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Shocker: Modern Warfare 3 leads December NPD list

Posted on January 13, 2012 by John Scalzo

The NPD Group has released their list of the bestselling games in December and, once again, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 tops the list. The shooter was joined in the top ten by its comrade in arms, Battlefield 3, which gunned down the number five slot.

The rest of the list includes a cross-section of some of this year’s absolute biggest games including Just Dance 3 at #2, Skyrim at #3, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations at #7, and Batman: Arkham City at #10. And Nintendo’s 3DS is finally coming alive with two titles in the top ten: Mario Kart 7 at #4 and Super Mario 3D Land at #9.

Here’s the complete NPD Top Ten for the month of December 2011:

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PC)
2. Just Dance 3 (Wii, Xbox 360, PS3)
3. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
4. Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
5. Battlefield 3 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
6. Madden NFL 12 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2)
7. Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
8. NBA 2K12 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2, PC)
9. Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
10. Batman: Arkham City (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)

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Use your Club Nintendo points to get Dr. Mario, Zelda: Majora’s Mask, more this month

Posted on January 12, 2012 by John Scalzo

As promised, Nintendo has updated the free game downloads they’re offering through their Club Nintendo loyalty month. This month, gamers will be able to spend their hard-earned Coins on the following games:

WiiWare
Dr. Mario Online Rx – 100 Coins
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – 150 Coins

3DS eShop
Dr. Mario Express – 150 Coins
Kirby’s Dream Land – 100 Coins

If any of these games strike your fancy, you’d better hurry, they’ll only be available as Club Nintendo prizes until January 31.

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Nintendo Download: Zen Pinball 3D, Hip Hop King, more

Posted on January 12, 2012 by John Scalzo

Are you ready for today’s Nintendo Download? This week, we’ll get new games featuring pinball, hip hop, the world’s greatest thief, and more pinball…

Zen Pinball 3D – (3DS eShop) – Zen Pinball 3D for Nintendo 3DS brings an incredible stereoscopic 3D experience to the acclaimed video game pinball series for the first time, featuring four original, beautifully crafted tables.

101 Pinball World (DSiWare) – Complete special objectives to earn fun bonuses as you shoot your ball through pipes, up ramps and around mind-blowing obstacles. Choose from 2 game modes, Quick Play and Random, and blast through over 100 fun tables on 4 exciting worlds filled with eye-popping details.

Hip Hop King: Rytmik Edition (DSiWare) – Create rhythmic and melodic themes or compose whole songs using more than 170 carefully selected sound samples of drums, percussion, bass, melodic instruments and phonograph scratches.

Carmen Sandiego Adventures in Math: The Case of the Crumbling Cathedral (WiiWare) – Bad news, detective! There’s trouble in Moscow, Russia. St Basil’s Cathedral has disintegrated! All that’s left is a giant pile of sand. Carmen Sandiego is back and only you can foil her V.I.L.E plans. Travel the globe, solve brain-twisting math puzzles, and catch the villain behind the Crumbling Cathedral.

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Daily Scoop: January 5, 2012 – Give me a snow day!

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Nicole Kline

Well, it snowed here last night, but it was pretty pathetic. And I didn’t get to do any of those things I mentioned yesterday, other than read more Dresden Files, because I was working on some reviews for you, my dedicated followers. The things I sacrifice…

Anyway, what deals do we have today? Over at Amazon, the Deal of the Day in video games is all about being active! You can save up to 33% on their “New Year, New You” sale, which includes Just Dance 3 for $29, Michael Jackson: The Experience for $29.99, and… the Little Big Planet 2 Special Edition Move Bundle for $99.99? Sure, Amazon! Ok! Sackboy definitely makes me, um, sweat.

I’ve got two video game-themed t-shirts for you today: (more…)

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Nintendo Download: January 5, 2012

Posted on January 5, 2012 by John Scalzo

Welcome to another week of Nintendo downloads of games you’ve never heard of. Well, that’s not entirely true. The completely free Swapnote application for your 3DS is a pretty cool little instant messaging system. Scribbling on the 3DS with a stylus sure beats trying to coax a text message out of my cell phone!

Here’s what else Nintendo has made available to download this week:

Samurai Sword Destiny (3DS eShop) – Encounter deadly ambushes, invade enemy castle rooftops and square off against seemingly indomitable opponents to find your missing brother.

Quick Fill Q (DSiWare) – Q is a spherical creature who rolls on without stopping. Players must use swift thinking and precise controls to fill holes that are in his way so Q can keep on rolling.

3 Heroes – Crystal Soul (DSiWare) – As the Crystal Champion, you must protect the kingdom of Crystennia by defeating monsters and collecting various kinds of natural energy released by them.

Zombii Attack (WiiWare) – In an infected metropolitan city over-flowing with hungry zombies, you must stay alive armed with a only a giant slingshot and ammo such as anvils, tires, experimental highly-explosive z-bombs and even the undead themselves.

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Epic Mickey 2 revealed in Disney newsletter

Posted on January 3, 2012 by John Scalzo

Stitch Kingdom, a blog on all things Disney, spotted a Disney newsletter today that confirmed the existence of Epic Mickey 2. The newsletter (and the post on Stitch Kingdom) was quickly dropped down the Memory Hole, but we do know that everyone’s favorite mascot will be pulling a multiplatform turn on the Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 this time around. We also know that the game will include a two-player co-op mode with the second player taking control of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

Luckily, Eurogamer nabbed the full text of the press release before it was pulled. Check it out here:

Disney Epic Mickey 2 is the latest game in the critically acclaimed Disney Epic Mickey videogame series. In this all-new action-platforming game available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii, Mickey embarks on an epic journey and is pulled back into a world filled with Disney’s forgotten characters. Players can choose to play single-player as Mickey or for the first time players can also choose two-player split screen mode. In the two-player mode one person can play as Mickey wielding magic paint and paint thinner to dynamically change the world and the second player can play as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit – Walt Disney’s first cartoon star – with the power to fly like a helicopter and use electricity to fight or friend enemies and solve challenges. Team-up and choose your path to save this forgotten world because the choices you make will alter the story and change the end of the game!

If the newsletter is accurate, Epic Mickey 2 will be released during the 2012 Christmas season.

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3DS sells 4 million in 2011; New Mario Party, Pokemon announced

Posted on January 3, 2012 by John Scalzo

It’s no secret that the 3DS is not selling as well as Nintendo would like…

Sorry, wrong article. That was actually the opening sentence to our news report on the 3DS’s August price drop. Needless to say, it doesn’t quite apply on the third day of 2012, as Nintendo has announced that they sold four million 3DS handhelds in the US in 2011.

Besides the sales turnaround of their newest portable system, Nintendo had a very good year last year. Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land became the first games to sell a million copies on the 3DS while The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword also pushed a million on the Wii.

To ensure that the 3DS continues printing money, Nintendo wasted no time in announcing that two of their biggest franchises, Mario Party and Pokemon, will make the jump to the handheld in the near future.

The word “duh” comes to mind. As does the word “cha-ching.”

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Here’s the most pirated PC, Wii, Xbox 360 games of 2011

Posted on December 31, 2011 by John Scalzo

TorrentFreak has posted a list of the five most pirated games on the PC, Wii, and Xbox 360 (apparently, PS3 games aren’t pirated enough to be counted). Congratulations Crysis 2! You’re the most popular game that no one wanted to pay for (but still wanted to play) in 2011!

In addition to Crysis 2’s “victory” over the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 as the most pirated game of 2011, we also learned that Super Mario Galaxy 2, Gears of War 3, and Xenoblade Chronicles were popular with pirates. Arr matey! Nintendo should have announced a North American release date for Xenoblade a tad earlier.

Notably absent from the list is GOTY stalwarts Skyrim and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

But here’s the full list:

Top 5 Pirated PC Games
1. Crysis 2 (3,920,000 downloads)
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (3,650,000 downloads)
3. Battlefield 3 (3,510,000 downloads)
4. FIFA 12 (3,390,000 downloads)
5. Portal 2 (3,240,000 downloads)

Top 5 Pirated Wii Games
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (1,280,000 downloads)
2. Mario Sports Mix (1,090,000 downloads)
3. Xenoblade Chronicles (950,000 downloads)
4. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (870,000 downloads)
5. FIFA 12 (860,000 downloads)

Top 5 Pirated Xbox 360 Games
1. Gears of War 3 (890,000 downloads)
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (830,000 downloads)
3. Battlefield 3 (760,000 downloads)
4. Forza Motorsport 4 (720,000 downloads)
5. Kinect Sports: Season Two (690,000 downloads)

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