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What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK, France, Germany) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular right now.

Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 3. Active Life: Outdoor Challenge (Namco Bandai), 4. Wii Music (Nintendo), 5. Rock Band Special Edition (MTV Games).

Japan: 1. 428: In the Blocked City, Shibuya (Sega), 2. Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo), 3. Animal Crossing: City Folk – WiiSpeak Bundle (Nintendo), 4. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 5. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo).

Europe: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 2. Wii Play (Nintendo), 3. Carnival: Fun Fair Games (2K Games), 4. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 5. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega).

Xbox 360
North America: 1. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 2. Gears of War 2 (Microsoft), 3. Fallout 3 (Bethesda), 4. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 5. Fable II (Microsoft).

Japan: 1. Fallout 3 (Bethesda), 2. Saints Row 2 (THQ), 3. Agarest Senki: Re-appearance (Compile Heart), 4. The Last Remnant (Square Enix), 5. Tales of Vesperia (Namco).

Europe: 1. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 2. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 3. Fable II (Microsoft), 4. Gears of War 2 (Microsoft), 5. Fallout 3 (Bethesda).

PlayStation 3
North America: 1. LittleBigPlanet (Sony), 2. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 3. Prince of Persia (Ubisoft), 4. Guitar Hero World Tour: Guitar Kit (Activision), 5. Fallout 3 (Bethesda).

Japan: 1. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami), 2. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – Special Edition (Konami), 3. Grand Theft Auto IV (Capcom), 4. Pro Baseball Spirits 5 Kanzenban (Konami), 5. MotorStorm II (Sony).

Europe: 1. Resistance 2 (Sony), 2. LittleBigPlanet (Sony), 3. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 4. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 5. Need for Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts).

PlayStation 2
North America: 1. Rock Band Special Edition (MTV Games), 2. Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories (Square Enix), 3. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 4. Guitar Hero World Tour: Guitar Kit (Activision), 5. Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts).

Japan: 1. Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World – Special Edition (Bandai), 2. Pro Baseball Spirits 5 Kanzenban (Konami), 3. Real Rode – Kirakira Box (Kadokawa Shoten), 4. Real Rode (Kadokawa Shoten), 5. Devil Summoner: Raido Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon – Plus Edition (Atlus).

Europe: 1. SingStar: ABBA (Sony), 2. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 3. SingStar: Boy Bands vs. Girl Bands (Sony), 4. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 5. SingStar Singalong with Disney (Sony).

PC
North America: 1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard), 2. Spore (Electronic Arts), 3. Fallout 3 (Bethesda), 4. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 5. Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts).

Japan: 1. Left 4 Dead (Zoo), 2. Fantasy Earth Zero: Equitis Edition (Square Enix), 3. LineAge Episode Re: Premium Kit ver. 2 (E Frontier), 4. Ragnarok Online 6th Anniversary Package (E Frontier), 5. The Sims 2: Mansion & Garden Pack (Electronic Arts).

Europe: 1. Football Manager 2009 (Sega), 2. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 3. Spore (Electronic Arts), 4. Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts), 5. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard).

Nintendo DS
North America: 1. Disney Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney), 2. Personal Trainer: Cooking (Nintendo), 3. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo), 4. Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Nintendo), 5. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo).

Japan: 1. Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo), 2. Professor Layton and The Last Time Travel (Nintendo), 3. Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo), 4. Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo), 5. Professor Layton and The Last Time Travel – Plus Main Theme Music CD (Nintendo).

Europe: 1. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (Nintendo), 2. More Brain Training (Nintendo), 3. Imagine: Teacher (Ubisoft), 4. 42 All-Time Classics (Nintendo), 5. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo).

PlayStation Portable
North America: 1. God of War: Chains of Olympus (Sony), 2. Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts), 3. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 4. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 5. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar).

Japan: 1. The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki The 3rd (Nihon Falcom), 2. Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam (Bandai), 3. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G – Best Of PSP Edition (Capcom), 4. Patapon 2: Donchaka (Sony), 5. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX: Tag Force 3 (Konami).

Europe: 1. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 2. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 3. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami), 4. Football Manager Handheld 2009 (Sega), 5. Call of Duty 3: Roads to Victory (Activision).

Call of Duty: World at War remains #1 on the Xbox 360 chart. LittleBigPlanet returns to claim the top spot on the PS3 chart again. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King also stays on top of the PC chart. Rock Band returns on the PS2 chart. Disney’s Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force is on top of the DS chart. A discount puts Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on the Wii chart. And lastly God of War: Chains of Olympus stays on the PSP chart.

“Extra! Extra! Read all about it!” A listing of the top 5 sellers per region, for all systems combined.

North America: 1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii), 2. Mario Kart Wii (Wii), 3. Active Life: Outdoor Challenge (Wii), 4. Wii Music (Wii), 5. Rock Band Special Edition (Wii).

Japan: 1. Fallout 3 (DS), 2. Kirby Super Star Ultra (DS), 3. 428: In the Blocked City, Shibuya (Wii), 4. Professor Layton and The Last Time Travel (DS), 5. Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (DS).

Europe: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Wii), 2. Wii Play (Wii), 3. Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360), 4. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (DS), 5. More Brain Training (DS).

For the full lists go to Amazon’s US, JPN (PC) & UK / DE / FR sites.

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What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK, France, Germany) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular now.

Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision), 3. Rock Band Special Edition (MTV Games), 4. Wii Music (Nintendo), 5. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo).

Japan: 1. Animal Crossing: City Folk – WiiSpeak Bundle (Nintendo), 2. Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo), 3. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 4. Wii Music (Nintendo), 5. Rune Factory Frontier – Special Edition (Marvelous).

Europe: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 2. Wii Play (Nintendo), 3. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 4. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega), 5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 ‘All-Play’ (Electronic Arts).

Xbox 360
North America: 1. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 2. Gears of War 2 (Microsoft), 3. Shaun White Snowboarding (Ubisoft), 4. Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts), 5. Fallout 3 (Bethesda).

Japan: 1. Agarest Senki: Re-appearance (Compile Heart), 2. The Last Remnant (Square Enix), 3. Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft), 4. Otomedius Gorgeous! (Konami), 5. Tales of Vesperia (Namco).

Europe: 1. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 2. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 3. Fable II (Microsoft), 4. Gears of War 2 (Microsoft), 5. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar).

PlayStation 3
North America: 1. Heavenly Sword (Sony), 2. Resistance: Fall Of Man (Sony), 3. Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Midway), 4. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 5. Resistance 2 Collector’s Edition (Sony).

Japan: 1. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami), 2. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – Special Edition (Konami), 3. Grand Theft Auto IV (Capcom), 4. FIFA 09: World Class Soccer (Electronic Arts), 5. Way of the Samurai 3 (Spike).

Europe: 1. Little Big Planet (Sony), 2. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 3. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 4. Resistance 2 (Sony), 5. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami).

PlayStation 2
North America: 1. Katamari Damacy (Namco), 2. God of War 2 (Sony), 3. Rock Band Special Edition (MTV Games), 4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Wireless Bundle (Activision), 5. God of War (Sony).

Japan: 1. Taishi-pounding Romance of Pure Love to Blitz – Limited Edition (MMV), 2. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Maniax Chronicle Edition (Atlus), 3. Lady Love Dreamer – Limited Edition (Yeti), 4. Sakura Usuki Ogre Limited Edition (Idea Factory), 5. D.Gray-man: Sousha no Shikaku (Konami).

Europe: 1. SingStar: ABBA (Sony), 2. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 3. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 4. SingStar: Singalong with Disney (Sony), 5. SingStar: Boy Bands vs. Girl Bands (Sony).

PC
North America: 1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard), 2. Fallout 3 (Bethesda), 3. Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts), 4. Spore (Electronic Arts), 5. World of Warcraft Battlechest (Blizzard).

Japan: 1. Left 4 Dead (Zoo), 2. Final Fantasy XI: The Vana’diel Collection (Square Enix), 3. Clannad: Full Voice (Key), 4. Legend of Galactic Heroes – Special Edition (Namco Bandai), 5. Chaos;Head (Nitro Plus).

Europe: 1. Football Manager 2009 (Sega), 2. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard), 3. Spore (Electronic Arts), 4. Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts), 5. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Electronic Arts).

Nintendo DS
North America: 1. Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision), 2. Personal Trainer: Cooking (Nintendo), 3. Disney Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney), 4. Build-A-Bear Workshop (American Game Factory), 5. Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Nintendo).

Japan: 1. Professor Layton and The Last Time Travel (Nintendo), 2. Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo), 3. Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo), 4. Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo), 5. Professor Layton and The Last Time Travel – Plus Main Theme Music CD (Nintendo).

Europe: 1. More Brain Training (Nintendo), 2. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (Nintendo), 3. Imagine Teacher (Ubisoft), 4. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo), 5. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo).

PlayStation Portable
North America: 1. God of War: Chains of Olympus (Sony), 2. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix), 3. Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories (Rockstar), 4. N+ (Atari), 5. Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops Plus (Konami).

Japan: 1. The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki The 3rd (Nihon Falcom), 2. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 3 (Konami), 3. Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam (Bandai), 4. Higurashi Daybreak Portable – Limited Edition (Alchemist), 5. Patapon 2: Donchaka (Sony).

Europe: 1. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 2. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 3. Call of Duty 3: Roads to Victory (Activision), 4. Football Manager Handheld 2009 (Sega), 5. WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 (THQ).

Because of Black Friday the top selling games this week are mainly ruled by cheap deals. Call of Duty: World at War remains #1 on the Xbox 360 chart. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King also stays on top of the PC chart. Heavenly Sword hits the top spot on the PS3 chart. Katamari Damacy hits #1 on the PS2 chart. Guitar Hero: On Tour is on top of the DS chart. Wii Fit stays high on the Wii chart. And lastly God of War: Chains of Olympus returns to the PSP chart.

“Extra! Extra! Read all about it!” A listing of the top 5 sellers per region, for all systems combined.

North America: 1. Wii Fit (Wii), 2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Wii), 3. Rock Band Special Edition (Wii), 4. Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360), 5. Wii Music (Wii).

Japan: 1. Professor Layton and The Last Time Travel (DS), 2. Kirby Super Star Ultra (DS), 3. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS3), 4. Animal Crossing: City Folk – WiiSpeak Bundle (Wii), 5. Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii).

Europe: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Wii), 2. Little Big Planet (PS3), 3. Wii Play (Wii), 4. Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360), 5. Wii Fit (Wii).

For the full lists go to Amazon’s US, JPN (PC) & UK / DE / FR sites.

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Players last visited Northrend in “Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne,” when Arthas Menethil fused with the spirit of Ner’zhul to become the Lich King, one of the most powerful beings in the Warcraft universe. He now broods atop the Frozen Throne deep in Icecrown Citadel, clutching the rune blade Frostmourne and marshaling the undead armies of the Scourge. In World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, the forces of the Alliance and the Horde venture into battle against the Scourge amid Northrend’s howling winds and fields of jagged ice. Wrath of the Lich King adds a rich variety of content to an already massive game.

Blizzard is back with more war. Find out what else is new in this World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King video review.


New features in the game’s second expansion include:
* Death Knight Hero Class: Create a high-level Death Knight character — the game’s first hero class — once certain challenges have been met.
* Increased Level Cap: Advance to level 80 and gain potent new talents and abilities along the way.
* Northrend: Explore the harsh new continent of Northrend, packed with new zones, quests, dungeons, monsters, and items — and do battle with the undead armies of the Lich King.
* “Inscription” Profession: Learn this exciting new profession and gain unique ways to permanently enhance spells and abilities in the game.
* Siege Weapons and Destructible Buildings: Take the battle to another level with new player-vs.-player game mechanics and new battlefields to wage war on.
* New Character Customization: Change how characters look and express themselves, with different hairstyles and dance animations.

To quote the IGN video review: “With Wrath of the Lich King, World of Warcraft’s play style has been tweaked to be more accessible, addictive, and deeper. Any longtime player is sure to be pleased with what Blizzard’s done here since it gives the higher level population a wealth of new content for play as well as improves the overall look of the world. And let’s be honest, if you’re going to spend hundreds of hours in a virtual space, it helps if it’s pretty. It’s an MMO system that works, as the game’s success underlines, but you’ve got to ask yourself after four years how long this kind of momentumcan last. Perhaps within the next two years, or by the time the next World of Warcraft expansion is released, there’ll be a clearer answer.

As for now, Blizzard is more than content to build on World of Warcraft’s formula, improving and refining nearly every aspect of the game, delivering new quest systems, a better and more focused narrative, loads of new goals to chase by yourself or with friends, and made acclimating to its world’s complexities a process generally free of the headaches of something like CCP’s EVE Online. Those who’ve yet to jump in should absolutely do so; it’s hard to imagine anyone being disappointed with such a well-run, polished product that offers so many reward strata and diverse styles of gameplay.”

Presentation — 9.0
Graphics — 8.5
Sound — 8.5
Gameplay — 9.0
Lasting Appeal — 9.0
Overall — 9.0

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World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King has become the best-selling and fastest-selling PC game of all time, and already Blizzard has brought up the fact that they are already thinking about the next WoW expansion.

In an interview with MTV Multiplayer, Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime had this to say:

“We will continue making expansions as long as we have players that want to play World of Warcraft — we want to keep them entertained.” Asked if that means Blizzard will be making expansions forever, Morhaime replied, “Well, probably not forever. But for the foreseeable future, we’d like to be doing regular expansions.”

What exactly is a regular expansion? Well originally Blizzard planned to release a new expansion every year, but that hasn’t quite worked out. “Our goal that we’ve talked about is to put out an annual expansion, but we haven’t quite been able to do that. We had one early last year and now we’re sort of late this year, but we do want to decrease the amount of time in between expansions. Although we’ll probably never get it down to a year between each one because there’s just so much content. We do want each expansion to be considered a big value for players.”

World of Warcraft is the most popular franchise in MMO gaming and perhaps in the gaming industry in general, given it’s sales figures. World of Warcraft has topped 11 million subscribers making it by far the biggest MMORPG around, and the most successful.

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World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King has become the best-selling PC game of all time, topping out at nearly 3 million copies sold in the first 24 hours worldwide (2.8 million is the exact number).

This, of course, proves how huge of a franchise World of Warcraft is. And how strong of a brand name Activision Blizzard have in their hands.

The previous record was held by the previous World of Warcraft Expansion Pack, World of Warcraft – The Burning Crusade which sold nearly 2.4 million copies on the day of it’s release.

“We’re grateful for the incredible support that players around the world have continued to show for World of Warcraft,” said Mike Morhaime, Blizzard’s CEO and co-founder. “Wrath of the Lich King contains some of the best content we’ve created for the game so far, and we look forward to seeing even more players log in to experience it in the days ahead.”

WoW’s subscriber base recently topped 11 million user worldwide and it looks like it’s not going to slow down anytime soon.

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What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK, France, Germany) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular now.

Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 2. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 3. Rock Band Special Edition (MTV Games), 4. Wii Play (Nintendo), 5. Wii Music (Nintendo).

Japan: 1. Animal Crossing: City Folk – WiiSpeak Bundle (Nintendo), 2. Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo), 3. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 4. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 5. Wii Music (Nintendo).

Europe: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 2. Wii Play (Nintendo), 3. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 4. Wii Music (Nintendo), 5. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega).

Xbox 360
North America: 1. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 2. Gears of War 2 (Microsoft), 3. Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts), 4. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Game of the Year Edition (Bethesda), 5. Halo 3 (Microsoft).

Japan: 1. The Last Remnant (Square Enix), 2. Otomedius Gorgeous! (Konami), 3. FIFA 09 World Soccer (Electronic Arts), 4. Tales of Vesperia (Namco), 5. Grand Theft Auto IV (Capcom).

Europe: 1. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 2. Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts), 3. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 4. Fable II (Microsoft), 5. Gears of War 2 (Microsoft).

PlayStation 3
North America: 1. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 2. LittleBigPlanet (Sony), 3. Resistance 2 (Sony), 4. Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Midway), 5. Fallout 3 (Bethesda).

Japan: 1. Way of the Samurai 3 (Spike), 2. Grand Theft Auto IV (Capcom), 3. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – Special Edition (Konami), 4. Resistance 2 (Sony), 5. MotorStorm II (Sony).

Europe: 1. LittleBigPlanet (Sony), 2. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 3. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 4. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (Electronic Arts).

PlayStation 2
North America: 1. Rock Band Special Edition (MTV Games), 2. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 3. Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts), 4. Sonic Unleashed (Sega), 5. WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2009 (THQ).

Japan: 1. Lady Love Dreamer – Limited Edition (Yeti), 2. D.Gray-man: Sousha no Shikaku (Konami), 3. Devil Summoner: Raido Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon – Plus Edition (Atlus), 4. Reborn! Delta Kindan In The Dark (Marvelous), 5. Koisuru Otome to Shugo no Tate: The Shield of AIGIS and The Lady In Love (Alchemist).

Europe: 1. SingStar: ABBA (Sony), 2. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 3. SingStar: Boy Bands vs. Girl Bands (Sony), 4. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 5. SingStar: Singalong with Disney (Sony).

PC
North America: 1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard), 2. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – Collector’s Edition (Blizzard), 3. Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts), 4. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Game of the Year Edition (Bethesda), 5. Spore (Electronic Arts).

Japan: 1. Left 4 Dead (Zoo), 2. Aoi Shiro (Success), 3. Clannad: Full Voice (Key), 4. Lineage II: 2nd Throne – Extra Kit (E Frontier), 5. Chaos;Head (Nitro Plus).

Europe: 1. Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts), 2. Football Manager 2009 (Sega), 3. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard), 4. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 5. Spore (Electronic Arts).

Nintendo DS
North America: 1. Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Nintendo), 2. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo), 3. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo), 4. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (Nintendo), 5. Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir (Nintendo).

Japan: 1. Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo), 2. Chrono Trigger DS (Square Enix), 3. Tongari Boushi no Mahou no 365 Nichi (Konami), 4. Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo), 5. Saka-Tsuku Soccer DS: Touch and Direct (Sega).

Europe: 1. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo), 2. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (Nintendo), 3. More Brain Training (Nintendo), 4. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo), 5. High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Disney).

PlayStation Portable
North America: 1. Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts), 2. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 3. Daxter (Sony), 4. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 5. God of War: Chains of Olympus (Sony).

Japan: 1. Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam (Bandai), 2. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G – Best of Collection (Capcom), 3. Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? (Nippon Ichi), 4. Maplus Portable Navi 2 (Edia), 5. Don’t Be So Bold Just Because You Are Heroes Part 2 (Sony).

Europe: 1. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 2. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 3. Lego Indiana Jones (LucasArts), 4. Football Manager Handheld 2009 (Sega), 5. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami).

Call of Duty: World at War remains #1 on the Xbox 360 & PS3 charts. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King also stays on top of the PC chart. Another strong seller remains Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia on the DS chart. Rock Band Special Edition continues to rock out on the PS2 chart. Mario Kart Wii returns to the Wii chart. And lastly Madden NFL 09 returns on the PSP chart.

“Extra! Extra! Read all about it!” A listing of the top 5 sellers per region, for all systems combined.

North America: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Wii), 2. Wii Fit (Wii), 3. Rock Band Special Edition (Wii), 4. Wii Play (Wii), 5. Wii Music (Wii).

Japan: 1. Animal Crossing: City Folk – WiiSpeak Bundle (Wii), 2. The Last Remnant (Xbox 360), 3. Kirby Super Star Ultra (DS), 4. Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam (PSP), 5. Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii).

Europe: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Wii), 2. Wii Play (Wii), 3. Wii Fit (Wii), 4. Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360), 5. Wii Music (Wii).

For the full lists go to Amazon’s US, JPN (PC) & UK / DE / FR sites.

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Blizzard has discussed their follow-up to World of Warcraft, which will be a new, entirely different next-gen MMO.

“We want to create a great game,” he said. “Something that’s cool, and new, and different, and kind of next generation in terms of look and feel and gameplay. That’s a challenging endeavor.”

The game is already in the early stages of development. It’ll be interesting to see if it will be an entirely new leap forward for the genre of if it will mostly stick to genre conventions.

“For us, we want to make sure that the gameplay and the experience that the players are going to have is fleshed out quite a bit. The last thing we want to do is say, ‘Hey we’re doing this,’ and everyone says, ‘Oh cool,’ and then we change things completely. We want to have a level of confidence that the direction we’re going in the right one, and that it’s polished enough to be able to show something, also. And we’re not in either of those places yet.”

Blizzard says they expect the process of getting the new MMO into the public domain to be a challenging one, but growing WoW has taught the company a huge amount.

“I think we’re going to get a lot of bumps and bruises along the way,” he said. “The good news is that we’re been able to do this with World of Warcraft, and so we have a lot of experience, so hopefully we’ve learned a tremendous amount. Not to mention that before WoW launching we were the world leader in online gaming with Battle.net. We have a lot of experience, and so hopefully that’s going to benefit us as [we bring the game to market].”

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It wasn’t that long ago (only days, really) that the WoW world was set aflame (or a-ice) with World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. And already Blizzard is discussing some new features.

In an interview with Eurogamer, chief operating officer Paul Sams discussed a new feature that will allow subscribers to pay a small fee in order to make changes to their characters. Allowing them to reverse any decisions they made previously that they may regret . . . or just want to change for the heck of it.

“When you create your character, often times you wish you’d done things differently. You wish you were on a different realm, you wish you’d had a different name or you wish you’d chosen a different look and feel to your character,” Sams said. “This is a way for players to be able to do that, but it’s something that’s taking a lot of time and energy for us to be able to put in place. We also think that it’s important to have some consistency in the game, we don’t want people changing their look and feel every day.”

This goes on top of the new additions made to character customization in Wrath of the Lich King, which includes the ability to change your character’s hairstyle, jewelery and other details for a small fee. This new feature however will apparently go way further than that, allowing you to change your gender, race and even facial appearance.

In terms of cost, Sams says that he thinks “it is good value for customers, it’s not like we’re going to go about pricing it in such a way that it’s unfair or inappropriate.”

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What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK, France, Germany) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular now.

Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 3. Wii Play (Nintendo), 4. Wii Music (Nintendo), 5. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts).

Japan: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 2. Shape Boxing: Wii Enjoy Diet! (Rocket Company), 3. Family Ski: World Ski & Snowboard (Namco), 4. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 5. Wii Music (Nintendo).

Europe: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 2. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 3. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega), 4. Wii Music (Nintendo), 5. Wii Play (Nintendo).

Xbox 360
North America: 1. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 2. Gears of War 2 (Microsoft), 3. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 4. Fallout 3 (Bethesda), 5. Fable II (Microsoft).

Japan: 1. FIFA 09 World Soccer (Electronic Arts), 2. Tales of Vesperia (Namco), 3. Grand Theft Auto IV (Capcom), 4. The Idolm@ster – Platinum Collection (Namco), 5. Lost Odyssey – Platinum Collection (Square Enix).

Europe: 1. Gears of War 2 (Microsoft), 2. Fable II (Microsoft), 3. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 4. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 5. Fallout 3 (Bethesda).

PlayStation 3
North America: 1. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 2. LittleBigPlanet (Sony), 3. Resistance 2 (Sony), 4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami), 5. Valkyria Chronicles (Sega).

Japan: 1. Way of the Samurai 3 (Spike), 2. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 3. Grand Theft Auto IV (Capcom), 4. Resistance 2 (Sony), 5. LittleBigPlanet (Sony).

Europe: 1. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 2. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami), 3. LittleBigPlanet (Sony), 4. MotorStorm: Pacific Rift (Sony), 5. Quantum of Solace (Activision).

PlayStation 2
North America: 1. Rock Band Special Edition (MTV Games), 2. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 3. Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts), 4. WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2009 (THQ), 5. Eternal Poison (Atlus).

Japan: 1. Devil Summoner: Raido Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon – Plus Edition (Atlus), 2. Tales of the Abyss – Best of Collection (Namco), 3. D.Gray-man: Sousha no Shikaku (Konami), 4. Wrestling Angels: Survivor 2 (Tryfirst), 5. Hokuouki (Idea Factory).

Europe: 1. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 2. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 3. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami), 4. WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2009 (THQ), 5. SingStar Singalong with Disney (Sony).

PC
North America: 1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard), 2. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 3. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (Electronic Arts), 4. Fallout 3 (Bethesda), 5. World of Warcraft Battle Chest (Blizzard).

Japan: 1. Ragnarok Online 6th Anniversary Package (E-Frontier), 2. Ultima Online 11 Shuunen Kinen Item Collection (Electronic Arts), 3. Chaos;Head (Nitro Plus), 4. Clannad: Full Voice (Key), 5. Final Fantasy XI: The Vana’diel Collection (Square Enix).

Europe: 1. Football Manager 2009 (Sega), 2. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard), 3. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision), 4. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Electronic Arts), 5. Fallout 3 (Bethesda).

Nintendo DS
North America: 1. Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Nintendo), 2. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo), 3. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo), 4. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (Nintendo), 5. Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir (Nintendo).

Japan: 1. Tongari Boushi no Mahou no 365 Nichi (Konami), 2. Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo), 3. Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo), 4. Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer DS 2 – Remake (Sega), 5. Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo).

Europe: 1. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo), 2. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (Nintendo), 3. More Brain Training (Nintendo), 4. Cooking Guide (Nintendo), 5. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo).

PlayStation Portable
North America: 1. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar), 2. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts), 3. God of War: Chains of Olympus (Sony), 4. Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts), 5. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix).

Japan: 1. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G – Best of Collection (Capcom), 2. Sengoku Efuda Yuugi: Hototogisu Ran (Irem), 3. Chuumon Shiyouze! Oretachi no Sekai (Global A Entertainment), 4. Don’t Be So Bold Just Because You Are Heroes Part 2 (Sony), 5. Maplus Portable Navi 2 (Edia).

Europe: 1. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts), 2. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.), 3. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami), 4. WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2009 (THQ), 5. Call of Duty: Roads to Victory (Activision).

Call of Duty: World at War debuts #1 on the Xbox 360 & PS3 charts. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King also debuts on top of the PC chart. Another strong debut comes from Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia on the DS chart. Rock Band Special Edition returns to the PS2 chart. Wii Fit remains on the healthiest spot on the Wii chart. And lastly Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories returns on the PSP chart.

“Extra! Extra! Read all about it!” A listing of the top 5 sellers per region, for all systems combined.

North America: 1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (PC), 2. Mario Kart Wii (Wii), 3. Wii Fit (Wii), 4. Wii Play (Wii), 5. Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360).

Japan: 1. Tongari Boushi no Mahou no 365 Nichi (DS), 2. Way of the Samurai 3 (PS3), 3. Kirby Super Star Ultra (DS), 4. FIFA 09 (PS3), 5. Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (DS).

Europe: 1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (PC), 2. Mario Kart Wii (Wii), 3. Wii Fit (Wii), 4. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii), 5. Football Manager 2009 (PC).

For the full lists go to Amazon’s US, JPN(PC) & UK/DE/FR sites.

Source: videogamesblogger.com

The Music of Blizzard: Echoes of War will be released on November 22nd and is a 2-disc album and DVD package that contains orchestral arrangements of a slew of Blizzard songs and themes from nearly one of their biggest hits.

Included on the set is music from Warcraft, World of Warcraft (including the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King expansion), Diablo, Diablo II, Diablo III, Starcraft, Starcraft II and even the canceled StarCraft: Ghost!

Performing the music on the disc is The Eminence Symphony Orchestra, who is most well known for their renditions of popular video game and anime titles over the last five years.

The Echoes of War package will feature 15 unique arrangements from Blizzard Entertainment’s catalog and includes 90 minutes of music in all, with bonus tracks arranged by special guests including the critically-acclaimed composer Kow Otani (Shadow of the Colossus). It is available in both a normal (two-CD set) and a limited edition set.

The Legendary Edition will be available only on a limited, first-print basis. In addition to the music CD, it will also include an Echoes of War DVD, featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the recording sessions – held at Sydney’s FOX Studios EQ: Trackdown Scoring Stage – as well as interviews with the composers and a comprehensive 32-page commemorative tome filled with additional photos, artwork, art cards and additional information.

For much more on the package, check out Kotaku’s in-depth article and interview with the producers.