Sonic Dev Admits Reason Why Recent Sonic Games Have Suffered

Ever since Sonic Adventure 2 on the Sega Dreamcast the hedgehog has suffered some pretty poor releases. Sonic fans have been hurting for a long time now with titles like "Sonic Riders" and more recently "Sonic The Hedgehog". What little good will gamers had left for the blue blur is quickly evaporating thanks to Sonic Unleashed, an otherwise decent Sonic game ruined by brawling levels that turn Sonic into a werehog combatant. So why exactly do the development team keep screwing things up exactly? David Clayman caught up with a member of the development team on Sonic Unleashed and asked them exactly this.

Gran Turismo 5 in Christmas 2009

Sony's chief executive in southern Europe, James Armstrong, revealed in a statement to Spanish newspaper El Financiero that we can expect the game to arrive (in Europe, at least) Christmas 2009.

Fifa 09 Update Patch

EA has been hard at work on a patch for FIFA 09 and have now announced the general fixes of said patch. They state they are aiming for a release next week and among the issue's fixed are:
- Fixed side-stepping issue
- Improved advantage rule
- Fixed Stadium 23.Maj lag issue
- Fixed join issue in Online Team Play Lobbies

Rockstar "not sure" when GTAIV content is coming!

Arstechnica writes: Before Grand Theft Auto IV's release, Microsoft paid $50 million to secure the exclusive rights to a large batch of downloadable content. To this day, no information about that content has been divulged, except for a tentative release date of fall 2008. Even that single piece of information appears to be moot now, as Rockstar has commented that it is "not sure" when the content will go live.

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Gears of War 2 debuts to 2,100,000 Units Day 1

According to early retailer reports, and user polls, Gears of War 2 is shaping up to be one of the biggest Xbox 360 titles to date, putting it in very similar territory to blockbusters 'Halo 3' and 'Grand Theft Auto IV'

Using the aforementioned data, Gears of War 2 looks to have debuted to midnight and Friday sales of 1,400,000 units in North America, and 700,000 units in 'Others' territories. This would be roughly 20% lower, by comparison, to Halo 3's massive debut, which wound up with 3.8 million units sold it's first week on the market.

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COD5 to Sell Accelerated Experience Points to Gamers

During yesterday's analyst call, Activision revealed a plan to make more money from the COD franchise by selling something called "Day One Advantage" that will buy you fasterexperience points to use in the game. 

The PC version of FIFA 09 is different to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions because of the CPU processing power required for the architecture of the game."  "The majority of gamer's PC's do not have enough CPU processing power for this architecture, so FIFA09 on PC has been built to have the best possible graphics and gameplay engine while still being accessible to as many fans of the game as possible. If the architecture was identical to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, FIFA09 on PC would only be accessible to 1-3% of the PC systems on the market."

Mercenaries 2 Goes top in UK charts

Chart-Track's just confirmed that Mercenaries 2's gone top of the UK chart, knocking down Tiger after a top-spot debut last week

Dead Space now shipping on October 14 for 360 and PS3

EA has just announced that the highly anticipated sci-fi horror shooter, Dead Space, will be pushed up yet again. Originally slated for release on October 31 then moved ahead to October 21 at E3, Dead Space will now arrive on October 14 in stores nationwide for the PS3 and Xbox 360. The PC version is still slated to come out on the 21st.

Pirates Vs. Ninjas Dodgeball Now Coming to Wii

Previously a downloadable exclusive to PSN and XBLA, Pirates Vs. Ninja's Dodgeball is making its way to the Wii via retail this Winter. Not only is it making its way over to the Nintendo juggernaut, its doing so with quite a few exclusive features, such as a story mode and customization options. "The competition between the Pirates and the Ninjas is so huge that battles are breaking out all over," said Harry Miller, El Presidente of Gamecock Media Group. "We're happy to bring this grand conflict to the Wii, and give players the chance to help determine who the ultimate champions are." Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball will have scurvy thieves squaring off against crafty martial artists in large, detailed arenas. The game allows for up to eight players and offers a total of seven teams, including pirates, ninjas, robots and zombies plus three unannounced ball slingers. Each team utilizes its own unique techniques and strategies to try and ultimately defeat the enemies. Unique to Wii version, the game will offer all-new story and challenge modes, along with several customized control schemes.

Call Of Duty World At War Screens!

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Crysis cost $22 million to make!

Cevat Yerli, president of Crytek, has told the Games Convention Developers Conference in Leipzig that Crysis cost 15 million Euros (22 million USD) to make.
Even though that amount of money could power a third world country for a few years, the EA published game must have managed to turn round a tidy profit. And in the face of massive piracy on PC, that's no mean feat. "If it wasn't profitable I wouldn't be able to stand here," he told attendees, reports IGN.

Newly Discover Secret Psn Firends Names

In a news story last week Psnfriends.com told you about that guy on YouTube who discovered that if you send a PSN friend request to Hideo Kojima the name turns into Old Snake. Just discovered early this morning by Psnfriends.com's own Bonemantour are two other names which also change into something interesting.

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Force Unleashed demo on August 21

LucasArts has confirmed that a playable demo for its upcoming Star Wars game will be unleashed on August 21 for both PS3 and 360.We've been told that the demo gives players "a taste of one of the early levels in the game: the TIE Fighter Construction Facility, under siege by a Jedi General named Rahm Kota."The Secret Apprentice has been sent by Darth Vader to hunt down and destroy the General, but is also told that, in order to remain a secret, he is to leave no witnesses."
Also included in the demo is a tutorial intended to teach players how to use their Force Grip power (snigger). So everything that was pretty much expected then.

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Sega boss warns of Wii's "flood of crap

The Sega of America boss said that the wave of poor quality games on Wii will die down "as publishers become more coherent.""The Wii is a very cost effective platform to experiment with," he said. "There is a lot of crap coming out for the Wii in general."If it's not a good game, it doesn't sell. That flood of crap will die down as publishers become more coherent," he added, speaking to Venture Beat.Sega has been one of the Wii's biggest third-party success stories, albeit with the help of a Nintendo mascot; Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games is expected to clear 7 million units this year.Jeffery feels that the Wii's current library doesn't satisfy hardcore gamers, but reckons that Platinum Games' super-violent MadWorld will fill some of the void."The Wii is a great opportunity for hitting hardcore gamers," he said. "No one is doing that. With MadWorld from Platinum Games, we are trying to show that millions of Wii gamers want to move on to mature games. They don't have to have an Xbox 360 to do that."

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Burnout Paradise Re-Release On PSn!

The full game will be downloadable through the US PS Store for a bargain $29.99 (around £17). A UK-specific announcement is yet to be made. Also planned for this Autumn are more free "game changing" updates, including the addition of motorbikes and the introduction of Trophy support for the PS3 version. Fiona Sperry, studio manager for developer Criterion Games said: "Our mission at Criterion is to provide the most entertaining gaming service possible. In order to do that, it's key that we have the ability to deliver content to players in ways that work for them - through quick and easy download or via traditional bricks and mortar."EA has not specified a file size, but we'd imagine it'll be a fair few Gigabytes. Best free up some hard drive space, lads. Could this be the start of a new trend for PS3 titles?

Warner signs XBL music video deal

Videos from Panic! At the Disco, Flo Rida, Matchbox Twenty, Cute is What We Aim For and more are set to appear on every Xbox Live region around the world. If anyone's interested.The move is no doubt in preparation for Microsoft's New Xbox Experience, which attempts to further broaden the Xbox 360's music and movie capabilities."Xbox 360 has been an important partner in our efforts to offer consumers more ways to experience our artists' music and this is especially true among gamers who are some of the most passionate music fans," said WMG marketing man Larry Mattera."With this agreement, we can take advantage of Microsoft's music platform and provide gamers what they want: music videos from their favorite artists that can be downloaded quickly and easily."

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Pure Demo Coming Soon On Psn

Disney has announced that a demo of its impressive looking off-road ATV racer, Pure, will be available to download via the PlayStation Network next month.The demo will include a tutorial mode, allowing you to get to grips with the new trick system, along with a single racetrack set in Italy. "PURE is an action sports game like no other that lets you soar off huge peaks and see for miles in the distance while you pull adrenaline-inducing tricks," said Jason Avent, Game Director at Black Rock Studio. "The demo will give fans a limited but intense sample of the gameplay and provide practice for when the game is released in late September."

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