Chart Track has just revealed that Grand Theft Auto 4  (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) is still holding strong at the top of the list of the software sales list. However, the second and third place slots on the list have been taken over by two newcomers. To find out more, head on over to the full article.

The Chart Track UK sales have been released with Grand Theft Auto 4 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) claiming the top spot on the list. In case you want to check out the rest of the list, head on over to the full article by clicking on the "read more" link below.

To those who like lists and/or charts, then be prepared for the latest release of Chart Track UK's Top 40 software sales. The one that rose above the sales competition was Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. Find out what games made in the list by heading over to the full article.

And as the 2008 Olympics draws near, it's hype seems to grow more influential. While Beijing has been transformed to house an Olympic city - making the latter a city within a city - Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games makes serious headway into the casual gaming market. Or maybe it's just in the UK, where SEGA's joint Olympics game with Nintendo holds top spot for another week running.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii, DS) has reclaimed the top slot in the Chart Track top 40 entertainment software list. Devil May Cry 4 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC) has slipped down to second place while Turok (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) is still at number three. Want to see the full charts? Scoot on over to the  full article.

Drivers, start your engines! It sure looks like there's a new top-notcher on the UK's gaming preference, and it doesn't have anything to do with soccer balls, plumber long jumps or WWII reincarnates. Burnout Paradise from publisher Electronic Arts left the competition in a flurry of dust and burning rubber, and even set EA at a tie for the most games on the top ten with Nintendo. More at the full story.

 Chart Track UK has released the numbers for video game sales in the UK as of December 22. Activision and Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3,  Xbox 360, PC) took top honors, leading all the other games in sales.

Want to find out what people have been buying in the UK the week before Christmas? Head on over to the full article for the entire list of games.

Way back during TGS 2007, it was announced that Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games was expected to sell four million copies. While this hasn't happened yet, it's got a pretty good start as the Wii version of the game zips and hops up to first place in the UK for individual format sales for the week of December 8. Read the full article for the top 20 games in the UK.

With the trend of games being released under the Touch Generation label and the vast popularity of Dr. Kawashima's disembodied head, Nintendo UK boss David Yarnton still reassured hardcore gamers that they are not being ignored - whether you're talking about titles on the Wii or DS.

At a press conference in London, a couple of Nintendo fans who grew up on the classic first-party titles on the NES and SNES (oh, you can throw your own example here: Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, etc.) expressed their concern about the recent and upcoming releases that Nintendo has in its games library. A couple of games that were pointed out were Brain Training and Wii Fit.

Yarnton replied with a number of games to prove that they are indeed not ignoring the hardcore gamer. Said Yarnton, they (Nintendo) are still very much in touch with their roots:

It's important to know that we're not ignoring the hardcore gamer. They're still very important to us. // And Christmas alone we have already catered on the Wii with Metroid Prime 3 and Super Mario Galaxy, and on DS with The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.

We all have different definitions of "hardcore" gaming. And true enough (some of you might even agree), Metroid Prime delivers in the hardcore department (Ridley battle FTW!). Galaxy does go back to the Mario 64 roots with a lot more to offer. And Phantom Hourglass, despite having a new kind of control scheme, still takes us back to the days of classic top-down dungeon crawlers like A Link to the Past.

But what about other games to follow Super Mario Galaxy? Let's hope Nintendo starts making announcements soon. We can't wait for a Star Fox on the Wii.

 

It's been a month since we've kept track of the hottest selling games in the UK, but we guess later is better than never. The latest numbers rolled off from Chart Track's UK list for the week ending August 25, and Take-Two Interactive's BioShock claims the throne from top-notcher Transformers: The Game from Activision.

With Activision's multi-platformer sitting on number two, Nintendo's Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training stays firmly at the third spot. Another Brain Training title, More Brain Training From Dr. Kawashima, tails closely at third, swapping places with Wii Play which now sits at fourth.

Pokemon Diamond drops two places to sixth, pushing Electronic Arts' Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix to the number seven spot. Ubisoft's Surf's Up, Microsoft's Blue Dragon, and Ubisoft's Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Warfighter 2 closes the lower three of the top ten, from eighth place onwards in that order. In quick summary, that would be:

• BioShock (Take-Two Interactive)
• Transformers: The Game (Activision)
• Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
• More Brain Training From Dr. Kawashima (Nintendo)
• Wii Play (Nintendo)
• Pokemon Diamond (Nintendo)
• Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix (Electronic Arts)
• Surf's Up (Ubisoft)
• Blue Dragon (Microsoft)
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Warfighter 2 (Ubisoft)