It's the money, stupid. And enough gamers buy crappy Sonic games for Sega not to care, according to an anonymous Sega employee. Boss Rush was an anonymous blog, currently deleted, run by someone who actually turned out to be Sonic Europe employee Ben Andac (who is no longer with the company).
The February 2009 issue of GamePro is coming soon, and it is devoted to all things Halo and Xbox 360. The cover story on Halo Wars contains exciting new details on The Flood, your nemesis in the campaign mode (hint: it's a character you may remember from Halo 2), and tons of all-new info and HD screenshots from one of the best-looking Xbox 360 games yet.
PSU.com writes:
GamingShogun writes, "ezGear has announced a very intriguing guitar-controller which features real strings to strum (though, thankfully, not tune) as well as multiple interfaces for several different platforms as well as an SDK to boot. You can even use it to play Rock Band or Guitar Hero. It is in pre-order status at a price of $149..."
Gamertag Radio & Gearsofwar.com are teaming up to promote Gears Of War 2 Community Night. Play Gears Of War 2 with the Gamertag Radio staff on Jan 9th, 2009 from 9pm - 12am EST. Win prizes every hour!
SCRAWL: "Lionhead's Fable II is taking a platinum in the United Kingdom. When it was released, it was the fastest selling RPG on the Xbox 360 ever released, so the ELSPA is awarding the game with a "platinum status". That means Fable II is within a select group of games that sell over 300K units in the United Kingdom."
An unlikely rumour but a rumour all the same. Is this a type from Gamestop or the real EU release date?
As of December 22, 2008 Nvidia has a contract with 2k Games to use the new PhysX-technology in up coming game releases such as Borderlands, which will be the one of the first titles in which to have the real-time physics.
Cyd at the PS Blog writes "For those of you who haven't already met me, I'm CydoniaX, the PlayStation Home Community Manager. I wanted to give you a quick update on new content coming to PlayStation Home this week. First, the Red Bull space is going live!Ligne Roset and Diesel will now have their own storefronts in the PlayStation Home Mall, so that you will be able to locate these brands more easily. SCEA is adding Resident Evil: Degeneration themed T-shirts for all fans..."
The High Velocity Bowling patch is now live in Europe, containing custom soundtracks and trophy support.