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Capcom's unleashed a new Street Fighter IV gameplay video, this one focusing on Gouken, the guy who taught Ryu and Ken to fight.

Gouken, who's also the older brother of evil boss Akuma, gives his former students a bit of fighting lesson in this wicked video.

The console version of the game's said to be out in February. Can't wait.


Trailer at CVG ...

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The Killers will be pushing out a three-song downloadable track pack in Guitar Hero World Tour to coincide with the release of the band's new album, Day & Age. The album and track pack will be available November 25. World Tour will see the singles "Human" and "Losing Touch" as well as the song "Mr. Brightside" from the band's debut album.

The track pack will set you back 440 Microsoft Points or $5.49 on the PlayStation Network. Each song will also be made available as singles for 160 Microsoft Points or $1.99. The Wii will also receive these downloads at a price of 200 Wii Points each. ...

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Fable II has proven to be the most popular videogame in America throughout October.

The Xbox 360-exclusive role-playing title sold 790,000 copies during the month, according to new NPD data on GamesIndustry.biz.

Familiar charter Wii Fit took second with 487,000 sales, followed by another RPG hopeful Fallout 3 with 375,000 copies sold.

Mario Kart Wii and Wii Play were fourth and fifth respectively, with the 360 edition of Saints Row 2 in sixth.

SOCOM: Confrontation and LittleBigPlanet took seventh and eighth, while NBA 2K9 and Dead Space rounded out the top 10.

The top 10 US games for October are:

• Fable II (360): 790,000
• Wii Fit (Wii): 487,000
• Fallout 3 (360): 375,000
• Mario Kart Wii (Wii): 290,000
• Wii Play (Wii): 282,000
• Saints Row 2 (360): 270,000
• SOCOM: Confrontation (PS3): 231,000
• LittleBigPlanet (PS3): 215,000
• NBA 2K9 (360): 202,000
• Dead Space (360): 193,000

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Fable II has proven to be the most popular videogame in America throughout October.

The Xbox 360-exclusive role-playing title sold 790,000 copies during the month, according to new NPD data on GamesIndustry.biz.

Familiar charter Wii Fit took second with 487,000 sales, followed by another RPG hopeful Fallout 3 with 375,000 copies sold.

Mario Kart Wii and Wii Play were fourth and fifth respectively, with the 360 edition of Saints Row 2 in sixth.

SOCOM: Confrontation and LittleBigPlanet took seventh and eighth, while NBA 2K9 and Dead Space rounded out the top 10.

The top 10 US games for October are:

• Fable II (360): 790,000
• Wii Fit (Wii): 487,000
• Fallout 3 (360): 375,000
• Mario Kart Wii (Wii): 290,000
• Wii Play (Wii): 282,000
• Saints Row 2 (360): 270,000
• SOCOM: Confrontation (PS3): 231,000
• LittleBigPlanet (PS3): 215,000
• NBA 2K9 (360): 202,000
• Dead Space (360): 193,000

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via Games Industry


Following the release of October's US sales data by NPD, Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony have all responded by releasing statements on their respective performance.

As usual Nintendo had the most to shout about on the hardware side of things, dominating with the Wii and DS, although Microsoft underlined the performance of the Xbox 360 compared with the PlayStation 3 following its price cut.

Microsoft also had reason to cheer on the software front with the best-selling title being a platform exclusive, while Sony focused on the steady year-on-year growth of the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Network.

The key points from each company is as follows:

Nintendo

• Wii and DS sales bring lifetime US numbers for the platforms to 13.35 million and 23.02 million respectively.
• Hardware sales were up almost 26 per cent over October, and accounted for over 59 per cent of total hardware sales in the month.
• Lifetime sales of Wii Fit - second in the software chart - has now hit 2.83 million.
• "Nintendo provides consumers with the best value not only among video games, but also among most entertainment options," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive VP of sales and marketing. "Nintendo also provides an incomparable range of experiences that everyone can enjoy, whether you've been playing for years or are just getting into videogames."

Microsoft

• The Xbox 360 outsold the PS3 by nearly 2-to-1 in October, as the price cut boosts sales by around 33 per cent per week over September.
• Fable II sold more than 1.5 million units worldwide since launch, while Gears of War 2 sold over 2 million in its first weekend. 1.5 million people played Gears 2 on the first weekend, logging 15 million hours of gameplay.
• The Xbox 360's attach rate is now 8.1, with USD 244 million spent on Xbox 360 titles in October.
• Third party sales share is now 57 per cent on the Xbox 360, with USD 171 million in October and a generation to-date figure of USD 4.5 billion.

Sony

• The PlayStation brand generate USD 369 million in October in total.
• PS3 hardware was up 90 per cent year-on-year, while PS3 software jumped almost 200 per cent in the same time frame.
• PlayStation Network registration has grown by 166 per cent since January, with over 14 million accounts now registered worldwide and 270 million pieces of data downloaded.
• Total PlayStation hardware revenue was USD 131 million - up 19 per cent - while software revenue was USD 209 million, up 23 per cent since last year.

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via Games Industry


Following the release of October's US sales data by NPD, Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony have all responded by releasing statements on their respective performance.

As usual Nintendo had the most to shout about on the hardware side of things, dominating with the Wii and DS, although Microsoft underlined the performance of the Xbox 360 compared with the PlayStation 3 following its price cut.

Microsoft also had reason to cheer on the software front with the best-selling title being a platform exclusive, while Sony focused on the steady year-on-year growth of the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Network.

The key points from each company is as follows:

Nintendo

• Wii and DS sales bring lifetime US numbers for the platforms to 13.35 million and 23.02 million respectively.
• Hardware sales were up almost 26 per cent over October, and accounted for over 59 per cent of total hardware sales in the month.
• Lifetime sales of Wii Fit - second in the software chart - has now hit 2.83 million.
• "Nintendo provides consumers with the best value not only among video games, but also among most entertainment options," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive VP of sales and marketing. "Nintendo also provides an incomparable range of experiences that everyone can enjoy, whether you've been playing for years or are just getting into videogames."

Microsoft

• The Xbox 360 outsold the PS3 by nearly 2-to-1 in October, as the price cut boosts sales by around 33 per cent per week over September.
• Fable II sold more than 1.5 million units worldwide since launch, while Gears of War 2 sold over 2 million in its first weekend. 1.5 million people played Gears 2 on the first weekend, logging 15 million hours of gameplay.
• The Xbox 360's attach rate is now 8.1, with USD 244 million spent on Xbox 360 titles in October.
• Third party sales share is now 57 per cent on the Xbox 360, with USD 171 million in October and a generation to-date figure of USD 4.5 billion.

Sony

• The PlayStation brand generate USD 369 million in October in total.
• PS3 hardware was up 90 per cent year-on-year, while PS3 software jumped almost 200 per cent in the same time frame.
• PlayStation Network registration has grown by 166 per cent since January, with over 14 million accounts now registered worldwide and 270 million pieces of data downloaded.
• Total PlayStation hardware revenue was USD 131 million - up 19 per cent - while software revenue was USD 209 million, up 23 per cent since last year.

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via Games Industry


Nintendo has trampled its competition with respect to hardware sales in the US for October, according to the latest data from NPD.

The Wii was the most popular platform by some distance, selling 803,000 units while the DS was a comfortable second on 491,000 - giving Nintendo a combined sales total of almost 1.3 million hardware units sold.

The Xbox 360 was third on 371,000, followed by the PlayStation Portable in fourth and PlayStation 3 in fifth on 193,000 and 190,000 units respectively. The PlayStation 2 was last, selling 136,000 consoles.

But despite brisk sales of the Nintendo platforms, hardware revenues in the US grew by just 5 per cent to USD 494.74 million, while the sales of accessories fell by 8 per cent to USD 120.19 million.

But NPD analyst Anita Frazier pointed out that the way the weeks fell in the calendar wasn't kind to October: "Keeping in mind that September was a five-week month while October had four, the sales pace increased 33 per cent," she said.


The hardware sales breakdown is as follows:
1. Nintendo Wii: 803,000
2. Nintendo DS: 491,000
3. Xbox 360: 370,000
4. PlayStation Portable: 193,000
5. PlayStation 3: 190,000
6. PlayStation 2: 136,000 ...

via Games Industry


Nintendo has trampled its competition with respect to hardware sales in the US for October, according to the latest data from NPD.

The Wii was the most popular platform by some distance, selling 803,000 units while the DS was a comfortable second on 491,000 - giving Nintendo a combined sales total of almost 1.3 million hardware units sold.

The Xbox 360 was third on 371,000, followed by the PlayStation Portable in fourth and PlayStation 3 in fifth on 193,000 and 190,000 units respectively. The PlayStation 2 was last, selling 136,000 consoles.

But despite brisk sales of the Nintendo platforms, hardware revenues in the US grew by just 5 per cent to USD 494.74 million, while the sales of accessories fell by 8 per cent to USD 120.19 million.

But NPD analyst Anita Frazier pointed out that the way the weeks fell in the calendar wasn't kind to October: "Keeping in mind that September was a five-week month while October had four, the sales pace increased 33 per cent," she said.


The hardware sales breakdown is as follows:
1. Nintendo Wii: 803,000
2. Nintendo DS: 491,000
3. Xbox 360: 370,000
4. PlayStation Portable: 193,000
5. PlayStation 3: 190,000
6. PlayStation 2: 136,000 ...

via Eurogamer


Microsoft has invited a further 10,000 people to the New Xbox Experience preview program.

This will be the third and final batch to join in, before the Xbox Live overhaul becomes available to the masses on 19th November.

To stand a chance at being picked, you will have had to fill out a Connect Program Survey. And unfortunately there's no way of signing up now if you missed the boat first time around.

But if you did do the homework, you may have received an email early this morning welcoming you to NXE. Major Nelson says there will be an update later this evening to sort everything out.

The New Xbox Experience adds all sorts of new toys, such as customisable Mii-style avatars, a redesigned Dashboard navigation system, and a grouping system where parties of friends can stay together whilst changing games or watching films or maybe just chatting.

Rather less exciting is news that Zapper, a distinctly average Xbox 1 game, will be arriving on Xbox Originals on Monday. Save the 1200 Microsoft Points (GBP 10.20 / EUR 14.40) for something else. ...