When I first heard that a new Need for Speed title was on it's way, I wasn't incredibly excited to tell you the truth. I though that Carbon was a step in the wrong direction and I couldn't really bother to comment on what I thought of Pro Street. Underground is however, starting to make me take interest in the franchise again. The trailer is looking pretty fun and EA has even gotten Nissan to debut their new Nissan 370Z in the game. How the car still looked so good after slamming through a wall of cop cars is however, a mystery.

In an interview with GamePro, Eric Fong, associate producer on LittleBigPlanet answered a few questions asked to them by the site. The first of which, was whether or not Media Molecule continue to release new levels, to which Fong replied: "Yes, Media Molecule is continuing to add to the player experience with new levels, costumes, materials, and a host of other content." Some good news for LBP fans. The more support is given for LBP, the stronger it will become at keeping gamers in their game. Gamers have also been promised that they will be able to sell their creations for real money. More after the jump. Gamepro also asked when users will be able to "sell" their creations for real money, which was promised by Media Molecule in a report from Reuters . Fong replied saying that: "There are still a lot of details that need to be worked out, that's pretty much all I can say at this point." I sincerely hope that Media Molecule didn't make a promise before they knew whether or not they could actually keep it. Let's see how it all plays out.

Playstation Beyond has released a bit of news that might get any Gran Turismo fans out there a but giddy. According to their article, the winner of the GT5 Middle East Challenge, Ahmed Al Azmi got the chance to sit with none other than GT creator Kazunori Yamauchi and ask him a bunch of questions about the upcoming game. So here comes the interesting part. When Ahmed asked if it would be possible for them to see GT5 on shelves by 2010, Yamauchi laughed and told him that the game would be "released sooner than expected". Does that mean that we are finally going to be seeing GT5 some day soon. Well from the sounds of things, that's exactly what it means.

With the Mirror's Edge release date looking closer (November 11) and the demo now available on Xbox Live and PSN, EA has taken a rather strange move and released a trailer for the demo. Kind of like killing two birds with one running shoe. The trailer shows off some of the tutorial gameplay as well as a trainer that is helping our protagonist get back on her feet, almost literally. With some interesting music and editing, the trailer does it's job pretty well and has certainly helped maintain my curiosity about how this game is going to play at the end of the day. It's something different, I'll give it that much.

“Based on DFC’s most current research, she (Wanda Meloni) says, Sony’s production losses per individual PS3 mean that the console can’t be expected to “break even” across its lifetime” That is the startling conclusion of DFC’s recent analysis of the video game industry, apparently due to the huge manufacturing costs and competitive industry the PS3 is now not expected to even …

You may have heard a lot of ranting and raving go happening on the net because the newly up-and-running LittleBigPlanet servers are not so up-and-running at the moment. There has now been a message posted on the US Playstation blogs that say the following: The LittleBigPlanet servers have been experiencing significant problems throughout the past 24 hours affecting the online game experience. We are working round the clock on the solution to the current issues and we expect the service to improve very shortly. Offline Play and Create will still function properly during any disruption. Please accept our apologies for any frustration this may cause for the time being. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean that they will be ready soon, just as soon as possible. I hope for all the LBP owners' sakes that it happens sooner rather than later. It really sucks to have to put up with online issues.

Being Africans ourselves means that our experience of FarCry 2 was always going to be different to those who have never had the chance to see Africa with their own two eyes.... Be it the sounds of familiar birds in the trees, the sunset over the veld or the banter of the Afrikaans mercenaries in the guard posts, you are going to be amazed at exactly how much detail has been added into this game to make it feel like a true African experience, the environment nearly steals the show entirely.... You will run into two major factions in the game and it will be up to you to play them against each other so that you can complete your objective.... If you get 'killed' in battle and your second best buddy is available, they will come and pull you out of the mess you have made and help you clear out the enemies in the area. Be warned though, any of your buddies get hurt and you are unable to heal them or choose to put them out of their misery then they can die, for good.... The type of shooter that's weapons feel so solid and the action so intense that it reminds of those good old days when gaming meant nothing but playing FPS games on your PC.... While I am not a fan of developers relying too much on their tech-wizardy to make a game feel fun, it is the exact reason why FarCry2 is a real treat to any shooter fan.... I realised that I didn't really mind that so many missions were similar, the sheer difference that the locations and environmental differences made meant that every single repetitive mission played out in a completely different way.... On the other hand, the first time you manage to silently take out an entire guard post without attracting any attention or alerting any other soldiers, you will feel a deep sense of pride and accomplishment. I say it again, FarCry2 is a shooter, put into a setting that allows you to play as much as you want and experiment with different ways to accomplish goals.... So if you are looking for a fun shooter that you can pick up and play for a long time to come, here it is.... While the multiplayer is quite a lot of fun and plays fairly similarly to the formula seen in the Call of Duty franchise, it does come across as quite obvious that the single player game was the main focus of the developers.... All of the elements in the map editor are taken straight from the disc, which means that they can be easily shared over Xbox Live and PSN because of their small file size because essentially all that other players will be doing will be downloading the configuration settings and placement info.... Say yes and you will have it in a minute or so and can jump straight in. At the end of the map, you can rate it if you want and then decide to keep it or dump it.... With smooth and stunning visuals, amazing sound and the fact that you will never ever leave the first person view, you really will feel like it is you standing under a tree in the African veld, stinking like something that died a few days prior.

Sony has recently released some new figures which make for some interesting reading. I have attempted to pick the most interesting ones below but I am sure the more financial minded people amongst us can spot the real important ones in their report here. So onto the figures that I understand 16.84 million PS3 sold in total (2.43 this quarter) …