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First day sales in Japan on 11/29/2007 (News)

Dec 1, 2007

VG Chartz translates the latest first-day sales reported by the Japanese site Sinobi:

Â¿ Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (DS): about 200,000
Â¿ SD Gundam G Generations Spirits (PS2): about 160,000
Â¿ Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes (PS2): about 60,000
Â¿ Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters World Championship 2008 (DS): about 25,000
Â¿ Assassins Creed (360): about 20,000
Â¿ Naruto Shippuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX 2 (Wii): about 15,000
Â¿ Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes (Wii): about 7,000
Â¿ Disgaea Portable with Network Play (PSP): 7,000
Â¿ Zero no Tsukaima: Muma ga Tsumugu Yokaze no Nocturne (PS2): 3,000

Games listed below are red light(?):

Â¿ Guilty Gear: OVERTURE (360): about 4000
Â¿ Super Swing Golf 2nd Shot (Wii): about 3000
Â¿ Another Century Episode 2 Special Vocal Edition (PS2): about 3000
Â¿ IQ Sapuri 2 (DS): about 2000
Â¿ Izuna 2 (DS): about 1500
Â¿ Tony Hawk Project 8 (PS3): about 1500
Â¿ Tony Hawk Project 8 (360): about 1000
Â¿ 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.

Cheats from the Crypt (Feature)

Feb 6, 2007

Sadly, money grubbing suits have recently begun ripping off honest cheaters with slimy pay-per-cheat systems and shameful product tie-ins. But beneath the slick interfaces of Xbox Live Marketplace lie layers of moldy codes hidden in games by the hacker cowboys of days long past. These sly nods to the elite gaming cadre are bizarre, hilarious, or even downright grotesque. In celebration of this longstanding tradition we present to you the finest cheats, glitches, and mods excavated from the ...

Top Xbox Live Titles Of The Week (News)

Dec 23, 2006

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

Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Review)

Nov 20, 2006

Friday 17 November 2006 Skateboarding is fun. To see how fun, throw yourself down 16 stairs, and when you arrive at the bottom, absorb the brutal concrete smack that surges up through the bones of your feet to crush your ankles, knees and spine. If that doesn't sound pleasurable, then at least know Tony Hawk's Project 8's virtual reenactment is massively so. Score one for gaming versus the real world. If you skate, or if you've ever wanted to, the lifelike physics and painstakingly ...

GoW is now tops on Xbox Live (News)

Nov 18, 2006

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

Activision's CoD3 and THP8 not hitting 720p (News)

Nov 14, 2006

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?

Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Review)

Nov 13, 2006

Skateboarding is fun. To see how fun, throw yourself down 16 stairs, and when you arrive at bottom, absorb the brutal concrete smack that surges up through the bones of your feet to crush your ankles, knees and spine. If that doesn't sound pleasurable, then at least know Tony Hawk's Project 8's virtual reenactment is massively so. Score one for gaming versus the real world. If you skate, or if you've ever wanted to, the lifelike physics and painstakingly motion-captured animation in THP8 make ...

IGN: PS3's Project 8 Inferior to 360's Version (News)

Nov 11, 2006

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."

Gears of War Hype Comes to a Head (News)

Nov 6, 2006

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...

Tony Hawk's Project 8 Website Launches (News)

Oct 26, 2006

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

Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Preview)

Oct 23, 2006

Monday 23 October 2006 Remember when, after a thumb-bruising all-day session of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater on PSone, you found yourself imagining what a skateboarding game would be like in the future? Well, going on our recent experience, Project 8 is pretty much that game. It'll make you love your skateboard as much as your skater - listening to its wheels click-clack over every crack in the pavement and ring off every surface so perfectly, you'll want to coast and grind everything in the world ...

Tony Hawk's Project 8 Demo Tomorrow (News)

Oct 19, 2006

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.

Viva la Hawk (News)

Oct 17, 2006

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 ...

Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Preview)

Oct 12, 2006

To seasoned Tony Hawk pros, single-player mode is akin to storytime in kindergarten. Hardcore fans play for the challenge and competition - finding the best lines to maximize combos and rack up insane point totals to best their rivals and impress any suitors that may inexplicably be watching. They're gonna drop a deuce in their baggy shorts when they get to play Project 8 on next-gen consoles. Sure, the game features a livelier, more active story mode world and leaderboards for every goal to ...

Seven multiplayer modes for Project 8 (News)

Oct 12, 2006

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 ...

Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Screenshots)

Oct 12, 2006

Tony Hawk's Project 8 Achievments (News)

Oct 7, 2006

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

Behind-the-scenes on Project 8 (News)

Oct 3, 2006

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 ...

Tony Hawk's Project 8 - Paul Rodriguez (Video)

Oct 2, 2006

Tony Hawk's starting from scratch with all-new graphics, physics, and a renewed focus on stone-cold skateboarding realism.

Tony Hawk's Project 8 - Behind the Scenes (Video)

Sep 25, 2006

Tony Hawk's starting from scratch with all-new graphics, physics, and a renewed focus on stone-cold skateboarding realism.

Tony Hawk's Project 8 - hands-on (Preview)

Sep 14, 2006

Here are the three words that defined our hands-on time with Tony Hawk's Project 8: Nail the Trick. While Tony Hawk's American Wasteland was a quickie port for last year's Xbox 360 launch, THP8 already looks, feels and plays like the next-generation potential star it is - and a good part of that is due to this new control scheme. Nail the Trick is a much-talked about new game goal and control mechanic for pulling off precision kickflips and board rotations in real time. It's simple: Ollie off ...

Tony Hawks Project 8: Online for 360, Not for PS3. (News)

Sep 14, 2006

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.

Tony Hawk's Project 8 - Dustin Dollin mocap (Video)

Sep 14, 2006

Tony Hawk's starting from scratch with all-new graphics, physics, and a renewed focus on stone-cold skateboarding realism.

Two videos hammer the THP8 nail home (News)

Sep 5, 2006

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 ...

Tony Hawk's tricksy trailer (News)

Sep 5, 2006

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 ...

OXM cages Tony Hawk (News)

Aug 29, 2006

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 ...

Tony Hawk 8: New controls rated (News)

Aug 29, 2006

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 ...

Tony Hawk's Project 8 Sweepstakes (News)

Aug 21, 2006

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.

Kick flippin' good (News)

Aug 18, 2006

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 ...

The Xbox 360 summer showcase (News)

Aug 4, 2006

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.

Tony Hawk's Project 8 - Gameplay Video and Screenshots (News)

Jul 27, 2006

Activision today released a new gameplay video and five new screenshots of Tony Hawk's Project 8. Project 8 is the newest edition to the Tony Hawk series and is expected to be released on current and next-gen consoles this November.

Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Preview)

Jul 24, 2006

Tony Hawk has been freaking people out with his skateboard antics since before many of us were even born. Still, as creative as he is with his plank, the games that bear his name had begun to stagnate with formulaic gameplay, dragging a once proud franchise into yawn-tastic territory. But this is the next generation, and all the stops have been pulled on Tony Hawk's Project 8, the newest board-riding banquet from the Hawkman. When Neversoft (developers of the decade-spanning series) dropped by ...

Project 8's mo-cap (News)

Jul 18, 2006

If you were wondering just how developer Neversoft was able to make the animation in upcoming Tony Hawk game, Project 8, look so authentic, this new video should give you all the answers. The footage sees pro-skater Steve Williams donning the ping pong-balled suit and shoes to be motion captured. The footage shows Williams performing a series of relatively simple tricks and then shows how they have been recreated in the ...

Project 8 looks pretty (News)

Jun 23, 2006

There wasn't anything particularly wrong with Tony Hawk's American Wasteland last year, other than it didn't feel like an Xbox 360 game. This year, we'll get the first game in the Hawk franchise designed specifically for the new hardware, Tony Hawk's Project 8 - and if you tap the Images tab above, you can check them out for yourself. Both PS3 and Xbox 360 gamers will get Neversoft's eighth effort, and as this nice chunk of new screens illustrates, it's looking pretty sweet so far. We're eager ...

Tony Hawk's Project 8 Fact Sheet (News)

Jun 21, 2006

Reengineered from the ground up for Sony and Microsoft's next-generation consoles, Tony Hawk's Project 8 immerses players in the definitive skateboarding experience using ultra-realistic graphics, enhanced physics and extremely responsive controls that simulate the feeling of skating with every trick and bail.

Tony Hawk's on air (News)

May 13, 2006

• Tony Hawk's Project 8 (WMV, 9.82MB) - right-click to download Friday 12 May 2006 Activision has released a trailer of Tony Hawk's Project 8 featuring next-gen footage of the extreme sports game that will be released for PS3 and Xbox 360. The trailer focuses on the skater's technique while he performs various tricks. Presented in slow-motion you get to see how the board moves through the air, how it's affected by the slightest flicks of the skater's feet and how the trucks creak and ...

E3 06: Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Preview)

May 11, 2006

For Tony Hawk's Project 8, the latest game in the popular skateboarding franchise, the creators are starting over - almost everything about this skate action game is being created fresh to take advantage of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game is expected to ship this ...

Tony Hawk's next-gen project (News)

May 10, 2006

Wednesday 10 May 2006 This autumn, early adopters of PS3 will be able to get involved with Tony Hawk's Project 8, the first next-gen outing for the skateboarding series. To be released for PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360 and PSP, Project 8 concerns Tony's quest to find the eight best amateur skaters in the world - and you've got to prove that you're one of them. Click away at the image tab above to see a batch of in-action screens. While the gameplay might be old, with a streaming, free-roaming world ...

PS3 and Wii line-up boosted (News)

May 10, 2006

Wednesday 10 May 2006 When Wii hits the shops at the end of the year, it'll play host to next-gen versions of both Tony Hawk's and Call of Duty, according to publisher Activision. Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam and Call of Duty 3 are set for release in autumn, and will feature in the launch line-up for Nintendo's newly rechristened console. However, despite hitting several current and next-gen systems, Call of Duty 3 won't be striking a beachhead on PC. This info was beamed to our eyes at ...

Unlimited Bail Points (Glitch)

Nov 7, 2007

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Play As a Pro in Career (Glitch)

Jun 27, 2007

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Mar 19, 2007

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Bail Cancel Float Glitch (Glitch)

Jan 30, 2007

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Avenue Bowling on Sick (Hint)

Jan 16, 2007

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Construction Crash on Sick (Glitch)

Jan 16, 2007

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Slow-mo Bail (Glitch)

Jan 11, 2007

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Our of Bounds (Glitch)

Jan 2, 2007

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Unlock all Specials (Cheat)

Nov 21, 2006

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Full Stats (Cheat)

Nov 21, 2006

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Perfect Manual (Cheat)

Nov 21, 2006

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Unlimited Focus (Cheat)

Nov 21, 2006

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Always Special (Cheat)

Nov 21, 2006

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Easier Stokens (Hint)

Nov 20, 2006

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Pool Grind (Hint)

Nov 20, 2006

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Perfect Rail (Cheat)

Nov 17, 2006

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Unlock Inkblot Deck (Cheat)

Nov 17, 2006

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Unlock Characters (Cheat)

Nov 17, 2006

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Unlock all Decks (Cheat)

Nov 17, 2006

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Easy Stokens (Hint)

Nov 17, 2006

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Achievements (Unlockable)

Nov 7, 2006

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