executives once wanted to cancel the entire Sonic franchise, and that he had to fight internally to keep it alive. He credited the 2020 live-action film, whose character redesign followed fan backlash, with proving continued demand and enabling sequels; the franchise has since sold over 1.5 billion copies worldwide.
Sega has struck a deal with Netflix to adapt three of its properties: a Crazy Taxi feature film written by the writers of 2025's Naked Gun reboot, a new animated Sonic the Hedgehog series aimed at young children, and a live-action movie based on the upcoming RGG Studio game Stranger Than Heaven. Sega producer Toru Nakahara is involved in all three projects, with the Crazy Taxi film slated for release next year alongside the game sequel Crazy Taxi: World Tour.
Netflix and Sega are broadening their collaboration to include a live-action comedy based on Crazy Taxi, written by Naked Gun scribes Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, and a live-action crime film based on RGG Studio's upcoming game Stranger Than Heaven. Netflix is also developing a new Sonic animated series aimed at younger viewers, following Sonic Prime.
Netflix is developing a new animated series based on Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, targeted at younger viewers. The streamer is also broadening its Sega ties with planned film adaptations of the video games Crazy Taxi and Stranger Than Heaven.