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Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Preview

Fans of Nintendo's Mario Kart series will be interested in Sega's latest experiment, a crossover cart racing game in the vein of Sega SuperStars Tennis.

Clearly, Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing borrows much from Mario Kart, and that definitely appears to be a good thing. There's over 20 racers, with the actual number varying depending on which platform the copy of the game is for. All variations contain Sonic, Amigo, Ulala, Amy, Knuckles, Tails, and about fifteen more characters, but the Xbox 360 and Wii versions contain a few extras: Banjo & Kazooie, as well as Avatars for Microsoft, while Mii's join the mix for Nintendo's home platform.

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"Game of the Year"?! Conclusion

How did 5th Cell react to the hype for the game?

I've dished out a lot of blame to gaming journalists, with all those review snippets on the first day, as well as the few articles I chose to connect here yesterday, but I'll be honest, it wasn't all Kotaku's, IGN's, or any particular gaming journalist's fault that prerelease hype for Scribblenauts grew out of hand. Take a look at most of the "famous" Post #217 from the NeoGAF forums, and the impressions of Scribblenauts it contains, though be warned, there is a bit of foul language:

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"Game of the Year"?! Part Three

Where did things go wrong?

So what pushed members of the gaming media to become so enthusiastic with Scribblenauts coverage? What encouraged reviewers to ignore or flat out dismiss a terrible control scheme? What caused them to neglect to mention how basic most summonable things are?

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"Game of the Year"?! Part Two

And the winner is...?

Today I examine the game that was the winner of multiple game conference awards, received the beaming reviews quoted yesterday, and has now sold over a million copies.

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"Game of the Year"!? Part One

"...the video game equivalent of your first kiss."

Last year, a game was released that received universal praise up until launch.

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There's a New Staff Writer at PixlBit!

Come on inside to marvel at an introduction from PixlBit's fantastic new hire.

Oh, hi, I didn't see you there.

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Michael Jackson's Moonwalker Rated by PEGI

The King of Pop may be invading European Wiis soon.

Rating Boards are typically a great source for new information. With digitally released games, they tend to list rating data well ahead of any official announcement. Just last week, the German Rating Board revealed that Phoenix Wright would be coming to WiiWare. It appears PEGI have done the same this week, but instead it is Michael Jackson's Moonwalker that will see Wii release.

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Oddworld Coming to PSN This Week

A PlayStation Blog post by Lorne Lanning reveals that the announced titles will be available this week.

Oddworld is the creation of Lorne Lanning, co-founder and creative director of Oddworld Inhabitants. His first two PSone titles, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee and Oddworld: Abe's Exodus will be available this week on PSN, according to a recent post of his on the PlayStation Blog.

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