Sonic fans are a dedicated lot. No matter the depths recent Sonic games have sunk to, they're still there, waiting for the spiky speedster to race back into glory. There are also the very few who take their dedication to new heights -- fans like Rich Kuta, who is actually making a feature-length animated Sonic film.

Sega's teasing something new with an interactive countdown site and a whole lot of balls. "Interactive" because the timer doesn't even show the countdown automatically. You have to click on a lever to get the number to change. Good one, Sega. Make 'em work for it!

With the midweek PlayStation Store update brought about by the Electronic Entertainment Expo, this week's regular Store update isn't as big as the others. Doesn't matter though, this new batch has game demos like the one for Fight Night Round 4 (Xbox 360 and PS3), plus new downloadable game releases. No Guitar Hero here this time, but there are some for Rock Band: Unplugged. Update list coming right up.

From teeny-weeny cyclopic warriors to lean, mean clawing machine, there's a lot of goods for you to choose from over at the PlayStation Store. We've got the update for you here right, and off the bat, I think I'd go for the free demo of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, just in case you haven't checked it out yet.

Six year old Christer from Norway was tired of his name, and since he was a big fan of Sonic, he wanted to be named after his favorite video game character. In fact, he wanted it so bad that he actually wrote to King Harald V asking for permission to have his name legally changed to "Sonic X." The King must've found the story so cute that he replied. Find out what happened after the link.

We got a big boost in the amount of homebrew PSP news this week, thanks in no small part to the NeoFlash Spring Coding Compo. Whether you're looking for games and time-wasters or some useful apps for your PSP, we have 'em all here.

Sony's line-up of games under the Greatest Hits label is getting stronger and stronger. Today, SCEA has announced via press wire that they've included 10 more titles to their budget catalog. Joining the army are games like God of War: Chains of Olympus, Patapon... and SpongeBob.

Heads up, Marvel fans! Screaming Mimi is coming to Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (DS, Wii, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360)! She's more popularly known as Melissa Gold, or the powerful Songbird. Now the artists of the MUA2 team talk about making the pretty screamstress look pretty in her Ultimate Alliance debut.

Homebrew developer Dark_Wolf has released a new game for the PSP called Sonic Aeroboard, a Sonic the Hedgehog-themed arcade shooter game. Details after the link.

Download: Sonic Aeroboard v1.0

Gotta be in-the-know about the latest releases right? For that, we've got another edition of On Shelves for this week. We've got a pretty solid batch coming up, starting with the release of Halo Wars and Phantasy Star Portable. Baseball's gonna be big this week as well, with the release of Major League Baseball 2K9 and MLB 09: The Show. More info coming right up!