Nintendo Everything

Splinter Cell Conviction™ and Red Steel® 2, whose releases were previously planned for the third fiscal quarter, will now be released in the fourth fiscal quarter.

Ghost Recon® and I am Alive™, which were previously scheduled for release in the fourth fiscal quarter, will now strengthen the line-up for fiscal 2010-11.

Full-year 2009-10 targets revised downward

Today, the Company has revised its targets for full-year 2009-10 downward. Sales are now expected to come in at approximately €1.040 billion, with current operating income before stock-based compensation representing at least 7% of sales, compared with the previous guidance of around €1.1 billion and at least 11% of sales.

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DSiWare

Sudoku Student – 29 blocks

WiiWare

Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 1 – 320 blocks
HB Arcade Cards – 127 blocks
The Three Musketeers: One for All – 310 blocks

Thanks to _Contra_ for the news tip!

Develop greats including Hideo Kojima and Shingo ‘Seabass’ Takatsuka to present their new games in Cologne
Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH will premiere a wave of stunning titles at the gamescom event in Cologne, with key development talent on hand to present and answer questions on their work.

The publisher will premiere a wave of stunning titles that includes PES 2010, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, and will be showcasing the talent behind those games with appearances from Hideo Kojima, Studio Head of Kojima Productions and mastermind behind the Metal Gear Solid series; Shingo ‘Seabass’ Takatsuka, Producer of Pro Evolution Soccer; and many others of its biggest talents from Overseas and Europe who will visit the event in Cologne. These developers will attend the gamescom to showcase their games in a series of special presentations with a unique look behind the scenes of their work.

Hideo Kojima, legendary creator of the most successful tactical espionage videogame series of all time, will present Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker for PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). The latest installment of the Metal Gear Solid series picks up where Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater left off. Players take control of the famed Snake, in a thrilling story set in 1974. Game design, story and scenario come directly from the pen of the master himself who will be presenting Peace Walker with a new video trailer and will be signing autographs.

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– 1 WII SPORTS RESORT NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
1 2 HARRY POTTER & THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE EA BRIGHT LIGHT EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
3 3 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 EA TIBURON EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
4 4 WII FIT NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
2 5 TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN LUXOFLUX ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
5 6 FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
6 7 CALL OF JUAREZ: BOUND IN BLOOD TECHLAND UBISOFT UBISOFT
7 8 THE SIMS 3 THE SIMS STUDIO EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
9 9 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE INFINITY WARD ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
10 10 EA SPORTS ACTIVE EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS

Three WiiWare™ games anchor this week’s Nintendo Download. Gamers can buckle their swashes with both the first installment of a five-part Tales of Monkey Island series and a Three Musketeers platform adventure. Meanwhile, fans of card games will enjoy a half dozen classic options in HB Arcade Cards. On the Nintendo DSiWare™ side, beginners can learn the basics of sudoku with Sudoku Student.

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The August 2009 Game Informer review scores are as follows…

Fight Night Round 4 – 9/9.5
NCAA Football 10 – 8.5/8.5
Prototype – 7.25/7
The BIGS 2 – 7/6.5
Battlefield 1943 – 8.5/8.5
Guitar Hero: Smash Hits – 8/8
Overlord II – 6.5/7
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood – 8/7.75
Damnation – 3/4
The Conduit – 7/7.5
Overlord: Dark Legend – 7/7.5
The Legendary Starfy – 7/7.5