Tony Hawk: RiDE will not hit the shops in the UK until December 4th, and yet Tony Hawk is already working with Robomodo on the game’s sequel .

RiDE is the tenth game in the Tony Hawk video game series, seemingly the plan is to take the series even further however, with an eleventh game looking likely to be released in the future.

Tony Hawk: RiDE can currently be pre-ordered at a price of £89.99.

A playable Bayonetta demo is to be released on December 3rd, with Platinum Games all set to release it online through the Playstation Network and Xbox Live throughout the United States and Europe.

Bayonetta has already hit the shelves in Japan, in Europe we’re going to have to wait until January to get our hands on the full game however, so it’ll be interesting to see what the demo can offer when it’s released next week.

Edge definitely approves of the game, awarding it a perfect score of 10/10, and it’ll be interesting to see whether or not the general public agree that the game is genuinely flawless when Bayonetta hits the stores early next year.

Games programmer Jeff Strain has today announced the formation of Undead Labs, a Seattle-based game development studio with a sole focus to create a console-based zombie MMO.

Speaking on the subject of zombies, Strain had the following to say:

Every time I see a good zombie movie with friends, we spend days debating our strategies for surviving the zombie apocalypse. The police station or the supermarket? Garden rake or staple gun? Bach or The White Stripes? I’m a game developer, so I’d probably be useless for anything other than ghoul bait, but I’m excited to have the opportunity to build an MMOZ that lets us put those strategies to the test and find out for sure.

The official Undead Labs website is a good site to visit to keep you informed of any updates, and given Jeff Strain’s great experience programming top MMORPG titles such as World of Warcraft and Guild Wars, the Undead Labs zombie MMO is sure to be supremely impressive and a great amount of fun to play.

The Undead Labs website will be updated several times monthly, with features on the studio, the development process, design direction, the industry etc. Subscribe to the Undead labs RSS feed through Feedburner to have the latest posts delivered directly to you by e-mail.

Six months into the fiscal year with 4.3 million consoles sold, Sony is still confident of reaching 13 million Playstation 3 sales by the end of the fiscal year.

For the fiscal year of 2008, Sony was able to sell 10.1 million units, and if the 2009 target can indeed be reached then this will demonstrate progress on Sony’s behalf. There’s still quite a way to go and reaching the intended target will inevitably be tough, with Christmas fast approaching sales are sure to rise however, and Sony could well reach that magic 13 million figure.

Sales figures will need to rise almost 100% in the second half of the year if Sony is to hit target, Christmas is always a big period though and Sony will no doubt be well prepared for the push.

Like many FPS fans, the moment I heard about the release of Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare 2 I was full of excitement and anticipation. One of the most high profile game releases of this year has landed and is here to take its rightful throne as daddy of all the FPSs.

Graphics: It seems IW have just been plain lazy with the graphics for the main part of this game, they haven’t changed an awful lot, but when you do get the chance to dangle tantilisingly close to the edge of a gaping chasm in the Cliffhanger mission, you really do feel it and the snow effects further on in that mission are top notch. The little touches are what I appreciate the most though, for example when you spend a long period of time outside in the snow, your gun gets some snow on it and when you go inside, it melts. Amazing! On the whole the graphics haven’t changed much since CoD 4 however the little touches more than make up for it. 8/10

Sounds: The sound in CoDs of old were absolutley crapola, however IW have really cleaned up their act with this one, the gun noises are excellent and the voices of fellow soldiers is second to none. Even the engine noises from BMG (Big ass machine gun cars!) are very nice. 8/10

Gameplay: This is one of the CoD series’ very large up points, it’s brilliant. It’s the same controller layout which is very simple to use and is brilliantly laidout. The missions in this game absolutely rock, they range from driving a snowmobile full pelt down a hill to holding up in a fast food place, it is brilliant. The offline multiplayer is just as awesome, and as long as you don’t cheat and get your 3 year old cousin to play with you it’s just as good as online. The Spec Ops (that’s Special Operations) is a new multiplayer mode, similar to the “Nazi Zombies” that Treyarch spearheaded in the last CoD game, and the “Horde” in Gears of War 2, basically you and a buddy team up to fight wave after wave of bad guys (the same ones you encounter in the campaign) each wave gets harder and harder for example you might start out with 21 hostiles to kill, then in the next round it’s 25 hostiles and a jeep and so on and so forth. 9/10

Anything Else: The first expansion pack for this game is due for release in Spring 2010.

You get a nice shiny 48 hr Xbox live trial if you buy the Xbox version (obviously) which is nice and handy if your Xbox live runs out all of a sudden.

There are other “luxury” versions on this game, Hardened, Veteran and Prestige, depending on how much you want people to hate you.

If you’re like me and don’t have Xbox Live and henceforth can’t get updates, this game comes with an update preinstalled, enabling you to make an avatar!

Overall: This game is easily the best FPS shooter this year, with lovely little touches that I know will make you smile and cracking sound quality. Awesome gameplay and some nice additional features, this game is a must buy for ANY FPS fan. 9.7/10

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Supreme Commander 2 has been officially confirmed for a spring 2010 release. It’s the next instalment in Square Enix’ Supreme Commander series, and is to be set 25 years further into the future.

SupCom 2 will feature numerous enhancements, and Square Enix will be hoping to impress the masses when this one lands for the PC and Xbox 360 platforms in the first quarter of 2010.

In order to learn more information about SupCom 2, take a trip to the official website.