SEGA plans to dole out the nostalgia to gamers come early 2009 when they release their upcoming Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection or if you happen to live in the UK, “Sega’s Mega Drive Ultimate Collection” for the PS3 and Xbox 360. This compilation of some of the most popular first-party games from SEGA’s 16-bit Mega Drive years will contain not only classic titles for the SEGA enthusiast, but also some bonus content from its 8-bit Master System and some tubular 1980’s arcade era games.

Currently in development by Backbone Entertainment, the game disc houses over 40 games in one package revamped in HD such as:

• Alien Storm
• Columns
• Ecco the Dolphin
• Phantasy Star
• Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2 and 3
• Space Harrier
• Streets of Rage 1, 2 and 3

Each reproduction will run well on HD televisions because they can output in 720p which will be a great change for those of us who played these games back in the day, and a good way to get the newer generations interested in just how far games have come over the years.

This is the largest collection of SEGA first party games ever put on on gaming disc, and while you can get some of the retro goodness mentioned above through Xbox Live or the Wii Virtual Console it will be cheaper in the long run if you just buy the gaming disc when it come out next year. Plus, the games mentioned here are not anywhere near close to 40 titles, and the disc will also include unlockable content in the way of acade games and interviews with the original game developers as you earn Achievements on the Xbox 360 and Trophies on the PS3.

Fans of muliplayer/co-op games will not be left out either because you can play these classics together with a friend from the same console at home.

You can view more screens of the game here on the FileFront game page.

A representative for Capcom has told MTV Multiplayer that a downloadable Resident Evil 5 demo for the PS3 and Xbox 360 should be heading to North American in early 2009. The demo was released for the Xbox 360 last week in Japan, and according to the rep, the reason it was not released here at the same time had to do with “unspecified complications” despite the Japanese version being localized in English.

The demo will include two stages which support both online and offline co-op and a single player mode. The game is expected to hit retailers on March 13 so if they are going to give us a demo, they need to do it soon.

ChannelFlip’s Katherine Fletcher is inviting gamers to take a look at Resistance 2. The Insomniac and Sony sequel has some very grueling expectations to live up to. I’m sure 60 player online multiplayer goes a long way to measuring up to that very high bar.

Here it is, the PS3’s FPS exclusive of the season complete with impressive visuals and gargantuan beasts to face off against. The campaign is pretty good, although it didn’t exactly rip off my head and crap down my neck with awesomeness, but I suspect the incredible 60 player online game will more than make up for that for most gamers.

The PS3 is getting a Fallout 3 patch which adds trophy support. Update (v1.10) also fixes a number of troublesome issues like problems with Friend Notification. Fallout 3 will prompt you to download the update the next time you log on. It’s only 24MB so it shouldn’t take too much time out of your gaming schedule.

The update is only approved for the English language version of Fallout 3 in the U.K. and U.S. but Bethesda expects additional language patches to be ready to go soon. Updates for the PC and Xbox 360 are also on their way.

SingStar fans in Europe or can now rest easy as a free patch was released by Sony today that allows your non-backwards compatible PS3 to play PS2 SingStar titles. The download will automatically install once you pop in the disc and will allow as many swap-outs as you wish during your karaoke session and of special note just in case you were curious, all of your DLC will still be available.

So, get to singing you crazy karaoke fans.

Sony has revealed through a recent press release a bittersweet announcement of sorts for fans of the God of War series. According to the company, God of War 3 is the last installment of the franchise and will mark the “epic conclusion” to the tale of the heroic and brutal Spratan, Kratos.

Anyone who watched the teaser trailer that was unveiled during the Spike TV Video Game Awards can tell you that the video was decently cool, but if this is the last of the series and they are expecting him to go out with a “bang” they better do Kratos and gamers a solid by literally giving us something that we can be satisfied with and more than anything worthy of His Destructiveness.

This time around, Kratos is rampaging through Mt. Olympus and Hell itself, reeking havoc on the gods who have betrayed him. Per his usual way of slaughtering his foes, he will be wielding his double-chained blades against mythological creatures and any other poor sap who has the misfortune to cross his bloody path of revenge.

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Namco Bandai has revealed the release date for the upcoming PSN title,  Noby Noby Boy. It will be out in Japan in Korea on January 29th, followed by a European release date later on.  Why should you care? Because this is the new game from Keita Takahashi, the man behind Katamari Damacy, so it’s practically guaranteed it will be a unique experience. Why shouldn’t you care? Because it’s not exactly a “game” so to speak. It’s more of a 3D program where you stretch a little boy-like thing around and have it interact with stuff. There aren’t really any objectives other than “see what you can make it do.” Luckily though, someone at Namco Bandai seems to recognize how that might turn off some consumers, so it’s priced at the affordable 800 yen (about $9).

Still, it might have been nice to have a few objectives. Maybe Noby Noby Boy could have been a secret government project to develop the ultimate assassin. So he’s really a crazed killing machine that uses his stretching powers to strangle people, and of course please the ladies. Just saying.

EA has released a new behind-the-scenes video for their upcoming sequel to The Godfather. This new trailer focuses on Robert Duvall, as he returns to play his character of Tom Hagan from the movies. During an interview, he describes how he ended up being in The Godfather movie in the first place and his thoughts on the role. Oh yeah, and what does it take to be a don, according to him? “You gotta have a lot of balls.”

I’ll admit that when I first heard they were making a Watchmen game, the inner comic geek in me shouted, “No no no no no, just no!” The idea of making prequel to one of the most influential comic books of the last century as a video game — and basing it more off the movie to boot — just seemed seemed all kinds of wrong. But now that I see the trailer for it, it doesn’t looks too bad. Of course it still looks like some incredibly simple brawler, but the idea of taking down criminals as the psychotic Rorschach sounds like a good time to me. Watchmen: The End is Nigh should probably release about the same time as the movie on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

Everyone who got their recent issue of Game Informer in the mail were privy not only to all the great shots of the new Uncharted 2 in the works, but a nice treat in the form of Guitar Hero: Metallica. Unfortunately, I did not get my monthly mag in the mail until last night and then had to fight the man of the house to finally get my grubby paws on it. By that point, the internet was already abuzz with the contents of the upcoming Metallica-centric game, but since not everyone on the planet gets Gamer Informer in the mail, I thought I would share a bit of the news with you.

First off, like the Guitar Hero: Aerosmith game, it will include other bands that Metallica feels have inspired them or made an impact on their genre of music over the years. One of the bands that Metallica fought hard to get included on the disc was Slayer, and the reason it was such a fight had a lot to do with the band’s lyrics. Apparently, Microsoft has issues with certain lyrics in songs, and have a tendency to say “nay” to quite a few. Good for Metallica for fighting for what they believe in and getting the speed metal band included! We are unsure at this point what the song is exactly, but it will definitely be something that will require some skill. One of the bands that Metallica really wanted to include was Iron Maiden, but for some reason or another they just could not get it done. That is indeed unfortunate.

One of the cool things about the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica is that you will be able to use your Guitar Hero: World Tour peripherals to either play guitar, drums, bass or vocals. Hmmm.. I wonder how many kids will be going to school hoarse the next day trying to duplicate James Hetfield’s growlish vocals? If you are more interested in the drum aspect though, there is also a new mode for drummers called Expert Plus which will allow for the use of an extra bass pedal providing you are coordinated enough to mimic Lars Ulrich’s frantic feet (which is about as nice as I will be towards him).

The setlist listed below is not complete, as not all songs for the game have been revealed.

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