Final Fantasy XIII Tops UK Charts, Knocks Off Bad Company 2

This week's UK charts have been published by Chart Track, and they display the result that everyone expected - Final Fantasy XIII took the top spot. More »

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing DS Review

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing saw its release on the big three home consoles, but it was also released on the Nintendo DS. And Sega have definitely put the effort into making it as important as the console versions, which is definitely good news. It means that racing violently against Sega's favourite characters continues to be the main focus and gamers couldn't really ask for more, right? More »

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Review

While many might not realise it, Sonic has been swapping his sneakers out for a quick racing car for quite some time now, as he initially appeared in his own kart racing game, called Sonic Drift, back in 1994. Since then, there have been plenty of other titles, like Sonic R and the more recently ill-fated, Sonic Riders, so Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing appears at a time when things can only really go upwards, and go upwards they certainly do. More »

Heavy Rain Enters Top Of UK Charts

After months of speculation about Heavy Rain's ability to sell, the evidence has been provided in the one place it matters - the sales charts. Heavy Rain has managed to enter straight into the top spot of the UK charts, removing the previous leader, Aliens vs. Predator. More »

Aliens vs Predator Topples BioShock 2 In UK Charts

Aliens vs Predator launched last week and it has shot straight to the top position in the UK charts, ousting BioShock 2 after just one week. Not only that, but BioShock 2 actually dropped down to the third position as Just Dance held firm. More »

Mario & Sonic Winter Olympic Games Tops 6 Million Shipped

Nintendo have announced that Mario & Sonic At The Winter Olympic Games has managed to ship more than six million copies worldwide since it was released in October of last year on the Wii and DS.

It has, naturally, seen a significant boost since the start of the Winter Olympic Games which are being held in Canada. It'll certainly be interesting to see how its sales compare to the more serious game which launched on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 last month. More »

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Preview

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing is a Kart racing game in the same style as the MarioKart series. What makes the Sega title different from the Nintendo counterpart is that, well, it's available on the PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles. More »

Sega Unveils Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 1

At long last, Sega has revealed exactly what Project Needlemouse is. We've all known it would be a Sonic game, with hopes it would return to the roots of the series, and today Sega answered with the reveal of Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1. More »

Sega Declares This Week 'Week of the Hedgehog'

Following through with their promises Sega, has not only released more Project Needlemouse information, but has revealed the month of February to be big for blue hedgehog related news. Initially hosting a contest asking for 100 pieces of Sonic related artwork, Sega has announced that the challenge has been overwhelmingly met. More »

Project Needlemouse Finally Getting A Real Name

Fans of Sega's iconic blue hedgehog rejoice, the elusive Project Needlemouse will soon have an official name. Most of the information about this new title has been kept secret, but SEGA's America Blog has been kind enough to throw out some information at a price. More »

Project Needlemouse To Focus Purely On Sonic

SEGA announced Project Needlemouse in September last year and exclaimed that it would be a 2D Sonic, that would take the franchise back to its roots. It appears they weren't joking either, if their recent news about the project is any indication. More »

Sony Increasing Blu-Ray Disc Capacity

Sony and Panasonic have just announced plans to up the capacity of Blu-Ray discs from 25GB to 33.4GB. This is important for gamers because the PlayStation 3 games currently are put on these discs. More »

Modern Warfare 2 Continues Its UK Sales Dominance

Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues to sit pretty at the top of the UK video game sales charts, which are compiled by Chart Track. It's also quite difficult to see anything knocking it off its perch any time soon. More »

SEGA Reveals Sonic Classic Collection for Nintendo DS

SEGA's North American branch has just announced that they will be releasing a collection of many of the classic Sega Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog games, under the title Sonic Classic Collection. More »

Modern Warfare 2, Assassin's Creed 2, Mario Retain Their UK Dominance

Not massively surprising, but Modern Warfare 2, Assassin's Creed 2 and New Super Mario Bros. Wii have continued to hold the top three spots in this week's UK video game sales charts. It wouldn't be hard to see them retaining the three spots up until the new year either, as the amount of new releases slows down. More »

Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Winter Games Review

After successfully teaming up to tackle the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, it was only natural that Sonic and Mario would do so once again, this time for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. This officially licenced game sees characters from both of the franchises tackle Olympic sports, as well as a few slightly more original ones, in the most prestigious Winter Sports competition on the planet. More »

New 2D HD Sonic Game Revealed

After years and years of what some would consider sub-par 3D Sonic the Hedgehog games, it appears SEGA has finally listened to its fans, revealing a new 2D HD Sonic game today, the day of the 10th anniversary of the Dreamcast console, SEGA's last console before they became a software-only business. Sega of America's Ken Balough had this to say about the title:

Old-school Sonic fans have long asked to see Sonic return to a more 2D style of gameplay. More »

Sonic Adventure DX Getting Re-Released?

A new rating has appeared in the OFLC database, the ratings system in Australia for Sonic Adventure DX, which originally came out on SEGA's Dreamcast console and later saw a port on the Nintendo GameCube and PC in a Director's Cut version. More »

Red Steel 2 Updated Impressions From GamesCom

Gaming Union had the privilege of seeing Red Steel 2 at this year's E3, but with GamesCom 2009, Ubisoft Paris, the developers of the title, had another opportunity to show off their new title to the media. More »

Bayonetta Delayed For Business Reasons

Bayonetta is SEGA's upcoming 3rd Person Action title, and it's being released in Japan during October. It was initially thought that it would follow shortly after in the West, but last week it was announced that it would be delayed until 2010. More »