Category Archives: North America

Sony has said over Black Friday week in the US, PS3 moved 525,000 units and PS Vita moved 160,000 units.

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Wii U sold 400,000 units during launch week “essentially selling out” at retail, but launch week was also Black Friday weekend, and sales of Xbox 360 blew past the new console offering by selling 750,000 units moved over the weekend. Does a console late in its lifecycle outselling a new offering spell doom and gloom for Wii U? Not just yet according to EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich who said it’s “probably a dead heat” as to whether the Wii U or Xbox 360 picked up more users. Wedbush Securities’ Michael Pachter agrees, stating 360′s strong performance only denotes consumers remaining “price sensitive,” to the recent cuts and bundles on offer. “Once Wii U supply increases, I expect the console to sell better,” he said, but all analysts seem to agree it may not happen until next year. More over on GI International.

Nintendo will release a Blue/Black Nintendo 3DS XL at retail in North America next month pre-installed with Mario Kart 7. It’s the same bundle which went on sale in Europe this month, only it’s blue and not white. $199.99. Expect the bundle to land at retailers on December 2 for $199.99

Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion lands on the US Nintendo eShop November 18, but today, other goodies such as Hotel Transylvania and Myst have landed on the service. Get the full North American update below.

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Sony posted its PlayStation Store charts for Europe and North America, and you’ll notice a vast difference between the two regions as far as popularity.

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Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion has a demo available through Nintendo’s eShop this week as part of the firm’s North American offerings. Also available is Pokédex 3D Pro, and on November 11, 3DS owners can download Paper Mario: Sticker Star. There’s more this week on offer though, so head below for the full update.

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The Rockstar Games Collection: Edition 1 box set is now available in North America. For $59.99, consumers can pick the disc up for either PS3 or Xbox 360 and receive the following games: Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, L.A. Noire, and Midnight Club: Los Angeles Complete Edition.

Release dates for 3DS titles Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, Crashmo, and others have been confirmed by Nintendo for North America. Since it’s nice to have release dates all in one place, we’ve posted the schedule for you below.

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Mario Golf, a demo for LEGO: The Lord of the Rings Online, and Robot Rescue 2 are just three of offerings you’ll find on the Nintendo eShop this week in the US. Head below for the full release list.

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A reimagining of the classic Atari title Warlords, Dishonored, the Devil May Cry HD Collection, Mass Effect 3: Retaliation, Episode 4 of The Walking Dead and more are available through the US PS Store. Updates to PS Plus, PSone classic and more are noted below.

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Nintendo 3DS owners in the US will be getting sequels to fan-favorite Pushmo, classics like Ninja Gaiden and Castlevania: The Adventure, plus a series of three original games developed by Level-5 and several well-known Japanese collaborators such as Suda 51 from today through the end of the year.

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Sony has updated the US end of the PS Store and PS Plus. There’s a quite a few PSone Classics in there, the ability to pre-order Assassin’s Creed 3 and Liberation as a bundle, some sales, and Plus discounts on many pre-orders and DLC.  Get updated below.

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Wii U will arrive at North American retail in November in two different skus, Nintendo has announced.

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Sony has updated the US end of the PS Store with Max Payne 3, Double Dragon Neon, Anomaly Warzone Earth, BF3 Premium, FIFA 13 and F1 2013 demos, Red Johnson’s Chronicles and more. Get the update below.

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The Last Story was scheduled to release in the US yesterday, but some stores are telling customers they may have to wait a few days. According to GameStop, the Wii RPG from Mistwalker wont’ release until Friday, August 17. The reason provided was due to “production issues, or trouble getting off the press.” Amazon, on the other hand, has contacted customers with the news it could be another one to three weeks before the game lands in their mailboxes. Tough break. Polygon has more.

To compensate Silent Hill HD Collection owners on Xbox 360 for canning the patch, Konami has announced via Facebook it will give players another game in exchange. Owners of the game on 360 will need to send in their original purchase receipt dated on or before August 8, 2012 along with a request for the exchange made in writing and submitted on or before October 7,2012. The offer is valid for purchases made in North and South America. Thanks, D’toid.

Aksys Games has announced Arc System Works’ BlazBlue series has moved over 1.7 million units worldwide. The firm said 800,000 of those copies were sold in North American. Sales include the BlazBlue titles: Calamity Trigger, Continuum Shift, Continuum Shift II, and the latest, Continuum Shift Extend. Thanks, Siliconera.

Sony has updated the US end of the PS Store with a Dyad demo, Puddle and a demo for it, along with Malicious and a WWE sale. Get the full game update below.

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Sony has updated the US end of the PS Store and PS Plus with Dyad, Crysis 2, a sale, Record Of Agarest War 2, a working demo for Escape Plan and much more. Hit the break for the contents.

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Namco has announced Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations has shipped in excess of one million units worldwide since its Japanese launch in February and worldwide launch in March 2012. Sales in North America and Europe reached over 420,000 in each region, and in Japan and Asia the titles has 60,000 sales to date. Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations for was released on PS3 and Xbox 360.