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

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!

SEGA at AOU 2010 Amusement Expo


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!

A look at SEGA’s 2010 line-up


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.

Qore previews Yakuza 3 with Nagoshi

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!

Game Informer reviews Aliens vs Predator

[Scan available here]

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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