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by Published on December 16th, 2008 19:19
via Games Industry
Grand Theft Auto IV on the PC has topped the German software sales chart for the week ended December 7, according to data provided by Media-Control GfK International.
Rockstar's title was followed by Mario Kart Wii in second place, and the PlayStation 2 game, SingStar Schlager, in third place. Mario Kart DS came in fourth, while Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training took fifth place and World of Warcraft's latest expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, secured a spot at number six.
Wii Play took seventh place, while PS2 titles Need for Speed Undercover and SingStar Abba came in at numbers eight and nine respectively. Wii Fit closed off the region's chart at number ten.
The top of the Spanish chart was dominated by Wii titles, with Wii Play, Mario Kart Wii and Wii fit taking first, second and third places. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 came in fourth, fifth and sixth place on the PS2, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 respectively.
Need for Speed Undercover, for the PS3, came in at number seven, while Call of Duty: World at War secured a spot at number eight and FIFA 09 on the PS2 took number nine.
Pokemon Ranger 2: Shadows of Almia, for the DS, brought the Spanish chart to a close at number ten.
Full German chart follows:
01. Grand Theft Auto IV (PC)
02. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
03. SingStar Schlager (PS2)
04. Maro Kart DS (DS)
05. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)
06. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (PC)
07. Wii Play (Wii)
08. Need for Speed Undercover (PS2)
09. SingStar Abba (PS2)
10. Wii Fit (Wii)
Full Spanish chart follows:
01. Wii Play (Wii)
02. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
03. Wii Fit (Wii)
04. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS2)
05. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PSP)
06. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS3)
07. Need for Speed Undercover (PS3)
08. Call of Duty: World at War (PS3)
09. FIFA 09 (PS2)
10. Pokemon Ranger 2: Shadows of Almia (DS) ...by Published on December 16th, 2008 19:19
via Games Industry
Grand Theft Auto IV on the PC has topped the German software sales chart for the week ended December 7, according to data provided by Media-Control GfK International.
Rockstar's title was followed by Mario Kart Wii in second place, and the PlayStation 2 game, SingStar Schlager, in third place. Mario Kart DS came in fourth, while Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training took fifth place and World of Warcraft's latest expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, secured a spot at number six.
Wii Play took seventh place, while PS2 titles Need for Speed Undercover and SingStar Abba came in at numbers eight and nine respectively. Wii Fit closed off the region's chart at number ten.
The top of the Spanish chart was dominated by Wii titles, with Wii Play, Mario Kart Wii and Wii fit taking first, second and third places. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 came in fourth, fifth and sixth place on the PS2, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 respectively.
Need for Speed Undercover, for the PS3, came in at number seven, while Call of Duty: World at War secured a spot at number eight and FIFA 09 on the PS2 took number nine.
Pokemon Ranger 2: Shadows of Almia, for the DS, brought the Spanish chart to a close at number ten.
Full German chart follows:
01. Grand Theft Auto IV (PC)
02. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
03. SingStar Schlager (PS2)
04. Maro Kart DS (DS)
05. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)
06. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (PC)
07. Wii Play (Wii)
08. Need for Speed Undercover (PS2)
09. SingStar Abba (PS2)
10. Wii Fit (Wii)
Full Spanish chart follows:
01. Wii Play (Wii)
02. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
03. Wii Fit (Wii)
04. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS2)
05. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PSP)
06. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS3)
07. Need for Speed Undercover (PS3)
08. Call of Duty: World at War (PS3)
09. FIFA 09 (PS2)
10. Pokemon Ranger 2: Shadows of Almia (DS) ...by Published on December 16th, 2008 18:41
via Joystiq
Commenting on the 40-odd seconds of God of War III shown during last night's VGAs, series creator David Jaffe says that it looked good, but not as impressive as the game does in its most current form. You may recall that Jaffe had heaped some extremely high praise on the game's visuals after he recently saw it in action.
Last night's footage is only part of what he saw during an internal SCEA meeting, Jaffe revealed on his blog. "The stuff I saw that I raved about was probably finished 1-2 days before I got to the studios. The Spike stuff I saw had aleady been turned into Spike so it was 100% older," he explained.
"To give you an idea, the stuff I saw that I raved about looked about 25-30% better [than the HD footage Spike broadcast]," he said of the closed meeting footage, adding, "It happened to blow me away and remains the best looking console game I've ever seen ... beyond Gears 2 which so far is the best looking console game ever released." As for what Jaffe had to say to those who questioned his likening of GOW3 to a painting, well, you'll have to hit his blog to read that colorful prose (and watch a video of his thoughts on video game awards shows). ...by Published on December 16th, 2008 18:36
via Computer and Video Games
Sony's new PS3 virtual world Home will, in time, become a console seller, according to Home's Euro manager.
While Home will initially introduce new revenue streams for Sony through partnerships with publishers, advertisers and the likes of clothing and furniture companies, it's arguable to what degree the application will help sell PS3s.
Dan Hill, Home service manager for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, thinks it will eventually shift consoles.
"... In time I would say that Home will definitely become a reason to purchase [PS3], he told CVG. "Today, we are at the beginning of a long journey - now is the time to start its evolution."
Hill also told us that "no-one else is doing anything of this scale or ambition".
But does Home have the potential to help PlayStaion Network catch up, or even surpass, Xbox Live?
"The PlayStation Network is getting better all the time," according to Hill, "and Home is integral to our online offering. If you buy a PS3 and you grow with us, as Home evolves, you are going to become part of something very special, something unlike you can experience anywhere else."
Have you sampled Home yet? What do you guys think of its potential? ...by Published on December 16th, 2008 18:27
via Eurogamer
As promised, Bethesda Softworks has released a patch to add Trophy support to Fallout 3, and to sort out stuttering during system notifications, while "other issues reported within the community" are also tackled.
The 24MB patch, which takes the game to version 1.10, should automatically download for US and UK gamers, and Bethesda said yesterday that "Updates for other PS3 territories, as well as Xbox 360 and PC versions of the game, are on their way".
The Trophy list is the most obviously appreciable change, although as ever with these it's not retroactive. There are 51 Trophies to hunt down for those who've waited, in a list that mirrors the Xbox 360 Achievements except for the addition of a Platinum Trophy for gamers who gather all the other ones.
As for the stuttering, it's one of a number of issues endured by PS3 owners, as we detailed in our Fallout 3 Triple Format Face-Off last month, although for the best experience we concluded you might prefer to play it on the PC anyway. ...by Published on December 16th, 2008 18:21
via Computer and Video Games
Microsoft has gone on a screens offensive, unleashing 46 Halo Wars shots.
In a recent interview with us developer Ensemble talked the game up as the first proper console RTS.
You'll be able to decide for yourself come its February 27 release next year.
Screenshots here ...by Published on December 16th, 2008 18:17
via Games Industry
Microsoft employees knew of a disc damaging fault in the Xbox 360 before putting the console on the market, a recently unsealed document involved in an ongoing lawsuit suggests.
The US class-action lawsuit, launched in July 2007, demands compensation from the software giant for a design flaw in the Xbox 360 that results in damaged discs when the machine is tilted.
According to The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the document, a declaration by Microsoft's program manager Hiroo Umeno, suggests the company knew that discs could be damaged when the Xbox 360 was reoriented.
"This is ... information that we as a team, optical disc drive team, knew about," said Umeno. "When we first discovered the problem in September or October (2005), when we got a first report of disc movement, we knew this is what's causing the problem." ...by Published on December 16th, 2008 18:14
via Eurogamer
Pandemic has released a free content update for Mercenaries 2 today, featuring four new gameplay modes - "Urban Rampage, Death Race, Arms Race and Mercs Blitz", according to an admin post on the official forum - and some "patriotic characters".
We're not really sure what any of that means. You can watch a trailer that might explain things, but it's mostly heavy metal music and things exploding. The content pack is called Blow It Up Again.
Or you could ask a PS3 owner - Sony's machine got the DLC update last Friday. There's no mention of it being made available to PC Mercs 2 players.
Note that the pack is "free throughout the rest of the year", meaning Pandemic could choose to charge for it or remove it soon, so grab it while you can. ...by Published on December 16th, 2008 18:10
via Games Industry
Sales of the top six videogames in the UK have remained flat in the run up to Christmas, as Activision's Call of Duty: World at War holds the number one spot for the fifth week running.
Sales of the latest shooter are only up two per cent compared to last week, while the number two game, Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii, saw sales rise one per cent. There is a gap of 27,000 units between the two releases.
Outside of the top ten a number of titles have seen a massive jump in sales due to discounting and bundles, including LEGO Indiana Jones which increased by 31 per cent and climbed from 13 to 11.
Sega's Sonic Unleashed leapt from 33 to number 12 with sales up 87 per cent, Bond tie-in Quantum of Solace increased 53 per cent from 27 to 13, and Sony's LittleBigPlanet climbed from 29 to 16, with sales up 58 per cent.
- Call of Duty: World at War
- Mario Kart Wii
- FIFA 09
- Need for Speed: Undercover
- Dr Kawashima's Brain Training
- Fallout 3
- Wii Play
- Wii Fit
- Guitar Hero: World War
- Tomb Raider: Underworld
by Published on December 16th, 2008 18:10
via Games Industry
Sales of the top six videogames in the UK have remained flat in the run up to Christmas, as Activision's Call of Duty: World at War holds the number one spot for the fifth week running.
Sales of the latest shooter are only up two per cent compared to last week, while the number two game, Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii, saw sales rise one per cent. There is a gap of 27,000 units between the two releases.
Outside of the top ten a number of titles have seen a massive jump in sales due to discounting and bundles, including LEGO Indiana Jones which increased by 31 per cent and climbed from 13 to 11.
Sega's Sonic Unleashed leapt from 33 to number 12 with sales up 87 per cent, Bond tie-in Quantum of Solace increased 53 per cent from 27 to 13, and Sony's LittleBigPlanet climbed from 29 to 16, with sales up 58 per cent.
- Call of Duty: World at War
- Mario Kart Wii
- FIFA 09
- Need for Speed: Undercover
- Dr Kawashima's Brain Training
- Fallout 3
- Wii Play
- Wii Fit
- Guitar Hero: World War
- Tomb Raider: Underworld
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