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Fifa 09 has broke records with a successful first week of sales. The newest Fifa game outsold last year’s game by around 37.5%, this set new records. 42% of the sales were on the Xbox 360, 40% on the Playstation 3, 11% on the Playstation 2 and the remaining were shared by other platforms.

Good news for EA and the gaming industry and it holds strong through the credit crunch.

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Fifa 09

Fifa 09 Screenshots.

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Sony Europe has revealed that SingStar as a whole has sold 13million discs across PAL territories and sold around 2million songs via the SingStore. My SingStar functionality has been used by more than 200,000 users and more the 50,000 videos has been uploaded to date.

At the Games Convention 2008 in Leipzig, Sony announced a number of new products for the SingStar franchise. First up is the SingStar Vol. 3 Party Edition that will see Michael Jackson songs for the first time as well as songs from Coldplay and Timbaland.

SingStar Singalong with Disney will bring classic Disney songs to the collection for the Playstation 2, and will include The Little Mermaid, The Jungle Book and Aladdin.

SingStore updates would get a boost with the first SingStar Song Packs. The Song Pack system will consist of two, five-song packs from Queen. Song packs will be released every fortnight as well as the standard store update.

This will begin in September.

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The Guitar Hero: World Tour tracklist has found its way to the internet. Currently a rumor, expect there to be an official confirmation within days or weeks. Thanks to Gonintendo for the list.

Click through to see the list as its pretty big.

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Thats right! Persona 4 has been dated in the US. Thanks to Dale North over at destructoid.com for confirming this. This is what he had to say:

“After hearing the full history of the Shin Megami Tensei games (awesome, by the way), Atlus surprises us with the screen you’re seeing above. Just in time for the holidays, P4 will hit shelves on December 9th, 2008. This will also include a bonus soundtrack CD!”

Persona 4 will be released on the 9th of December in the US. Persona 4 is the 6th installment in the Persona RPG series. The game is being developed by Atlus for the PlayStation 2.

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is the next instalment in Activision’s Spider Man series. Just like the previous games, Web of Shadows will allow free-roaming action. Also you can customize Spider Mans ground and aerial combat and you will be able to choose the games outcome and Spider Mans path.

No release date yet, but in time for Xmas sounds good. It will however be released across the Playstation family, PS3, PSP and PS2.

7 screenshots of Spider Man: Web of Shadows

Activision have said that they will be launching Call of Duty 5 fall of 2008. Activision’s CEO has said Call of Duty 5 will be set in what he call a “new military theatre.”

COD5 is already in a playable state and apparently it is using the COD4 engine. not only that but the Playstation 2 will get the game too.

I think we will see something at E3 this year regarding gameplay and new features.

Big name publishers are ready to show off their guns at E3 in LA. Activision and Vivendi have dropped out but every other big name in the publishing market is still involved in this years E3.

Entertainment Software Association has released the full list of exhibitors and looks like this:

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1UP Network; Akella; Atari Inc.; Bethesda Softworks; Capcom USA Inc.; Crave Entertainment; Codemasters; D3Publisher of America; Deep Silver; Disney Interactive Studios, Inc.; Electronic Arts; Eidos Interactive; Fox Interactive Media; Indie Games; Jagex, Ltd.; Konami Digital Entertainment America; LucasArts; Majesco Entertainment Company; Microsoft Corporation; Midway Games, Inc.; MTV Games;

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Namco Bandai Games America, Inc.; Natsume, Inc.; Nintendo of America Inc.; Novint Technologies, Inc.; Nyko Technologies; Rebellion; SEGA of America, Inc.; Serious Games Initiative; Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.; Sony Online Entertainment Inc.; Southpeak Interactive; Square Enix USA; Take-Two Interactive; Tecmo; THQ Inc.; Toshiba America Information Systems; Ubisoft Entertainment Inc.; Valve Software; and, Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Entertainment Software Association are expecting more companies to sign on and attend E3.

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Sony have announced its 2008 and 2009 line-up to the world. Scott Steinberg says:

“For the second half of 2008 and beyond, we will see a spectacular line up of triple-A titles and original gaming content that will satisfy PlayStation fans across the board… Highly anticipated games such as Resistance 2(TM), LittleBigPlanet(TM), and Killzone(TM) 2, along with original content such as SIREN: Blood Curse and PixelJunk(TM) Eden, demonstrate SCEA’s passion to lead the market by continuing to deliver unique gaming content and revolutionary sequels to our best-selling franchises.”

Below is the line-up from the press release, released by Sony:

Hot Shots Golf(R): Open Tee 2 — PSP (Available June 3, 2008 / E for “Everyone”)

Secret Agent Clank(TM) — PSP (Available June 17, 2008 / E10+ for “Everyone 10+”)

wipEout(R) HD — PSN (Available Summer 2008 / Rated E10+)

Elefunk(TM) — PSN (Available Summer 2008 / E for “Everyone”)

PixelJunk(TM) Eden — PSN (Available Summer 2008 / Not Yet Rated)

SIREN: Blood Curse — PSN (Available Summer 2008 / Not Yet Rated)

SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Confrontation — PS3 (Available September 16, 2008 / Not Yet Rated)

LittleBigPlanet(TM) — PS3 (Available October 2008 / Not yet Rated)

NBA 09 — PS3, PSP, PS2 (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)

NBA 09 — PSP (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)

NBA 09 — PS2 (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)

About BUZZ!(TM) Quiz TV — PS3 (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)

BUZZ!(TM) Master Quiz — PSP (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)

MotorStorm(TM) Pacific Rift — PS3 (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)

Resistance 2(TM) — PS3 (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)

Killzone(TM) 2 — PS3 (Available February 2009 / Not Yet Rated)

A nice looking line-up! Some big name titles in there such as Socom and Killzone 2.

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Below is a list of games that will appear on the Playstation platform at Konami’s Gamers Night.

PS2:

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PS3:

Hellboy: The Science of Evil
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Rock Revolution
Silent Hill: Homecoming

PSP:

Hellboy: The Science of Evil

Many sources are reporting that Call of Duty 5 is way ahead in development. In fact Kotaku reports that Call of Duty 5 is already at a playable stage, and is currently going throug what they call a quality assurance stage.

So, is Call of Duty 5 set in modern day, the future or the past? According to Kotaku, Call of Duty 5 is set in a World War II Pacific environment and will use the current Call of Duty 4 game engine, the engine that will be used in the upcoming James Bond Quantum of Solace game.

Call of Duty 5 doesn’t have a release date as of yet but i’m sure we will find out at E3 or something. COD 5 will also be appearing on the Playstation 2.