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As Enslaved: Odyssey to the West approaches its early October release date, publisher Namco Bandai is ramping up the marketing effort. An all-new trailer showing Ninja Theory’s inspirations and ideas behind the title is just one piece of the arsenal.

Enslaved will be releasing on October 5th in North America while Europeans will receive the game on October 8th. The game’s demo is currently available on the PlayStation Store.

Sonic Adventure was a standout game on the Dreamcast when it first launched in 1999, and now they’ve brought the game back on the PlayStation Network. If you’re big fan of the speedy blue hedgehog and want to try out Sonic Adventure then you are in luck, as PlayStation LifeStyle is giving away not only 5 copies of the game for the PSN, but winners will also receive the DX Director’s Cut Upgrade for free.

To win a Sonic Adventure And DX Director’s Cut Upgrade for the US PSN , all you have to do is log into your twitter account and retweet this tweet. You must also be following @PSLifestyle to be DM’d. You must be 16 or older to enter, and have a US PlayStation Store account. Only one retweet per person is included in the random draw.

We will also be giving away one set of codes to someone in the comments below, so make sure your profile has a valid email, and you may be randomly selected.

The competition closes tomorrow, good luck!!!

Update: Unfortunately, Microsoft has removed their Kinect ad from YouTube, but we will update the article with the video from another source if possible.

This week Microsoft revealed the first TV spot for their upcoming motion-based camera peripheral, Kinect. Many individuals in the industry are noting the similarities between Kinect’s launch advertisement and the commercials for the Wii Fit. Despite the similarities, the Wii is doing well on it’s own, and is not directly part of this battle; but the PlayStation Move, on the other hand, is. We thought it might be a neat idea to put the Move and Kinect launch trailers side-by-side, to see just who came out of the gate stronger advertising-wise.

First, we’ll show you the first televised PlayStation Move ad.

Now we’ll show you the first televised ad for Xbox 360’s Kinect.

Upon watching both advertisements, one big difference that you’ll probably notice is the amount of gameplay shown. Microsoft’s ad shows about 3 seconds worth of gameplay, while Sony’s boasts nearly 30 seconds of gameplay. Now, Sony’s ad is a full 30 seconds longer but, even when cut in half, still manages to show a good 12 seconds of gameplay. Is this another example of Sony’s revamped advertising department hard at work? Or is Microsoft purposely trying to promote the idea that Kinect looks fun, even though there isn’t really much gameplay there to back it up? Considering the positive reviews surrounding Move, and the feedback from users who have tried Kinect, it looks like a little bit of both.

So what do you think? Would you give the advertising round to Sony or Microsoft? Let us know in the comments below!