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New Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Video For You To Peruse

Joseph Haygood — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:17:50 +0000

While I am more of a fan of the Persona titles, it is not the only gig in town when it comes to the Shin Megami Tensei universe. Fans of the DS also have access to another franchise in that universe, and we have a new trailer for it. Yes, SMT: Devil Survivor 2 is set to arrive on February 28th, 2012, and this new trailer gives fans a little flavor of what is in store in this sequel to the title that already has come to both the DS and 3DS platforms.

Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor 2 has you fighting demons, meeting up with new characters and melding and merging demons into new creations. It also has a solid story and takes advantage of the touch screen capabilities of the Nintendo DS platform.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 is set for release on February 28th, 2012 here in the US from Atlus for the Nintendo DS.

UK Gaming Chart (w/e February 4th)

Tanya Horne — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:27:38 +0000

There’s been a large infusion of new blood in to the top of the all format chart this week – Final Fantasy XIII-2 has entered at number one, followed by fellow newcomer Metal Gear Solid HD Collection at number two. This has pushed last week’s number one, FIFA 12, down into fourth behind third placed Battlefield 3. Our third new face, Project Soul’s SoulCalibur V, rounds off our top five.

3DS title Resident Evil: Revelations has taken a big hit, having dropped from sixth place to nineteenth. Need for Speed: The Run on the other hand rejoins the Top 20 in fifteenth place, up from twenty-fifth.

As always brackets denote the previous week’s position.

1. (-) Final Fantasy XIII-2
2. (-) Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
3. (5) Battlefield 3
4. (1) FIFA 12
5. (-) SoulCalibur V
6. (9) Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
7. (2) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
8. (3) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
9. (4) Just Dance 3
10. (8) Saints Row: The Third
11. (7) Zumba Fitness
12. (11) Rage
13. (10) Zumba Fitness 2
14. (14) Football Manager 2012
15. (25) Need for Speed: The Run
16. (16) Super Mario 3D Land
17. (13) Mario Kart 7
18. (12) Rayman Origins
19. (6) Resident Evil: Revelations
20. (19) Cars 2

Charts provided by Gfk Chart-Track.

U.S. Gaming Charts: January 22nd – January 28th

Tabitha Wang — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:14:40 +0000

Another week has come and gone, and finally the new year begins to see its new crop of releases. However, in the last few weeks, gamers seemed dead set in their ways. Modern Warfare 3 continues its dominating streak against the rest of the market, fighting again with Ubisoft’s Just Dance 3.

The Master Assassin made a surprise comeback in the last week as well, having crawled back from oblivion to take the #16 spot in the Top 20. The Dragonborn continues to hold his ground against the market as well, still placing within the Top 10 positions at #6. C’mon, you really can’t pass up a chance to tell your friends to get a game that will literally take 300 hours of your life away, right? Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, Battlefield 3, and Madden NFL ’12 round out the Top 20 spots.

Brackets denote the previous week’s position.

1. (1) Just Dance 3 (Wii)
2. (4) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (X360)
3. (3) Zumba Fitness (Wii)
4. (2) Kinect Adventures! (X360)
5. (5) Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
6. (6) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (X360)
7. (8) NBA 2K12 (X360)
8. (7) Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
9. (9) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3)
10. (12) Zumba Fitness 2 (Wii)
11. (16) The Biggest Loser: Ultimate Workout (X360)
12. (32) Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure (Wii)
13. (13) Your Shape featuring Jenny McCarthy (Wii)
14. (19) Battlefield 3 (X360)
15. (10) UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Fitness System (X360)
16. (-) Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (X360)
17. (29) Just Dance (Wii)
18. (22) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS3)
19. (14) Dance Central 2 (X360)
20. (25) Madden NFL ’12 (X360)

Charts are provided by VG Chartz.

Weekly Releases: Darkness II, KoA: Reckoning, Resident Evil: Revelations

Tabitha Wang — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:41:32 +0000

About a month into the new year, and we’re finally seeing more titles that we should be excited about. Hot off the heels of Soul Calibur V and Final Fantasy XIII-2, we’re given the next installation of Resident Evil with Revelations, a young studio’s debut title, and the next chapter in monster-wielding crime families.

Maybe we’re in love with the idea of having a moment of sudden clarity, but both Assassin’s Creed and Resident Evil have reached this moment of sudden revelation just mere months apart. Perhaps there’s more to come in the future? Whatever the case maybe, Capcom looks to bring all that zombie shooting goodness to the 3DS this week.

Joining the party is 38 Studios and Big Huge Games’ first offering ever, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Following a weak show with a botched demo, the game has otherwise garnered great interest both critically and commercially. Whether it’ll be the next Skyrim remains to be seen, but at least it’s showing Lionhead the places that Fable could’ve gone. We won’t break out the Dr. Seuss for this one.

Last but not least, 2K Games brings us the next chapter in Jackie Escado’s life in The Darkness II. While living the life as Don of the Franchetti family could be nice, we all know that crime doesn’t really pay if you’ve got demons inside of you. Literally.

Here is the full list of titles across all platforms and downloadable services in the United States and Europe for the week ending February 11th.

United States – February 7th
- Balloon Pop 2 (3DS)
- Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII (X360, Wii, PS3)
- Crusader Kings II (PC)
- Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition (PC, PS3, X360)
- Inversion (X360, PC, PS3)
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (PC, PS3, X360)
- Resident Evil: Revelations (3DS)
- Test Drive: Ferrari Legends (X360)
- The Darkness II (PS3, PC, X360)
- Jak and Daxter Collection (PS3)

Europe – February 10th
- Catherine (PS3, X360)
- Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition (PS3, PC, X360)
- Inversion (PS3, X360, PC)
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (PC, PS3, X360)
- Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (3DS)
- The Darkness II (X360, PS3, PC)

Only titles with a confirmed date are included.

Release dates provided by Gamr Review.

UK Gaming Chart (w/e January 28th)

Tanya Horne — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:35:04 +0000

FIFA 12 successfully held off against a surge in Modern Warfare 3 sales to remain at number one last week, with Skyrim dropping into third place and Just Dance 3 into fourth. Battlefield 3 remains in fifth place and – finally – we have some new blood in the chart in the form of 3DS title Resident Evil: Revelations which has entered in sixth.

There are still a lot of fitness titles hanging around at the end of January: Zumba Fitness (seventh), Zumba Fitness 2 (tenth), Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 (seventeenth) and Kinect Sports: Season Two (eighteenth). If you’re one of those still keeping up with your new year’s health drive, we salute you.

So once again, no real changes, not so surprising for this time of year. Can FIFA 12 hold off its rivals for another week? We’ll soon find out.

As always brackets denote the previous week’s position.

1. (1) FIFA 12
2. (4) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
3. (2) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
4. (3) Just Dance 3
5. (5) Battlefield 3
6. (-) Resident Evil: Revelations
7. (6) Zumba Fitness
8. (7) Saints Row: The Third
9. (12) Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
10. (8) Zumba Fitness 2
11. (10) Rage
12. (9) Rayman Origins
13. (11) Mario Kart 7
14. (16) Football Manager 2012
15. (24) Sonic Generations
16. (13) Super Mario 3D Land
17. (29) Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012
18. (25) Kinect Sports: Season Two
19. (20) Cars 2
20. (18) WWE ’12

Charts provided by Gfk Chart-Track.

Mewtwo returns to Pokemon as WiFi DLC

Joe Fourhman — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:38:42 +0000

Today Nintendo announced the latest WiFi character distribution for Pokemon Black and Pokemon White: the original bad boy of the Pokedex, Mewtwo! Starting February 12, American Pokemon B&W owners will be able to download a free Mewtwo into their games. Details about the special pocket monster’s moveset are still to come, but Nintendo promises it will include some very powerful attacks, including one move that cannot be learned by Mewtwo during normal gameplay. Probably three one-shot-KO Psychic Whoozises and a Heal.

The Mewtwo celebration also includes a free stream of the Pokemon animated episode “The Mastermind of Mirage Pokemon” at pokemon.com/ex. Plus, Mewtwo will make a return to the Pokemon Trading Card Game in the “Next Destinies” expansion set, expected in US stores in early February. The Mewtwo-EX card has two INSANE attacks on it:

That’s some game-winning attacks right there. Tons of potential damage for two colorless, plus a massive 120-point attack with the minor drawback of dropping a single energy card? I’d splash this guy into every psychic deck I own.

U.S. Gaming Charts: January 8th – January 14th

Tabitha Wang — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:52:45 +0000

It was a game of musical chairs in the Top 10, but it was a deathmatch for the Top 20. While Mario Kart and Mario 3D Land fought with the Dragonborn, Kinect Sports, Just Dance 3, and Dance Central battled it out with SWTOR and UFC Personal Trainer. Let’s just say that the Force wasn’t too strong with that particular one.

Zumba Fitness 2 climbed its way up from the #21 spot to #10, and Your Shape Featuring Jenny McCarthy made a surprise resurgence, moving from #34 all the way up to #16.

Brackets denote the previous week’s position.

1. (1) Kinect Adventures! (X360)
2. (2) Just Dance 3 (Wii)
3. (3) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (X360)
4. (6) Zumba Fitness (Wii)
5. (4) Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
6. (5) Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
7. (9) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (X360)
8. (8) NBA 2K12 (X360)
9. (7) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3)
10. (21) Zumba Fitness 2 (Wii)
11. (16) UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Fitness System (X360)
12. (19) Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 (X360)
13. (11) NBA 2K12 (PS3)
14. (10) Kinect Sports: Season Two (X360)
15. (20) Just Dance 3 (X360)
16. (34) Your Shape Featuring Jenny McCarthy (Wii)
17. (17) Dance Central 2 (X360)
18. (22) Just Dance (Wii)
19. (12) Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC)
20. (27) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS3)

Charts are provided by VG Chartz.

UK Gaming Chart (w/e January 21st)

Tanya Horne — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:02:28 +0000

EA’s FIFA 12 is celebrating its fifth week at the top of the chart and shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. Skyrim and Just Dance 3 have switched places and are now in places two and three respectively; Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3 have done likewise and finish at four and five.

Highly popular fitness games Zumba Fitness and Zumba Fitness 2 are in sixth and eighth, and Rayman Origins has leaped into ninth thanks to some clever sales tactics. WWE ’12 has also seen a big jump, from thirty-one to eighteen, as has Cars 2 (from twenty-seven to twenty).

As always brackets denote the previous week’s position.

1. (1) FIFA 12
2. (3) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
3. (2) Just Dance 3
4. (5) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
5. (4) Battlefield 3
6. (6) Zumba Fitness
7. (14) Saints Row: The Third
8. (7) Zumba Fitness 2
9. (17) Rayman Origins
10. (8) Rage
11. (11) Mario Kart 7
12. (9) Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
13. (15) Super Mario 3D Land
14. (10) Need for Speed: The Run
15. (20) Wii Fit Plus
16. (16) Football Manager 2012
17. (18) Mario & Sonic London 2012 Olympic Games
18. (31) WWE ’12
19. (22) Skylanders: Spryo’s Adventure
20. (27) Cars 2

Charts provided by Gfk Chart-Track.

UK Gaming Chart (w/e January 14th)

Tanya Horne — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:23:49 +0000

I hope most people are having more luck with their New Year fitness pledges than I am – especially considering the amount of money being spent on sport and fitness games at the moment. Although FIFA 12 is still at number one this week, Just Dance 3 has managed to position itself in second place. Then we have Zumba Fitness which remains at number six and Zumba Fitness 2 which is only one place behind.

Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 enters at number twelve, Kinect Sports: Season Two is at number nineteen and Wii Fit Plus has crept back into the top twenty (just). Phew!

As always brackets denote the previous week’s position.

1. (1) FIFA 12
2. (4) Just Dance 3
3. (5) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
4. (2) Battlefield 3
5. (3) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
6. (6) Zumba Fitness
7. (12) Zumba Fintess 2
8. (9) Rage
9. (10) Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
10. (7) Need for Speed: The Run
11. (13) Mario Kart 7
12. (-) Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012
13. (11) Forza Motorsport 4
14. (8) Saints Row: The Third
15. (15) Super Mario 3D Land
16. (16) Fotball Manager 2012
17. (19) Rayman Origins
18. (14) Mario & Sonic London 2012 Olympic Games
19. (18) Kinect Sports: Season Two
20. (27) Wii Fit Plus

Charts provided by Gfk Chart-Track.

UK Gaming Chart (w/e January 7th)

Tanya Horne — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:11:15 +0000

FIFA 12 is still sitting pretty at the top of a fairly uninspiring chart this week with same old faces Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3, Just Dance 3 and Skyrim make up the rest of the top five.

I’m guessing I’m not the only one to overdo it over the festive period as Just Dance 3 is joined by its equally active friends Zumba Fitness, Zumba Fitness 2, Kinect Sports: Season Two AND EA Sports Active 2 in the top twenty. Zumba Fitness seriously has more staying power than any other game I can think of over the past twelve months. Just when you think its time in the top ten is up for good, it surprises you by catapulting up the chart by thirteen places into number six, leaving even its successor in its wake. Enjoy burning off those excess calories, guys!

As always brackets denote the previous week’s position.

1. (1) FIFA 12
2. (3) Battlefield 3
3. (2) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
4. (4) Just Dance 3
5. (8) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
6. (19) Zumba Fitness
7. (7) Need for Speed: The Run
8. (6) Saints Row: The Third
9. (12) Rage
10. (5) Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
11. (10) Forza Motorsport 4
12. (28) Zumba Fitness 2
13. (9) Mario Kart 7
14. (11) Mario & Sonic London 2010 Olympic Games
15. (14) Super Mario 3D Land
16. (21) Football Manager 2012
17. (15) Sonic Generations
18. (16) Kinect Sports: Season Two
19. (18) Rayman Origins
20. (37) EA Sports Active 2

Charts provided by Gfk Chart-Track.