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SEGA has hired former Break Media executive Evan Cholfin to help adapt its videogames into other entertainment releases. “Altered Beast,” “Streets of Rage,” “Shinobi,” “Rise of Nightmares” and “Crazy Taxi” are planned for English-language live action and animated spinoffs. Additionally, “Virtua Fighter” and “Golden Axe” are part of the portfolio of properties.

Cholfin has been signed on as head of development and production at Stories International. SEGA and Hakuhodo DY Group – the world’s seventh-largest advertising agency – launched Stories back in 2011 to create films, TV shows and entertainment for digital platforms.

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We just received a 3DS update earlier this week, but Nintendo has already prepared new firmware. Version 9.4.0-21 is now available for download.

Here are the full update notes:

Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience.

That’s it! Not a major update, but one that’s required nonetheless.

Thanks to DavidTendo for the tip.

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Update: NPD made a reporting error in its data. The new list is as follows:

1. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Activision
2. GTA V – Take-Two Interactive
3. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
4. Madden NFL 15 – EA
5. Assassin’s Creed Unity – Ubisoft
6. Far Cry 4 – Ubisoft
7. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
8. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
9. NBA 2K15 – Take-Two Interactive
10. Halo: The Master Chief Collection – Microsoft

NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of November 2014. The results can be found below.

• 1.) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (360, XBO, PS4, PS3, PC)
• 2.) Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3)
• 3.) Super Smash Bros. (NWU, 3DS)
• 4.) Madden NFL 15 (360, XBO, PS4, PS3)
• 5.) Pokemon Alpha Sapphire (3DS)
• 6.) Far Cry 4 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3, PC)
• 7.) Pokemon Omega Ruby (3DS)
• 8.) NBA 2K15 (PS4, 360, XBO, PS3, PC)
• 9.) Assassin’s Creed: Unity (PS4, XBO, PC)
• 10.) Halo: The Master Chief Collection (XBO)

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Nintendo’s response to the November 2014 NPD report is in. Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Super Smash Bros. for 3DS, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and amiibo all experienced high sales.

On the portable side, 3DS software sales rose by over 40 percent compared to the same time last year. Wii U hardware and software sales increased by over 10 percent and 90 percent respectively over the same period last year. The week of November 23 was the biggest single week of Wii U hardware sales since the console’s launch in 2012.

Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire have sold almost 1.5 million combined physical and digital units in the U.S. thus far. Total Smash Bros. 3DS sales have surpassed 1.5 million copies while Smash Bros. Wii U sold nearly 710,000 units. Nintendo says amiibo sales “are approximately equal to sales of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U so far, while Link, Mario and Pikachu (in that order) have been the best-selling figures to date.”

View Nintendo’s full NPD response below.

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Retro City Rampage DX is out of the question for Wii U. However, that doesn’t mean Vblank Entertainment isn’t interested in Nintendo’s console.

Vblank confirmed on Twitter that the company has had a dev kit since 2012. Additionally, the developer “will definitely consider bringing future games to the platform”.

Vblank wrote on Twitter a few moments ago:

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