Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box in stores

Professor Layton makes his triumphant return this week in his latest DS adventure, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box. The follow-up to Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box includes 150 puzzles, voice acting and animated scenes that tell the story, and - of course - more Luke.

Players will have to solve brain-teasers, riddles and puzzles to help the good Layton and his apprentice Luke uncover the mystery surrounding the Elysian Box, which is said to be deadly to all who open it. When you’re done with the game you can also connect your DS to a broadband Internet connection to get some free bonus puzzles. Nintendo says that these bonus puzzles extend the play time of the game, which we hope would be the case if we are going to go through the trouble of going online to get them, right?

Learn more about the game by visiting www.ProfessorLaytonDS.com.

Call of Duty 4 Wins Big at BAFTAs

The GAME British Academy Video Games Awards (BAFTAs) are over and the biggest winner was Call of Duty 4. The awards took place at the London Hilton on Park Lane, and were hosted by games aficionado Dara O’Briain. At this gala event some of last year’s biggest games were honored in various categories, while Atari founder Nolan Bushnell was given the BAFTA FELLOWSHIP Award for his contributions to the industry over his long and interesting career.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was the biggest winner of this year’s BAFTA video game awards, picking up top honors in the Action & Adventure, Gameplay, Story and Character categories - along with the only category voted on by players - the GAME Award of 2008. Dead Space also did pretty well, landing awards for Original Score and Use of Audio, while Super Mario Galaxy won the Best Game award this year.

A full list of the categories, nominees and this year’s winners can be found after the break (winners highlighted in bold).

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Killzone 2 Tops UK Charts

Killzone 2 is blazing up the charts in the UK with the PS3 exclusive landing at the number one spot for the week ending Feb 28th, 2009 - according to retail sales data from ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack’s All Formats Top 40. Killzone 2 managed to beat out Halo Wars, which debuted at the number 2 spot, knocking Street Fighter IV to number three for the week, which in turn helped push Wii Fit to the number four spot.

Professor Layton and the Curious Village for the DS, The Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection, FIFA 09, Call of Duty: World at War, Ben 10: Alien Force, and Mario Kart Wii filled out the rest of the chart for the week. Silent Hill: Homecoming debuted at number eleven, just missing the top ten and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II took a dramatic nose dive off the top ten to land at the 18th best selling position for the week.

ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 - Week Ending Feb 28th:
1. Killzone 2 (Sony)
2. Halo Wars (Microsoft)
3. Street Fighter IV (Capcom)
4. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
5. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
6. Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection (Sega)
7. FIFA 09 (EA)
8. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision Blizzard)
9. Ben 10: Alien Force (D3P)
10. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)