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0  February NPDs: 360 And PS3 Strong, Wii Down Thu, Mar 11th, 2010, 10:26 pm (EST) BY JORDAN DOUGLAS The NPD Group has released the February 2010 sales numbers for the United States. The Xbox 360 has come out on top in hardware sales with 422K sold, while Bioshock 2 took the software crown with 563K. Below are the hardware and software numbers. More »

	0  Darksiders 90 Minute Demo Now Available On PSN/XBLA Thu, Feb 25th, 2010, 2:41 pm (EST) BY DARRYL Darksiders performed pretty well in its first month on sale, managing to sell over 150,000 units in North America throughout January. However, THQ want even more people to experience the game, so they've published a new demo on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace. More »

3  Super Mario Galaxy 2 Release Date Announced Wed, Feb 24th, 2010, 2:56 pm (EST) BY JAMIE COURTS At the Nintendo Media Summit held in San Francisco today, the highly anticipated sequel to the multi-award winning Super Mario Galaxy was announced, and it's just around the corner on May 23rd. This is most likely going to be an early contender for multiple game of the year awards considering the last title raked in countless awards. More »

0  Aliens vs Predator Topples BioShock 2 In UK Charts Mon, Feb 22nd, 2010, 8:37 am (EST) BY DARRYL Aliens vs Predator launched last week and it has shot straight to the top position in the UK charts, ousting BioShock 2 after just one week. Not only that, but BioShock 2 actually dropped down to the third position as Just Dance held firm. More »

1  Mario & Sonic Winter Olympic Games Tops 6 Million Shipped Thu, Feb 18th, 2010, 11:12 pm (EST) BY DARRYL Nintendo have announced that Mario & Sonic At The Winter Olympic Games has managed to ship more than six million copies worldwide since it was released in October of last year on the Wii and DS. It has, naturally, seen a significant boost since the start of the Winter Olympic Games which are being held in Canada. It'll certainly be interesting to see how its sales compare to the more serious game which launched on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 last month. More »

	0  Mass Effect 2 Becomes 'Best Ever January Release' Thu, Feb 11th, 2010, 11:06 pm (EST) BY DARRYL Mass Effect 2 enjoyed a pretty stellar release, and although it didn't manage to beat out New Super Mario Bros. Wii in the sales charts according to NPD, it still set a pretty impressive milestone. More »

0  January NPD: Mario Outsells Mass Effect 2 Thu, Feb 11th, 2010, 10:25 pm (EST) BY DARRYL January's NPD results have been published, and they show some interesting figures from the perspective of sales figures as it wasn't a new game that stole the show. The NPD results, which show sales statistics for the region of North America, showed that New Super Mario Bros. Wii was the top selling game during January. Mass Effect 2 performed pretty well too, despite only being released for a few days of the month. More »

	0  Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Preview Mon, Feb 8th, 2010, 3:51 pm (EST) BY JAMIE COURTS Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing is a Kart racing game in the same style as the MarioKart series. What makes the Sega title different from the Nintendo counterpart is that, well, it's available on the PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles. More »

0  Top Selling Games in Key Markets Revealed Wed, Feb 3rd, 2010, 2:08 pm (EST) BY JORDAN DOUGLAS Recent sales figures from the three largest global game markets, the United States, United Kingdom and Japan have shown that Modern Warfare 2 was the highest selling game in 2009. Coming in at a combined 11.86 million units, 8.82 million in the US, 2.8 million in the UK and a mere 238,000 in Japan, Infinity Ward's blockbuster easily took the top spot. More »

	1  New Super Mario Bros. Wii Passes 10 Million Units Sold Sun, Jan 24th, 2010, 10:13 pm (EST) BY DARRYL Despite only being on store shelves for around eight weeks, New Super Mario Bros. Wii for the Nintendo Wii has managed to sell over 10 million copies according to Japanese website Nikkei Net. More »

0  Metroid: Other M Coming In 2010, Says Nintendo Wed, Jan 13th, 2010, 6:56 pm (EST) BY SHAWN According to video game channel G4, Nintendo is planning to release Metroid: Other M in 2010. The title, which was a surprise reveal at E3 2009, has had little to no news released since the event. More »

3  Nintendo Dominate Year End Japanese Sales: Mario On Top Mon, Jan 4th, 2010, 3:57 pm (EST) BY DARRYL Media Create have compiled sales data for the last full week of the year in Japan, which covers December 21st to December 27th, and they show that Final Fantasy XIII's sales figures have quickly diminished. More »

	1  PlayStation 3 Passes 4 Million, Wii Passes 9 Million In Japan Thu, Dec 17th, 2009, 1:01 pm (EST) BY DARRYL The PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii are currently trading blows in the Japanese video game market, as the PlayStation 3 Slim has allowed Sony to close the gap on Nintendo considerably - in monthly sales, at least. More »

0  Modern Warfare 2 Continues Its UK Sales Dominance Mon, Dec 14th, 2009, 11:51 am (EST) BY DARRYL Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues to sit pretty at the top of the UK video game sales charts, which are compiled by Chart Track. It's also quite difficult to see anything knocking it off its perch any time soon. More »

0  Analyst: Modern Warfare 2 Made Quarter of November Sales Wed, Dec 9th, 2009, 1:08 pm (EST) BY DARRYL Analysts in the United States are claiming that Activision Blizzard's Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 may have contributed as much as 25 percent of the total amount of video games sold throughout the month of November. More »

0  Modern Warfare 2, Assassin's Creed 2, Mario Retain Their UK Dominance Mon, Nov 30th, 2009, 10:37 am (EST) BY DARRYL Not massively surprising, but Modern Warfare 2, Assassin's Creed 2 and New Super Mario Bros. Wii have continued to hold the top three spots in this week's UK video game sales charts. It wouldn't be hard to see them retaining the three spots up until the new year either, as the amount of new releases slows down. More »

0  Assassin's Creed 2 Sells 1.6 Million In One Week Posted on 2009/11/24 BY DARRYL Ubisoft have announced that preliminary reports are suggesting that Assassin's Creed II, which was launched in North American and Europe last week, has sold over 1.6 million copies in that time. More »

	2  Modern Warfare 2 Holds Off Super Mario, Assassin's Creed 2 Posted on 2009/11/23 BY DARRYL Modern Warfare 2 had a massive week following its launch, but sales in the UK have declined considerably since with a reported 86 percent decrease. It wasn't the only high-profile launch around that time though and some of the others have started to register. More »

	1  Super Mario Galaxy 2 Will Be 'Really Difficult' Posted on 2009/11/16 BY DARRYL Shigeru Miyamoto has been talking a bit more about the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy 2, which was announced at this year's E3. This time, he was addressing questions that were posed about the game's difficulty. More »

2  Super Mario Galaxy 2 Almost Complete Posted on 2009/11/06 BY DARRYL Super Mario Galaxy 2 was announced during Nintendo's E3 2009 Press Conference, and it was actually quite a surprise. It seems as though Nintendo are taking the development very seriously though. When speaking to GameTrailers TV, the legendary Shigeru Miyamoto stated that development is actually almost finished, More »