[MULTI] Americas Sales Chart, Apr 3-9: Post-Launch Letdown?

[MULTI] Americas Sales Chart, Apr 3-9: Post-Launch Letdown? SOFTWARE TOP 20
1) Pokemon Black/White (DS) - 132,972 (3,302,671)
2) Just Dance 2 (Wii) - 59,564 (4,511,845)
3) Wii Sports Resort (Wii) - 53,104 (13,106,115)
4) Crysis 2 (X360) - 47,038 (372,964)
5) Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition (3DS) - 44,554 (150,868)
6) Kinect Adventures! (X360) - 39,541 (6,551,723)
7) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters (X360) - 38,029 (120,865)
8) Super Mario All-Stars: Limited Edition (Wii) - 37,671 (1,034,773)
9) Zumba Fitness (Wii) - 36,565 (905,475)
10) Wii Fit Plus (Wii) - 35,178 (8,464,942)
11) Halo: Reach (X360) - 33,565 (6,246,905)
12) Killzone 3 (PS3) - 32,479 (754,286)
13) NASCAR 2011: The Game (X360) - 32,180 (108,700)
14) Homefront (X360) - 31,702 (656,093)
15) Call of Duty: Black Ops (X360) - 31,425 (8,663,483)
16) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters (PS3) - 29,150 (97,186)
17) Michael Jackson: The Experience (Wii) - 28,340 (1,627,951)
18) NASCAR 2011: The Game (PS3) - 28,188 (90,849)
19) PilotWings Resort (3DS) - 25,955 (111,427)
20) MLB 11: The Show (PS3) - 20,478 (199,407)

HARDWARE
Nintendo 3DS - 138,050 (650,104)
Xbox 360 - 72,527 (31,231,909)
Nintendo Wii - 60,712 (41,283,095)
PlayStation 3 - 56,689 (19,404,473)
Nintendo DS - 51,624 (55,212,941)
Sony PSP - 20,691 (21,920,311)
PlayStation 2 - 20,270 (55,736,821)

Notes:
- Pokemon Black/White continues to top the world charts, with 226k copies sold this week.
- 3DS sales are struggling somewhat in Japan, outsold by the PSP for the second straight week.
- Super Mario All-Stars: Limited Edition is the 57th Wii game to sell a million copies in the Americas.
- LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures is the 43rd Wii game to sell 2 million copies worldwide.
- Next week's major debuts: Michael Jackson: The Experience (PS3, X360)

TOP 10 PREORDERS
1) Gears of War 3 (X360) - 321,237
2) Mortal Kombat (PS3) - 226,390
3) Mortal Kombat (X360) - 153,083
4) SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs (PS3) - 148,196
5) Brink (X360) - 114,908
6) The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii) - 104,223
7) Metal Fight Beyblade (DS) - 96,448
8) Portal 2 (X360) - 94,508
9) Portal 2 (PS3) - 93,006
10) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (X360) - 89,068

Written by: Mike Glubish

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Battlefield 3 trailer ends with a crash, bang, drop

by Alexander Sliwinski on Apr 15th 2011 10:30AM

The first part of the latest Battlefield 3 trailer is an elegiac re-cut with a sprinkle of hyperbole (who says "unnervingly beautiful" anyway?). The last part is all "whooah" and "yee-hawwww" -- you'll like it.

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[Captivate '11, PS3, X360, PC] Cinematic trailer for Street Fighter x Tekken

[Captivate '11, PS3, X360, PC] Cinematic trailer for Street Fighter x Tekken
Captivate 2011 has rolled around and one of the biggest pieces of information dropped was a brand new cinematic trailer for Street Fighter x Tekken as well as a pinch of new details.

Capcom talked up a roster featuring dozens of playable characters, some of whom are Ryu, Ken, Guile, Able, Chun-Li, Kazuya, Nina, King, Marduk, and Bob. They also talked about a 'real-time tag battle' feature that will allow players to fight as a team of two and swtich between both characters strategically as required. The game will feature a control scheme that will feel familiar to fans of both franchise and the title will feature a robust online feature that will upgrade online functionality as well as include a few new surprises.

When you can expect to buy the game? Capcom are slating it for a 2012 release on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. Are you going to give it a chance?

Written by: Kyran Morrison

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[MULTI] Americas Sales Chart, Mar 27-Apr 2: 3DS Launch

[MULTI] Americas Sales Chart, Mar 27-Apr 2: 3DS Launch
SOFTWARE TOP 20
1) Pokemon Black/White (DS) - 181,938 (3,169,699)
2) Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition (3DS) - 106,314 (106,314)
3) Crysis 2 (X360) - 87,937 (325,926)
4) PilotWings Resort (3DS) - 85,472 (85,472)
5) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters (X360) - 82,836 (82,836)
6) Nintendogs + cats (3DS) - 76,755 (76,755)
7) NASCAR 2011: The Game (X360) - 76,520 (76,520)
8) Just Dance 2 (Wii) - 75,266 (4,452,281)
9) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters (PS3) - 68,036 (68,036)
10) Homefront (X360) - 62,857 (624,391)
11) NASCAR 2011: The Game (PS3) - 62,661 (62,661)
12) Wii Sports Resort (Wii) - 61,685 (12,963,011)
13) Zumba Fitness (Wii) - 56,781 (868,910)
14) Halo: Reach (X360) - 56,765 (6,220,095)
15) LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (3DS) - 56,417 (56,417)
16) Killzone 3 (PS3) - 45,766 (721,807)
17) Kinect Adventures! (X360) - 44,931 (6,512,182)
18) The Sims 3 (3DS) - 44,692 (44,692)
19) Super Mario All-Stars: Limited Edition (Wii) - 44,309 (997,102)
20) Samurai Warriors Chronicles (3DS) - 43,239 (43,239)

HARDWARE
Nintendo 3DS - 672,054 (672,054)
Xbox 360 - 78,086 (31,159,382)
Nintendo Wii - 72,058 (41,222,383)
PlayStation 3 - 60,232 (19,347,784)
Nintendo DS - 57,073 (55,161,317)
Sony PSP - 23,459 (21,899,620)
PlayStation 2 - 22,999 (55,716,551)

Notes:
- The launch sales for the 3DS (bear in mind these are still preliminary) are 23%, or about 125k units, higher than the original DS launch in November 2004. The premier launch title for the DS outsold the 3DS best seller considerably though: Super Mario 64 DS sold 262k copies to Super Street Fighter IV's 106k.
- About 657,000 3DS games were sold during launch week.
- Debut sales in the Americas for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 are up 14% from last year's version.
- Fable III is the 27th Xbox 360 game to sell 3 million copies worldwide.
- Madden NFL 11 is the 40th PlayStation 3 game to sell 2 million copies worldwide.
- Total worldwide sales for Mass Effect 2 on Xbox 360 have passed those of the original Mass Effect (2.41 million).

Debuts:
- Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition (3DS) - 106,314 (#2)
- PilotWings Resort (3DS) - 85,472 (#4)
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters (X360) - 82,836 (#5)
- Nintendogs + cats (3DS) - 76,755 (#6)
- NASCAR 2011: The Game (X360) - 76,520 (#7)
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters (PS3) - 68,036 (#9)
- NASCAR 2011: The Game (PS3) - 62,661 (#11)
- LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (3DS) - 56,417 (#15)
- The Sims 3 (3DS) - 44,692 (#18)
- Samurai Warriors Chronicles (3DS) - 43,239 (#20)
- Super Monkey Ball 3D (3DS) - 38,299 (#21)
- Rayman 3D (3DS) - 36,571 (#24)
- Ridge Racer 3D (3DS) - 36,524 (#25)
- Madden NFL Football (3DS) - 29,710 (#28)
- Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed (X360) - 27,695 (#29)
- Country Dance (Wii) - 27,253 (#30)
- WWE All Stars (X360) - 26,145 (#33)
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars (3DS) - 23,068 (#36)
- Asphalt 3D (3DS) - 21,443 (#39)

TOP 10 PREORDERS
1) Gears of War 3 (X360) - 266,040
2) Mortal Kombat (PS3) - 161,023
3) SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs (PS3) - 120,014
4) Mortal Kombat (X360) - 113,974
5) Brink (X360) - 102,910
6) The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii) - 101,843
7) Metal Fight Beyblade (DS) - 96,190
8) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (X360) - 87,388
9) Diablo III (PC) - 81,928
10) Portal 2 (X360) - 76,785

Written by: Mike Glubish

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[PC] "Official" Minecraft Launch on 11/11/11

[PC] "Official" Minecraft Launch on 11/11/11
In is little more than a formality, Minecraft developer Mojang has announced an official release date of November 11th for the mega-popular sandbox game. However, the event will amount to little more than the dropping of the "Beta" label, as the game itself won't be much different than it is now. Not to mention that nearly 2 million people have already purchased the beta version of Minecraft. Creator Markus "Notch" Persson reassures players that new updates and features will continue to be added to the experience after the official release date.

It is also no coincidence that the game will launch alongside one of 2011's most highly anticipated titles, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Notch notes that it is one of the games he is personally most excited about, and would consider it as a reward for his own landmark occasion of officially launching Minecraft.

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Scene It? Comedy Movies Deluxe

The DVD Game That's Laugh-Out-Loud Funny!
Scene it? Comedy Movies Deluxe Edition is the only game that features clips, trivia and on-screen puzzles from Hollywood's funniest comedy movie moments!
From hilarious classics like Animal House and Caddy shack to recent hits like The Hangover and It's Complicated, Scene It? Comedy Movies features everybody's all-time favorite comedy movies. Exciting new mini-games and bonus activities add even more fun to this side-splitting experience!
Get ready to laugh until you cry when you play this hysterical, one-of-a-kind DVD game!
Now Featuring! Enhanced Gameplay! Bonus Games!
Classic Scene It? puzzles!
Use the remote to solve on-screen puzzles!
Unique puzzle types!
Deluxe Edition Game Includes:
Game Board
1 DVD
160 Trivia Cards
20 Buzz Cards
1 Numbered Die
1 Category Die
4 Collectible Tokens
Reference card
Instructions
2+ players or teams
30-40 minutes per game
Sketch it! Act It! Say It!
Act draw and describe iconic comedy movie clues for even more ways to get into the action!
Made in China

Price: $29.99

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[PC, PS3, X360] Battlefield 3 on Consoles Lacks Visual Capabilities of PC

[PC, PS3, X360] Battlefield 3 on Consoles Lacks Visual Capabilities of PC
By now most of you have probably watched at least one of the jaw-dropping videos of DICE's upcoming shooter Battlefield 3. If you've been crossing your fingers that these videos are representative of the console versions of the game, keep on wishing. Any gameplay already shown is running on PC, likely a particularly powerful PC at that.

What are console players missing out on? "The higher resolution, the higher framerate, the anti-aliasing, the motion blur, stuff like that. We can't have it to the same quality on the console," says executive producer Patrick Bach. "Most people will be very positive because they might be afraid that it won't look as good as other games and it will, and some people will of course be disappointed that it doesn't look like the PC version."

He does offer some restitution for console gamers though: "What we're showing on PC might look better than on console, but what we'll show on console doesn't look worse than any other game out there. It's probably even better than every other game out there on console." Meanwhile PC gamers looking for a title to challenge their system's capabilities should be pleased that DICE intends to set a new standard for graphics technology: "There's always competition to build not only the best game but the best technology, the best features," says Bach, "and you want to be the best at everything, of course, that's how things are being moved forward."

EA and DICE are yet to officially announce a release date for Battlefield 3, but recent rumours are strongly suggesting a November 2, 2011 release.

Written by: Mike Glubish

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