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With customer anticipation for the game already sky high – and some hardline PES fans even admitting it could be a PES beater – EA has announced the FIFA ‘09 is set for release October 9th and will be available for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PC, PS2, PSP and DS.

Madden NFL 2009 is now available from Xbox Live marketplace and PSN from tonight. This year EA feel that they have made a large upgrade to the madden series and can’t wait to get it out to customers. As far as my memory goes this will be the first Madden demo that has come out before the game.

Wow entire top 10 for Nintendo, er… most of the top 40 for that matter.

OK forget that this guy is a nerd and not too entertaining, forget that the graphics used are basic, skip to 1:50 check out the light saber and think of the possibilities.

“First 4 figures” are thrilled to announce that they have been awarded a license from Microsoft and TECMO to create high end 1/4 scale statues bassed on characters from the Ninja gaiden II video game.

The first statue released will be Ryu Hayabusa and he comes equipped with a scythe. From feet to the top of the scythe the figure stands at 31 inches.

Live play figures for the week starting July 21 show that Halo 3 has yet kept the top-spot over CoD4.

1. Halo 3
2. Call of Duty 4
3. GTA IV
4. Gears of War
5. Guitar Hero III
6. Rock Band
7. Battlefield: Bad Company
8. Too Human Demo
9. Rainbow Six Vegas 2
10. NCAA Football ‘09

Now available for download! There’s nothing exciting in there, just a bit of tightening up. The Playstation Blog has this to say:

Just wanted to give everyone a quick heads up that a PS3 firmware update (v2.42) is now available for download. This update improves the playback quality of some PLAYSTATION 3 and PlayStation format software.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be unleashing a demo via Xbox Live Marketplace and Playstation Network in August.

The demo will feature a special verson of the tie fighter construction facility level, the demo will also feature special powers and a special ending that will not appear in the full game. 

Ah Sunday – my favourite day of the week. What will you be doing today? I have a few chores planned then by about 12 lunch when I’m finished everything I will be playing Unreal Tournament for around 10 hours. I also plan to throw in some Siren, which I’ve downloaded from the Playstation Store on my PS3.

Who said innovation in gaming is dead? Erm.. someone did – I’ll name and shame you later but for now lets talk about the recent announcment that Gears of War 2 would feature “linked Achievements.” In short, goals reached in the original Gears of War will carry over to the sequel, giving the player bonuses. Cliff Bleszinski listed three examples of how linked Achievements will work.

- Complete Act One in Gears Of War, unlock a playable Anthony Carmine in Gears of War 2
- Find 10 COG tags in Gears Of War, unlock Minh Young Kim in Gears of War 2
- Kill Raam in Gears Of War, unlock a playable Raam in Gears of War 2