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Gamasutra can be bothered to put this together every week, so read it there. It’s a list of the top five games on Amazon in the UK, Japan and the US on every format. Basically, MGS4, Indiana Jones, Age of Conan, GTA IV. Game-name yourself to death.

Another rather unsurprising week this week, I’m afraid. You’ll win no prizes if you guessed that GTA IV heads up the 360 and PS3 charts for Europe and the US.

No medal will be awarded, either, for betting on Mario Kart Wii keeping pole position across all three territories in the Wii charts: as well, it did.

Valykria Chronicles (Senjou no Valkyria) leads the way for the PS3 in Japan and Crisis Core and Monster Hunter continue to sell more than every other title for its baby brother in the US and the East respectively.

You all still like training your brains on the DS no matter if you live in UK or Japan. The Americans go against the brain grain (sorry) and plump for Mario Kart DS as their champion this week.

However, if you had placed a tenner on a Sims title being number one on in one of the PC markets then you would have lost. That’s got to be a record of some sort. We’ll look it up and get back to you. Although if you did place that bet, we’ll get some medals polished, just for you. WoW’s top in the US, Chaos;Head’s first in Japan and Assassin’s Creed leads in the UK.

Full the full list head over to Gamasutra.

By Mike Bowden

It’s almost as though this week never happened. So instead of trying to find an excuse to write 1,000 words just for the sake of it, we’ll keep it short and sweet.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl still tops the Wii chart in the US and Mario Kart Wii is still steering clear of all opposition in Japan and the UK. No shock there.

Japan’s the only feature on an otherwise barren 360 landscape this week as the Japanese start to feel the Tom Clancy: Rainbow Six Vegas 2 love, knocking off the mysterious The Id@lmaster: Live for You!. Elsewhere, it’s FPS phenomena Halo 3 (UK) and Cod4: Modern Warfare (US) gunning their way to number one for yet another week.

Guess what? Gran Turismo: Prologue still heads up the western territories for PS3 and, unsurprisingly, Senjou no Valkyria (Valkyria Chronicles) hits top spot in its first week on the Japanese shelves.

So there you go. You all buy the same games all the time.

PS. A note to PC owners: The Sims 2: Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff: how good is it really?

Thanks to Gamasutra.

By Mike Bowden

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We’ll start with 360 this week. Halo 3 surprisingly man-cannons its way back to the top of the UK Charts this week; the Id@lmaster: Live for You! regains first place after losing out to Turok in Japan; and in America, well, it’s our old friend CoD4: Modern Warfare still holding firm up top.

Mario Kart Wii steers its way to pole in Japan to take its place on top of a Nintendo-filled top five. The aforementioned keeps ahead of the competition in the UK whilst the US is still rocking in the free world to Guitar Hero III.

Gran Turismo 5: Prologue, rather unsurprisingly, is top of the Amazon sales charts Stateside after it was finally released last week. This feat is mirrored by the UK PS3 charts. Konami’s Pro Yakyuu Spirits 5 holds number one in Japan for the second week running.

As far as the handhelds go, it’s Brain Training for the stylus win as far as the DS is concerned in Britain and Japan. The PSP charts remain unchanged with the absolutely brilliant Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, the excellent-but-rather-difficult-for-us-to-understand Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G and God of War: Chains of Olympus still riding high in the US, Japan and UK respectively.

The Sims 2: Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff (don’t ask) tops the PC gaming chart in the US. Assassins Creed: Directors Cut continues to do well across the Pond whilst Clannad Full Voice (can someone please tell us what this “game” is?) holds the Japanese top spot for we don’t know how many weeks it is now.

For the charts in order of what we think is most important, click the link below.

Thanks to Gamasutra.

By Mike Bowden

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Wii first. Big news in North America this week: for the first time since release, Super Smash Bros. Brawl has finally been knocked off its perch by a resurgent Guitar Hero III. Elsewhere, Mario Kart tops the Japanese chart on its debut, knocking Wii Fit off balance in the process, and folks from the UK can’t seem to get enough of Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, which beats off all competition for yet another week.

Xbox 360 in America is dominated by the best selling game of the last 12 months, Call of Duty 4, which holds the top of both the 360 and PS3 charts, although the hilariously inexpensive-compared-to-Europe Rock Band gives both versions a run for their money. R6: V2 continues to sell more than anything else for the 360 in the UK.

For PS3, Gran Turismo: Prologue keeps pole position in the UK, while Konami’s Pro Yakyuu Spirits 5 holds steady for a second week running in Japan.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII continues to stave off the opposition in America, whilst the sales phenomenon that is Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G unsurprisingly heads the Amazon Japanese Charts for PSP.

For the complete list, courtesy of the lovely people at Gamasutra, click the link below.

By Mike Bowden

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Another week, another smash. After Capcom announced that Monster Hunter 2nd G hit 1 million sales in six days on Tuesday, it wouldn’t have taken a genius to work out what’s top of the Amazon PSP charts for Japan this time round.

In fact, as far PSP’s concerned, there’s not much change at all this week as Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII still leads the US charts with God of War: Chains of Olympus keeping hold of pole position in the UK.

With Wii Fit being Japan’s best selling game of FY 07, there’s no surprise to see it sitting pretty atop the Japanese Wii chart. Also, as expected, Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 08 heads up Wii in the UK, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl still leads the way in the US.

If fact, there are no big shocks at all this week, with CoD4 continuing to sell well for PC, PS3 and 360 in the US and UK.

Maybe it has something to do with a rather sparse release list.

For the full list of Amazon worldwide sales click the link below. Thanks to Gama for the info.

By Mike Bowden

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Big releases mean big changes to Amazon’s global charts this week.

The gorgeous looking Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII takes its place proudly at the top of the US PSP charts, wrestling Kratos off the top spot, while Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games ousts Carnival Funfair Games to go top in the UK Wii charts.

Other charts stay sticky, though: Activision’s Call of Duty 4 remains unmoved at number one in the US PS3 charts, and that unstoppable force – EA’s The Sims – is ever-present in the US, UK and Japanese PC charts.

Click the link to see who’s buying what for what system and in what region. Thanks to Gama for the list.

By Mike Bowden

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Once again, we travel here to bring you the latest Amazon.com/co.uk/co.jp sales charts by format.

Wii

North America:

1. MLB Power Pros (2K Sports)
2. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
3. Wii Play (Nintendo)
4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision)
5. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo).

Japan:

1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. Deca Sporta (Hudson)
3. Dairantou Smash Brothers X (Nintendo)
4. Wii Sports (Nintendo)
5. Family Ski (Namco).

UK:

1. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
2. Carnival Funfair Games (2K Games)
3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision)
4. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (EA Sports)

Xbox 360:

North America:

1. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Ubisoft)
2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
3. Halo 3 (Microsoft)
4. Rock Band Special Edition (MTV Games)
5. Army of Two (EA Games)

Japan:

1. Armored Core: For Answer (From Software)
2. Army of Two (EA Games)
3. Skate (EA Games)
4. The Idolm@ster: Live for You! (Namco)
5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)

UK:

1. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Ubisoft)
2. Halo 3 (Microsoft)
3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
4. Bully: Scholarship Edition (Rockstar)
5. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft)

PlayStation 3

North America:

1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
2. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Ubisoft)
3. NBA 2K8 (2K Games)
4. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft)
5. MLB 08: The Show (SCEA)

Japan:

1. Armored Core: For Answer (From Software)
2. Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (Sega)
3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
4. Army of Two (EA Games)
5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision)

UK:

1. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Ubisoft)
2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
3. Formula One Championship Edition (SCEE)
4. Burnout Paradise (EA Games)
5. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft)

PC

North America:

1. The Sims 2: FreeTime (EA Games)
2. Hoyle Card Games 2008 (Encore)
3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
4. Sins of a Solar Empire (Stardock)
5. The Sims 2 Deluxe (EA Games)

Japan:

1. Clannad Full Voice (Key)
2. A Ressha de Ikou 8 (Artdink)
3. The Sims 2: FreeTime! Data Set (EA Games)
4. Vocaloid 2 Character Vocal Series 01: Hatsune Miku (Crypton Future Media)
5. Musou Orochi (Koei)

UK:

1. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War — Soulstorm (THQ)
2. The Sims 2: FreeTime (EA Games)
3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
4. The Sims 2 (EA Games)
5. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (Blizzard)

DS

North America:

1. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
2. Brain Age (Nintendo)
3. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
4. Brain Age 2 (Nintendo)
5. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)

Japan:

1. SimCity DS 2 (EA Games)
2. DS Bimoji Training (Nintendo)
3. Pokemon Ranger: Batonnage (Nintendo)
4. Dramatic Dungeon: Sakura Taisen – Kimi Arugatame — All-Star Pack (Sega)
5. Time Hollow: Ubawareta Kako o Motomete (Konami)

UK:

1. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
2. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
3. 42 All-Time Classics (Nintendo)
4. More Brain Training (Nintendo)
5. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)

PSP

North America:

1. God of War: Chains of Olympus (SCEA)
2. Patapon (SCEA)
3. Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (Konami)
4. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar)
5. Star Wars Battlefront II (LucasArts)

Japan:

1. Tales of Rebirth (Namco)
2. Mugen Kairou (SCEI)
3. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)
4. Musou Orochi (Koei)
5. MyStylist — Camera Bundle (SCEI)

UK:

1. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
2. FIFA 08 (EA Sports)
3. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Rockstar)
4. The Simpsons Game (EA Games)
5. Sega Mega Drive Collection (Sega)

By Mike Bowden

This yet again reveals the latest Amazon.com/co.uk/co.jp sales charts by format.

Wii

North America:

1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
2. Wii Play (Nintendo)
3. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision)
5. Carnival Games (Global Star)

Japan:

1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. Dairantou Smash Brothers X (Nintendo)
3. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo)
4. Wii Sports (Nintendo)
5. Family Ski (Namco)

UK:

1. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
2. Carnival Funfair Games (2K Games)
3. Big Brain Academy for Wii (Nintendo)
4. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (EA Sports)
5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision)

Xbox 360

North America:

1. Army of Two (EA Games)
2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision)
4. Rock Band Special Edition (MTV Games)
5. Halo 3 (Microsoft)

Japan:

1. Skate (EA Games)
2. The Idolm@ster: Live for You! (Namco)
3. BioShock (Spike)
4. The Idolm@ster — Xbox 360 Platinum Collection (Namco)
5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)

UK:

1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
2. Bully: Scholarship Edition (Rockstar)
3. Frontlines: Fuel of War — Special Edition (THQ)
4. Halo 3 (Microsoft)
5. Army of Two (EA Games)

PlayStation 3

North America:

1. The Eye of Judgment (SCEA)
2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
3. MLB 08: The Show (SCEA)
4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
5. Army of Two (EA Games)

Japan:

1. Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (Sega)
2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
3. Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom)
4. Winning Post 7: Maximum 2008 (Koei)
5. Makai Senki Disgaea 3 — First Print Limited Edition (Nippon Ichi)

UK:

1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
2. Burnout Paradise (EA Games)
3. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft)
4. Formula One Championship Edition (SCEE)
5. Resistance: Fall of Man (SCEE)

PC

North America:

1. The Sims 2: FreeTime (EA Games)
2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
3. Sins of a Solar Empire (Stardock)
4. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War — Soulstorm (THQ)
5. The Sims 2 Deluxe (EA Games)

Japan:

1. Clannad Full Voice (Key)
2. The Sims 2: FreeTime! Data Set (EA Games)
3. Final Fantasy XI: Altana no Kamihei (Square Enix)
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
5. RPG Tsukuru VX (Enterbrain)

UK:

1. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War — Soulstorm (THQ)
2. The Sims 2: FreeTime (EA Games)
3. The Sims 2 (EA Games)
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
5. Crysis (EA Games)

DS

North America:

1. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
2. Mario Party DS (Nintendo)
3. Brain Age (Nintendo)
4. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
5. Brain Age 2 (Nintendo)

Japan:

1. DS Bimoji Training (Nintendo)
2. Hayate no Gotoku! Ojousama Produce Daisakusen Boku Iro ni Somare! Oyashiki-Hen (Konami)
3. Hayate no Gotoku! Ojousama Produce Daisakusen Boku Iro ni Somare! Gakkou-Hen (Konami)
4. Sekaiju no Meikyuu 2: Shoou no Seihai — Limited Edition (Atlus)
5. Duel Love: Koisuru Otome wa Shouri no Megami (Namco)

UK:

1. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
2. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
3. Professor Kageyama’s Maths Training (Nintendo)
4. More Brain Training (Nintendo)
5. Cooking Mama (505 Games)

PSP

North America:

1. God of War: Chains of Olympus (SCEA)
2. Patapon (SCEA)
3. Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (Konami)
4. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar)
5. Star Wars Battlefront II (LucasArts)

Japan:

1. MyStylist — Camera Bundle (SCEI)
2. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)
3. Musou Orochi (Koei)
4. Maplus: Portable Navi 2 (Edia)
5. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix)

UK:

1. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
2. Patapon (SCEE)
3. Call of Duty: Roads to Victory (Activision)
4. The Simpsons Game (EA Games)
5. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Rockstar)

By Mike Bowden

According to this, the Amazon.com/co.uk/co.jp sales charts by format for this week are as follows:

Wii

North America:

1. Wii Play (Nintendo)
2. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
3. Carnival Games (Global Star)
4. Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party (Konami)
5. Winter Sports: The Ultimate Challenge (Conspiracy)

Japan:

1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. Dairantou Smash Brothers X (Nintendo)
3. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo)
4. Family Ski (Namco)
5. Wii Sports (Nintendo)

UK:

1. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
2. Big Brain Academy for Wii (Nintendo)
3. Wii Zapper with Link’s Crossbow Training (Nintendo)
4. Carnival Funfair Games (2K Games)
5. PDC World Championship Darts 2008 (Oxygen)

Xbox 360:

North America:

1. Army of Two (EA Games)
2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
3. Major League Baseball 2K8 (2K Sports)
4. Rock Band Special Edition (MTV Games)
5. Bully: Scholarship Edition (Rockstar)

Japan:

1. The Idolm@ster: Live for You! (Namco)
2. Senko no Ronde Rev. X — Xbox 360 Platinum Collection (G.Rev)
3. Riot Act — Xbox 360 Platinum Collection (Microsoft)
4. BioShock (Spike)
5. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas — Xbox 360 Platinum Collection (Ubisoft)

UK:

1. Army of Two (EA Games)
2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
3. Frontlines: Fuel of War — Special Edition (THQ)
4. Bully: Scholarship Edition (Rockstar)
5. Lost Odyssey (Microsoft)

PlayStation 3

North America:

1. MLB 08: The Show (SCEA)
2. Army of Two (EA Games)
3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
4. Rock Band Special Edition (MTV Games)
5. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (SCEA)

Japan:

1. Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (Sega)
2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision)
3. Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom)
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
5. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Capcom)

UK:

1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
2. Army of Two (EA Games)
3. Burnout Paradise (EA Games)
4. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft)
5. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)

PC

North America:

1. The Sims 2: FreeTime (EA Games)
2. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War — Soulstorm (THQ)
3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
4. Sins of a Solar Empire (Stardock)
5. The Sims 2 Deluxe (EA Games)

Japan:

1. Clannad Full Voice (Key)
2. The Typing of the Dead II (Sega)
3. The Typing of the Dead II W Pack (Sega)
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
5. Vocaloid 2 Character Vocal Series 01 — Hatsune Miku (Cripton Future Media)

UK:

1. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War — Soulstorm (THQ)
2. The Sims 2: FreeTime (EA Games)
3. The Sims 2 (EA Games)
4. World of Warcraft (Blizzard)
5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)

DS

North America:

1. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
2. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
3. Brain Age (Nintendo)
4. Brain Age 2 (Nintendo)
5. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)

Japan:

1. Soma Bringer — Limited Edition (Nintendo)
2. Tokimeki Memorial Girl’s Side 2nd Season (Konami)
3. Sekaiju no Meikyuu 2: Shoou no Seihai — Limited Edition (Atlus)
4. Sekaiju no Meikyuu 2: Shoou no Seihai (Atlus)
5. Akagawa Jirou Mystery: Yasoukyoku (Marvelous)

UK:

1. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
2. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
3. Cooking Mama (505 Games)
4. Sight Training (Nintendo)
5. More Brain Training (Nintendo)

PSP

North America:

1. God of War: Chains of Olympus (SCEA)
2. Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (Konami)
3. Patapon (SCEA)
4. MLB 08: The Show (SCEA)
5. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar)

Japan:

1. MyStylist — Camera Bundle (SCEI) Musou Orochi (Koei)
2. MyStylist (SCEI)
3. Maplus: Portable Navi 2 (Edia)
4. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou – Axis no Kyoui (Bandai)
5. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)

UK:

1. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
2. Call of Duty: Roads to Victory (Activision)
3. Worms: Open Warfare 2 (THQ)
4. FIFA 08 (EA Sports)
5. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Rockstar)

By Mike Bowden