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Sega has today announced Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, a new racing game developed by Split/Second developer Sumo digital featuring Sega's cast of characters. Rather than Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing's karts, however, drivers each get their a character-specific transforming vehicle that switches between car, plane and boat modes depending on the terrain. More >

Spectators will even be able to rewind, fast forward, slow down and pause the action; the Directed Camera, meanwhile, automatically follows the most intense action on the map. More >

That, the developer claims, makes it the fastest-growing mobile game of all time, beating its own previous records and suggesting mobile gamers agree with our Angry Birds Space review, which descibed Rovio's sequel as "considerably more ambitious than previous updates." More >

Sony reveals that multiplayer battles will support up to eight players, with customisable avatars, armour and weapons. Further customisation options will be unlocked once players align with one of four Greek gods: Zeus, Ares, Poseidon or Hades. More >

Raspberry Pi Foundation and Frontier Developments founder David Braben has been confirmed as a speaker for the new Develop Visionaries track at this year's Develop conference, which takes place in Brighton from July 10 to 12. Braben's session will be the first time the creator of Elite has presented Raspberry Pi, the budget $25 computer designed to inspire a new generation of coders, to the development community. More >

Hayes has been fundamental in overseeing the repositioning of Sega as a multi-platform software developer and publisher following the company's exit from hardware manufacture following the Dreamcast. He was also involved in the acquisitions of Sports Interactive and The Creative Assembly, further strengthening Sega's first-party output. More >

Activision's Prototype 2 debuts at the top of the UK all-formats chart for the week ending April 28, keeping FIFA Street and FIFA 12 in positions two and three respectively. More >

The Dutch studio's 2D MOBA game was scheduled for release this week, but judging by comments made in an email by co-founder Jasper Koning, its launch is now looking unlikely. More >

RedLynx has issued a fix for the Trials Evolution's Track Central user-created track and level listings which, up until now, saw popular courses disappearing from rankings. Popular tracks were being pushed down the rankings by newer ones with just one or two five-star ratings. More >

Two-man start-up studio Theory Interactive are working on this "cooperative single player" adventure which focuses on exploration, puzzle solving and time travel. More >

The game, unveiled last night, is in development at indie studio SuperBot Entertainment and features the likes of Kratos, Parappa The Rapper, Sly Cooper, Twisted Metal's flame-haired clown Sweet Tooth, and Fat Princess. More >

Total revenue was $321 million (£198.3m), an increase of 32 per cent year on year, while bookings - revenue from virtual goods and ad sales before deductions, such as Facebook's 30 per cent cut - rose 15 per cent to $329 million, a new record for the company. More >

Electronic Arts shares rose the most in over four months today following a report claiming that South Korean free-to-play specialist Nexon had expressed an interest in acquiring the FIFA publisher. More >

The Witcher 2 debuts at number one on the Nordic chart, which collates sales data from Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark. More >

Electronic Arts has confirmed a "very small number" of layoffs at Army Of Two developer EA Montreal, as the studio switches its focus from packaged to digital products. More >

Nexon, which runs the popular Asian MMOG MapleStory and recently announced deals to launch Eve Online and Counter-Strike Online 2 in Asia, hinted last week that it was keen on the acquisition of more game developers, but CFO Owen Mahoney told Bloomberg the company was looking at Japanese mobile developers. More >