Rez HD - Xbox Live Arcade

The official twitter for Q-Entertainment updated today with a new background and message that hint at a possible new Rez game announcement for E3 2010.

Q Entertainment brought Lumines Supernova to the PlayStation 3, but they don't have plans for any more ports. Over Twitter, Q Entertainment said there are no current plans for PlayStation Network ports of Rez HD, Every Extend Extra Extreme, or Meteos Wars. However, those plans could change. Their tweet right afterwards reads, That said, if the demand is there you never know. So, if you want to see Rez HD or Meteos Wars on PlayStation Network bombard Q Entertainment's twitter account with requests.

ATARI is teaming up with Japan's Q Entertainment to bring three of music game legend Tetsuya Mizuguchi's award winning titles together in one retail pack. With the working title Q3 (Qubed), the pack is scheduled for worldwide release in spring 2009 bringing the ultimate audio visual gaming experience for the Xbox360 to retail for the first time...

VGChartz reports that this week, Triggerheart Excelica launched to decent numbers. Triggerheart Excelica is the 2nd ever Dreamcast game to come to the XBLA Service, with Rez HD being the first. Excelica beats previous $10 Schmup recordholder, Omega 5's debut of 6,000 units by a decent 20% increase. However, like Omega 5, it was vastly frontloaded this week: it's debut sales on it's first day was almost 40% of the 3day week (which is rather high). Another major note: Japanese Xbox 360 users made up 40% of the entire Excelica userbase. In the case of Omega 5, it sold only to 14% Japanese users (which is well above the norm, as the JP userbase constitutes maybe 5% of the average XBLA purchase base). Other notes: -Sonic the Hedgehog reaches 250,000 Units -N+ increased very well -Rez HD finishes it's first month just shy of 100,000 units -Chessmaster LIVE ends it's first month with almost 28,000 units. -Poker Smash had a massive drop from last week: it shed 70% from last week. Fortunately, the game has still done very well with grossing $400,000 in 4 weeks.

These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade, full versions purchased this week. Here are the top 3 for each charts, see the source for the complete top 10 list. Xbox 360 Top Live Titles: 1. Call of Duty 4 2. Halo 3 3. Guitar Hero III Top Arcade Titles: 1. N+ 2. UNO 3. Rez HD Original Xbox Top Live Titles: 1. Halo 2 2. Star Wars: Battlefront 2 3. Counter-Strike

These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade, full versions purchased this week. Here are the top 3 for each charts, see the source for the complete top 10 list. Xbox 360 Top Live Titles 1. Call of Duty 4 2. Halo 3 3. Guitar Hero III Top Arcade Titles 1. Poker Smash 2. Commanders: Attack 3. Rez HD Original Xbox Top Live Titles 1. Halo 2 2. Ninja Gaiden Black 3. Star Wars: Battlefront 2

Before Guitar Hero, there was Rez, and before Rock Band, there was Tetsuya Mizuguchi. The Japanese developer fused music and rhythm into gaming years before the first shipment of flimsy plastic guitars hit shelves. In fact, his melodic shooter went much further, putting control of the music directly into the player's hands, as well as incorporating dynamic visual elements to create a fully immersive artistic experience.

These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade, full versions purchased this week. Here are the top 3 for each charts, see the source for the complete top 10 list. Xbox 360 Top Live Titles 1. Call of Duty 4 2. Halo 3 3. Guitar Hero III Top Arcade Titles 1. Rez HD 2. Chessmaster Live 3. Metal Slug 3 Original Xbox Top Live Titles 1. Halo 2 2. Star Wars: Battlefront 2 3. Counter-Strike

VGChartz reports that this week, Dreamcast shooter remake Rez HD broke all records we've had since the charts started. In just 3 days, it's already amassed $250,000 in sales, and beaten the the rest of the top-5 3 day debut games combined. Yes, it's that massive. So what's next in store for Rez HD? Most likely alot more sales. Rez HD is well on it's way to eventually selling 500,000 units as projections would place this high of sales within it's first 18 months of sale. Chessmaster LIVE also debuted rather strongly, despite selling in Rez HD's shadow. With almost 4,000 units sold, it's likely that a casual-selling chess game, such as CM Live could go on to do very well - even though it's at a $10 price point. In other notable news, Undertow had a huge number of downloads activated this week. This should be the biggest week, with sales beginning to decend from now on. Expect about another 500,000 before it stops. While Rez gets all of the fanfare, however, Metal Slug 3 finished it's first month of sale with 63,000 units. Since the charts started, this places it at #2 next to Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, with 88,000 units. However, that record won't last very long, as Rez HD should sell over 100,000 units it's first month.

Spencer from Siliconera already beat Rez HD. At the tail end of the credits Spencer noticed a difference from the PlayStaton 2 version.