Today is a landmark day for the Wii and its owners. One of the most anticipated games is finally released Metroid!! While I had a chance to play the first planet over the weekend at GameStop its hard to control my self. The controls are just as solid as every preview has said. This shooter is going to path the way for FPS games on the Wii. If companies have not figured out a good setup they have a great skeleton to work off of now. The lock system we are all used to from prior Prime games on the GC is still available to use but with how smooth the wii mote aims you wont need it. I will be picking up my copy on my lunch break and will report more about any preorder special items I mite receive.

To be continued?

Well Activision finally announced it would be putting a Call of Duty 4 online multiplayer beta up on Xbox live today. You can now goto the website to sign up (www.CharlieOscarDelta.com).

“The beta will enable players to experience the most advanced and powerful arsenal of modern day firepower in customizable multiplayer battles from the world’s most treacherous hotspots. Players will be able to customize their experiences by utilizing new features including create-a-class, player-ranking and the new perk system. Gamers will also be able to ease seamlessly into multiplayer matchmaking with the party system or even join games in-progress. New recruits will enlist for battle across a series of action-packed maps and dynamic game modes to test their mettle in the ultimate multiplayer gameplay arena.”

So get your but in gear and check out what could be the best Call of Duty ever! It should hit stores first week of November and will probably be a big seller so you might want to reserve your copy today (that is if you liked the beta).

Rockstar has announced that a reworked version of its controversial Manhunt 2 has been granted an M rating by the ESRB. Free of the shackles of its original AO classification, the game is currently scheduled for release in the US on Wii, PS2 and PSP this Halloween, October 31.

Sam Houser, founder and executive producer of Rockstar Games noted of the decision, “Manhunt 2 is important to us, and we’re glad it can finally be appreciated as a gaming experience”. He continued, “We love the horror genre. Manhunt 2 is a powerful piece of interactive story telling that is a unique video game experience. We think horror fans will love it.”

In its original guise, Manhunt 2 was granted an AO rating by the ESRB, meaning that neither Sony or Nintendo would permit the game to appear on its consoles. Meanwhile, Rockstar is currently appealing the British Board of Film Classification’s decision to refuse certification for the game in the UK, effectively banning it from sale in the country.

Rockstar’s UK PR team were unable to comment on the status of the appeal, nor whether we can expect this reworked version of Manhunt 2 to be resubmitted to the BBFC in the near future.

Today, the NPD group released its July sales numbers. While it’s no surprise that DS, and Wii continue to dominate, it’s interesting to see that the Wii outsold even the DS. This is the first time this has happened. Also, of interest, is that the PS3 “Price drop” seems to have had no effect on its sales. Below is the hardware, and top 10 software sales for September.

Wii 425k
Nintendo DS 405 k
PlayStation 2 222k
PlayStation Portable 214k
Xbox 360 170k
PlayStation 3 159k
Game Boy Advance 87k

Top 10 SKU’s for July
360 NCAA FOOTBALL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 1 397k
PS2 GUITAR HERO ENCORE: ROCKS THE 80S ACTIVISION (CORP) 2 339k
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA 3 278k
PS2 NCAA FOOTBALL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 4 236k
WII MARIO PARTY 8 NINTENDO OF AMERICA 5 177k
PS3 NCAA FOOTBALL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 6 156k
NDS POKEMON DIAMOND VERSION NINTENDO OF AMERICA 7 144k
PS2 TRANSFORMERS: THE GAME ACTIVISION (CORP) 8 143k
PS2 GUITAR HERO 2 W/GUITAR ACTIVISION (CORP) 9 138k
360 GUITAR HERO 2 W/ GUITAR ACTIVISION (CORP) 10 108k

Today, Vgchartz.com posted an official press release stating that the Wii has surpassed the XBox 360 as the world wide market leader. While some state that Vgchartz is inaccurate, it can’t be ignored that these numbers are close enough, and are pretty accurate to the amount of Wii’s sold. Here is the official press release.

Vgchartz.com, the most comprehensive Videogame charts in the world has announced that lifetime sales of Nintendo’s Wii have passed Microsoft’s Xbox 360 on a worldwide basis as of August 23rd. (*)

Two years ago, very few analysts would have predicted the Nintendo Wii would be market leader this generation against the established Playstation and Xbox brands. But analysts can be in error: Vgchartz.com data, which is based on sample data from retailers all over the world indicates that the week ending August 23^rd Nintendo’s Wii (which was released one year after the Xbox 360 in November 2006), currently standing at 10.57 million consoles sold, passed Xbox 360 lifetime sales of 10.51 million units, making Nintendo the new market leader in both the home and handheld videogame console businesses.

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Many of us just lay awake at night waiting for Samus to make her next debut. Wondering will she be taking over by the phazon in her body or just kill a lot of pirates while being corrupted. Well heres some more hype to add to that lil thing you call a brain. Online features! While we wont get to kill other players online we can how ever unlock concept art, music, storyboards, stickers and bobbleheads. Thats not all, you can even unlock the ability to take screen shots in game and send them to people!!! Finally a wii game to show off those great screen capture skills. LG for one cant wait to check out the little online features that Metroid Prime 3 has to offer. In game screen shots for the win!!