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Lamb of God writing a song for Iron Man 2

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SEGA has signed up two time Grammy-Nominated heavy metal band Lamb of God to write a song for their upcoming Iron Man 2 video game. The song being used in the game is going be completely new and written exclusively for the game.

“The music of Lamb of God definitely evokes the intensity of Iron Man action and we are very excited to have them working with us for the game, This new track will add even more atmosphere to the cinematic gaming experience that Iron Man 2 brings to the table.” – Sean Ratcliffe, Vice President of Marketing, SEGA of America.

I wouldn’t consider myself the biggest Lamb of God fan, but I have seen them live a few times and they do put up a great show. Hit the jump to read the full press release.

[Source: SEGA Blog]

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Sonic the Hedgehog 4 website update: Badniks

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The American/European website of Sonic the Hedgehog 4 just got an update. A “Badniks” section has finally been added in the character box and for now, only one of a total of nine are shown (Hopefully nine is all their going to show us and not the total amount in the game!) and the first one revealed and one we’ve seen before, albeit in concept art, Motobug! Head over to SonictheHedgehog4.com if you want to see the game model to Sonic’s old foe.

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Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll launch trailer

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Check out the Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll launch trailer above, showing off aspects of the upcoming game. Check out those mini-games, I can’t wait to play butt bumping; first time I can do something like that under a rainbow and not be made fun of for it.

Like most trends in video games, this new release also offers up co-op play; how good that plays is yet to be decided. You will be able to pick up your copy on February 9th; so tomorrow.

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Aliens vs Predator demo gets 14k downloads on Xbox Live

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The multiplayer demo of Aliens vs Predator has been downloaded over 14,000 times over the weekend on Xbox Live. It is not all sunny news, since the PC version has recently patched a matchmaking bug, the Playstation 3 version is set to get a demo patch as well, according to Rebellion. They also say they are “really sorry”. Kind of hard to drop 60 bucks on a game when the demo is broken.

“Just looking at how the demo’s been rated on Xbox Live tells its own story – 14,000 downloads in a few days and an approval rating of 4.5/5, we’re absolutely delighted with the response….The one unforeseen issue was the matchmaking on PS3, that really came out of left field and we’ve still got Sony engineers helping us look into what is at fault. I understand why people question how it wasn’t spotted sooner but we just can’t replicate that kind of scale in normal testing.”

Very interesting. I expect Aliens vs Predator to do very well on the Xbox 360 and PC; should do alright on Playstation 3. Early reviews have been harsh and I hope bigger sites like IGN and 1up give out more informative and unbiased reviews. We shall post our review up when it launches.

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SEGA All-Stars Racing Demo is up! (XBLA)

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The Sonic & SEGA Allstar Raing demo has finally gone up! I am currently downloading the Xbox360 version which is 1.03GB. Rumour has it that on the Xbox360 version there are two playable characters, Sonic and Banjo.
(Apparently the demo is only open to people with gold accounts.)

The PS3 version it is not up yet, It will probably be up this Thursday (11th) when PSN is updated.

Join Sonic and his Sega friends in the race of your life. Dodge weapons, perform tricks and drifts, seek short cuts and look out for that elusive all-star move pick-up as you blast past your rivals in to pole position. Winning has never tasted so sweet!

I know what I’m going to be doing today!

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SEGA at AOU 2010 Amusement Expo

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SEGA have a fantastic line up for the AOU 2010 Amusement Expo! For those of you not in the know AOU Amusement Expo is an event held once a year in Japan where all of the top Arcade software developers show their hand.

SEGA never fails to impress, often having one of the biggest and best line ups at the show and this year they do not disappoint.  Apparently this year their booth is huge, so lets find out what they have on show!

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A look at SEGA’s 2010 line-up

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Can you name all the games that SEGA has planned for 2010? I could probably name quite a few and still miss some, that is why we now have a video that shows us most of those games coming out in 2010. The video was made by our resident troll, SEGA Uranus. Eikichi Yazawa’s Loser is used in the video, the song was the theme song for Yakuza 3 in Japan.

What games are you guys most excited for? I personally can’t wait to get my hands on Yakuza 3.

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Qore previews Yakuza 3 with Nagoshi

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Be sure to check out the most recent episode of  ‘Qore’ which someone has kindly provided for us on YouTube for a fantastic Yakuza 3 preview to whet your appetite for some Yakuza badassery later this month!

Not only do they have a fantastic preview but they also travel to Japan for a chat with everyone’s favor mahogany man, Toshiro Nagoshi the man behind some of Sega’s most beloved series including Daytona, Super Monkey Ball and of course Yakuza!

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Game Informer reviews Aliens vs Predator

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One of the first reviews for Aliens vs Predator has now been leaked online and comes from Game Informer. They seemed to only enjoy the Predator campaign, but ended up complaining about it having linear game design. I guess this is now a negative thing? Most stealth games feature linear game design. I also thought Call of Duty games were linear, but that didn’t stop it from getting awards.

“Curiously, Rebellion’s 1999 PC release, Aliens vs. Predator was well received, but the update captures none of that game’s unique spark. Instead we have a title trying to live off the fumes of two dormant franchises.”

I have to say, I think the review is a bit rough and doesn’t go into great detail about the games multiplayer aspects. I assume it was a rush review and was just put up as soon as possible. I quite enjoyed the demo, for what it was. If you have not played that, I suggest you give it a spin.

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