Call of Duty World and Shadow Complex top Xbox Live

Call of Duty World at War, Shadow Complex, Halo 2 and I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 were the top games according to Major Nelson’s weekly Xbox Live Activity Lists for the week of August 17, 2009. Shadow Complex and Trials HD share the distinction of showing up on both the Top Live Games and Top Arcades Titles list for the week. For games played online, it was all World at War, followed by Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, Gears of War 2 and Madden NFL.

Shadow Complex and Trials HD were the top selling Arcade games, with Battlefield 1943 and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 following closely. Surprisingly, Castle Crashers is still in the top after almost a year of being available. Amazing. Ska Studios’ (makers of The Dishwasher) I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 topped the indie charts, while Halo 2 is still being enjoyed on Xbox Live.

The full set of lists after the jump!

Read the rest of this entry »

Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 3 released

The Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 3 is now available on Xbox Live Marketplace for 800 Microsoft Points - except Japan where it is not available. The Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 3 expands the COD multiplayer experience with four new maps. Fight for ocean territory in “Battery,” defend Russia’s resources in “Revolution,” and battle in the dense streets of “Breach.” Zombies return in “Der Riese” (Zombie Factory), a Nazi research facility featuring a weapon upgrading Pack A Punch Machine, teleporters, and 10 Achievements.

Add the DLC to your Xbox 360 download queue by clicking on this link.

Activision releases World at War iPhone app

Activision Publishing and Call of Duty: World at War developer Treyarch, have launched the first iPhone application as a companion for the popular WWII action game today via iTunes for free. The Call of Duty: World at War Companion allows those who own iPhones to remotely access news and updates to their iPhones.

Players with linked accounts on www.CoDWaW.com (Xbox 360 and PS3) will be able to see key stats from the game. The application will support unique registered player accounts for Call of Duty: World at War fans by providing stat and performance tracking, news and info about the game and the ability to monitor the activity of friends.

While this app is an interesting little bauble, fans would appreciate some kind of World at War spin-off game for iPhone. Just saying out loud what everyone else is thinking.

Halo 3, Battlefield 1943 tops on Xbox Live

Halo 3, Battlefield 1943, Halo 2 and RC-AirSim were the top games on Xbox Live according to the LIVE Activity report from Major Nelson for the week of July 20, 2009. Halo 3, Call of Duty 4 and Call of Duty: world at War continued to take the top three spots for games played online, followed by Gears of War 2 and (my current favorite) Battlefield 1943.

Battlefield 1943 was also the top Xbox Live Arcade game for the week, beating out the physics based Splosion Man, The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, Castle Crashers (which just won’t go away), and Worms 2: Armageddon.

Sane sh*t, different day for Xbox Originals: Halo 2 was at the top of the heap, followed by Star Wars: Battlefront 2, Counter-Strike, Fable and Splinter Cell Chaos.

Finally, RC-AirSim made its way back to the top of the Community Games list, beating out Fireworks HD, myFishtank, Kodu Game Lab and Gamerbots:Third-Robot Shooting. The complete list can be found after the break:

Read the rest of this entry »

Prototype dominates UK sales charts

Prototype was the top selling game in the United Kingdom, according to ELSPA’s Chart Track for the week ending June 20, 2009 - up from the number two spot the week prior. The Sims 3 was knocked out of the top spot by Activision’s super hero action game, while Red Faction: Guerilla was pushed out of the number three spot by Wii Fit and the debut of the new Ghostbusters game, falling all the way to number six.

Meanwhile, UFC 2009 Undisputed fell two spots to number seven, while Call of Duty World at War rose from number seven to number five. EA Sports Active was down two spots to number eight, while Virtua Tennis 2009 cracked the top ten at number nine and Grand Slam Tennis managed to land at number ten.

The rest of the top twenty can be found below:

UK Retail Sales - June 20, 2009

1 PROTOTYPE
2 THE SIMS 3
3 WII FIT
4 GHOSTBUSTERS: THE VIDEO GAME
5 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR
6 RED FACTION: GUERRILLA
7 UFC 2009: UNDISPUTED
8 EA SPORTS ACTIVE
9 VIRTUA TENNIS 2009
10 GRAND SLAM TENNIS
11 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE
12 FIFA 09
13 INDIANA JONES AND THE STAFF OF KINGS
14 MARIO KART WII
15 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE
16 POKEMON PLATINUM
17 GUITAR HERO: METALLICA
18 INFAMOUS
19 ARMA II
20 RESIDENT EVIL 5

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track

Activision Predicts Impressive Q1 Results

Activision this morning announced that it will do better in the first quarter than it had previously forecasted - thanks mostly to strong performances by Call of Duty: World at War, World of Warcraft and Guitar Hero titles. Activision had forecasted first quarter revenues of $860 million and earnings of 8 cents a share.

The company says that it is “tracking ahead” of its prior outlook. Excluding the usual charges, Activision predicts revenues of $550 million and 3 cents a share. Analysts had revenue pegged at $569.32 million and 4 cents a share.

“Global consumer response to the Call of Duty and Guitar Hero franchises and Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft remains strong despite the challenging economic environment,” said Activision CEO Robert Kotick. “We exceeded our quarterly financial goals as the video game market continues to grow and our franchises continue to perform.”

Kotick also had a positive outlook on upcoming games doing well later in the year. Those games include Transformers, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Guitar Hero Smash Hits.

CoD: World at War Map Pack 1 Downloaded One Million Times

Call of Duty: World at War fans have given the new map pack, , the only endorsement it needs: more than one million downloads. The Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1 from Activision and developer Treyarch, was downloaded more than one million times during its first weekend of availability (March 19-22) on Xbox LIVE and the PlayStation Network. The map pack contains four maps (Nightfire, Station, Knee Deep and Verruckt) and is available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 for 800 Microsoft Points and on the PlayStation Store for the PS3 for $9.99.

For more information about Call of Duty: World at War and the map pack, visit www.callofduty.com.