This week at retail: Sept. 1 - 5, 2009

This week at retail we’ll see a parade of tiny ninjas, hunters, super heroes, cruise ship personnel and rock gods. Highlights include Champions Online, Gears of War GotY Edition, Guitar Hero 5 for various platforms, and Section 8:

Week of September 1, 2009:

- Battlefield 1943 - PC (EA)

- Cabela’s Outdoor Adventure - Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 (Activision)

- Champions Online - PC (Atari)

- Champions Online Official Strategy Guide - for PC game (Brady Games)

- Cruise Ship Vacation Games - Wii (Activision)

- Gears of War 2 Game Of The Year Edition - Xbox 360 (Microsoft)

- Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Kit - Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 (Activision)

- Guitar Hero 5 Standalone - Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 (Activision)

- IL 2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey - Xbox 360, PS3 (505 Games)

- Mini Ninjas - Wii, DS, Xbox 360, PS3, PC (Eidos)

- Muramasa: The Demon Blade - Wii (Ignition)

- Section 8 - Xbox 360, PS3, PC (SouthPeak)

- Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny - PSP (Namco Bandai Games)

It came from G4: Epic Games interviews and more

G4tv.com has 3 massive interviews with Epic Games’ finest (talking about Dark Corners) and a detailed look at Muramasa: The Demon Blade in a brand new video feature.

G4 talks to Cliff Bleszinski in a interview about Unreal, the importance of creating original IP’s, game mechanics, his thoughts on motion control, pricing on premium downloadable content and using community feedback to tweak his games. You can check out that interview here.

Next up is Epic Games Founder Tim Sweeney, who talks about new Unreal 3 Engine tools, using Unreal 3 Engine for online game development, his thoughts on OnLive, the current generation of gaming consoles, the challenges of digital distribution, and a whole lot more. That interview can be found here.

Finally, Gears of War Franchise Executive Producer Rod Fergusson talks about the Dark Corners sneaking mechanic, talk of adding more campaign DLC (like Baird and Cole’s side adventure through the sewers), designing proper pacing into Gears of War and new Gears of War avatar items. You can find that interview here - and be sure to check out G4’s hands-on with Dark Corners for even more information.

On an unrelated front, X-Play takes a closer look at Muramasa: The Demon Blade, including new gameplay video featuring one of the bosses, the game’s RPG elements, info on the 108 different swords, the game’s difficulty, and more. Find that after the break.

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