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Nintendo tops the sales chart for August

Hey guys if its game consoles its still Nintendo, its still leading the race by beating the arch rival big shots like Sony and Microsoft. According to NPD numbers for US sales for august Nintendo tops the chart by selling 403,600 game consoles whereas Microsoft Xbox stands at number two with 276,700 and the giant Sony is bubbling under at the third spot with 130,600 sales in the month of august.

Nintendo is also among the favorites of next generation gamers. Yes, they have sold 9 million Nintendo Wiis, beating Microsoft 360 which is also not doing bad at 8.9 million sales, and gamers if we talk about Sony Playstation 3 they have sold only 3.9 total units in its lifetime. All you game boys out there if this is not enough Nintendo also have four games out of the top 10 in there bag viz. Wii Play at number five, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption at number six, Mario Strikers: Charged at the number seven spot, and Mario Party 8 in ninth place.

Microsoft is kicking good with there No.1 selling game Madden NFL 2008 for the Xbox with 896,6000 units sold. Microsoft is also preparing to launch Halo 3, which will surely bring attention to Xbox. This is the first time folks that Sony didn’t do that well with the Madden games.

There’s so much bad going on for Sony this month but Playstation 2 is still holding good at 202,000 units in the month of August and, Sony PSP didn’t do that bad either at 151,200 units, and this can increase as the new slim PSP’s are in the pipeline.

TGS ’07 Day II: New trailers, screens carry the day

TSG 07 thrill has entered into second day. Following hundreds of tremendous announcements, various developers have succeeded to keep the pot boiling with revelation of some new delays and launches in coming days. Unlike yesterday, we have come across no major announcement in hardware division; however, software boggy is full of new good stuff. As on very first day we saw a lot of trailer and new screens streaming across the big screen on the stage - likewise, we have seen same stuff in decent colors floating around on Day II as well.

Konami Celebrates Contra 20th Anniversary

Time flies when your having fun. I remember my first Contra experience back at my Gameboy, or was it MSX? It’s been on many platforms in the past few years...

And now, this wartime classic action game is preparing for a special mobile edition called Contra 4. For this title, Konami Mobile challenges everybody to design their own contra character and the winning one will be put inside the game.

"Contra 4 will once again demonstrate Konami's commitment to bring original branded content to the mobile device," said Joe Morris, Vice President, Konami Digital Entertainment's Mobile Division.

The competition runs from September 18th to October 1st and on October 7th, the winner will be announced. The final game will be ready along fall 2007. The top 20 designers will be credited in the game and receive a Contra 20th anniversary T-Shirt (hey, we want one as well!) and the winner will of course see his or her character featured in the actual mobile game. As a bonus, the winner will also receive a designers award. Wish to enter the competition? Use this link.

Ultima Online still going after 10 years

It's pretty rare that people will continue their love affairs with a computer game beyond the initial heady fumblings. Most are cast aside when something newer and flashier comes along, only picked up intermittently (if at all), prodded for nostalgia's sake and discarded again. The finite-ness of traditional, off-the-shelf computer gaming does have something to do with this; I don't re-read a book immediately after I've finished the last chapter, but might go back to it if I want to revisit characters and adventures. But MMOGs are a different story. For many people, the game becomes an extension to a social circle, and it's the community which keeps many of these titles alive for years. For more on this, check out Alexander Gambotto-Burke's article on the end of single-player gaming in yesterday's paper.

Ultima Online, arguably one of the most influential graphical MMOGs, has just hit its 10th birthday. That's 10 years of people interacting with the same intellectual property with no breaks, no launches, no new releases (except for the odd expansion pack). It's no wonder game developers are throwing their energies into creating their own MMO and that the market is predicted to rise and rise and rise. If you can capture imaginations of paying - subscribing - customers for a decade, why spend time doing something new?

But while Ultima's anniversary is certainly something to shout about, it's not the longest-running online collaborative game. Here are four old-timers you may wish to check out to truly grasp the legacy of modern MMOs:

MUD
Co-created by Richard Bartle and Roy Trubshaw in 1978, this is the cornerstone upon which most fantasy MMOs are based. It's in text, sure, but its tenets are the same as World of Warcraft. Just without the pretty graphics.
Age rating: Grandpappy

LambdaMOO
This text-based world was developed by Pavel Curtis at the Palo Alto Research Centre in 1990, LambdaMOO was part of the movement (or should that be moovement) away from goal-oriented tracks and towards social virtual environments. The "game" was user-generated, much like content in graphically-set There.com, ActiveWorlds, Second Life and other SVWs is today.
Age rating: Dirty old Uncle

Meridian 59
Meridian 59 is the first 3D graphical massively multiplayer online game. It was released in 1996. It's a fantasy virtual world currently heavy on the Player-versus-Player combat. It features a sophisticated justice system aimed at keeping killings clean and fair. Well, you know what I mean.
Age rating: Old Timer

Sniper/Continuum/Subspace
Released in 1997 after two years of beta development, Subspace/Continuum is the first space combat MMO. It's a 2D side-scrolling adventure that allows players to create maps, skins and friends - and then to blow the holy hell out of 'em.
Age rating: Old Glory

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Halo 3 -- the biggest gaming phenomenon ever?

Halo 3? The Second Coming or just a highly polished sci-fi shooter for the Xbox 360? Well, the reviews are in and things aren't looking good for the skeptics. Eurogamer and 1up are the most enthusiastic, offering straight 10s. But Gamespot, IGN and C&VG are hardly critical, with scores of 9.5, 9.5 and 9.7 respectively. All the reviews have praised the online modes, especially the co-op, while the single player game promises to wrap up the loose ends of Halo 2. Reviews sway you? Or were you always going to buy anyway?