Sega’s clasic hits Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles is coming to the Xbox Live Arcade Septemeber 9. In addition, Sega is including a few unlockables for the game, provided you own the XBLA ports of the first three Sonics.

Sonic the Hedgehog: Unlocks the game “Blue Sphere,” the bonus/Chaos Emerald level from Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Lets you play as Knuckles, complete with the ability to get to previously inaccessible areas of the game, and new power-ups added for playingas Knuckles

Sonic the Hedgehog 3: Play as Knuckles in Sonic 3, and also changes the flow of the game and connects it directly to Sonic & Knuckles, so that you can play the two seamlessly!

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As if our E3 ‘09 impression of CHAIR Entertainments new action-shooter, SHADOW COMPLEX was not convincing enough. From the time we picked up the Xbox 360 controller and took SHADOW COMPLEX for a spin it was evident that CHAIR/Epic Games was definitely on to something special.

So today it is no surprise that this 3D/2D side-scroll adventure which has been induced with steroids has just set a sales record on Xbox LIVE Arcade.

Kotaku writes;

Chair Entertainment’s Shadow Complex is officially the most downloaded single-player title in Xbox Live Arcade history, with 200,000 copies purchased since the game went live on August 19th.

“Congratulations to Chair Entertainment and Epic Games for creating an outstanding game,” said Scott Austin, director of digitally distributed games at Microsoft. “As the capstone title of the second annual Summer of Arcade program, “Shadow Complex” has raised the bar for downloadable games. We’re proud to offer such high-quality content on Xbox LIVE Arcade.”

Simply put, SHADOW COMPLEX is a must-buy title.

R2Deuce was on the money at this years E3 when he bragged about BATMAN: Arkham Asylum being a true contender for Game Of The Year honors. Now it seems the developers at RockSteady have officially cemented themselves as developing RockStars after this mornings announcement by Guinness.

Guinness as in (The Guinness Book of World Records) this morning announced that BATMAN: Arkham Asylum has become the “Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever”. This came about mainly due to the games excellent Metacritic average score of 91.67.

“We are so pleased to be awarding Batman: Arkham Asylum a Guinness World Record,” said Gaz Deaves, Manager at Guinness. “It is a fantastic new game and due to the reaction of gaming experts we believe it has a well deserved place in the Guinness World Records book,”

ThEvolution Network can’t emphasize enough how much we agree with the games excellent ratings. From the presentation and high quality voice acting to the immersive gameplay, developer RockSteady has truly placed gamers into the role as the Dark Knight. This game is a true representation of what it means to experience a comic book coming to life.

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Gamespot writes;

With the Pro’s demise, the Xbox 360 will have two SKUs: the $299.99 Elite and the $199.99 Arcade, which has 512MB of built-in memory for game saves and Xbox dashboard software installs. The price of the latter console will remain the same.

The Elite’s reduction comes exactly one week after Sony announced the $299.99 PlayStation 3 Slim at GamesCom in Germany. However, despite the fact the Blu-ray and Wi-Fi-equipped PS3 now matches the Elite in terms of memory and price, Greenberg still feels the latter is a better value. He pointed to 360 software exclusives, like Halo 3: ODST and Forza MotorSport 3. and Xbox Live’s online features, like Netflix and the forthcoming Last.fm, Facebook, and Twitter integration, still set for “this holiday season.” He also said price was a major factor for the 360 selling well.

As the world awaited the arrival of what has been labeled the greatest comic book superhero videogame ever, Gamestop hosted the BATMAN: Arkham Asylum mid-night launch party in Glendale, Arizona. ThEvolution Network was on hand as fans of BATMAN and his many arch-enemies came out in droves to finally get a taste of the Dark Knights latest adventure.

From Batman and The Joker to Catwoman, Zsasz, Harley Quinn and even ‘The Bus Driver’ from The Dark Knight Movie, fans were definitely in character and in high spirits for the mid-night launch party of BATMAN: Arkham Asylum. Gamestop put together a great event as the Salvation Army was also on hand to spread the love. The event featured face-painting for kids and adults, a costume contest, raffle prizes and also The Riddler brain-teasers which were a big hit.

With so many poorly developed comic-book based superhero titles, last years announcement of BATMAN: Arkham Asylum left Batman enthusiasts some-what excited yet concerned about the final build of the game. However, as more light was shed on this new title in the form of the latest E3 expo where we were finally got our hands on this ambitious title, and the latest reviews which consistently praise the efforts of developer RockSteady, all doubt have been quickly erased. From our experience with BATMAN: Arkham Asylum there is no question that RockSteady has developed a true contender for 2009 Game of The Year honors.

Currently BATMAN: Arkham Asylum is maintaining an excellent review rating average of 91/100 from Metacritic across both the PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms. Be sure to check out our BATMAN: Arkham Asylum Mid-Night Launch video.

THQ announced an October 20 release date for the game, along with a clear marketing push towards online play.

With games being delayed left and right, WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2010 looks to stand strong against the category F5 twister better known as Modern Warfare 2.

After Sony recently dropped the bomb with the PS3 price drop and the introduction of the new 120GB HDD PS3 Slim releasing Sept 1st for $299, speculation on when Microsoft would officially follow suit with an Xbox 360 price drop has become rather trendy. Now, according to Joystiq, it appears there’s a strong possibility that we might see Microsoft wasting no time in securing their strong hold of their marketshare lead by offering their Xbox 360 Elite model for $299.

This Walmart ad below has been recently leaked displaying the Xbox 360 Elite priced at $299. The real question on the table is whether or not it’s legit. From all reporting sources the chances of this being true are extremely positive.

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- PS3 Now $299/ PS3 Slim Coming Sept 1

- GOD OF WAR: Rumor has it that come December 2009, Sony will release God Of War 1 & 2 along with a God Of War 3 demo all on one blu-ray disc.

- BATMAN: Arkham Asylum: Has been receiving rave reviews and come Tuesday the world will know why this game is so amazing. The Greatest Comic Superhero game ever.

- Will we see a Xbox 360 and Wii price drop in 2009?

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According to a 5,000 reader survey conducted by the ever-popular video game publication GAMEINFORMER, the Xbox 360 has an unbelievable failure rate of 54.2 percent (No, this is not a misprint). On the competitor comparison side of the equation, the PS3 failure rate reported at 10.6% while the Wii failure rate reported at 6.8 percent.

So, for every one million Xbox 360’s and PS3’s sold, more than 540,000 Xbox 360’s will unfortunately break down and just over 100,000 PS3’s will have the same fate.

A 54.2% failure rate almost seems impossible, however, just about everyone surveyed had unfortunately been introduced to the Red Ring Of Death (RROD) or E74 error while operating their Xbox 360.

The Consumerist also writes;

Microsoft also seized the gold medal for unhelpful customer service, taking nearly a month to repair or replace a console, while Nintendo and Sony stuck closer to a week. Only 37.7 percent of Microsoft customers found the company’s customer service was “very helpful,” compared to 51.1 percent fo Sony and 56.1 percent for Nintendo.

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Whoever said the Xbox 360 was slowing down needs to think again. Unlike the decrease of games sales worldwide across the industry, the Xbox 360 seems to have completely ignored the statistics and continued to grab more marketshare.

It seems Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is consistently eating more of that console marketshare pie depite the worldwide economical decrease in spending. Console gaming has officially become a worldwide necessity.