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- Capcom assistant producer Mie Suzuki revealed some new details of Biohazard 5: Alternative Edition's second scenario Desperate Escape for PS3 and Xbox 360:

• Jill Valentine and BSAA Africa's member Josh Stone will be playable in the scenario
• Jill woke up from a coma in the Tricell facility, Josh Stone came for rescue and meets her
• Both Lost in Nightmares and Desperate Escape have about 1 - 2 hours game length
• Capcom only has these two new scenarios planned so far
• There will be gameplay elements that allows user to play the scenario over and over
• The Mercenaries Reunion Mode will have 8 new playable characters
• Confirmed characters include Office Lady Sheva, Warrior Chris, Folklore Sheva, Exoskeleton Chris and Josh Stone
• Desperate Escape DLC will be available in March

- Here are the latest Media Create console hardware sales in Japan for the week of Dec 14 - 20:

1. PS3 - 237,086 [1,654,012]
2. Wii - 191,915 [1,747,238]
3. DSi - 95,227 [2,901,142]
4. PSP - 79,194 [2,070,518]
5. DSi LL - 75,241 [354,837]
6. DSL - 11,879 [509,868]
7. 360 - 8,965 [366,868]
8. PSP Go - 3,260 [67,660]
9. PS2 - 2,982 [202,878]

- Here are the latest Media Create console software sales for the week of Dec 14 - 20 in Japan:

1. Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Square Enix) - 1,501,964
2. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 567,890 [1,933,827]
3. Tamodatchi Collection (NDS, Nintendo) - 165,575 [2,089,946]
4. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (NDS, Pokemon Co.) - 111,454 [3,339,872]
5. Wii Fit Plus (Wii, Nintendo) - 92,561 [1,201,258]
6. Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha - Fire/Blizzard (NDS, Level 5) - 71,085 [808,000]
7. PokePark Wii: Pikachu no Daibouken (Wii, Pokemon Co.) - 70,750 [191,920]
8. Layton Kyoujo no Majin no Fue [Professor Layton & the Flute of Malevolent Destiny] (NDS, Level 5) - 54,128 [496,000]
9. Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PSP, Sega) - 50,466 [411,565]
10. Queen's Blade: Spiral Chaos (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 49,728
11. Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo)
12. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Dodon to 2 Yome! (Wii, Namco Bandai)
13. Pen 1 Grand Prix: Penguin no Mondai Special (NDS, Konami)
14. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (NDS, Nintendo)
15. Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam Vs. Gundam Next Plus (PSP, Namco Bandai)
16. New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo)
17. Naruto: Shippuden Narutimate Accel 3 (PSP, Namco Bandai)
18. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (PSP, Konami)
19. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3, Square Enix)
20. Sengoku Musou 3 [Samurai Warriors 3] (Wii, Koei)

- Square Enix released new images of its MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV for PS3 and PC. The game is currently recruiting beta testers, you can use the promotion code bundled inside Final Fantasy XIII to apply for a beta account.

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- Capcom released a new preview trailer of its PSP action RPG Last Ranker, which was shown at the Jump Festa 2010 in Tokyo.

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- Square Enix released a new preview trailer of Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie for NDS, which was shown at Jump Festa 2010.