Nintendo Power review scores
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Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (Wii) – 8.0
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (DS) – 6.0
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (Wii) – 9.0
Endless Ocean: Blue World (Wii) – 7.5
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (DS) – 8.0
Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll (Wii) – 5.5
Ragnorok DS (DS) – 5.0
Data East Arcade Classics (Wii) – 6.5
Shiren the Wanderer (Wii) – 6.5
Ubisoft reports third-quarter 2009-10 sales
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Today, Ubisoft® reported its sales for the third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2009.
Sales
Sales for the third quarter of 2009-10 came to €495 million, down 2.7%, or 2.0% at constant exchange rates, compared with €508 million recorded during the same period of 2008-09. For the first nine months of fiscal 2009-10, sales totaled €661 million versus €852 million in the corresponding prior-year period, representing a decrease of 22.5%, or 22.1% at constant exchange rates. This performance is in line with the revised targets announced on January 13, 2010.
Nintendo Voice Chat podcast summary
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– Bozon is leaving IGN
– The IGN editors didn’t see it coming, unlike people on the message boards
– Matt had another child
– Bozon has no hard feelings
– Bozon is moving on to a competitor
Epicenter
– They made Real Heroes: Firefighters, which was actually a good title for Wii
– Working on a new game
– Showing Craig on Tuesday
– Craig knows the idea behind it, but doesn’t want to say yet
– “Uniquely controlled”
EA Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Results
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#1 Packaged Goods Publisher in North America and Europe Fiscal Year-to-Date
Digital Direct Revenue Increases 30%
FIFA 10 Sells Over 9.7 Million Copies Since LaunchREDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb 08, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced preliminary financial results for its third quarter ended December 31, 2009.
Fiscal Third Quarter Results (comparisons are to the quarter ended December 31, 2008)
GAAP net revenue for the quarter, which includes the impact of deferred net revenue adjustments, was $1.243 billion as compared with $1.654 billion for the prior year. During the quarter, EA had a net revenue deferral of $103 million related to certain online-enabled packaged goods and digital content as compared with $88 million in the third quarter of the prior year. This $103 million deferral will be recognized in future quarters.
LucasArts and TT Games Bring Back the Award-Winning LEGO Star Wars Series with LEGO Star WarsTM III The Clone Wars
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LONDON, UK – 8th February, 2010 – LucasArts and TT Games today announced the development of LEGO® Star Wars™ III: The Clone Wars™. The next chapter in the award-winning LEGO® Star Wars videogame franchise, LEGO® Star Wars III: The Clone Wars will combine the best elements of all previous LEGO® games while adding brand new gameplay to make it the most action-packed LEGO® videogame to date. Developed by the same team at Traveller’s Tales that created the critically acclaimed LEGO® Star Wars and LEGO® Indiana Jones™ series, the game will ship on the Wii™, Nintendo DS™, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, and Xbox 360®videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows in the Autumn of 2010.
“LucasArts continues to set the bar for next-generation family entertainment,” said Darrell Rodriguez, president of LucasArts. “The LEGO® Star Wars franchise is a massive hit with fans, bringing in sales of over 20 million units worldwide. We’re thrilled to extend this experience to LEGO® Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, delivering the humour and fun players expect from this award winning franchise.”
Wedbush Morgan/EEDAR January 2010 NPD predictions
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Wedbush Morgan Securities prediction
Wii – 555,000
PS3 – 330,00
Xbox 360 – 340,00
PS2 – 75,000
PSP – 150,000
DS – 525,000
EEDAR prediction
Wii – 575,000
PS3 – 285,000
Xbox 360 – 284,000
PS2 – 80,000
PSP – 145,000
DS – 510,000
Flipper hitting DSiWare in two weeks
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Flipper For Nintendo DSiWare To Be Released February 22nd In North America
Utrecht, The Netherlands – February 8th, 2010 – Xform and Goodbye Galaxy Games are excited to finally announce that their game Flipper for Nintendo DSiWare™ will see the light of day in North America on February 22nd 2010. The European release is scheduled for Q1 2010. The game has been developed exclusively for Nintendo DSiWare.
About Flipper
The hero of the game is a courageous young boy. You must lead him through various worlds full of obstacles to retrieve his stolen goldfish called Flipper!
UK software sales (Week ending 2/6)
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All formats
1 1 MASS EFFECT 2 BIOWARE EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
2 2 JUST DANCE UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
3 3 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 INFINITY WARD ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
– 4 DANTE’S INFERNO VISCERAL GAMES EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
7 5 FIFA 10 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
5 6 WII SPORTS RESORT NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
4 7 MAG ZIPPER INTERACTIVE SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
8 8 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
6 9 WII FIT PLUS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
10 10 JAMES CAMERON’S AVATAR: THE GAME UBISOFT (MONTREAL) UBISOFT UBISOFT
Individual formats
2 1 JUST DANCE WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
1 2 MASS EFFECT 2 XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
4 3 WII SPORTS RESORT WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
3 4 MAG PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
– 5 DANTE’S INFERNO XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 6 DANTE’S INFERNO PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
6 7 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
8 8 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
9 9 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
5 10 WII FIT PLUS WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
Top 10 best-selling games of January in Japan
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This data (from Famitsu) accounts for sales from December 28, 2009 to January 31, 2010.
01. [NDS] Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie (Square Enix) – 909,981 / NEW
02. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) – 723,116 / 3,208,266
03. [PSP] Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep (Square Enix) – 674,669 / NEW
04. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo) – 455,931 / 2,767,879
05. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) – 286,225 / 1,584,758
06. [NDS] The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo) – 229,206 / 550,146
07. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) – 192,661 / 1,735,467
08. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon) – 178,305 / 3,560,902
09. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix) – 169,029 / 1,867,285
10. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best Reprint) (Capcom) – 127,927 / 164,072