Sonic the Hedgehog, one of the most popular videogame characters of all time, is back in action controller from on Kinect for Xbox 360. Sonic Free Riders, an action racing game that puts players in control of Sonic and his best friends, will be available November 4 in North America. Check out this exclusive video interview about the new game.

Iron Man 2, one of the biggest movies of the summer, is heading to Blu-ray and DVD on September 28 from Paramount Home Entertainment. The movie will make its debut at Comic Con this week, showcasing exclusive extras exactly one year after director Jon Favreau wowed the crowd with early footage of the big movie.

 

What’s old is new again at E3 2010. Sega is bringing back the Dreamcast after 11 years. This fall, Dreamcast games are going to be digitally distributed on PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE Arcade. The first Dreamcast games available will be Sonic Adventure and Crazy Taxi, with additional games to follow. Both Sonic Adventure and Crazy Taxi will be on display at SEGA’s booth at E3 2010 in Los Angeles.

Kyle Brink, the creative director at Sega Studios, set out with the goal of creating a game that complements the new Marvel movie, but transports gamers into an original story that parallels the big screen adventures. While gamers will be playing as Iron Man and War Machine in the game, they’ll be taking on original enemies not seen in the movie and going on original missions.

The Creative Assembly is allowing gamers to experience the art of war with its latest strategy PC game, Napoleon: Total War. Sega, which owns the acclaimed studio, is publishing the newest game in the bestselling franchise. Kieran Brigden, studio communications manager for The Creative Assembly, talks about what’s in store for PC gamers in this exclusive interview.

When gamers play Sega’s upcoming Iron Man 2: The Videogame, they won’t be hearing Robert Downey Jr. reprising his role as Tony Stark in the new game. Although Downey and most of the cast worked with Sega on the original game, Downey Jr. has chosen to sit the sequel out. Co-stars Don Cheadle and Samuel L. Jackson will be heard in the new game, which is not based on the new movie and introduces and original story to gamers.

VANCOUVER, Canada - With the attention of the world focused on Vancouver, British Columbia for the Winter Olympic Games, the athletes remembered fallen luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died during a training tragedy before the Opening Ceremony. Among the attendees at the wintry Opening Ceremony, which featured Wayne Gretzky and Steve Nash as torch bearers, was Kristina Groves. Canadian speed skater Groves is one of four athletes featured on the cover of Sega’s Vancouver 2010 videogame for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Groves talks about her own videogame background and the real sport of speed skating in this exclusive interview.