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.
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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
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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
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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?
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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."
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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...
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Goodies Galore... In Store... For Y'all. Tony Hawks latest game website goes live.
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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.
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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 ... » Read More

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 ... » Read More

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
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With animation playing a bigger role in Tony Hawk's Project 8 than any previous title, developer Neversoft has been motion-capturing different stances from its featured skaters - as you can see in this session with Paul 'P-Rod' Rodriguez by grinding up to the Movies tab. Obviously starry-eyed and bushy-haired at the chance to be in a Tony Hawk title, Rodriguez notes that the actual trick motions in previous skating titles were a little lacking. With Project 8 enabling you to take control of ... » Read More

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.
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Here's two brand new Tony Hawk's Project 8 videos for you to gaze at in dumbfounded awe. You'll finally see the literally amazing visuals from this staggeringly next-gen version of the cosmic overlord of the board. Months ago, Activision dropped by to show us the early rough-cut of the game, and we raved then, but now you actually get a chance to see what that raving was based upon simply by clicking the Movies tab ... » Read More

Tuesday 5 September 2006 The innovative Nail the Trick mode in Tony Hawk's Project 8 marks the skateboarding series' first real evolution, as this latest next-gen footage shows off nicely. Nail the Trick gives you direct control over your skater's legs with the joypad sticks and enables you to invent your own flipping combos on the fly. Sound too complicated? It's not - just check out the new gameplay footage on the movies tab to see how straightforward Nail the Trick really is. With the ... » Read More

Skate fans, take note: The October 2006 issue of Official Xbox Magazine hits newsstands today, complete with a detailed, six-page hands-on report on the Birdman's latest offering, Tony Hawk's Project 8. Built from the ground up for the Xbox 360 and next-gen hardware, one of THP8's biggest innovations is a new mode called Nail the Trick. Bust an ollie and, while airborne, the controller's analog sticks become your skater's feet. Flick them to perform real-time kickflips and spins, then line ... » Read More

Tuesday 29 August 2006 The Tony Hawk series is returning to its trick-based roots this November with a new interface that allows players to control each of their skater's legs individually. While the familiar control system still exists in the game, Tony Hawk's Project 8 also features an inventive new Nail the Trick function - and we've had the chance to try it out on Xbox 360. The mode can be accessed at any point during the game and is initiated by clicking both analogue sticks ... » Read More

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.
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Friday 18 August 2006 One of the tasks in Tony Hawk's latest skate game Project 8 is to impress the locals in the virtual city the game is set in. This latest screenshot shows an novel way of doing this - kick flipping over their heads. Impressing the locals is only one of the challenges you must undertake in order to turn your created amateur skater into one of the best in the world. Learning skills from pros and proving your worth to your peers is also necessary to develop your skating ... » Read More

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.

The games I'll talk about are Gears of War, The World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions, Dead Rising, Call of Duty 3, NBA 2K7, WWE: Smackdown vs. Raw, and Tony Hawk's Project 8. Check out my impressions after the break.
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