Solo Wing's News Entries

November Xbox One Launch Lineup Includes Crimson Dragon

November Xbox One Launch Lineup Includes Crimson Dragon

By Solo Wing |

Gamespot has posted a list of the Xbox One’s launch titles, a list which includes the long-awaited Panzer Dragoon spiritual successor, Crimson Dragon. Crimson Dragon will be released along with 22 other titles on Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox...

My Life With Sega Reviews Panzer Dragoon Saga

My Life With Sega Reviews Panzer Dragoon Saga

By Solo Wing |

The ‘My Life With Sega’ video review of Panzer Dragoon Saga is now online. It’s a great review which is suitable for new players as it’s spoiler free, while still showing off a decent amount footage from the game. Hopefully we’ll see a Panzer...

My Life With Sega Reviews Panzer Dragoon

My Life With Sega Reviews Panzer Dragoon

By Solo Wing |

Segabits has released a video review of the first two Panzer Dragoon games, as part of their ‘My Life With Sega’ series. It discusses how Panzer Dragoon was the best Saturn launch title and why these games stood out from other rail shooters. It’s...

Futatsugi Still Hopes to Make a Crimson Dragon RPG

Futatsugi Still Hopes to Make a Crimson Dragon RPG

By Solo Wing |

Speaking with Joystiq at E3, Yukio Futatsugi confirmed that he still hopes to make an RPG sequel to Crimson Dragon. Futatsugi stated earlier that the possibility of an RPG follow up would depend upon the sales of the first game. Richard Mitchell...

Yutaka Noma Talks About Enhancing Crimson Dragon

Yutaka Noma Talks About Enhancing Crimson Dragon

By Solo Wing |

Yutaka Noma, Crimson Dragon’s producer, has spoken to Siliconera about the enhancements that Grounding are bringing to the updated Xbox One game. These changes were possible due to the extra time which Grounding has had to work on the game,...

Another Crimson Dragon Picture From E3

Another Crimson Dragon Picture From E3

By Solo Wing |

True Achievements has posted the high resolution Crimson Dragon screenshots posted by Gamersyde earlier, but they’ve also included an extra picture. Although they have listed it as a screenshot, I don’t think it actually is one. Rather, it appears...

Grounding is Working on a Nintendo Game

Grounding is Working on a Nintendo Game

By Solo Wing |

Joystiq reports that Crimson Dragon developer Grounding is also working on a project for Nintendo: Grounding Inc is hard at work creating Crimson Dragon for Xbox One, but the studio is also making another unannounced project for Nintendo,...

More Crimson Dragon Previews From E3

More Crimson Dragon Previews From E3

By Solo Wing |

I’ve rounded up some more impressions of Crimson Dragon from E3, including the likes of IGN, STFUandPlay, TechnoBuffalo, GamesRader, and Co-Optimus. IGN’s impressions were positive, citing the many similarities with the Panzer Dragoon series....

Crimson Dragon Will Feature "Free Flight" Mode

Crimson Dragon Will Feature "Free Flight" Mode

By Solo Wing |

Tracey Lien from Polygon reports that Crimson Dragon will feature a free flight mode, alongside the on-rails mode: The game will also have an on-rails mode and a free flight mode so players can decide how much control they want over the...

Pocket-lint Previews Crimson Dragon at E3

Pocket-lint Previews Crimson Dragon at E3

By Solo Wing |

As with Destructoid’s preview, Mike Lowe at Pocket-lint takes issue with Crimson Dragon’s visuals and particularly the game’s controls: There’s an undeniably similar look between the Crimson Dragon and Panzer Dragoon games. But look isn’t...

Destructoid: "Crimson Dragon Feels Like a Shaky Mess"

Destructoid: "Crimson Dragon Feels Like a Shaky Mess"

By Solo Wing |

And now for a not so positive preview of Crimson Dragon. Brett Makedonski at Destructoid writes: The first and most striking facet of the demo was that the game simply did not look like something that anyone would expect from next...

OXM's E3 Impressions of Crimson Dragon

OXM's E3 Impressions of Crimson Dragon

By Solo Wing |

Francesca Reyes from the Official US Xbox Magazine has posted her impressions of the E3 Crimson Dragon demo. No new information here. She concludes with the following: Though our time with Crimson Dragon was brief, the good news for Sega...

Game Revolution Previews Crimson Dragon at E3

Game Revolution Previews Crimson Dragon at E3

By Solo Wing |

Vince Ingenito at Game Revolution has written a preview of Crimson Dragon, based on his experience with the E3 demo. Overall his experience seems positive, although he did have some issues with the controls: The first thing I noticed was...

Polygon Interviews Yukio Futatsugi About Crimson Dragon

Polygon Interviews Yukio Futatsugi About Crimson Dragon

By Solo Wing |

Polygon has interviewed Yukio Futatsugi about the recent reveal of Crimson Dragon for Xbox One. The interview contains lots of interesting information; I recommend that you read the whole thing. Highlights: You can play the campaign in three...

IGN Plays the Crimson Dragon Demo at E3

IGN Plays the Crimson Dragon Demo at E3

By Solo Wing |

Check out this video from IGN playing through a larva level of Crimson Dragon. I should warn you that this video contains spoilers, particularly if you are familar with Crimson Dragon: Side Story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuyF2xL0W2E ...

Crimson Dragon Will Be Played With a Control Pad

Crimson Dragon Will Be Played With a Control Pad

By Solo Wing |

I know most, perhaps all of you wanted for this: the ability to play Crimson Dragon with a regular Xbox control pad. Today, that wish has come true. Joystiq reports: Crimson Dragon, originally designed as a showpiece for Kinect, is now...

Crimson Dragon Trailer (With Audio) and Screenshots

Crimson Dragon Trailer (With Audio) and Screenshots

By Solo Wing |

I’ve uploaded a version of the Crimson Dragon E3 2013 trailer to The Will of the Ancients. Due to a technical error by Microsoft, the live trailer did not feature audio, however this version (taken from the Xbox YouTube channel) includes sound....

Crimson Dragon Confirmed for Xbox One

Crimson Dragon Confirmed for Xbox One

By Solo Wing |

Crimson Dragon is coming exclusively to the Xbox One Microsoft revealed during their E3 press conference today. I’ll post more details later along with my impressions; for now, I just want to get to the news out there. Check out the trailer....

Yukio Futatsugi to Present Crimson Dragon at E3?

Yukio Futatsugi to Present Crimson Dragon at E3?

By Solo Wing |

Yukio Futatsugi posted a tweet earlier today from Tokyo, containing a link to a photo he took at Haneda Airport. A Google translation of Futatsugi’s tweet reveals the following: Well, I’m going LA. @ Haneda Airport International Terminal...

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed on Intel Ultrabook

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed on Intel Ultrabook

By Solo Wing |

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, which features a Panzer Dragoon themed track, is coming to Intel Ultrabooks. Check out the trailer: There is a blog post on Sega’s website detailing the Ultrabook features. The game is being enhanced...

Another Six New Pieces of Fan Art

Another Six New Pieces of Fan Art

By Solo Wing |

I’ve uploaded six new pieces of fan art to our gallery: The first picture, titled “Please Don’t Die Blue Buddy”, is particularly fitting considering the lack of Panzer Dragoon games from Sega in recent years. On a related note, Draikin...

Twelve New Pieces of Fan Art

Twelve New Pieces of Fan Art

By Solo Wing |

A new batch of Panzer Dragoon fan art has arrived: I think they’re all stunning. There really is a lot of talent among Panzer Dragoon fans. Keep up the good work, all of you.

EA Buys the Panzer Dragoon Franchise

EA Buys the Panzer Dragoon Franchise

By Solo Wing |

EA announced today that it has acquired the Panzer Dragoon license. “Sega hasn’t made a Panzer Dragoon game in over ten years. They sold the license to us for next to nothing”, an EA spokesperson said. “Copies of Panzer Dragoon Saga on eBay cost...

Panzer Dragoon Saga, Twelfth Most Requested Game on GOG

Panzer Dragoon Saga, Twelfth Most Requested Game on GOG

By Solo Wing |

A week ago, Panzer Dragoon Saga reached twelfth place on the GOG.com wishlist of the most voted games in that week. Although the game has since gone down in the list, this is a great sign that fans are interested in a re-release of Panzer Dragoon...

Vote for GOG Re-Releases of the Panzer Dragoon Games

Vote for GOG Re-Releases of the Panzer Dragoon Games

By Solo Wing |

As our Panzer Dragoon Revival petition nears its conclusion, I thought it would be worth sharing another option which could lead to the Panzer Dragoon games being re-released. GOG.com, formerly known as Good Old Games before they started adding...