Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

Major Nelson's Blog writes: Content: TCs H.A.W.X Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions except India and Japan Content: Juiced 2: HIN Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions except India and Japan Content: Disney Sing It HSM3 Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions except Austria, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea

Nick from PS3Center writes: These fans will definitely be pleased to hear that there may just be a new Juiced game in the works. UK developer Juice Games has recently posted a few new job openings for an unannounced arcade racing game. The game is being developed for console platforms including PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and calls for artists who can design and create exciting urban and rural circuits for the racing game.

Photographer Paul Ferradas has said a photo he took of a model has ended up being used without consent from him or the model. Apparently an ex-boyfriend of the model was playing Juiced 2 and recognised her in the loading - please wait images of the game. No comment from THQ at the moment, which may be scrambling to investigate themselves.

During THQ's financial conference call with analysts, company execs explained why two of their highly anticipated in-house games, Stuntman Ignition and Jucied 2: Hot Import Nights, did not do as well as anticipated in sales and reviews. For Stuntman, the execs stated that they felt the game's design was too old-fashioned and highly scripted compared to the more open games that involve more player's choice that the publisher feels are more popular now. For Juiced, THQ felt that giving the developer, Juiced Games, a total of six different platforms to develop all at once was too ambitious and that going forward THQ will only give their game developers no more than three SKUs to work on at once.

THQ has said that it won't be making any more games from the Stuntman or Juiced franchises, presumably because they're not bringing home the bacon. Within the company's recent financial update is word that THQ expects to record non-cash charges of approximately $27 million related to "the company's decision not to pursue its Juiced and Stuntman intellectual properties" as well as "the cancellation of the PlayStation 3 version of Frontlines: Fuel of War (and Destroy All Humans!: Big Willy

THQ has today announced its decision not to pursue its Juiced and Stuntman intellectual properties. Both franchises saw releases in 2007, with Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights and Stuntman: Ignition each releasing across multiple platforms. Although not receiving universal acclaim both titles were not without merit, Stuntman in particular proving great addictive fun for high-score junkies.

Microsoft and THQ just released the second demo for Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights which contains a portion of the multiplayer mode from the game. The first demo was all singleplayer, this second one lets you play a race or drift event up to 8 players on Xbox Live. The demo weighs almost 1.4GB and is available for free worldwide, except Asia. The full versions is slated to hit store shelves at the end of September.

Issue 9 of the free Xbox 360 magazine includes hands-on previews and new screens for Mass Effect and Project Gotham Racing 4. Also includes World in Conflict interview.

It's probably a bit late to be classed as "Bringing home E3," but Microsoft and THQ have just slapped a Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights demo on the Xbox Live Marketplace. It weighs in at a hefty 1.31GB, but that's probably because it lets you try out multiple racing events, and has some real fancy lighting. As well as looking lovely, Hot Import Nights will raise customization levels to Fast Car subscriber levels, offer more varied courses, enhanced physics and online play. Don't take THQ's word

THQ and Microsoft just released a new demo on Xbox Live Marketplace. Its a demo for Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights, which is due out sometime in September. Its a singleplayer demo that contains a Race, Drift and 'Tune-and-Bet' events. De demo weighs just over 1.30 GB and is available for download for Xbox Live Members all over the world for free.