New Games: World of Warcraft from Vivendi Games moved up 2 spots...
New Games: World of Warcraft from Vivendi Games moved up 2 spots to return to the top of the PC game sales chart in the U.S., according to NPD Group data for the week ended June 24. THQ’s Cars…
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Radiator Springs Adventure -- the previous week’s #1 title -- dropped to #2 while Half-Life 2: Episode 1 from Electronic Arts (EA) fell one to #3. EA had 3 other titles in the top 10, each in the same position it was in the previous week: The Sims 2 at #4, The Sims 2 Family Fun Stuff Expansion Pack at #5 and The Sims 2 Open For Business Expansion Pack at #6… Take-Two Interactive’s Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, in its 21st week, was again the #1-selling game in the U.K., according to the Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Assn.’s Chart Track data for the week ended July 1. Sales of the title, initially released only for PSP, saw a recent surge after being released in a SKU for PS2, which accounted for 96% of the title’s sales for the week. Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros. for DS was the only new game in the top 10, at #2… Liberty City Stories for PS2 was again the top-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended July 2. There were no new games in the top 10… EA shipped The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II for Xbox 360 and said it “will hit store shelves July 7” at $59.99 in the U.S. It said the release, based on the PC game of the same name, “marks the debut of a strategy game available for the Xbox 360 system,” boasting a new and innovative console-specific control scheme that allows novice players to enjoy the game’s signature strategy gameplay while giving expert strategy players the flexibility needed to engage in deeply complex battles. The title was developed at EA’s L.A. studio and is part of the deal it signed with the Saul Zaentz Co. that granted EA the rights to develop games based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Rings books, in addition to a separate deal that allows for games based on the New Line Cinema films… Superscape Group said 11 of its mobile game SKUs are now available for download from the Leap Wireless-owned network Cricket: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Paintball Challenge, Jaws 2D, Fight Club 2D, Callaway Golf Mobile Tour 06 2D and 3D, Andretti Racing 2D and 3D, Ali Boxing 2D and 3D, and Street Hoops 3D.