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A new year and a new game at Number 1. ‘Fifa 2009′ has regained the top spot at the end of last week meaning ‘Call of Duty: World At War’ drops a place. ‘Far Cry 2′ re-enters the top 10 but ‘Tomb Raider: Underworld’ leaves it and is now sat at number 14. Take a look below at the top ten games in the UK for week ending 3rd January 2009.
1 - Fifa 2009 / EA Sports (up 1 place)
2 - Call of Duty: World At War / Activision (down 1 place)
3 - Need for Speed: Undercover / EA Games (no movement)
4 - Guitar Hero: World Tour / Activision (up 3 places)
5 - Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games / Nintendo (up 4 places)
6 - Wii Play / Nintendo (down 1 place)
7 - Far Cry 2 / Ubisoft (up 4 places)
8 - Mario Kart Wii / Nintendo (down 4 places)
9 - Quantum of Solace / Activision (down 1 place)
10 - Sonic Unleased / SEGA (no movement)
Courtesy of ChartTrack
After all of the debates last year about which console ‘is the best’, Microsoft has just revealed that sales for the Xbox 360 during the Christmas 2008 period, were almost double those of Christmas 2007 in Europe. The gap between the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360 has grown significantly due to the increase in Xbox 360 sales up to the end of 2008. Factors which have affected the growth spurt include the releases of more family games, such as ‘Lips’, ‘Scene It: Box Office Smash’ and ‘Rock Band 2′ and the launch of the New Xbox Experience. GfK-ChartTrack data shows that the Xbox 360 was the fastest-growing console in 2008, beating the Playstation 3 and the Nintendo Wii.
Chris Lewis, Regional Vice President, Interactive Entertainment Business EMEA, said “With eight million consoles sold since we launched, and consistently out-selling PlayStation 3 in EMEA, we’re poised to build on this success in 2009.”
Ontop of this success, new figures have just been released that show the Xbox 360 was the second ‘most played’ console last year. As you can see below, the Xbox 360 was the ‘most played’ next-gen console last year, and Microsoft’s first console the ‘Xbox’ was even more played than the ‘Playstation 3′!
Well after taking the Christmas Number 1 spot, ‘Fifa 2009′ has fallen to number 2 at the end of last week, meaning that ‘Call of Duty: World At War’ has regained it’s number 1 spot. There have been some more climbers this week, including ‘Tomb Raider: Underworld’, ‘Guitar Hero: World Tour’ and ‘Sonic Unleashed’ which has somehow jumped 10 places and now sits at number 10. ‘Prince of Persia’ sits at number 16. Take a look below at the top 10 games in the UK for week ending 27th December 2008.
1 - Call of Duty: World At War / Activision (up 1 place)
2 - Fifa 2009 / EA Sports (down 1 place)
3 - Need for Speed: Undercover / EA Games (up 1 place)
4 - Mario Kart Wii / Nintendo (down 1 place)
5 - Wii Play / Nintendo (up 1 place)
6 - Tomb Raider: Underworld / Eidos (up 3 places)
7 - Guitar Hero: World Tour / RedOctane (up 4 places)
8 - Quantum of Solace / Activision (down 1 place)
9 - Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games / SEGA (up 3 places)
10 - Sonic Unleased / SEGA (up 10 places)
Courtesy of ChartTrack
Ah, but only if you live Japan. The service is reported to be partnering with the Demae-can.com online food ordering service to allow you to order a meal right through your Wii.
A wide variety of cuisine selections will be available including pizza, sushi, Chinese food, Japanese food and Western food. Mood music to match your selection will play in the background during the ordering process. Can’t decide what to eat? Let your Wii decide! The service will have a roulette mode that will randomly make a selection for you. Hmm does that remind you of the iPhone commercial when trying to find a restaurant?
One also has to wonder how this fits in with Wii Fit?
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Monster Hunter G Announced for the Wii!
In the latest issue of Japanese gamers magazine, Famitsu, Capcom have announced another Monster Hunter title for the Wii called Monster Hunter G! Apparently, this is not the Monster Hunter G released in Japan only, before the confusion sets in, but a port of the PSP title Monster Hunter 2 Freedom!
This Wii version of Monster Hunter 2 Freedom is, apparently, 77% complete and due for release in early Spring, 2009. So if you have the PSP verrsion already, and you have Wii, this title will be released before the new Monster Hunter 3 which will be exclusive to Wii. Now, we all know the Wii is appears to be perfect for old games to be ported on the machine, we have seen old PS2 titles, shovelware, and other titles ported and the question needs to be answered why? Maybe to renew the interest in the Monster Hunter series in the West as it is such a hit in Japan especially the online component. Will the Wii Speak peripheral be used? It would certainly be useful for this title and personally I see the control system and screen size will be make a huge difference to the game that we seen on the PSP. No online fee has been confirmed as yet. If you think Capcom are doing a port as cheap cash in on a title already popular on a handheld is understandable and I see the point. No doubt I will be purchasing this title before the acclaimed Monster Hunter 3 makes its debut so Monster Hunter 2 Freedom in 480p on my HDTV would be a welcome port in this case. So, all Monster Hunter fans out there, expect to be playing Monster Hunter G (Monster Hunter 2 Freedom) again on the Wii next year! If you dont ahve the Wii and just the PSP then no regrets, in my case, it will be buying the same game again, but in extra large mode and hopefully an easier to control system before we get the new Monster Hunter 3. Confused? You bet I am! Pleased? You bet I am!
Source: http://kotaku.com/5117519/capcom-announces-monster-hunter-g-wii
There is a free download on XBLA for you all if you want it. It’s called Doritos Dino Dash. You can either play a delivery truck trying to get through levels and make deliveries or you can play the T-Rex trying to stop the deliveries. It’s fun for the most part, it is a free game after all to promote a food product.
Either way you can earn an embarrasing amount of gamerpoints if you wish.
Are you as surprised as I am? It seems ‘Fifa 2009′ has knocked ‘Call of Duty: World At War’ off the top spot and just in time to be crowned the Christmas Number 1 for 2008. ‘Fifa 2009′ has surprised everybody by jumping two places from last week to take recognition for the Christmas Number 1. Okay, so it doesn’t really mean much when a game is called ‘The Christmas Number 1′ but it’s still good news for Fifa fans, and of course the team at EA Sports. ‘Quantum of Solace’ has also climbed afew places and now sits comfortably at number 7. Unfortunately, ‘Fallout 3′ has once again fallen out of the top 10, dropping 8 places. Take a look below at the top 10 games for week ending 20th December 2008.
1 - Fifa 2009 / EA Sports (up 2 places)
2 - Call of Duty: World At War / Activision (down 1 place)
3 - Mario Kart Wii / Nintendo (down 1 place)
4 - Need for Speed: Undercover / EA Games (no movement
5 - Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training / Nintendo (no movement)
6 - Wii Play / Nintendo (up 1 place)
7 - Quantum of Solace / Activision (up 6 places)
8 - Professor Layton and the Curious Village / Nintendo
9 - Tomb Raider: Underworld / Eidos (up 1 place)
10 - Wii Fit / Nintendo (down 2 places)
Courtesy of ChartTrack
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Nintendo is finally giving back to it’s loyal customers with Club Nintendo. If you sign up now you can get up to 1250 stars that you can swap for goodies such as games, animated wall papers, plush toys and even the Super Mario Galaxy sound track. You can earn stars by playing games and taking survey’s there is one survey that will extend your DS and Wii warranty.
I know, I know you thought it was Christmas when you heard there was more content coming for your copy of Fable 2. Well sad to say that Microsoft has announced it will not arrive on December 22, instead look for it in January. Now we have something to look forward to in the New Year.
Are you a core gamer, let’s find out shall we? Are you dirt poor but still set aside money to buy a video game? Will you spend more time in front of the TV to play games than watching
See core gamers are the people that are in it for the long haul, casual gamers come and go with the trends. Core gamers will stick with gaming through the thick and thin, therefore continuing to contribute to the industry and keeping it alive.
Core gamers are responsible for buying half of all video games. We may be poor or wealthy and not have any clue we are in a recession. So fear not game stores around the globe with core gamers you will do just fine.
For a console that was once referred to as an impulse purchase it sure is making alot of stink in the gaming world. Sure it doesn’t have titles like Gears of War 2, Call of Duty 4, and Halo 3 but for some reason it appeals to the masses. I know alot of 360 owners who bought the Wii as their second console and get good use out of it.
Now let’s get to the good stuff, the stuff that makes Nintendo sleep well at night I am talking about the numbers of course. In the month of November Nintendo sold over 2 million units. Yes, you read right 2 million, a record indeed.
Microsoft are getting all festive this holiday season. Following on from the Christmas Theme for Xbox 360 owners, along comes a virtual snow glove to download.
The Snow Globe can be obtained via the Holidays menu on your 360, which then puts your avatar in the Snow Globe. When selected for full screen, your friends avatars join you in the globe. Want different friends in there? No problem, just “stir” the globe by pressing X. Pressing A will shake the globe and give you that virtual snow globe feeling.
One thing that isn’t mentioned on the screen, is that the avatars will also do a Mexican wave when Y is pressed. View the video below to see the Mexican wave and the snow globe being shook.
GTAIV LOST & THE DAMNED SCREENSHOTS & TRAILER!
Rockstar Games have released the first trailer for the DLC for Xbox 360 due Feb 17, 2009 and it looks amazing. The story follows Johnny Klebitz, in a story that crosses with Niko’s story in the game. GTA addicts can expect new missions, multiplayer, weapons and vehicles and a hardcore soundtrack.
The following is a trailer of the upcoming DLC for xbox 360, all very good stuff and now something to pull out the game and really start playing it again as I am 4% thru only!
Jack Black at the VGA 2008
On December 14, 2008, Spike TV held their annual Video Game Awards, hosted by comedic Jack Black. The video gamers of the world voted for their faves. Here are the results:
Game of the Year:
Grand Theft Auto IV
Studio of the Year:
Media Molecule
Best Shooter:
Gears of War 2
Best RPG:
Fallout 3
Best Individual Sports Game:
Shaun White Snowboarding
Best Handheld Game:
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Best Graphics:
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show:
LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
Best Music Game:
Rockband 2
Best Driving Game:
Burnout Paradise
Best Action Adventure Game:
Grand Theft Auto IV
Best Soundtrack:
Rockband 2
Best Xbox 360 Game:
Gears of War 2
Best Wii Game:
Boom Blox
Best PS3 Game:
LittleBigPlanet
Best PC Game:
Left 4 Dead
Best Original Score:
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Best Multiplayer Game:
Left 4 Dead
Best Independent Game:
World of Goo
Best Fighting Game:
Soul Calibur IV
Best Male Voice:
Michael Hollick as Niko Bellic in Grand Theft Auto IV
Best Female Voice:
Debi Mae West as Meryl Silverburg in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Big Name in Game Male:
Kiefer Sutherland as Sgt. Roebuck in Call of Duty: World at War
Big Name in Game Female:
Jenny McCarthy as Special Agent Tanya Adams in Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3
It seems ‘Call of Duty: World At War’ is super glued to the top of the charts. It’s been top now for almost 5 weeks! When will this reign end? Nintendo seem to be doing very well with 4 of their titles enjoying themselves in the top 10, but unfortunately ‘Tomb Raider: Underworld’ has fallen 4 places in the last 7 seven days, but good news for Activision as this bumps ‘Guitar Hero: World Tour’ up a spot from last week.
It’s still surprising that ‘Gears of War 2′ didn’t spend very long in the top 10 and it’s not looking good as it’s currently sat in 17th place, falling 2 places in 7 days, however, it’s number 2 in the XBox 360 charts, so it’s proving to be a good game amongst 360 owners, but it’s not a winner in the all-formats chart. Take a look below at the top 10 games in the UK for week ending 13th December 2008.
1 - Call of Duty: World At War / Activision (no movement)
2 - Mario Kart Wii / Nintendo (no movement)
3 - Fifa 2009 / EA Sports (no movement)
4 - Need for Speed: Undercover / EA Games (up 1 place)
5 - Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training / Nintendo (down 1 place)
6 - Fallout 3 / Bethesda Softworks (up 1 place)
7 - Wii Play / Nintendo (up 2 places)
8 - Wii Fit / Nintendo (no movement)
9 - Guitar Hero: World Tour / Activision (up 1 place)
10 - Tomb Raider: Underworld / Eidos (down 4 places)
Courtesy of ChartTrack
Published by: Ignition Entertainment
Developed by: Awesome Studios (aka Awesome Developments)
Genre: Puzzle
Local Play: 2 Versus
Exclusively on PlayStation Portable aka PSP
Release Date: April 6, 2005
MSRP: $39.99
IGN SAYS
Pet puzzle project by industry veteran Archer MacLean, who has been creating games since the early days and has credits dating back to International Karate and DropZone. Mercury is a Marble Madness-style puzzler/platformer played with liquid balls (drawn with special metallic reflection effects to make it look like moving gobs of mercury — thus the game title.) Make your way through challenging puzzles with your blob of goo, but don’t lose too much liquid or you’ll be set out to dry. There are plenty of abstract contraptions and concepts for players to outthink and outmaneuver. The Jacob’s Ladder will zap away some of your juice, while the Mercoids will hunt you down and suck up your blob. There are also Vacuum Pipes, Splitters for separating out the big blob into smaller blobs, Conveyer Belts for moving your mercury in one direction, and more.
General Features
- 72 Levels of liquid mayhem; 2 player action wirelessly linked with WiFi on all levels; 6 graphically themed worlds consisting of 12 levels each; each world contains 3 race levels, 3 percentage preserved levels. 3 task levels, 2 combo levels, and a boss level; score system allows skilled players to revisit and find all the tricks to obtaining the hi score; unlockable extra tough super levels for skilled players who can max out the level hi scores in any one world; tutorial mode guides beginners through the first training camp world; over 30 varieties of interactive obejects, useful items, and enemies to hinder your proigress; simple controls that only need you to tilt the entire level with the analogue stick as you watch the various coloured mercury blob gloop around all the hazards and required target points along the way; watch as your blob of mercury ebb and flow around everything in their path, splitting up and changing colour along the way; full camera control for customised viewing; ultra realistic liquid mercury graphic effects, using stunning real time physics; quite possibly the most addictive game you’ll ever play.
STORY: 7.5/10
There are few games out there which are truly original. You’re a blob of Mercury. And your goal is to get to the finish line before the clock reaches zero!
GRAPHICS: 6/10
They’re very basic. But with thanks to that, it’s not a large game. Anyone with a large memory stick (2 gig - 4 gig+) can easily have a game like this on your PSP along with several other small games. With the simple graphics, it helps to keep the size down. It’s cartoony. Parts are cheezy (like a glowing blue/green/red vertical tube you gotta collect to and change your colour to sometimes. The special effects are kinda weak).
Graphics are nothing to brag about, but the game play and concept make up for it!
SOUND: 5/10
Same with the graphics. Nothing special. You could easily have the sound off and still get the same experience. It was definitely not a “sound focused” kind of game. More of the concept (what the game has to offer during operation/game time/play time).
GAME PLAY: 8.5/10
(that pretty much sums it up)
There is plenty of game!
One really cool aspect of the game is at the start of every level, there is a pivoting pan showing you the entire level before you play.
It’s helpful to give you an idea of what to expect.
You wont ALWAYS complete the levels on the first try!
A COOL aspect (and equally very annoying) is sometimes you’re given a quota of “mercury” to keep when you complete the level.
your Mercury % will be on the BOTTOM RIGHT
if you’re under the quota (some levels require you keep at least 30% - 40% - 50% etc to beat the level).
You can lose mercry easily if you wanlk a tight path
It’s a simple game! But also can be extremely challenging. That is if you’re like me and NEED to get the best possible score! I’ll spend hours on one level to get the best score before moving on.
Great challenges! Great concept! Easy and fun to play!
IGN says
In Double Agent, players take control of the franchise’s steady hero Sam Fisher as he battles a new terrorist threat. Fisher, whose daughter has recently passed away, must go under cover to infiltrate the group’s American headquarters, using stealth and lethal force to gain the upper hand. The character will begin his mission in a prison, mingling with the enemy to gain trust, thus creating a psychological balance that complements the non-stop action.
Key features for the action-stealth game, as follows:
- Dual objectives to fulfill: NSA government agents and terrorists will each want you to accomplish opposing tasks at the same time
- Discover the tension of being a double agent: Use actual tactics employed by today’s real-life double agents to sabotage the terrorists’ plans
- Explore a branching storyline with multiple endings: Your choices have an impact on how the story and game play unfolds
- A world of international espionage: Missions from all over the world, from Asia to Africa to the heart of the US. Experience extreme situations: underwater or in a sandstorm, hiding behind the dust or smoke - and even skydiving
- New authentic gadgets: Master the latest weapons and gadgets used by NSA government agents in addition to black-market terrorist weapons
STORY:6/10
NOTE: I’ve only played about 10 hours or so into it. I’ve finished about 6 missions (not that much) so I’m sure the game’ll pick up. It was pretty good from what I’ve played so far…BUT the story’s been done before (”terrorist” plot you’re the “wrench”)
So far from what I’ve gathered (no spoilers)
Some dude is working with several organizations to make a bomb for explosive reasons and the main character goes in and pulls a “James Bond” and has to foil the plans.
It DOES open up pretty cool with the situations you find yourself in (but I’ll get into that in GAME PLAY)
GRAPHICS: 7.5/10
I would say they’re pretty good! A little better than PS2 graphics. Images are clear and sharp! It definitely has the realism in the right spots!
It gives a good sense that you are really in the environment you are in. With the game controls and the sounds (which I’ll get into shortly) it really helps you immerse yourself!
SOUND: 8/10
One of the “key” factors that makes Splinter Cell SPLINTER CELLis the spy factor! You’re a spy. Which means you rely on hearing things. There is some music for times when things are getting “hot” (if you’re about to be caught or if you DO get caught). When you are used to complete silence and the environment sounds, then things get tight…it starts to really get you going.
GAME PLAY: 9.5/10
The controls are a lil tricky to get used to at first. Your Wii Mouse cursor controls the camera. If you move it UP, the camera goes up. If you move it down, the camera goes down.
You move with the nunchuck analog stick…
I’m not going to go through all the buttons…but it’s cool to jump by flicking the wiimote, pressing the joystick VERY sensitively to tip toe. You TILT the wiimote to lean against a wall.
The game play is VERY involving. Mixed with the graphics and sounds it’s a spectacular experience!!
CON: It IS very challenging!!!
One of my weaknesses is the 100% score. I will do the same level over and over and over and over and over again until I get either the best score, or I don’t miss anything (get all the mini-items etc). I don’t want to leave the level unless I a have accomplished everything I could have! If I don’t, I feel SO unfulfilled! But then I get too frustrated sometimes and I make stupid moves and get caught easily (start over) or forgot/missed something (start over).
the game is VERY fun…I’m just not a very good spy! IF I could go through the game without caring about getting everything…I’m sure it’d be a LOT more fun.
CO-OP MODE: 8/10
Just as fun as the 1st player (solo) game. It’s split screen (which kinda sucks…but still works). You HAVE to work together every few minutes. So if you have an adventuring partner who wants to run ahead…they gotta wait for you to catch up! The controls are still tricky. There were walls We had to climb over and you gotta press the right buttons which was sometimes challenging. Sometimes you have NO idea where you’re supposed to go. We had to consult a walkthrough a couple times (and naturally…the solution was the SIMPLEST thing we just didn’t notice)
You gotta work together big time! So if you do co-op, make sure you REALLY get along with the person! Make sure you both know what you’re doin’ ’cause you can’t have crazy Arnold schwarzenegger (go in blazing) matched with Jon Voight (Tom Cruise - mission impossible ~ be invisible) working together….it’s not gonna work!
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COOL thing about this game is you CAN go in and blow everyone away and not care about getting caught. OR you can go through and sneek past everyone (WAY more challenging).
Either way, it’s a SUPERB game with an exceptioanl challenge to it! Very worth solo mission and co-op!
Two New Final Fantasy Trailers!
Two new trailers have emerged of Final Fantasy XIII for the Xbox 360 and the Versus Game for the Playstation 3. The 1st here is for both consoles:
Vs Trailer
New Zealand’s largest game production studio, Sidhe Interactive, are celebrating the first anniversary of the release of their Xbox Live Arcade game ‘GripShift’, by giving away some free download codes.
These codes can be found on TeamXbox and GameProArcade over the next week. Other websites that contain these codes will be listed in the GripShift forums over throughout this week.
‘GripShift’ is an award winning driving platformer which boasts a long single-player experience and 4 player multiplayer modes. The game is currently on the marketplace for 800 Microsoft points, but if you fancy grabbing yourself a freebie and the chance to play a new game over Christmas, then keep checking GripShiftGame.com to see which website you can get your free code from.
