Tony Hawk's Project 8

VG Chartz translates the latest first-day sales reported by the Japanese site Sinobi: ¿ Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (DS): about 200,000 ¿ SD Gundam G Generations Spirits (PS2): about 160,000 ¿ Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes (PS2): about 60,000 ¿ Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters World Championship 2008 (DS): about 25,000 ¿ Assassins Creed (360): about 20,000 ¿ Naruto Shippuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX 2 (Wii): about 15,000 ¿ Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes (Wii): about 7,000 ¿ Disgaea Portable with Network Play (PSP): 7,000 ¿ Zero no Tsukaima: Muma ga Tsumugu Yokaze no Nocturne (PS2): 3,000 Games listed below are red light(?): ¿ Guilty Gear: OVERTURE (360): about 4000 ¿ Super Swing Golf 2nd Shot (Wii): about 3000 ¿ Another Century Episode 2 Special Vocal Edition (PS2): about 3000 ¿ IQ Sapuri 2 (DS): about 2000 ¿ Izuna 2 (DS): about 1500 ¿ Tony Hawk Project 8 (PS3): about 1500 ¿ Tony Hawk Project 8 (360): about 1000 ¿ Puzzle Quest (DS): about 600 Notes: Wii Fit is not on the list because it launches on 12/1 in Japan, and the wholesale market is already reporting a shortage.

MajorNelson just posted this past week's top Xbox Live Games. Gears Of War still on top and it will stay that way till Halo3. As far as Arcade for the first time in the past month the newest arcade title is not the top dog. Assault Heroes which came out last week is at the top, followed by this weeks release NovaDrome Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (UU's) 1 Gears of War 2 Call Of Duty 3 3 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 4 Assault Heroes 5 Madden NFL 07 6 Call of Duty 2 7 Oblivion 8 Ghost Recon 3 9 Saints Row 10 Tony Hawk's Project 8 Demo Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions) 1 Assault Heroes 2 Novadrome 3 RoboBlitz 4 Contra 5 Small Arms 6 DOOM 7 Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting 8 PAC-MAN 9 LUMINES LIVE! 10 UNO Original Xbox Top Live Games 1 Halo 2 2 Battlefield 2: MC 3 Madden NFL 07 4 Counter-Strike 5 Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2 6 Forza Motorsport 7 Call of Duty 3 8 Conker: Live Reloaded 9 Ghost Recon 2 10 Call of Duty 2

These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live. If the Xbox 360 list and the original Xbox list were combined, then Gears of War would be the top Xbox Live title. To put it another way: Gears of War is now the top game on Xbox Live. Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (UU's) 1 Gears of War 2 Call Of Duty 3 3 Contra 4 Call of Duty 2 5 Madden NFL 07 6 RAINBOW SIX VEGAS Demo 7 Tony Hawk's Project 8 Demo 8 Splinter Cell Double Agent 9 Ghost Recon 3 10 Need for Speed Carbon Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions) 1 Contra 2 Defender 3 UNO 4 Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 5 DOOM 6 LUMINES LIVE! 7 PAC-MAN 8 Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting 9 DIG DUG 10 Texas Hold 'em Original Xbox Top Live Games 1 Halo 2 2 Battlefield 2: MC 3 Madden NFL 07 4 Counter-Strike 5 Rainbow Six 3 BA 6 Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2 7 Call of Duty 3 8 Forza Motorsport 9 Call of Duty 2 10 Rainbow Six 3

Someone call Activision and let 'em know that 720p means 1280x720, please. Games-Aktuell, a German gaming outlet, has discovered that Call of Duty 3 and Tony Hawk's Project 8 are not running at a 720p high-def resolution. When the tests were run, CoD3 was shown to be running at 1040x620 pixels and THP8 at 1040x584 pixels. The pixel drop reflects a resolution drop of 30% and 34%, respectively. The resolution drop could be assumed to help keep framerates up, but THP8 reportedly has framerate problems. So what's up? Activision Germany told Cynamite.de that they weren't aware of the problem and are looking into it. Lower resolution is not something that normally just happens by accident, but given the recent quality assurance problems with CoD3, these resolution problems may just be another woeful mistake. If intentional, why the resolution drop in THP8 when the 360 is clearly powerful enough to handle something like Gears of War just fine?

According to IGN, the PS3 version of Tony Hawk's Project 8 suffers from two key problems. First, as previously announced, the PS3 version lacks an online mode. However, more suprisingly, the PS3's Project 8 frequently grinds to halt. The game chugs and the framerate frequently drops to an unplayable 15 FPS. To sum it up, IGN says It's certainly disappointing that the PlayStation 3 is so far behind the Xbox 360 game. Framerate issues are apparent at every other turn, and the lack of online play really hurts. Project 8 is a worthy game to pick up, just preferably not on this system.

It's a big--really big--week for game releases. Next-Gen takes a quick look at the Gears of War hype machine and talks Call of Duty 3 with Activision's director of global brand management. Other games set to launch this week include Guitar Hero II, Tony Hawk's Project 8 and Socom U.S. Navy Seals...

Goodies Galore... In Store... For Y'all. Tony Hawks latest game website goes live.

Activision have announced that a demo of Tony Hawk's Project 8 will hit the Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow. The demo will allow players to try some of the new features in the lastest installment of the Tony Hawk's franchise.

Tuesday 17 October 2006 Hot on the wheels of our look at the multiplayer modes on offer in the Xbox 360 version of Tony Hawk's Project 8, we've got some screens to show the new and old events in action. Sketch on up to the images tab to view them. And continuing the series of behind-the-scenes looks at the big-name skaters lending their styles and looks to Project 8, hit the movies tab for some quality time with pro skater (and amateur Jackass) Bam

Thursday 12 October 2006 New details on the multiplayer modes in Tony Hawk's Project 8 have emerged - and for series fans, they're pretty much what you'd expect, with one exception. The two-player only Horse is back, along with eight-player games of Trick Attack, Combo Mambo, Score Challenge and Combo Challenge - asking you to be first to hit either a predetermined score or just rack up the biggest score during a timed session. Graffiti also makes a reappearance, in which trick areas are