Altered Beast

Altered Beast

"SEGA Europe has been running a promotion in cooperation with Nintendo this festive season, and here at Electronic Theatre we thought we’d take this time to draw your attention to the fantastic selection of titles available at a reduced price, before it’s too late. Right now on the Virtual Console service for Wii, ten SEGA Mega-Drive releases are available with a 40% price reduction."

Sega has just announced Wii gamers can now also get in on the classic beat-em-up Altered Beast via the Virtual Console. The game goes for 1,000 Wii Points ($10) -- a bit too high, perhaps.

Nevertheless, with creepy cutscenes, haunting music, and the ability to transform into a bear and kill ants (among many other appealing features), this one is a must-play for any action fan.

Though we'd all but confirmed a couple weeks ago the classic action title Gunstar Heroes would be coming to XBLA, today sees the official announcement from publisher Sega. More, we learn the game is due for PSN, too.

On top of this news, Sega is working on bringing Altered Beast, Shinobi, Comix Zone, Phantasy Star II, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles to XBLA, which is leaving some gamers peeved, given Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection offers 49 games for $30, as opposed to the c...