Nascar 08

NeoGAF member pswii60 posts: Got my latest Official Playstation Magazine UK. PS3 Reviews: Lair - 6 Heavenly Sword - 7 Stuntman Ignition - 7 ...

Software and hardware sales in the US from VGchartz. Guitar Hero II takes the number one spot for software sales while the Nintendo DS was the best-seller for hardwares. Hardware: Console Weekly Total DS - 140,151 (-4%) 13,730,938 Wii - 95,171 (-3%) 3,974,505 PSP - 59,483 (-9%) 8,864,934 PS2 - 54,701 (-10%) 44,524,847 PS3 - 43,498 (-4%) 1,738,147 X360 - 34,174 (+5%) 6,607,403 GBA - 23,725 (-0%) 40,768,173 GC - 1,656 (-2%) 12,697,057 Xbox - 11 (-58%) 15,933,106 Total 452,570

Not a lot happening this week. Nor, really, for the next couple of weeks. You could call this period of time The calm before the Storm. The Storm, in this case, being Lair. Here are this week's PlayStation 3 offerings. US Games Nascar 08 EU Games No new releases Asian Games Minna no Golf 5 Wangan Midnight Major League Baseball 2K7

While real race car drivers don't have the luxury of fiddling with the radio in the middle of a race, virtual NASCAR drivers will have a decent selection of country and rock songs to speed along to.

This year's NASCAR game from EA Sports finds the series in a year of rebuilding, but that's just fine for the game since it's a good time to introduce some changes -- the sport it follows is also seeing a big shift in the 2008 season, and the platform slate for NASCAR 08 has also broadened since this will be the first next-gen entry for the series.

Formula One's most famous export of recent years, Juan Pablo Montoya, has managed to secure a position on the cover of Electronic Art's NASCAR 08, this despite coming close but still not landing in victory circle in his new outing. Also on the cover is NASCAR's new Car of Tomorrow, painted in Montoya's Havoline livery. The game is due out sometime later this year, Colombian flag not included.

NASCAR 08 is the first title in the NASCAR franchise to be made available on the PLAYSTATION 3 and Xbox 360. The game will be on store shelves this summer and is rated E (for everyone)...