The figures, compiled by GfK Chart-Track, show family-oriented and educational games have become the most popular with the UK public. With combined sales volumes of 1.65 million units, Nintendo's Wii Fit, Wii Play and Mario Kart Wii titles equate to 72% of the top five 'best sellers' chart. The period also saw total sales of Nintendo's Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training surpass the three million units mark to become the UK's most popular game ever.
A second community-made map pack has been put together for Call of Duty: World at War's popular Zombie Nazi minigame, and contains recreations of Carentan and Chinatown.
Direct2Drive's Explosive July sale is underway, offering discounts on popular titles Call of Duty 4, Call of Duty: World at War, Oblivion and ArmA along with the complete bundle of Company of Heroes.
Callofduty.com writes: "To celebrate Independence Day here in the US (aka July 4th) we have decided to run Double-XP next weekend. It will begin July 3rd @ 10:00AM PST, and end July 6th @ 10:00AM PST. This will be for the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, and PC and of course this Double-XP is available worldwide!"
Split-screen: "Meet Lanai Gara aka Fidget. She's from Oregon, 5'8?, naturally brown and once played Counterstrike for 21 hours straight. The NES got her hooked on gaming, her favourite title being Duck Hunt. Call of Duty 4 became her main addiction in 2007 and with COD World at War, she decided to take her skills further. She became #5 in the world on the Beta in FFA. With the game's release, she quickly shot to #1 in the world before becoming a Frag Doll at E3 2009. During this period, she also co-founded Team V Gaming (the 'V' corresponding to her previous handle - Ms. Vixen), a 120-person strong team."
On the official forums, Treyarch community manager has posted details on the patch they have in works for PC version of Call of Duty: World at War. He gives details on the updates that will be included in Patch 1.5 and says they are working on Map Pack 2 for the PC. More information over at the forums.
Last week marked the release of the Call of Duty: World at War DLC, Map Pack 2; following the stellar performance of Map Pack 1, which has sold over 2 Million units!
CVG say "Would you believe Treyarch is already hard at work on Call of Duty 7? Course you would."
According to the top 100 game developers, is Treyarch 7th of the world and Infinity Ward 8th. The calculation behind these positions are 1. Sales, 2. Critical Success and 3. Industry Standing. This is how the top 10 looks like:
The latest patch for Call of Duty: World at War has been released and is now available for Steam users. The 1.4 update that brings a free map pack, arrived for download on PC April 9th but has just arrived today for the digital distribution client.
Activision Blizzard has announced that its March quarter net revenues and earnings per share are ahead of previous goals, citing Call of Duty, Guitar Hero and (of course) World of Warcraft as franchises that continue to stay strong despite the economic downturn.
To celebrate the continued success all of you have helped provide us with Map Pack 1 – and ever since the release of the game – Treyarch have decided to host a Double-XP MP Weekend for ALL PLATFORMS this weekend!
A new version of the mod tools for Treyarch's Call of Duty: World at War has been released, providing modders and mappers with the tools needed to create mods and levels for singleplayer and multiplayer modes.
Treyarch's new PC patch for Call of Duty: World of War is now live. The update brings fixes and tweaks to multiplayer and includes Map Pack 1 for free.
DarkZero: Josh Olin, Community Manager at Treyarch has confirmed that the PC version of Map Pack 1 for Call of Duty: World at War will be made available for free on PC. The same DLC went live mid march for 360 and PS3 at a price of 800 Microsoft Points (€9.99 | £7.99).
This mod by Way2Evil will replace most weapons of the Call of Duty: World at War zombie mode into modern weapons.
"Lucci, an Andover resident and president of the school's Animal Rights Club, two weeks ago launched a petition to heighten disgust over the canine aspect of a video bloodfest she saw her older brother engaging in.
Josh Olin of the official PlayStation blog writes:
From Call of Duty World at War XBox 360 forum...