Bat shit crazy is not a term I use to often, but was the only phrase I could think of to describe Sega’s latest action-adventure title Bayonetta.  With its highly stylised visuals and twitch reflex gameplay the Japanese influence is almost impossible to miss, with the focus being on high scores and speed across the games stunning landscapes, all in spite of the game being set in Europe and Bayonetta herself having a very British accent.

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British theme park Alton Towers are set to give their old pinball inspired ride ‘Spinball Whizzer’ a facelift and a new name in February when the ride is re-christened ‘Sonic’s Spinball’ in honour of Sega’s spiky blue mascot.  Fansite SonicStadium.org contacted the park to get the lowdown on what was happening with the ride and got this reply:-

“Apologies for the delay in getting back to you but I have been on holiday. I am sure that you will have picked up press reports by now relating to Spinball Whizzer and the fact that we are in partnership with Sega resulting in a retheme to the ride to coincide with the relaunch of Sonic. We hope that the retheme will be complete for our February half-term opening.”

The ‘relaunch’ of Sonic mentioned refers to the long awaited Project Needlemouse, Sega’s new Sonic game that aims to take the series back to its 2D roots with Sonic’s cast of many friends left by the wayside to focus solely on the blue spiky one.  What is interesting is that they mention that it is being done “to coincide with the relaunch of Sonic”, now forgive me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t coincide normally mean at about the same time?  So maybe Project Needlemouse will be here sooner than we think.

(Source – SonicStadium.org)

You can never have too much of a good thing, and as far are Harmonix are concerned Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers are a good thing.  Not satisfied with having 8 songs available as DLC already in addition to a track in Rock Band’s blocky spin-off, this week we will be graced by another 6 classics from Mr Petty & Co.  Perhaps not his ‘A’ grade material but certainly still great.  Once again all of the tracks are taken from the 4 disc ‘Live Anthology’ box set which contains recordings spanning the bands 30 years of live performances.

Tom’s not alone however, as he is joined by French debutantes Phoenix who bring 2 tracks from their Grammy nominated album ‘Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix’ as well as Silvertide who contribute “Blue Jeans” from their 2005 album, ‘Show and Tell’.

The Tom Petty track pack will be available as a bundle for the princely sum of 800/£4.99, otherwise all of the songs will be available individually for the regular price of 160/£0.99 each when they are released on Tuesday via Xbox Live Marketplace and Thursday on Playstation Network.

Full tracklisting with video links after the break.

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Christian theology is a subject matter that is usually left well alone by the mainstream games market, that was until newcomers Vigil Games came along.  Lead by the steady hand of former Uncanny X-Men and Battle Chasers artist Joe Madureira, Darksiders: Wrath of War tackles the subject of the ‘end of days’ as foretold in the book of revelation in the bible head on.

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We love LEGO here. We also love the current snow madness that’s gripping the Northern hemisphere, so here’s a creation that combines the two rather well. Now all we need is a giant LEGO pirate ship to a similar sort of scale, and we can all give up on this internet malarkey and go to bed.

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Yeah, rubbish title, Anyway, here’s a custom ceiling cat Wells Fargo credit card from Flickr.

So, apparently the events of Wolfenstein 3D were real – with one prisoner killing all 300 guards and making off with 3 tons of gold. As you can imagine, the Fuhrer was not best pleased.

Amazon.com have released their 2009 sales figures, and they’re, er, surprising.

Not.

This top 20 list shows what we knew all along – that the world is still mad for the Nintendo Wii. In fact, the only non-Nintendo title to appear in the top 10 was the Xbox 360 version of Modern Warfare 2 in 9th place. Pretty impressive considering it was only released in November, although maybe not so much when we consider that the number 5 spot is held by another November release, New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

So without further ado, here’s that list you’ve been waiting for:

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