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Activision Blizzard’s first quarter 2012 financial report is in, and it isn’t too shabby. They have announced “better-than-expected” results.

The company’s net revenues were $1.17 billion. Last year, this figure was at $1.45 billion. Net revenues from digital channels have taken up 27% of Activision Blizzard’s total revenues for the quarter ending March 31, 2012.

Selected business highlights include:


01./02. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) – 144,585 / 297,468 (-5%)
02./01. [PS3] Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (Capcom) – 52,428 / 304,953 (-79%)
03./03. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo) – 42,347 / 345,260 (-30%)
04./09. [3DS] Super Mario Land 3D (Nintendo) – 28,528 / 1,563,527 (+82%)
05./14. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) – 22,881 / 1,695,305 (+96%)
06./15. [3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo) – 18,788 / 261,883 (+63%)
07./11. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 G (Capcom) – 16,496 / 1,433,370 (+21%)
08./21. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo) – 13,810 / 157,337
09./05. [PSP] Conception: Please Have My Children! (Spike) – 10,193 / 40,039 (-66%)
10./20. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Wii Remote+) (Nintendo) – 10,058 / 935,555 (+61%)
11./18. [PSP] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2012 (Konami) – 9,843 / 128,409 (+48%)
12./16. [3DS] Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (Square Enix) – 9,532 / 308,484 (+3%)
13./22. [NDS] Pokemon + Nobunaga no Yabou (Pokemon Co.) – 9,069 / 318,067
14./10. [3DS] Shin Sangoku Musou VS (Koei-Tecmo) – 8,614 / 24,192 (-45%)
15./23. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) – 8,503 / 2,345,476
16./19. [PS3] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2012 (Konami) – 6,853 / 152,934 (+8%)
17./29. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) – 6,783 / 3,561,199
18./17. [PSP] Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z Saisei-hen (Namco Bandai) – 6,546 / 328,432 (-23%)
19./27. [3DS] Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin (Marvelous) – 6,408 / 179,148
20./32. [WII] Go Vacation (Namco Bandai) – 6,002 / 271,087

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3DS – 91,868
PS3 – 23,478
PSP – 20,033
Wii – 15,789
Vita – 10,583
PS2 – 1,611
Xbox 360 – 1,420
DSi LL – 1,097
DSi – 814

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS – 74,282
PSP – 22,457
PS3 – 21,114
Vita – 12,299
Wii – 9,200
PS2 – 1,395
Xbox 360 – 1,327
DSi LL – 895
DSi – 717


For whatever reason, I don’t post about video game deals much even though I’m completely aware of almost every price drop. That’ll be changing soon (hm…), but I would be doing a disservice if I didn’t inform you all about one of the best Wii game offers you’ll encounter.

Sin and Punishment 2: Star Successor is on sale for $5. Just $5. That’s an incredible price for a great game. Additionally, the retailer is offering free shipping.

So what are you waiting for?! This appears to be a one-day deal, so go for it!

You can order Sin and Punishment 2 here.


01. [Wii] Mario Party 9
02. [PS3] Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
03. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening
04. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land
05. [3DS] Monster Hunter Tri G
06. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
07. [3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising
08. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
09. [Wii] Wii Sports Resort
10. [Wii] Wii Party


Only one escapeVektor game has been released on WiiWare. Developer Nnooo intended to bring a total of four titles to the service, but the studio abandoned these plans once the 3DS and PlayStation Vita came into the picture.

escapeVektor will appear on both handhelds digitally. This time around, Nnooo is looking to package all four games together rather than launching individual chapters.

According to Nnooo’s Nic Watt:

“The intent now is to include all four chapters into the Nintendo 3DS and Playstation Vita versions. We did originally envisage releasing them all on WiiWare but with the release of the Nintendo 3DS and Playstation Vita we decided that it would be better to focus on the future hardware rather than older ones.”

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There is at least one person at Aksys Games who has interest in bringing Earth Seeker stateside.

Localization editor Ben Bateman told Nintendo Power that he would love to work on Namco Bandai’s Duel Love, but it’s not a realistic possibility. If he were to pick a title that actually has a shot at localization, he’d go with Earth Seeker.

Bateman said:

“Duel Love would be great, but the DS ship has almost certainly sailed on that one. A game that’s slightly more likely that I would love to work on is Earth Seeker. The art and character designs are wonderful, and the world seems pretty cool too.”

Earth Seeker is a Wii title made by Crafts & Meister & Kadokawa Shoten. It’s a role-playing game with a post-apocalyptic Earth setting.

XSEED showed interest in pursuing Earth Seeker last year, though the company hasn’t made any announcements.



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