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Take-Two Interactive’s Red Dead Revolver for PS2 was again the #1...

Take-Two Interactive’s Red Dead Revolver for PS2 was again the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended June 6. Rentrak said the title earned an additional $297,602 in its…

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5th week, for $1.33 million to date. The Xbox version of the game was again #5 ($178,348 in the week, $795,488 to date). Electronic Arts (EA) and Vivendi Universal Games (VUG) also each had 2 SKUs in the top 10. EA’s -- both for PS2 -- were Need for Speed Underground at #4 again in its 29th week ($201,737 in the week, $8.37 million to date) and James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing at #10 again in its 16th week ($131,565, $3.27 million to date). VUG’s were Van Helsing for PS2 at #7 again in its 5th week ($154,200, $732,260 to date) and The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay at #8 in its first week ($153,209). Once again #2 in its 9th week was Midway’s NBA Ballers for PS2 ($240,072 in the week, $2.24 million to date). Rounding out the top 10 were one game each from Eidos, Sony Computer Entertainment and Ubisoft: Respectively, Hitman: Contracts for PS2 at #3 again in its 7th week ($225,475 in the week, $1.85 million to date), Syphon Filter: Omega Strain for PS2 at #6 again in its 5th week ($168,282, $771,012 to date) and Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow for Xbox at #9 again in its 11th week ($133,489, $2.02 million to date).