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Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey picks what he believes will be the biggest sellers of 2008.
ActionTrip's 2007 Game of the Year voting poll registered 10673 participants. 1809 registered users voted for Call of Duty 4, 1279 for Halo 3, 1192 for Assassin's Creed, 837 for "None of the Above", 716 for BioShock, 710 for Crysis, 627 for The Orange Box, and so on. The rest of the results can be viewed in ActionTrip's voting poll section.
Football title hits a million sales; Publisher says Pro Evo has 'faltered'.
EA's latest in the FIFA franchise becomes the first game released in 2007 to reach one million sales at UK retail.
Kotaku's Brian Crecente has a leaked copy of the National Institute on Media and the Family's annual Media Wise Video Game Report Card, set to be officially released tomorrow. This year's report card is broken into five parts:
LOVEFiLM, Europe's number one online DVD rental service, expects Assassin's Creed to top sales and rentals this holiday season.
The Xbox 360 downloads that brings online team play for NBA Live 08 and online Be a Pro mode for FIFA 08 came out today. This allows for 5 on 5 play over 10 consoles. The PS3 versions of these games will get these modes later this month.
The Orange Box debuts at 3, Phantom Hourglass at 4
These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live. Major Nelson had no access to the Arcade title data this week, so no Arcade list for now. Here are the top 5 for both charts, see the source for the complete top 10 list.
IGN is offering 40 readers the chance to become a record breaker by taking part in the biggest game of FIFA 08 in the world¿ Ever! Yep, you could become a FIFA world beater by joining team IGN and showing your skills as part of EA's London Games Festival event planned for next week.
UK's ChartTrack reports a 79 percent drop in sales for Halo 3 in its second week of release. EA's FIFA 08 claims the top spot in the PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, and All Formats Top 40 Charts; the PS2 version overtakes Halo 3 as this week's Individual Formats No. 1 in units sold.
Four editions of the latest football title bulk out the top six
Issue 11 of free Xbox 360 magazine, 360Zine, has a preview and interview on Call of Duty 4 and they're blown away with the graphics and gameplay.
Did you notice that a demo for FIFA 08 went live on Marketplace in the US earlier today. The good news is that it will be live in Europe tonight from around 9pm UK time, or 10pm CET.