What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular now.

Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 2. Wii Play (Nintendo), 3. We Ski (Namco Bandai), 4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision), 5. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo).

Japan: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 2. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 3. Totsugeki!! Famicom Wars VS (Nintendo), 4. Link no Bowgun Training + Wii Zapper (Nintendo), 5. Dairantou Smash Brothers X (Nintendo).

Europe: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 3. Wii Play (Nintendo), 4. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (LucasArts), 5. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega).

Xbox 360
North America: 1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 2. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 3. Rock Band Special Edition (EA Games), 4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 5. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft).

Japan: 1. The Darkness (Spike), 2. The Idolm@ster: Live for You! (Namco), 3. The Idolm@ster — Xbox 360 Platinum Collection (Namco), 4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 5. Turok (Touchstone).

Europe: 1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 2. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 3. The Orange Box (EA Games), 4. Viking: Battle for Asgard (Sega), 5. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft).

PlayStation 3
North America: 1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 2. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (SCEA), 3. Rock Band Special Edition (EA Games), 4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision), 5. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft).

Japan: 1. Senjou no Valkyria (Sega), 2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 3. Makai Senki Disgaea 3 — First Print Limited Edition (Nippon Ichi), 4. Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (Sega), 5. Armored Core: For Answer (From Software).

Europe: 1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 2. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (SCEE), 3. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft), 4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 5. Burnout Paradise (EA Games).

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Iron Man, one of Marvel’s most indestructible Super Heroes, blast onto videogame platforms with this adaptation of the big screen movie. This third-person action game immerses players in the world of Tony Stark — the brilliant industrialist and inventor who both created and became the world’s toughest hero - Iron Man. By customizing the advanced technology in Iron Man’s suits, gamers can take advantage of a wide array of high-impact weapons to strategically blow-up and destroy any enemy force and fight to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction.

Drawing from both the movie and comic book storylines, Iron Man features the voice talent of the stars from the major motion picture — Robert Downey Jr, Terrence Howard, and Shawn Toub. Utilizing the power of next-gen gaming consoles, Iron Man offers photo-realistic graphics, non-linear gameplay and huge open worlds in which gamers can travel as far as the eye can see.

Is the billionaire hero’s game shiny and polished or covered in a thick layer of tarnish? Find out in this Iron Man game video review:

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April’s American video game sales data from the NPD is in, and like almost any month past year, it shows an unchanged result: The Nintendo Wii outsold all other systems, and this time it’s extra suprising that eventhough Grand Theft Auto IV was out for five days after launch on Xbox 360 and PS3, it didn’t move any extra consoles. Total hardware sales were up 27% to over $426.2 million compared to the same month last year.

Video game hardware overview:
1. Nintendo Wii — 714,200
2. Nintendo DS — 414,800
3. PlayStation Portable — 192,700
4. Xbox 360 — 188,000
5. PlayStation 3 — 187,100
6. PlayStation 2 — 124,400

Video game sales totals for the month were $654.7 million. That’s an increase of 68% over last years already historic number! Most notable were Grand Theft Auto IV’s launch in America with 1.85 million sales on Xbox 360 and 1 million sales on PS3! Mario Kart Wii also launched in America with 1.12 million sales.

Video game software overview top 10:
1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360) — 1.85 million
2. Mario Kart Wii with wheel (Wii) — 1.12 million
3. Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3) — 1 milion
4. Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii) — 360,000
5. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) — 326,000
6. Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3) — 224,000
7. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (DS) — 202,000
8. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (DS) — 202,000
9. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii) — 152,000
10. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) — 141,000

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Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) announced what new PlayStation Network downloadable games, expansions, demos and videos were released for PlayStation 3 and PSP today.

American Games (Demos):
* Dragonball Z: Burst Limit demo
* Overlord: Raising Hell demo
* Secret Agent Clank (PSP) demo

American Games (Content):
* American Idol Encore, 21 song tracks
* Rock Band songs: Blondie’s “Hanging on the Telephone”, and-Sonic Youth’s “Kool Thing”, and The Clash’s “Train in Vain” - $1.99 each
* Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds new characters: Alex, and Gloria - $0.99 each
* Rocketmen: Axis of Evil “It Came From Uranus” Expansion Pack - $4.99

American Trailers:
* Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Announcement
* Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe Announcement

American Extras:
* Echochrome Themes (PS3 & PSP)
* Haze Theme
* Overlord Theme
* (5) Overlord Wallpapers

European Games (Demos):
* Command & Conquer: Red Alert (PSone) - €4.99 / £3.49
* Dark Mist - €7.49 / £4.99
* Overlord: Raising Hell demo
* Singstore, 29 songs or less depending on your country (live on Friday along with the Singstar Vol.2 features update)
* Wipeout Pure (PSP) - €22.49 / £14.99

European Games (Content):
* Everybody’s Golf World Tour Alex Pack - £0.69
* Everybody’s Golf World Tour Gloria Pack - £0.69
* Pixel Junk Encore Pack - £1.99

European Trailers:
* Brothers In Arms Hell’s Highway
* Burnout Paradise Accolade
* Dark Sector Launch
* Haze TV Ad
* Welcome to Paradise City!

European Extras:
* Eye Of Judgment Spellbound & Citadel Themes
* Overlord Theme
* (5) Overlord Wallpapers
* (11) Pain Themes
* Warhawk Operation Broken Mirror & Eucadian Themes

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Activision has launched 007thevideogame.com to tease their first James Bond videogame based on the 007 movie: Quantum of Solace. The official website shows locations from both the new movie Quantum of Solace as well as the previous Bond movie Casino Royale, hinting that the game’s plot includes the story of both films.

The James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace videogame runs on the Call of Duty 4 game engine and will be released alongside the movie on November 7th, 2008.

The game is being developed by Eurocom, Treyarch, Beenox and Vicarious Visions and will be released on next-generation consoles, Windows PC and hand-held platforms, reports Commanderbond.

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Here’s a list of this weeks U.S. game releases. Downloadable games include today’s WiiWare titles Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, LostWinds, Defend your Castle, Pop, V.I.P. Casino: Blackjack and TV Show King on the Wii Virtual Console, as well as Assault Heroes 2 on the Xbox Live Arcade (updates Wednesday). No word yet on any PlayStation Store games (updates Thursday).

Monday:
Defend your Castle - $5 (WiiWare)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King - $15 (WiiWare)
LostWinds - $10 (WiiWare)
Pop - $7 (WiiWare)
TV Show King - $10 (WiiWare)
V.I.P. Casino: Blackjack - $7 (WiiWare)

Tuesday:
ATV Thunder/Monster Trucks (DS)
Castle of Shikigami III (Wii)
Deca Sports (Wii)
Drone Tactics (DS)
Myst (DS)
We Ski (Wii)

Wednesday:
Assault Heroes 2 - $10 (Xbox Live Arcade)

Thursday:
Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm (PC, Xbox 360)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS)

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What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular now.

Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 2. Wii Play (Nintendo), 3. Boom Blox (EA Games), 4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision), 5. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo).

Japan: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 2. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 3. Link no Bowgun Training + Wii Zapper (Nintendo), 4. Wii Sports (Nintendo), 5. Dairantou Smash Brothers X (Nintendo).

Europe: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 2. Wii Play (Nintendo), 3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 4. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega), 5. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami).

Xbox 360
North America: 1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 2. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft), 3. Grand Theft Auto IV — Special Edition (Rockstar), 4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 5. Halo 3 (Microsoft).

Japan: 1. The Idolm@ster: Live for You! (Namco), 2. The Idolm@ster — Xbox 360 Platinum Collection (Namco), 3. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Ubisoft), 4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 5. Armored Core: For Answer (From Software).

Europe: 1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 2. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 3. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft), 4. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Ubisoft), 5. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (LucasArts).

PlayStation 3
North America: 1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 2. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (SCEA), 3. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft), 4. Grand Theft Auto IV — Special Edition (Rockstar), 5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision).

Japan: 1. Senjou no Valkyria (Sega), 2. Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (Sega), 3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 4. Armored Core: For Answer (From Software), 5. Pro Yakyuu Spirits 5 (Konami).

Europe: 1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 2. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (SCEE), 3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 4. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft), 5. Burnout Paradise (EA Games).

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Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures will be released on PC, Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP and DS in America on June 3rd and in Europe on June 6th, 2008. This of course shortly after the new fourth Indie movie titled Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull appears in theathers worldwide on May 22nd, 2008.

While this Lego Indiana Jones game lets you relive the Indiana Jones Trilogy, there’s another Indiana Jones game that’s been in development since 2005 and is expected to be released in 2009, no word yet whether or not this game will be based on the Crystal Skull storyline.

Whatever the case, the LucasArts and Traveller’s Tales Lego adventure games are always fun to play. Here’s a blocky look at Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom and Last Crusade.

Click on the bottom-right corner arrow to view it fullscreen.

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Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) announced what new PlayStation Network downloadable games, expansions, demos and videos were released for PlayStation 3 and PSP today.

American Games (Demos):
* Bourne Conspiracy demo
* Haze demo
* Race Driver: GRID demo
* Rocketmen: Axis of Evil - $9.99
* SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 2 demo (for PSP via PC Store, also downloadable via PS3)

American Games (Content):
* Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - Muse Track Pack (includes “Exo-Politics”, “Stockholm Syndrome” & “Supermassive Black Hole”) - $6.25
* PixelJunk Monsters Encore - $5.99
* Rock Band tracks - $1.99 each or $5.49 for the pack:
– Angels & Airwaves - “It Hurts” (master)
– Fallout Boy - “This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race” (master)
– Yeah Yeah Yeahs - “Date With The Night” (master)
* Rock Band price promotion: “CrushCrushCrush” - Paramore and “Rock N Roll Band” - Boston are reduced to $0.99 until May 15th.

American Trailers:
* WipEout HD trailer
* PlayStation 3 “What You Need” video
* Mirror’s Edge Gameplay trailer
* Mercenaries 2: Payback trailer
* Overlord: Raising Hell trailer
* The Wheelman trailer
* TNA iMPACT! Gamers’ Day trailer

American Extras:
* PixelJunk Monsters theme 3
* (2) PixelJunk Monsters wallpapers
* Sports theme

Europe got an extra PlayStation Day content update last Tuesday.

European Games (Demos):
* Race Driver: GRID demo

European Games (Content):
* Army of Two SSC Challenge - Map Pack - €5.49 / £3.99
* Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - Def Leppard Track Pack - €5.99 / £7.49
* Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - Muse Track Pack - €5.99 / £7.49

European Trailers:
* PlayStation Day trailer: Echochrome Apple Trailer
* PlayStation Day trailer: Play Compilation Trailer
* PlayStation Day trailer: Press Conference Trailers x 9

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Below is the full list of the content going live on the European PlayStation Store today to celebrate PlayStation Day 2008.

But first, Sony Computer Entertainment President Kaz Hirai spoke at today’s PlayStation Day 2008 event and said that the PS3 has been outselling the Xbox 360 in Europe since October 2007; adding that in the region 5 million out of the 12 million worldwide sold PS3s went over the counter. He also announced some future release dates for key PlayStation Network content.
* LittleBigPlanet will be released in October 2008.
* The online community service PlayStation Home will get a public beta toward the end of 2008.

Content published on the PlayStation Network today:
Game Demo: Condemned 2
Game Demo: Haze
Full Game: Street Skater (PSone game for PSP/PS3) - £3.49
Full Game: Blast Factor Advanced - £4.99
Full Game: High Velocity Bowling - £4.99
Expansion Pack: Blast Factor Advanced Research
Expansion Pack: High Velocity Bowling Character Mike - £0.69
Game Trailer: Buzz! Quiz TV
PlayStation Day Trailer: Secret Agent Clank
PlayStation Day Trailer: Siren Blood Curse (renamed remake of the original Siren)
PlayStation Day Trailer: MotorStorm (2) is back (4-players split-screen & 16 players online)

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