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M U L T I

- Here are the latest console hardware sales in Japan for the week of Feb 4 - 10, 2008:

  1. Wii - 81,737
  2. PSP - 75,912
  3. NDS Lite - 60,464
  4. PlayStation 3 - 23,985
  5. PlayStation 2 - 11,038
  6. Xbox 360 - 3,615

- Sega announced Virtua Fighter 5 R for arcade at AOU 2008, the sumo fighter Takaarashi from VF3 will return, as well as an original character Karateka and new stages.


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- Capcom revealed a new character in Street Fighter IV, a comprehensive fighter named Abel, who is a soldier and appears to have lost his past memories.


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- Here are the console hardware sales for January 2008 in US, the sales of PS3 has significantly increased after Warner Bros. and other publishers went Blu-ray exclusive.

  1. Wii - 275,000
  2. PS3 - 269,000
  3. PS2 - 264,000
  4. NDS - 251,000
  5. PSP - 230,000
  6. X360 - 230,000

- Here are the console software sales for January 2008 in US. (Source: Gamespot):

  1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Combat (X360, Activision) - 331,000
  2. Wii Play with Wii Remote (Wii, Nintendo) - 298,000
  3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii, Activision) - 240,000
  4. Rock Band (X360, MTV Games) - 184,000
  5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (X360, Activision) - 183,000
  6. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, Nintendo) - 172,000
  7. Burnout Paradise (X360, EA) - 144,000
  8. Call of Duty 4: Modern Combat (PS3, Activision) - 140,000
  9. Mario Party DS (NDS, Nintendo) - 139,000
  10. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS, Sega) - 133,000

P L A Y S T A T I O N   3

- UNCONFIRMED: The Official PlayStation Magazine reported that Sony/Rockstar will release the two PS1 classics Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Auto II for PlayStation 3, as PSN downloads.

- UNCONFIRMED: The Official PlayStation Magazine reported that Ubisoft's Splinter Cell Conviction will be hitting PS3, besides the Xbox 360 and PC version; and EA/Crytek's Crysis will also appear on PS3 in an extended special edition.

W i i

- Sega has revealed a playable version of the maracas music rhythum game Samba de Amigo for Wii at the Sega Gamersday 2008. The game is scheduled for a spring 2008 release in US.


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- Here are some new images of Sega's Wii gun shooting game The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return, the Wii version of HOD2 will have a new Big Head Mode, and HOD3 will have a new Exteme Mode,,,,


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P S P

- Atlus will release Irem's tactical strategy game R-Type Tactics as R-Type Command for PSP in US on May 6, 2008.



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