Haden Blackman, project lead for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, has made it to number 20 on EDGE magazine’s list of Hot 100 Developers of 2009. While TFU may not have been the game many were hoping it to be, it still delivered an epic story to bridge the two trilogies in a way we could not have imagined. Blackman and the rest of the TFU writers also shared a Writer’s Guild Award for best videogame story. Congrats Haden!

LucasArts’ Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and staff Haden Blackman, Shawn Pitman, John Stafford and Cameron Suey claimed the top spot for videogame writing at the 2009 Writers Guild Awards. You can check out the full list of winners at the WGA site.

Today LucasArts released new downloadable content for The Force Unleashed on Xbox Live and Playstation Network. This consists of a new level titled “The Secret Apprentice” in which the apprentice travels to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant to learn more about his father. If that wasn’t enough, a costume pack has been bundled with the level, adding several new outfits for the apprentice as well as new appearances altogether. If you still want more outfits to choose from, a standalone pack has also been released, adding even more new appearances.

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Your favorite Force Unleashed website has just reviewed The Force Unleashed for Wii. You can check out the review here. Let us know if you agree or disagree in our forums! Look forward to a review of the Xbox 360/PS3 version of the game next.

If you’ve been avidly following The Force Unleashed like we have, then you already know this, but for those of you who are behind in TFU news, the game is released today! So head over to your local game store and pick it up. And then post your thoughts on our forums!

Numerous reviews have been written and released for The Force Unleashed, anticipating the release tomorrow. Below we will list links for the reviews.

IGN Xbox 360
GameSpot PS3
GameSpot Wii
GameTrailers Xbox 360

As more reviews are released we will post them! You can expect both Xbox 360 and Wii version reviews from ForceUnleashed.net soon.

Update: Wired Xbox 360/PS3
Eurogamer Xbox 360

Videogamer.com got a chance to talk with the producer of The Force Unleashed Cameron Suey again and discuss more in-depth reasons why the game is not for PC. You might recall Suey was the one to comment on why TFU was not for PC back in May to very negative comments.

“In this case, it just really wasn’t feasible. As much as I really understand everybody’s concerns and I really understand that people want to play the game on their platform of choice, the truth of it is, the way this game is designed, based around these physics, that are simulation based and very procedural, it would take a very powerful PC to pull them off. This is definitely stretching the Xbox and the PS3 really to the farthest they can go.”

You can read the whole of Suey’s response here.

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A few new videos have been released which gives us a great look at the Wii, PS2, and PSP versions of the game with commentary from the producers of the game. You can view the Wii video here which shows off the Wii’s unique controls in the first level of the game as well as the exclusive duel mode. The PS2 and PSP videos can be found here and they also showcase what the game is about on each console.

GalacticBinder.com has gotten the awesome opportunity to interview The Force Unleashed project lead Haden Blackman. We get to learn some things we didn’t know about Haden before plus some great things about The Force Unleashed. You can check out the interview here.

Rumors have spread that maybe The Force Unleashed will end up on PC after all, after Vik Sohal, COO of Pixelux Entertainment, stated “…Just been released last week on the Internet, the Force Unleashed demo on both the PS3 and Xbox 360. We have a PC version as well.”

However LucasArts was quick to deny this rumor. A statement from the company read as, “I can tell you definitively that there is no PC version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed planned.” So much for that.