Yup, This Looks Like A Sonic Game. Only Next-Generationer.

Hey, whaddup Sonic fans – excited? You bloody should be, ‘cos SEGA’s just updated the Sonic The Hedgehog 4 website including new screens, character information and a free MP3.

It’s all related to Splash Hill Zone, presumably Sonic 4’s Green Hill.

Get all the content through the link. The song’s great.

We Imagine The Driver To Be Shirtless, Showcasing His Rad-Ass Back Tattoo.

This stretch hummer rolled around Shinjuku, Shibuya and Roppongi in order to celebrate the release of Yakuza 4 on the Playstation 3. Is it awesome? You bet it’s awesome. (Now get to work on that Western port SEGA. Please. We only want subtitles.)

[Pic: Ryugagogotoku]

Yakuza 3 on Playstation 3 Review.

It’s essentially the variety of Yakuza 3’s world that make it so engaging. The relatively small open-world environment is literally teeming with side-missions and mini-games, all of which complement the soap opera-esque plot driving the adventure.

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It Is Going To Rain Some In Yakuza 5 By The Looks Of All Those Umbrellas.

We only just got Yakuza 3 in the West last week. Japan gets Yakuza 4 this month. And guess what? SEGA’s just announced Yakuza 5.

SEGA announced the game at a press event in Tokyo last night. The trailer SEGA showed starts with a shot of Yakuza’s Kamurocho night-spot, followed by the words, “A young guy appeared in Kamurocho. The young guy knew it, the weight of the crimes he continued to commit. However the young guy didn’t know it yet. A cruel fate awaited him. And thus the young guy knew: battle is my destiny.”

The introduction of a new character is leading many to suggest that the game will be somewhat of a reboot without protagonist Kazuma Kiryu.

We’ve still got our fingers crossed for Yakuza 4 hitting the West. It’s certainly too early for us to get excited about Yakuza 5.

Justified: Why You Need Yakuza 3 In Your PS3 Collection.

We’ve been playing Yakuza 3 this weekend and have fallen in love. We’re in head-over-heels admiration for Sony’s risky Japanophile experiment. But why’s it so good? Well ahead of our review (check back mid-week for that), we wanted to justify the reasons why you should rush out to your local game store and pick up this under-rated gem right now.

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There's New Content For AvP Headed To The Playstation Store.

If you’ve not been torn away by Battlefield: Bad Company 2 yet, SEGA would like you to know that they have DLC planned for Aliens vs Predator next week.

The content’s the same as what you might have got if you bought the Special Edition SKU of the game when it launched last month. For those of you that didn’t get the SE though, you’ll get four bonus multiplayer maps for just £4.79 from the Playstation Store.

Sounds reasonable.

Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode II May Feature An Extended Cast.

In Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode I, Sonic is going it solo. But in Episode II, it looks like he’s getting some company (*sigh*). Speaking in the latest issue of GameInformer, SEGA’s Takashi Iizuka c0nced that fans will be “very pleased with the cast in Episode 2.”

Obviously, fans are most pleased when Sonic’s doing his thing against Eggman alone — so maybe that’s what Takashi is reiterating here. We suppose if Sonic has to bring his buddies along though, we only really want to see Tails and Knuckles.

Stick Big the Cat in there and we’re not touching it with a barge-pole.