Sega announced today the Mega Drive Ultimate Collection for the Xbox360 and the PS3.. The collection will feature the good old classics from the Sega Genesis system. Streets of Rage, Ecco the Dolphin -- the list goes on and on. As a bonus, the SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection can output the games in 720p with higher resolution graphics for HD televisions, bringing a new visual richness to these classic titles. Click read more for the full info.

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LONDON & SAN FRANCISCO (November 3, 2008) – SEGA® of Europe Ltd. and SEGA® of America, Inc today announced the development of SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. This compilation will feature the best first-party games from SEGA’s respected 16-bit Mega Drive years, as well as bonus content from its 8-bit Master System and 1980’s arcade era games library.

Bethesda has announced that Fallout 3 has shipped over 4.7 units in the first week of release. This represents sales of over $300 million USD, all tolled. Click read more for the full info.

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November 6, 2008 (ROCKVILLE, MD) – Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax Media company, announced that its hit title, Fallout® 3 has enjoyed record sales at launch, reflecting the huge consumer demand for the game. Approximately 4.7 million units of Fallout 3 were shipped worldwide last week for the Xbox 360®video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, and Games for Windows® representing retail sales in excess of $300 million.

Just in case you missed it, the demo for Lego Batman is now available on Xbox Live. Weighing in at 703mb, the demo is the same as the one that has been on the PSN for a few days. It is done in the classic Lego adventure game format, so do not expect anything out of the ordinary.

Zen games has announced a new Pinball FX table in honor of the impending release of Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix on the Xbox Live Arcade. The table will be released on November 12, 200. Click read more for the official info, click the link for screens.

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Budapest, Hungary –November 5, 2008 – ZEN Studios, a videogame developer and digital publisher known for its innovative arcade, strategy and action games, announced today it is working with Capcom® to release an officially licensed Street Fighter™ table for Pinball FX in celebration of the soon to be released Super Street Fighter™ II Turbo HD Remix. Pinball FX is the latest in a wide selection of pinball tables for one of the best selling titles on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. The table will launch on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 on November 12th, 2008.

The release of the Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Demo brought to light the same issue that Capcom experienced with Lost Planet -- the on-screen text was very hard to read for non-HD TV users. Unfortunately, Rare says it is not likely to be fixed before launch. Over on NeoGAF, Rare's Community Manager George Kelion said not only woudl it cost too much, but there just is no time.

"Unfortunately, this is an issue that doesn't look like it will get changed. I don't want to bore you with the technical side of things (I really don't understand it all myself), but the long and the short of it is that the text you see in the demo will be the same as that which you find in the retail version of the game," said Kelion.

Half of the things MS wanted to include in the New Xbox Experience had to apparently be cut, according to what Europe's Xbox Live Boss told CVG. MS's Jerry Johnson said that the new 360 OS is not going to be finished come launch day, so we can expect many new features to be added via updates in the coming months. No real surprise there, but good news nonetheless.

Capcom has apparently stated that Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix will be available this month. Of course, we do not expect the game until later in the month, and Capcom, of course, did not give a specific date. What exactly is taking this game so incredibly long is anyone's guess. Psssst, netcode?

"You can start your salivating because HD Remix is coming to your console this November," a spokesperson for the publisher told us. "Exact date TBD. Don't hate me! Trust us, it's coming."

President of Epic Games, Dr. Michael Capps, spoke with GI, and stated that he thinks Microsoft is winning the battle of the online space due to Xbox Live and the company's policy of "adding cool stuff." With the release of the New Xbox Experience on November 19, the lead should be even clearer, even though some say it is a direct bite of Sony's and Nintendo's avatar schemes. Even so, he said Epic cannot take full advantage of this fact because their schedule is simply too full. A good thing for gamers, we suppose.

"It's tough, because we really wanted to - and obviously, being first party we work very closely with their tech teams, but they were finishing it after we were locking down a lot of our core feature sets, so we could only do so much," he explained.

YouTube has two videos of the new Sonic Unleashed game that is supposedly he reboot of the series. The video is from the Xbox360 edition, and shows the intro video, as well as a video of the hub world. Click read more for the second vid.

The DiCE team must be feeling high from their Mirror's Edge demo release. The Battlefield: Bad Company Community Choice Map Pack is now available for free on Xbox and the PSN. It also includes game play enhancements, and even Trophy support for the PS3 game. Click read more for the full info.

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Battlefield: Bad Company players can download the ‘Community Choice Map Pack’ via PlayStation Update starting today and via Xbox LIVE™ Marketplace starting tomorrow. Included in this pack are four brand new conquest multiplayer maps, gameplay enhancements and PlayStation 3 Trophy support – all for free!