VG Chartz translates the latest first-day sales reported by the Japanese site Sinobi:
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
These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live.
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.
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.
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...
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.
Check out the achievements for the new Tony Hawk game. The game has 49 achievements with a total score of 1000 points. Get achievments by doing a manual for 140 000 feet, get 14 000 air time and much more. Read more to view the full list
Tony Hawk's Project 8 is built with full online capabilities for Xbox 360, including support of Live, classic two-player challenges, a new game called Walls (which plays like Snake or Tron), and up to eight-player online games. But Project 8 is not online for PlayStation 3. Only within the last three weeks has Neversoft received its PS3 beta kits, a black horizontal box about one foot wide by two feet long and two inches deep, with a slew of buttons and dials on its front deck. Neversoft is confident the PS3 version of the game will ship at launch in November, but it still hasn't received all of the software libraries and has no indication of how the online components will work on PS3, so it's not offering them.
Activision is kicking off the Tony Hawk's Project 8 "Enter and Win" Pre-Sell Sweepstakes with GameStop for the chance to win a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited.
Over the past couple of days here in New York City, Microsoft has been in town playing host to a few NYC game journos, giving us the opportunity to test drive all the latest titles you'll be seeing soon and even some peripherals, like the Xbox 360 camera.