UK software sales (Week ending 3/14)
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– 1 RESIDENT EVIL 5 CAPCOM CAPCOM CAPCOM
3 2 WII FIT NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
4 3 TOM CLANCY’S H.A.W.X. UBISOFT (ROMANIA) UBISOFT UBISOFT
6 4 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE LEVEL 5 NINTENDO NINTENDO
2 5 KILLZONE 2 GUERRILLA GAMES SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
8 6 FIFA 09 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
9 7 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
1 8 EMPIRE: TOTAL WAR CREATIVE ASSEMBLY SEGA SEGA
5 9 HALO WARS ENSEMBLE STUDIOS MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
17 10 MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES SEGA SEGA SEGA
The House of the Dead: Overkill breaks record for the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition
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London, UK – 16 March, 2009 – Guinness World Records, the global authority on record-breaking, today announced that recently released The House of the Dead: OVERKILL (SEGA®, 2009) has broken into the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition for most swearing in a video game with a whopping 189 uses of the f-word.
Setting a record in this brand new category, the title recognizes The House of the Dead: OVERKILL as the most profane video game in history. During three hours of relatively limited dialogue, the campaign features 189 uses of the f-word, which equates to just over one per minute and three percent of all words spoken in the game.
Glacier 2: Hell on Ice
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London 16th March 2009 – Mamba Games, a new dynamic multi-platform video games publisher today announces the next project in their 2009 line-up with the worldwide publishing of ‘Glacier 2: Hell on Ice’ exclusive for the Nintendo Wii developed by Team 6 Studios.
Due for a September 2009 release ‘Glacier 2: Hell on Ice’ is Mamba Games first Wii project with 2 more due to be announced shortly.
Jason Codd, Commercial Director of Mamba Games quotes “We are thrilled to be working on our first global Wii game and ‘Glacier 2: Hell on Ice’ fits with our strategy perfectly. The visuals are stunning for the Nintendo Wii and the playability is crazy, manic and is a huge amount of fun”
‘Glacier 2: Hell on Ice’ starts at the very top of the Alps: Are you ready to reach insane top speeds by driving down the mountains of death?
Wii-kly Update: One WiiWare Game and One Virtual Console Game Added to Wii Shop Channel
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Wii-kly Update
One WiiWare Game and One Virtual Console Game Added to Wii Shop Channel
Old-school action is the main attraction at the Wii™ Shop Channel this week. With a wealth of underground buzz already surrounding it, a brand new WiiWare™ title uses vintage-looking graphics and 8-bit sounds to create a rhythm-based game that’s loaded with retro cool. Find out if you have enough skill to create order from chaos in a game that is as mesmerizing as it is challenging. Meanwhile, the latest addition to the Virtual Console™ lineup brings a Commodore 64 classic to the Wii console, proving that fans of international sports events needn’t wait until 2012 to get their track-and-field fix. Even if you’re too young to remember the original days of 8-bit gaming, these awesome titles provide timeless kicks.
Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are:
Q2 Wii and DS release dates for Europe
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Wii Software 2009 Release Date
NEW PLAY CONTROL! Mario Power Tennis (Nintendo) 6 March
Grey’s Anatomy (Ubisoft) 12 March
My Sims Party (EA) 13 March
Sonic and the Black Knight (SEGA) 13 March
Trivial Pursuit (EA) 13 March
Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars (South Peak Interactive) 20 March
Family Local Sports (Ubisoft) 26 March
Body Coaching (Neko) 30 March
Monsters vs. Aliens™ (Activision) March
MADWORLD (SEGA) March
PES 2009 (Konami) March
505 Games offers nourishment for mind, body, and soul
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505 ANNOUNCES NEW FEEL GOOD GAMING RANGE
Milton Keynes, 16th March 2009 – 505 Games has today taken fresh steps to widen its ever-growing portfolio by announcing the all-new Mind, Body & Soul range exclusively for Nintendo Wii and DS. The initial launch titles establish a new brand of gaming, enabling users to improve their everyday lives while having fun along the way.Nutrition Matters for Nintendo Wii and DS offers users the ability to track their net calorific gains and losses through exercise and dieting. A simple and accessible tracking mechanism monitors both calorific burn through daily activity and food intake through an extensive nutrition database. This allows users to set their own targets over any period of time, with regular data updates to monitor progress. The nutrition reference guide can be used as a calorie fore-planner for events such as dinner parties, birthdays or even just Sunday lunch by providing calorie data, protein and fat contents for hundreds of foods. With the Wii version supporting Nintendo’s balance board as a set of digital scales, Nutrition Matters enables users to set goals and monitor one’s progress towards the perfect beach body.
New Play Control! Pikmin 2 screenshots
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Nintendo Power VC/WiiWare ratings
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WiiWare
Family Glide Hockey – Grumble Grumble
High Voltage Hot Rod Show – Hmmm…
LIT – Recommended
Lonpos – Recommended
Niki – Rock ‘n’ Ball – Hmmm…
Snowboard Riot – Grumble Grumble
VC
M.U.S.H.A. – Recommended
Sonic Chaos – Hmmm…
Wolf of the Battlefield: MERCS – Recommended
Wonder Boy in Monster Land – Hmmm…
Peter Moore on Wii MotionPlus
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“I certainly played Tennis a lot up in Vancouver with the Wii Motion Dongle attached and in simplistic terms if you think about the normal movement you get with the Wii remote, you know you can sit on your couch and flick your wrist and you get the same reaction as if you stand up and do a full swing playing golf or tennis. What the Wii Motion plus allows you to do is do a true authentic sports motion. When you swing the racquet and you bring it back for an overhead lob or smash, then that is reflected. The amount of sensitivity that now brings allows true sports motion. It’s the same with golf. What you can do with Wii Motion Plus is truly bring it back, swing through the club and then it allows you to hit draws, fades and hooks. The really astute golfer can address the ball as he or she would in a real golf game. While the game will play as well as any other game with the current Wii remote, when you get it with the motion plus device, it becomes spectacular. I’ve hit spins, lobs and drop shots playing Tennis in Vancouver.” – Peter Moore
MotionPlus is definitely one of the best things to happen to the Wii…And it sounds like Peter Moore is a fan as well. MotionPlus will not only help precision in Grand Slam Tennis, but Tiger Woods as well.
Thanks to A P. A P for the news tip.
Weekly savings (3/15 – 3/21)
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Best Buy
Cooking Mama: World Kitchen (Wii) – $29.99
Six Flags: Fun Park (Wii) – Includes 1 child’s admission to any Six Flags theme park
Target
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Wii) – $18
Kung Fu Panda (DS) – $18