Michael Bay trailer for Need for Speed: The Run doesn't remind us of anything

by Jessica Conditt on Nov 5th 2011 10:30PM

Michael Bay knows his way around swiftly moving metal machines, which may be why EA Black Box recruited him to direct a cinematic trailer for Need for Speed: The Run. It's fast-paced, sleek, sexy and gritty, and we could easily see it, starring Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox's lips, in the previews before The Rum Diary. However, EA would have to change the name. Need for Speed: Rise of the Runatron, would work, we think.

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[Multi] Americas Sales Chart, Sept 4-10: This Island is Anything but Dead

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SOFTWARE TOP 20
1) Dead Island (X360) - 257,407 (257,407)
2) Resistance 3 (PS3) - 159,503 (159,503)
3) Madden NFL 12 (X360) - 155,612 (841,707)
4) Dead Island (PS3) - 132,787 (132,787)
5) Madden NFL 12 (PS3) - 130,099 (700,975)
6) Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (X360) - 85,099 (85,099)
7) Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten (PS3) - 55,438 (55,438)
8) Star Fox 64 3D (3DS) - 53,720 (53,720)
9) Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (PS3) - 42,278 (42,278)
10) Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 40,135 (12,559,012)
11) Driver: San Francisco (X360) - 38,837 (38,837)
12) Deus Ex: Human Revolution (X360) - 35,402 (373,760)
13) Just Dance 2 (Wii) - 31,380 (5,430,878)
14) Driver: San Francisco (PS3) - 29,855 (29,855)
15) Wii Sports Resort (Wii) - 25,180 (13,980,583)
16) Call of Duty: Black Ops (X360) - 21,122 (9,190,368)
17) Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PS3) - 20,107 (201,340)
18) Wii Sports (Wii) - 20,040 (41,373,712)
19) Rise of Nightmares (X360) - 19,758 (19,758)
20) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS) - 16,719 (506,973)

HARDWARE
Nintendo 3DS - 99,531 (1,651,470)
Xbox 360 - 78,640 (32,981,622)
PlayStation 3 - 66,335 (20,661,870)
Nintendo Wii - 47,609 (41,831,646)
Nintendo DS - 45,040 (55,911,130)
Sony PSP - 23,489 (22,417,125)
PlayStation 2 - 14,992 (56,118,985)

Notes:
- Debut week sales for Resistance 3 are down 34% from Resistance 2 in 2008.
- Dead Island tallied over 610,000 copies worldwide in its debut this week.
- Wii Fit Plus has become the 6th Wii game to sell 20 million copies worldwide.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops is the first Xbox 360 game to sell 13 million copies worldwide.
- God of War III and Red Dead Redemption have simultaneously become the 16th and 17th PS3 games to sell 4 million copies worldwide.

Debuts:
- Dead Island (X360) - 257,407 (#1)
- Resistance 3 (PS3) - 159,503 (#2)
- Dead Island (PS3) - 132,787 (#4)
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (X360) - 85,099 (#6)
- Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten (PS3) - 55,438 (#7)
- Star Fox 64 3D (3DS) - 53,720 (#8)
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (PS3) - 42,278 (#9)
- Driver: San Francisco (X360) - 38,837 (#11)
- Driver: San Francisco (PS3) - 29,855 (#14)
- Rise of Nightmares (X360) - 19,758 (#19)
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (PC) - 11,490 (#33)

TOP 10 PREORDERS
1) Gears of War 3 (X360) - 173,049 (1,758,816)
2) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (X360) - 110,944 (1,069,948)
3) The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii) - 71,857 (264,293)
4) Battlefield 3 (X360) - 61,663 (610,180)
5) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (X360) - 31,990 (432,751)
6) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3) - 31,462 (394,798)
7) Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC) - 30,293 (443,836)
8) Batman: Arkham City (PS3) - 22,486 (212,164)
9) FIFA Soccer 12 (PS3) - 22,370 (174,609)
10) Batman: Arkham City (X360) - 21,024 (230,542)

Written by: Mike Glubish

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