This week’s UK software sales are as follows:
Individual formats
1 1 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
2 2 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
– 3 HITMAN ABSOLUTION XB360 SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
– 4 HITMAN ABSOLUTION PS3 SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
3 5 HALO 4 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
7 6 JUST DANCE 4 WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
5 7 FIFA 13 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
4 8 ASSASSIN’S CREED III XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
6 9 ASSASSIN’S CREED III PS3 UBISOFT UBISOFT
– 10 LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS XB360 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
8 11 FIFA 13 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
13 12 SKYLANDERS GIANTS WII SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
– 13 LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS PS3 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
11 14 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2013 PC SEGA SEGA
26 15 DISHONORED XB360 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
20 16 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
15 17 NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
12 18 NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
21 19 SKYLANDERS GIANTS XB360 SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
14 20 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM XB360 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
22 21 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLINGS THEME PARK DS MIND CANDY MIND CANDY
27 22 BOOK OF SPELLS PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
24 23 WWE ’13 XB360 THQ THQ
16 24 FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
18 25 KINECT DISNEYLAND ADVENTURES XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
23 26 FORZA HORIZON XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
37 27 DISHONORED PS3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
25 28 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE MIRACLE MASK 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 29 ASSASSIN’S CREED III PC UBISOFT UBISOFT
28 30 WWE ’13 PS3 THQ THQ
38 31 RESIDENT EVIL 6 XB360 CAPCOM CAPCOM
17 32 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS DECLASSIFIED VITA ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
33 33 RESIDENT EVIL 6 PS3 CAPCOM CAPCOM
30 34 SKYLANDERS GIANTS PS3 SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
– 35 UDRAW STUDIO: INSTANT ARTIST XB360 THQ THQ
– 36 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES WII SEGA SEGA
35 37 MARIO KART 7 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
31 38 GRAN TURISMO 5 ACADEMY EDITION PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
39 39 MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 40 DANCE CENTRAL 2 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
All formats
1 1 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
– 2 HITMAN ABSOLUTION IO INTERACTIVE SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
3 3 FIFA 13 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
4 4 ASSASSIN’S CREED III UBISOFT (MONTREAL) UBISOFT UBISOFT
2 5 HALO 4 343 INDUSTRIES MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
– 6 LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
7 7 JUST DANCE 4 UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
5 8 SKYLANDERS GIANTS TOYS FOR BOB SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
6 9 NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED CRITERION GAMES EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
14 10 DISHONORED ARKANE STUDIOS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
11 11 WWE ’13 YUKE’S THQ THQ
13 12 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLINGS THEME PARK BLACK LANTERN MIND CANDY MIND CANDY
– 13 UDRAW STUDIO: INSTANT ARTIST PIPEWORKS THQ THQ
20 14 RESIDENT EVIL 6 CAPCOM CAPCOM CAPCOM
10 15 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2013 SPORTS INTERACTIVE SEGA SEGA
18 16 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
12 17 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM BETHESDA BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
19 18 MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER DANGER CLOSE EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
23 19 F1 2012 CODEMASTERS BIRMINGHAM CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
25 20 BOOK OF SPELLS LONDON STUDIO SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
22 21 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
15 22 FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 TURN 10 STUDIOS MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
17 23 KINECT DISNEYLAND ADVENTURES FRONTIER DEVELOPMENTS MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
30 24 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES SEGA SEGA SEGA
21 25 FORZA HORIZON TURN 10/PLAYGROUND MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
24 26 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE MIRACLE MASK LEVEL 5 NINTENDO NINTENDO
31 27 SLEEPING DOGS UNITED FRONT GAMES SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
26 28 F1 RACE STARS CODEMASTERS BIRMINGHAM CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
29 29 ANGRY BIRDS TRILOGY ROVIO ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
27 30 SONIC & ALL STARS RACING TRANSFORMED SUMO DIGITAL SEGA SEGA
– 31 ROCKSMITH UBISOFT (SAN FRANCISCO) UBISOFT UBISOFT
8 32 BORDERLANDS 2 GEARBOX SOFTWARE 2K GAMES TAKE 2
16 33 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS DECLASSIFIED NIHILISTIC SOFTWARE ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
– 34 DISNEY EPIC MICKEY 2: THE POWER OF TWO JUNCTION POINT STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
– 35 FAMILY GUY: BACK TO THE MULTIVERSE HEAVY IRON STUDIOS ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
35 36 MARIO KART 7 RETRO STUDIOS / NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
38 37 007 LEGENDS EUROCOM ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
– 38 PLAYSTATION ALL-STARS BATTLE ROYALE SUPERBOT ENTERTAINMENT SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
32 39 GRAN TURISMO 5 ACADEMY EDITION POLYPHONY DIGITAL SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
33 40 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2013 KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT KONAMI KONAMI
Source: Chart-Track
Cloudberry Kingdom developer Pwnee Studios originally hoped to have the team’s game out for the Wii U’s launch. That didn’t happen, and it won’t be out within the next few days either.
When asked if Cloudberry Kingdom would launch this month, the studio said:
”Unfortunately it is not. Looks like we’re going to delay for a bit and go for a simultaneous launch across multiple platforms.”
Pwnee Studios hasn’t shared a new release window. Surely it’ll be hitting the Wii U eShop before the end of the year… right?!
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
3DS retail
Super Pokemon Rumble – £39.99 / €44.99
3DS Download
Aero Porter – £4.49 / €4.99
3DS demos
The “Denpa” Men: They Came by Wave
New Style Boutique
DSiWare
DotMan – £1.79 / €1.99 / 200 points
Source: Nintendo PR
Author: Austin
Sometimes it’s hard to look at a console objectively and pick out its successes and failures with equal clout– especially when you are trying to justify spending over $400 on it– but amid the great leaps forward the Wii U has made in its quest to become Nintendo’s greatest console of all time, it’s painstakingly obvious that parts of it still fall far behind the lines that were drawn even by Microsoft and Sony’s now-last-gen consoles. So here’s a question for you:
What do you think so far? What are your favorite things? What don’t you like about it? Let’s hear all of it, and if you need some inspiration, here are the things I’ve compiled thus far:
Update 2: Bumped to the front page with the following from Andy:
“I think I might have figured out part of the problem. When I first got my Wii U going after the day 1 update I plugged in the external USB drive I had hoped to use to download digital titles. The first Nintendoland and NSMBU updates were downloaded and installed while the drive was plugged in. I didn’t think much of it at the time because they are disc titles for me, I didn’t figure any data would be getting sent anywhere but the system. After a few days I unplugged the external USB drive to save power. It was shortly after that I was alerted to two more game updates for NL and NSMBU respectively. It was after those updates that the save data vanished. If other users mention save data wipes it might be helpful to learn whether they were using disc-based titles or digital ones and if an external drive was plugged in at the time. I really hope this helps!”
Update: Austin is here to add that he just talked to someone on Miiverse who said that their ZombiU save was deleted after an update. The start of a pattern…? I hope not!
Nintendo Everything reader Andy Holland tells us that all of his New Super Mario Bros. U save data was wiped following an update ran by the game today.
Andy says two updates have been automatically applied for him thus far. The first did not cause any issues. The second one, however, did.
Andy has since contacted Nintendo. We’ll let you know about any major developments about the situation.
It’s possible that this is an isolated incident, so don’t freak out just yet!
Borderlands, one of Gearbox’s strongest IPs, has yet to land on the Wii U. What would it take to get the franchise on the new console?
Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford told GamesMaster that Borderlands isn’t on the system since the team has not yet thought of “a natural, obvious, ‘OMG, I want that for what the Wii U brings to the table’ feature.”
“We get asked if there is going to be a Wii U version of Borderlands, and the reason why there’s not is because we couldn’t think of a natural, obvious, ‘OMG, I want that for what the Wii U brings to the table’ feature.”
Contrasting this with Aliens: Colonial Marines, which will release on the Wii U next year, Pitchford said:
“But with Aliens, the first thing we thought was ‘Holy sh*t, I can have a motion controller in my hands!’ When it’s there in my lap it feels like I’m part of the movie.”
Thanks to joclo for the tip.
