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Successful next-gen stealth outing Assassin’s Creed rounded off a strong end-of-year resurgence last week by knocking Activision’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare from the top of the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 to claim top spot heading into the New Year. COD4’s 37 per cent drop in sales saw …

In a symbolic victory for new publishing super-power Activision-Blizzard, Call of Duty 4: Modern Waefare has seen off the combined might of EA’s traditional festive pair of FIFA and Need for Speed to claim the title of ChartTrack’s 2007 Christmas Number One. The next-gen FPS also saw off strong All …

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has said that its current global lack of Wii and DS stock will continue to cause headaches for the platform. Fils-Aime told Reuters: "The level of demand we are facing complicates all of our future business planning. All of that becomes a much tougher …

Sony’s Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune has replaced Activision’s Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare at the top of ELSPA/ChartTrack’s official PS3 top ten. The action title debuted in second position last week, but has leapfrogged COD4 at the top – no doubt helped by some splendid specialist press reviews. Activision’s shooter …

Those who have been searching for an elusive Wii console in the run-up to Christmas will be all too familiar with some retailer’s tendency to only sell the console in expensive bundles, but Nintendo of America’s president Reggie Fils-Aime has hit out at the practise. Speaking to news agency Reuters, …

PS3’s reputation as one of the best Blu-Ray players on the marketplace will take a further boost tomorrow with the arrival of Sony’s latest firmware update, taking the disc standard to what is known as ‘Profile 1.1′. Though to many PS3 owners this will mean absolutely nothing, it does mean …

WiiFit controller supported in new Namco skiing game

After just a year on the market, Nintendo’s all-conquering Wii console has probably by now already passed the lifetime sales total of its dad, the GameCube, according to data from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain. Japanese sales of the new machine at the end of last month had reached 4,025,356 – more …

According to data from Enterbrain, the publisher of Japanese games bible Famitsu, after a strong few weeks on the Japanese market, PS3 has outsold its rival Wii in Japan for the month of November, with sales of Sony’s machine hitting 183,217 – 24,000 higher than Nintendo’s product. The November market …

After debuting in second place in last week’s Japanese software charts, Nintendo’s Wii fit has finally claimed the top spot in Media Create’s listings, with the former number one Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box dropping to fifth place. Microsoft will also be pleased to see Mistwalker’s Xbox 360 exclusive RPG …