Gaming innovation celebrated at record breaking Golden Joystick Awards
Boom for event as gamers cast 1.2m votes and name Fallout 3 their ultimate game
1500 HRS October 30th 2009 – The video games industry was recognized as the fastest-growing entertainment medium and the UK was acknowledged as a centre of creative excellence today as the winners of the world’s most popular video game awards show, the 27th annual Golden Joystick Awards were announced in London.
Fallout 3 was crowned “Ultimate Game of the Year”, whilst Call of Duty continued its annual winning streak with a hat-trick of accolades.

Dementium II screenshots

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Nintendo’s million-seller Wii/DS products

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This information comes from Nintendo’s Supplementary Information about Earnings Release…

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Top 5 game sales worldwide (Amazon)

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Nintendo Wii

North America:
1. Wii Sports Resort — 2 Wii MotionPlus Bundle (Nintendo)
2. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
3. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
4. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
5. The Biggest Loser (THQ)

Japan:
1. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
2. Super Robot Taisen Neo (Banpresto)
3. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
4. Tsumi to Batsu: Uchuu no Koukeisha (Nintendo)
5. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

UK:
1. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
2. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
3. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
5. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Sega)

Nintendo DS

North America:
1. Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (Nintendo)
2. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
3. Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (Square Enix)
4. Scribblenauts (Warner Bros.)
5. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

Japan:
1. Hikari no 4 Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden (Square Enix)
2. Pocket Monsters: Soul Silver (Nintendo)
3. Love Plus (Konami)
4. Pocket Monsters: Heart Gold (Nintendo)
5. Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo)

UK:
1. Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box (Nintendo)
2. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
3. UP (THQ)
4. Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney)
5. Rhythm Paradise (Nintendo)

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Nintendo Download (10/30, Europe/Australia)

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Virtual Console:
-Zombies (LucasArts, SNES)

WiiWare:
-Ghost Mansion Party (1000 points, Gameloft)
-LIT (800 points, WayForward)

DSiWare:
-A Little Bit of… All Time Classics: Card Classics (500 points, Nintendo)
-Little Red Riding Hood’s Zombie BBQ (800 points, Gammick Entertainment)

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101-in-1 Party Megamix Wii Officially Released in Europe

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Nordcurrent release new Wii party title today, distributed through Trilogy.
Friday, October 30th 2009: Nordcurrent, the European publisher of hit DS title 101-in-1 Explosive Megamix, are pleased to announce the official release of new Wii party title 101-in-1 Party Megamix Wii, distributed through Trilogy.
101-in-1 Party Megamix Wii is an entirely new game from the makers of the hit DS title. This isn’t simply a port of the original hit on the DS, it’s an entirely new collection of brand new games that play perfectly to the Wii’s strength – multi-player fun. And gamers can now get their hands on the game through all good software retail outlets.

Metal Gear confirmed for a November release on the Japanese VC

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Nintendo has announced its upcoming lineup of Japanese VC games for November. Included is Metal Gear (note that its the MSX version) and Romancing SaGa, both of which will make an appearance sometime this month. Fire Emblem and Fatal Fury Special will be releasing on November 4.

Famicom

Fire Emblem Gaiden (Nintendo)

Super Famicom

Romancing SaGa (Square-Enix)

PC Engine

Street Fighter II: Turbo Champion Edition (Capcom)

Neo Geo

Fatal Fury Special (D4)
Choustetsu Brikin’ger (D4)

MSX

Yie Ar Kung-Fu II (Konami)
Space Manbow (Konami)
Metal Gear (Konami)
Road Fighter (Konami)
Penguin Adventure (Konami)