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Swedish gaming charts – Week 25

Friday, June 26th, 2009

The Sims 3 is still sitting pretty at the top after impressive sales figures last week. Prototype also continues to sell well as does UFC 2009: Undisputed. Elsewhere on the list, the Playstation 3 has seven titles in the charts. Its strongest ever performance in the top 20.

Multiformat
1. The Sims 3 (PC)
2. Wii Fit (Wii)
3. Prototype (X360)
4. UFC 2009 Undisputed (PS3)
5. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
6. EA Sports Active (Wii)
7. Prototype (PS3)
8. World of Warcraft (PC)
9. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (PC)
10. FIFA 09 (PS2)
11. Singstar Swedish Stars (PS3)
12. Infamous (PS3)
13. Singstar Abba (PS2)
14. Guitar Hero Metallica (PS2)
15. Counter-Strike 1: Anthology
16. Guitar Hero Metallica (PS3)
17. Singstar Abba (PS3)
18. FIFA 09 (PS3)
19. FIFA 09 (X360)
20. UFC 2009 Undisputed (X360)

See the rest of the charts here.

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Just Cause 2 interview

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

We caught up with Peter Johansson, lead game designer at Avalanche Studios on Just Cause 2, outside the Eidos booth at E3. We talked about the behind closed doors demo we had just seen, the potential of the combat system and much more.

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Swedish gaming charts – Week 24

Friday, June 19th, 2009

This week’s figures are out and like the rest of the gaming world, The Sims 3, continues to reign supreme at the top of the charts. New action adventure IP, Prototype is also off to a great start occupying the second and fourth spots for the Xbox 360 and PS3 release respectively.

Multiformat
1. The Sims 3 (PC)
2. Prototype (360)
3. Pokémon Platinum (DS)
4. Prototype (PS3)
5. Guitar Hero Metallica (PS2)
6. Infamous (PS3)
7. UFC 2009 Undisputed (360)
8. New Super Mario Bros (DS)
9. EA Sports Active (Wii)
10. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (PC)
11. Guitar Hero Metallica (360)
12. World of Warcraft (PC)
13. Wii Fit (Wii)
14. Guitar Hero Metallica (PS3)
15. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
16. Guitar Hero Metallica (Wii)
17. FIFA 09 (PS3)
18. Star Ocean: The Last Hope (360)
19. Counter-Strike 1: Anthology (PC)
20. EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis (Wii)

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GRTV: Mirror’s Edge 2

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Stockholm based developer, DICE were the brains behind the critically acclaimed title Mirror’s Edge. We met up with the game’s creative director, Lars Gustafsson to talk about the parkour inspired title and its upcoming sequel.

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Beta test Shattered Horizon

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Finnish developers Futuremark Games Studio have announced that they need beta testers for an upcoming private beta test of Shattered Horizon. The game is played out in a scenario where the moon has been blown up and fragments of Earth’s satellite line the sky. This sets up some corporate zero gravity shooting between mining companies. Read the company’s press release here.

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Swedish gaming charts – Week 23

Friday, June 12th, 2009

The Swedish Games Industry has been once again kind enough to send over this weeks figures of the top grossing games for week 23. Last week’s top seller Infamous has been usurped by the bubbly characters from The Sims. The multi-format and console specific lists can be seen below.

Multiformat
1. The Sims 3 (PC)
2. Pokémon Platinum (DS)
3. Guitar Hero Metallica (PS2)
4. EA Sports Active (Wii)
5. Star Ocean: The Last Hope (360)
6. Guitar Hero Metallica (360)
7. UFC 2009 Undisputed (360)
8. Guitar Hero Metallica (PS3)
9. Infamous (PS3)
10. Wii Fit (Wii)
11. Guitar Hero Metallica (Wii)
12. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (PC)
13. UFC 2009 Undisputed (PS3)
14. New Super Mario Bros (DS)
15. Little Big Planet (PS3)
16. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360)
17. World of Warcraft (PC)
18. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC)
19. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
20. Red Faction: Guerilla (360)

PC
1. The Sims 3
2. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
3. World of Warcraft
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
5. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
6. Sacred 2 Fallen Angel
7. Counter-Strike 1: Anthology
8. World of Warcraft Battlechest
9. Empire: Total War
10. Counter-Strike Source

Playstation 2
1. Guitar Hero Metallica
2. Singstar Abba
3. Lego Indiana Jones the Original Adventures
4. Singstar Svenska hits Schlager
5. Guitar Hero: World Tour
6. Star Wars Battlefront 2
7. FIFA 09
8. Singstar 80’s
9. Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock
10. NHL 09

Playstation 3
1. Guitar Hero Metallica
2. Infamous
3. UFC 2009 Undisputed
4. Little Big Planet
5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
6. FIFA 09
7. Virtua Tennis 2009
8. Guitar Hero: World Tour
9. Assassin’s Creed
10. Alone in the Dark Inferno

Xbox 360
1. Star Ocean: The Last Hope
2. Guitar Hero Metallica
3. UFC 2009 Undisputed
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
5. Red Faction: Guerilla
6. FIFA 09
7. Guitar Hero: World Tour
8. Fuel
9. Sacred 2 Fallen Angel
10. NHL 09

Wii
1. EA Sports Active
2. Wii Fit
3. Guitar Hero Metallica
4. Mario Kart Wii
5. Guitar Hero: World Tour
6. Punch-Out
7. Wii Play
8. Lego Star Wars 1 & 2 The Complete Saga
9. Super Smash Bros Brawl
10. Lego Indiana Jones the Original Adventures

Nintendo DS
1. Pokémon Platinum
2. New Super Mario Bros
3. Mario Kart DS
4. Bilar
5. Bilar Bärgarns internationella race
6. The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer
7. Cocoto Racers
8. Worms Open Warfare 2
9. Pokémon Diamond
10. Råttatouille

PSP
1. GTA Liberty City Stories
2. Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core
3. MX vs ATV: Untamed
4. Bilar
5. Råttatouille
6. GTA Vice City Stories
7. Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
8. Tekken Dark Resurrection
9. God of War: Chains of Olympus
10. Lego Batman

Source: Dataspelsbranschen – Swedish Games Industry

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Swedish gaming charts – Week 22

Friday, June 5th, 2009

A look at the official gaming chart for Week 22 shows we have a new lord at the top of the multiformat list – sandbox adventure game Infamous glances down ominously at the rest of the competition in that category. UFC 2009 Unlimited and Guitar Hero: Metallica are also well placed, along with Pokémon Platinum.

Multiformat
1. Infamous (PS3)
2. Pokémon Platinum (DS)
3. Guitar Hero Metallica (360)
4. UFC 2009 Undisputed (360)
5. UFC 2009 Undisputed (PS3)
6. Guitar Hero Metallica (PS3)
7. Guitar Hero Metallica (PS2)
8. EA Sports Active (Wii)
9. Guitar Hero Metallica (Wii)
10. Wii Fit (Wii)
11. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (PC)
12. World of Warcraft (PC)
13. New Super Mario Bros (DS)
14. Punch-Out (Wii)
15. FIFA 09 (360)
16. Sacred 2 Fallen Angel (360)
17. Sacred 2 Fallen Angel (PS3)
18. Bionic Commando (360)
19. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (PC)
20. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)

PC
1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
2. World of Warcraft
3. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
4. Counter-Strike 1: Anthology
5. Empire: Total War
6. World of Warcraft Battlechest
7. Sacred 2 Fallen Angel
8. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
9. Counter-Strike Source
10. The Sims 2 Herrgård & Trädgård: prylpaket

Playstation 2
1. Guitar Hero Metallica
2. Guitar Hero: World Tour
3. Singstar Svenska hits Schlager
4. Singstar Abba
5. FIFA 09
6. Lego: Indiana Jones the Original Adventures
7. Singstar Svenska hits
8. GTA San Andreas
9. Singstar 80’s
10. Lego Star Wars 2: The Original Trilogy

Playstation 3
1. Infamous
2. UFC 2009 Undisputed
3. Guitar Hero Metallica
4. Sacred 2 Fallen Angel
5. Guitar Hero: World Tour
6. Virtua Tennis 2009
7. FIFA 09
8. Bionic Commando
9. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
10. Resident Evil 5

Xbox 360
1. Guitar Hero Metallica
2. UFC 2009 Undisputed
3. FIFA 09
4. Sacred 2 Fallen Angel
5. Bionic Commando
6. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
7. Guitar Hero: World Tour
8. Far Cry 2
9. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
10. Prince of Persia

Wii
1. EA Sports Active
2. Guitar Hero Metallica
3. Wii Fit
4. Punch-Out
5. Mario Kart Wii
6. Guitar Hero: World Tour
7. Super Smash Bros Brawl
8. Wii Play
9. Super Mario Galaxy
10. Guitar Hero Aerosmith

Nintendo DS
1. Pokémon Platinum
2. New Super Mario Bros
3. Mario Kart DS
4. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
5. Cars
6. Worms Open Warfare 2
7. Lego Batman
8. The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer
9. Hannah Montana The Movie
10. Chrono Trigger

PSP
1. GTA Vice City Stories
2. God of War: Chains of Olympus
3. GTA Liberty City Stories
4. Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core
5. MX vs ATV: Untamed
6. Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
7. Tekken Dark Resurrection
8. Cars
9. Need for Speed Undercover
10. Open Season/Surfs Up

Source: Dataspelsbranschen – Swedish Games Industry

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New PSP Go announced at E3

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Sony just announced the new PSP dubbed PlayStation Portable Go. The new handheld is boosting a 3.8″ screen and is 43(!) percent lighter then the current PSP-3000 model. Among other features they’ve added Bluetooth and support for Memory Stick Micro, which is sweet considering the size of the old memory card. And as with most PlayStation things now a days, it will fully integrate with your PS3 and PSN.

They have also – finally – decided to kill off UMD. Go won’t allow you to use your old movies and games. Which is actually a good thing. Probably with the newly added 16 GB flash memory, you’ll might be allowed to copy your games onto the system itself for play.

They also announced a new Gran Turismo, Little Big Planet and Metal Gear Solid game as well, with no more information then those three games being in the works.

All in all, this looks like a great kick-off for Tuesdays E3. Stick with Gamereactor for the hottest news straight from the show floor the coming week. Our staff will be bringing you the best of the best, and probably some of the worst starting with the Microsoft press conference tomorrow. See pictures of the new device now.

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