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  • Top 10 Best-Selling Games Of The Past Week In Australia And New Zealand

    Top 10 Best-Selling Games Of The Past Week In Australia And New Zealand

    The latest weekly sales charts for Australia and New Zealand have arrived. For the week ended April 23, Ghost Recon: Wildlands held on to its top spot on the multiplatform list in Australia, while Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare jumped to the top of the charts in New Zealand for the first time in 15 weeks, according to MCV.

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    Another notable point is that Yooka-Laylee, which debuted at No. 2 in Australia, dropped to No. 10 this week. The game never made it into the Top 10 list in New Zealand.

    Rounding out the top five for Australia in terms of the all-platforms chart were Horizon: Zero Dawn, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Grand Theft Auto V, and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.

    You can see all the charts for Australia and New Zealand below. Bear in mind that these charts are for physical games only.

    Australia

    Top-Selling Games For All Platforms

    1. Ghost Recon: Wildlands
    2. Horizon: Zero Dawn
    3. Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
    4. Grand Theft Auto V
    5. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
    6. Rainbow Six Siege
    7. Lego Worlds
    8. Mass Effect: Andromeda
    9. Battlefield 1
    10. Yooka-Laylee

    Top-Selling PS4 Games

    1. Horizon: Zero Dawn
    2. Ghost Recon: Wildlands
    3. Grand Theft Auto V
    4. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
    5. Rainbow Six Siege
    6. Yooka-Laylee
    7. Lego Worlds
    8. Mafia III
    9. Battlefield 1
    10. Dishonored 2

    Top-Selling Xbox One Games

    1. Ghost Recon: Wildlands
    2. Forza Horizon 3
    3. Grand Theft Auto V
    4. Rainbow Six Siege
    5. Lego Worlds
    6. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
    7. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
    8. Mass Effect: Andromeda
    9. Yooka-Laylee
    10. Dishonored 2

    Top-Selling Wii U Games

    1. Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
    2. Minecraft
    3. Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival
    4. Lego Dimensions
    5. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
    6. Just Dance 2017
    7. ESPN Sports Connection
    8. Nintendo Land
    9. Pokken Tournament
    10. Mario Kart 8

    Top-Selling PS Vita Games

    1. Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization
    2. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
    3. Borderlands 2
    4. Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders From Planet Space
    5. Age of Earth: Protonovus Assault
    6. Little Big Planet: Marvel Super Hero Edition
    7. One Piece: Burning Blood
    8. Grand Kingdom
    9. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
    10. Minecraft

    Top-Selling 3DS Games

    1. Pokemon Sun
    2. Pokemon Moon
    3. Monster Hunter: Generations
    4. Super Mario Maker
    5. Yoshi’s New Island
    6. Pokemon Omega Ruby
    7. Super Smash Bros.
    8. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire
    9. Mario Kart 7
    10. Mario Sports Superstars

    Top-Selling Switch Games

    1. Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
    2. Lego City Undercover
    3. 1-2-Switch
    4. Just Dance 2017
    5. Super Bomberman R
    6. Skylanders Imaginators

    Top-Selling PC Games

    1. The Sims 4
    2. Overwatch
    3. Ghost Recon: Wildlands
    4. Battlefield 1
    5. Fallout 4
    6. Grand Theft Auto V
    7. Mass Effect: Andromeda
    8. World of Warcraft: Legion
    9. Rainbow Six Siege
    10. Dark Souls III

    New Zealand

    Top-Selling Games For All Platforms

    1. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
    2. Horizon: Zero Dawn
    3. Ghost Recon: Wildlands
    4. Far Cry Primal
    5. Watch Dogs 2
    6. Grand Theft Auto V
    7. Battlefield 1
    8. Minecraft
    9. FIFA 17
    10. Forza Horizon 3

    Top-Selling PS4 Games

    1. Horizon: Zero Dawn
    2. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
    3. Far Cry Primal
    4. Watch Dogs 2
    5. Ghost Recon: Wildlands
    6. Grand Theft Auto V
    7. Battlefield 1
    8. Minecraft
    9. Ratchet & Clank
    10. FIFA 17

    Top-Selling Xbox One Games

    1. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
    2. Forza Horizon 3
    3. Ghost Recon: Wildlands
    4. Far Cry Primal
    5. Battlefield 1
    6. Minecraft
    7. Grand Theft Auto V
    8. The Division
    9. Watch Dogs 2
    10. Mass Effect: Andromeda

    Top-Selling Wii U Games

    1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
    2. Yoshi’s Wooly World
    3. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
    4. Super Mario Maker
    5. Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE
    6. Minecraft
    7. Xenoblade Chronicles X
    8. Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival
    9. Disney Infinity 3.0
    10. Hyrule Warriors

    Top-Selling PS Vita Games

    1. Phineas and Ferb: Day of the Doofenshmirtz
    2. Child of Light
    3. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
    4. Lego: The Hobbit
    5. Looney Tunes Galactic Sports
    6. God Eater 2: Rage Burst
    7. Minecraft
    8. Reality Fighters
    9. World of Final Fantasy
    10. Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate

    Top-Selling 3DS Games

    1. Pokemon Moon
    2. Pokemon Sun
    3. Mario Kart 7
    4. Super Mario Maker
    5. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
    6. Super Smash Bros.
    7. Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D
    8. New Super Mario Bros. 2
    9. Super Mario 3D Land
    10. Pokemon Omega Ruby

    Top-Selling Switch Games

    1. Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
    2. 1-2-Switch
    3. Lego City Undercover
    4. Just Dance 2017
    5. Skylanders Imaginators
    6. Super Bomberman R

    Top-Selling PC Games

    1. The Sims 4
    2. Overwatch
    3. The Sims 4: Get To Work
    4. Mystery P.I. Lost in Los Angeles
    5. Battlefield 1
    6. The Sims 4: Get Together
    7. Ghost Recon: Wildlands
    8. Civilization VI
    9. Limbo
    10. Peggle Nights

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  • Boxing Kangaroo Roger Is Not In Tekken 7

    Boxing Kangaroo Roger Is Not In Tekken 7

    Roger, the boxing kangaroo featured in past installments in the Tekken series, is not in Tekken 7, producer Katsuhiro Harada has confirmed. But why?

    Harada told VG247 that the viral video of the man who punched a kangaroo in the face has something to do with it. “There was a video of a man’s dog being headlocked by a kangaroo, and he punched it in the face. It turned into a big problem,” he said. “People were complaining about him punching a kangaroo.”

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    Harada went on to say there are “animal activists” today than there used to be. Although these people might not play Tekken 7, Harada said they “would still hear about that,” referring to a kangaroo being in the game who is able to be punched. These people “would complain about it,” so Roger was left out.

    Tekken 7 does feature a fighting animal in the form of Kuma the bear. He’s in the game because, according to Harada, a bear is “obviously stronger than a human being.”

    Harada clarified on Twitter that PETA, which has blasted video games in the past, did not come to Bandai Namco with concerns. Instead, Harada said Bandai Namco has “worries” about potential blowback.

    Huh? PETA has not said anything. And I said we’ve worries. What are you talking about.
    RT @ChingachgookNM

    — Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) April 28, 2017

    GameSpot has contacted Bandai Namco in an attempt to get more details on this situation.

    Tekken 7 launches on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC on June 2. For lots more on the game, check out the news stories below and footage of the story mode here.

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  • Win Tickets To Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2017! (Australia Only)

    GameSpot Australia are excited to be giving the readers the chance to attend Intel Extreme Masters Sydney on the weekend of May 6-7, to see the best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams in the world fight it out in an arena setting.

    Intel Extreme Masters Sydney will play host to two days of world-class esports action, and will be Australia’s biggest ever esports event with a record prizepool of $260,000 AUD.

    Counter-Strike: Global Offensive will be the main event, with a community stage playing host to Rocket League, Smite, and League of Legends tournaments.

    To be in the running to win a full weekend double-pass for you and a friend to attend, simply fill in the form below and correctly answer the question:

    “Which Australian team won the IEM open qualifiers in 2017?”

    GameSpot staff will hand-pick the winners based on the pool of correct answers. This competition will close on Friday, May 5 at 9:00am AEST.

    This competition is only open to residents of Australia. All entrants must be over 18 years of age.

    Please use the form to enter the competition, answers written in the comments section are invalid.

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  • Super Mario Run Expected To Hit 150M Downloads Soon, Paying Players Growing

    Nintendo’s Super Mario Run is closing in on a new download milestone. The company’s president, Tatsumi Kimishima, said as part of Nintendo’s latest earnings that the free game “will soon reach 150 million downloads” for iOS and Android combined. This is up from 78 million back in January.

    Contributing to the game’s big success is the fact that it’s available in a lot of countries and regions–165 to be precise. Not only has the game reached an audience in the US, Europe, and Japan, but it’s appealing to players in others as well, Kimishima said.

    “We were able to provide an opportunity for many consumers in countries and regions where we had not previously done business to experience this new kind of Mario game that can be played with one hand,” Kimishima said.

    Super Mario Run is free, but you need to pay $10 (or region equivalent) to unlock all the courses. The game launched in December for iOS before coming to Android in March.

    Kimishima added that the number of people who pay to unlock everything is “increasingly gradually.” Months ago, Nintendo said only 5 percent of players had paid, while the company also acknowledged that the game has not made as much money as it hoped.

    Are you still playing Super Mario Run? Let us know in the comments below!

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  • Masters Of The Universe Reboot Movie Will Arrive in 2019

    Masters Of The Universe Reboot Movie Will Arrive in 2019

    The big screen reboot of the classic cartoon and toy line Masters of the Universe has a release date. The movie has been in development for several years, and it will now hit theatres in 2019.

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    As reported by Entertainment Weekly, Sony has scheduled the film for December 18, 2019. While Terminator: Salvation director McG was previously attached to the project, the site reports that he is no longer involved. The studio is now meeting with other potential directors.

    DC veteran David Goyer (Man of Steel, The Dark Knight) is also onboard as screenwriter. In August 2015, it was reported that Thor writer Christopher Yost was working on the script, but it is unknown what stage this reached.

    While no stars haver been attached to the film, EW reports that “many actors, including A-list talent, are vying for key roles.”

    Mattel launched the Masters of the Universe toy line in 1982, creating a mythology about the conflict between good and evil on the planet of Eternia. A cartoon based on the property, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe ran for two years, in addition to a comic book series, the spinoff animation She-Ra: Princess of Power, and a number of video games.

    In 1987, Cannon Films produced a live-action movie version, starring Dolph Lundgren as muscle-bound hero He-Man. By that point, however, the popularity of Masters of the Universe was in decline, and the toys were discontinued the following year. Subsequent attempts to revive the franchise included a new toy line and a short-lived second animated series in the early 2000s.

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  • Call Of Duty: WW2 Ditching Health Regen, Has Some Form Of Dedicated Classes

    Call Of Duty: WW2 Ditching Health Regen, Has Some Form Of Dedicated Classes

    Call of Duty: WWII was revealed in a lot more depth yesterday, with developer Sledgehammer Games unveiling the game’s release date, special editions, private beta, and first story trailer. Now, more details have emerged regarding the game’s single-player.

    According to Polygon, the campaign is ditching health regeneration, a system which has been present in the series since 2005’s Call of Duty 2.

    “You have to worry about every bullet,” Sledgehammer Games co-founder Glen Schofield told the site. “You’re not the superhero. You can’t just stand there taking seven bullets, ducking, shooting again. It’s refreshing for us to deal with recruits who aren’t Tier One warriors, to show that vulnerability. They’re naïve. It’s been a really cool challenge creating this different kind of gameplay.”

    The original Call of Duty required you to pick up medikits to replenish health, while every mainline game in the series since has restored health automatically when you’re not under fire.

    In a separate interview with GamesRadar, the developer’s other co-founder, Michael Condrey, suggests Call of Duty: WWII will have “several mechanics” where your teammates can help you out. One example is that you’ll need to rely largely on one particular squadmate to provide ammo.

    “Certain members of your squad have certain attributes that can help you,” said Condrey. And if you are in proximity to one of your squad members, and you need their help you can… it’s an active ability.”

    This is to help the series move away from the ‘super-soldier’ idea, says Condrey:

    “Part of being this squad and working together was about helping each other out in a very different way than in previous games. This is [you] relying on your squad, and so that was a mechanic where you can rely on your squad members to help you, and in that case–when you’re low on ammo–your squad can share ammo.”

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    What’s more, Condrey teases that there may be times when you’re separated from certain members of your squad, meaning you may have to change up your strategy–by conserving ammunition or playing more cautiously, for example. “You can be separated from guys with key abilities that would change how you play–if you’re not with the ammo guy then you have less ability to replenish your ammo,” he explained.

    Publisher Activision has said the majority of Call of Duty: WWII’s story will focus on the latter stages of the war, between 1944 and 1945. The game will also “touch on” things that happened from 1940 to 1944 to “help set the stage for the narrative and establish the characters.”

    “It takes place in the European theater of conflict, at a time when the Allied forces were finally starting to gather strength on their march into Germany. You and your squad will fight your way through occupied France, Belgium, and across the Rhine into Germany,” the company said.

    For more on the latest Call of Duty title, check out our roundup of everything we know so far.

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  • Nintendo Switch Ships 2.74M Units, Zelda Rises To 3.84M Shipped

    Today as part of Nintendo’s latest earnings report for the fiscal year ended March 31, Nintendo provided the first worldwide shipment update for the Nintendo Switch. The console has shipped 2.74 million units around the world since launch in March, while it has shipped 5.46 million games.

    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has now sold 3.84 million units worldwide, including 2.76 million units Switch and 1.08 million on Wii U. Nintendo also called out 1-2 Switch, though all it said was that the game is “generating buzz”; no sales numbers were provided.

    Nintendo thinks the good times will keep rolling for the Switch, predicting to ship 10 million more units of hardware in the current fiscal year and 35 million games over the same period of time.

    On the portable front, 3DS game sales were strong, Nintendo said, specifically calling out Pokemon Sun and Moon, which have now combined to sell 15.44 million units. Super Mario Maker for 3DS is now up to 2.34 million units, while Kirby: Planet Robobot has risen to 1.36 million. In all, Nintendo sold 55.08 million 3DS games during the fiscal year.

    3DS hardware sales amounted to 7.27 million units for the period, up 7 percent year-over-year. Nintendo has now sold around 66 million 3DS units worldwide, making it something of a juggernaut that Nintendo said it sees as “a platform that we can rely on for software sales.”

    For Wii U, the system sold 760,000 units during the fiscal year, down 77 percent year-over-year. A dramatic sales decrease was of course expected, given the launch of the Switch. Nintendo sold 14.8 million Wii U games during the period, down 46 percent compared to last year.

    For the past three months alone, the Wii U sold…zero units. This from Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad:

    Nintendo sold 0 Wii U’s in the last 3 months.

    In other words, 13.56 million is the final lifetime to date sales for Wii U.

    — Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) April 27, 2017

    Some other notes from Nintendo’s earnings report is that Amiibo sales were described as “limited,” coming in at 9.1 million figure units and 9.3 million card-types. Another tough spot for Nintendo was in the area of DLC. “There were relatively fewer offerings of downloadable content during this period, so digital sales were also down to a large extent on the same period last year,” Nintendo said.

    Additionally, Super Mario Run had a pretty significant impact on Nintendo’s bottom line, it seems.

    Nintendo recognised approximately ~$180 million in profit from Pokemon Go alone.

    Impressive.

    — Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) April 27, 2017

    In terms of financials, Nintendo’s net sales for the period amounted to ¥489 billion yen, down 3 percent compared to last year. Profit was ¥102 billion yen, which is up 521.5 percent, though this includes the hundreds of millions that Nintendo made from its sale of the Seattle Mariners.

    You can read the full Nintendo earnings report here.

    Capcom also reported earnings for its latest fiscal year today–here’s a breakdown of the key takeaways.

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  • Capcom: Dead Rising 4 Underperforms, But Revenue And Profit Still Rise

    Japanese video game giant Capcom today announced earnings results for its fiscal year ended March 31. Revenue rose 13.2 percent to ¥87.17 billion, while net income also saw an improvement, rising 14.6 percent to ¥8.8 billion compared to the same period last year.

    Games that had a had a “solid performance” during the fiscal year include Resident Evil 7 and Monster Hunter XX, Capcom said. Additionally, the ports of older Resident Evil games for new consoles “performed well,” the publisher said in its announcement. These were not mentioned by name, though it’s likely a reference to the re-releases of Resident Evil 4, 5, and 6.

    What didn’t turn out so well was Dead Rising 4. The newest entry in the zombie series for Xbox One and PC “underperformed,” Capcom said. In February, Capcom acknowledged the mixed reaction to Dead Rising 4, saying its “more approachable” nature did not resonate with everyone.

    Dead Rising 4 came out in December for Xbox One and PC. Capcom expected the game to ship 2 million units by the end of March, though it’s unclear if that figure was met.

    Resident Evil 7, Monster Hunter XX, and Dead Rising 4 all failed to meet their sales targets, according to Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad.

    RESIDENT EVIL 7 has shipped 3.5 million units as of March 31st 2017.

    500k short of its 4 million target. Was worried that would happen.

    — Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) April 27, 2017

    MONSTER HUNTER XX has shipped 1.7 million units as of March 31st 2017.

    300k short of its 2 million target.

    — Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) April 27, 2017

    Dead Rising 4 has severely underperformed.

    Nowhere near its 2 million target.

    — Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) April 27, 2017

    Looking ahead, Capcom said it will “strengthen digital download sales and increase our pipeline of major title releases according to our medium-term strategic map.”

    For the current fiscal year, Capcom is expecting even more revenue and profit than it made this year. The company is modeling net sales of ¥93 billion and operating income of ¥14.5 billion for the year ending March 31, 2018.

    Capcom operates a number of businesses. In addition to video games, the company has businesses units dedicated to Arcade and Amusement, as well as an “other” category. The numbers in this post represent sales for all units combined.

    You can read Capcom’s full earnings report here.

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  • Fallout Tabletop Game Coming This Year, Looks Pretty Cool

    What’s being billed as the first tabletop miniatures game based on the Fallout franchise is on the way. Fallout: Wasteland Warfare, as it’s called, is in the works at England-based tabletop game-maker Modiphius Entertainment and is slated to come out this November.

    Fallout: Wasteland Warfare – command a crew of detailed 32mm scale minis through PvP, co-op & solo tabletop missions https://t.co/FE98JnobjY pic.twitter.com/r9s2rk6eCh

    — Chris Birch (@Modiphius) April 21, 2017

    Factions, allies, and characters from across the Fallout series are represented in the new tabletop game. The 32nm minitatures, for things like Nuka Cola vending machines and Dogmeat, are made of “high-quality” resin, the maker said.

    Here is more from the Fallout: Wasteland Warfare description (via Polygon):

    “Fallout: Wasteland Warfare will include an entire narrative campaign arc as well as unique random missions with narrative-style objectives, and Crew Caps recovered in missions can be used to improve the crew’s perks, weapons, gear, and upgrades for the next encounter. In either Player vs. Player, or Tournament mode, players will try to survive the tabletop wasteland.”

    There will be options for solo play and co-op. Play packs will be sold at retail stores.

    Fallout: Wasteland Warfare will become available to preorder this summer ahead of its launch in November. Pricing was not announced. You can visit Modiphius’ website to learn more about the game.

    Modiphius is also behind the Star Trek Adventures, Mutant Chronicles, and Conan tabletop role-playing games. You can learn more about the company here.

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  • Watch Call Of Duty: WW2's Reveal Stream Here Today

    Watch Call Of Duty: WW2's Reveal Stream Here Today

    Call of Duty: WWII has already seen multiple leaks, from its setting and name to its release date and story details to its special edition and season pass. After an initial announcement last week, the title is now getting a full reveal via a livestream, and you can watch that here today, April 26, at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 6 PM BST.

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    It’s unclear what exactly we’ll discover in the stream; Activision has only said that it will be a “worldwide reveal.” It’s possible we may see the first footage of the game, which takes Call of Duty back to WWII for the first time since 2008’s World at War.

    We may also get a confirmation of the game’s release date. Developer Sledgehammer Games has so far only stated the game will launch in “November,” while a leak suggested a release date of Friday, November 3.

    It’s unlikely, however, that we’ll discover much news about the game’s multiplayer modes; Activision has traditionally revealed its Call of Duty games with single-player details before lifting the lid on multiplayer further down the line. Rumors, however, suggest the shooter will feature multiplayer maps set on “many of World War II’s most iconic locations.” What’s more, “Players will also enjoy exciting new ways to interact and socialize with their friends and the Call of Duty community,” a leak said.

    In other news, Transformers actor Josh Duhamel will reportedly star in the new Call of Duty game. Previous games in the series have featured actors such as Gary Oldman, Kevin Spacey, and Kit Harington.

    Check back here at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 6 PM BST to see the full reveal.

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