Black Bean Games has released a new patch for the PC version of WRC 2, which arrives on shelves today.

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2011 has already been a bumper year for tennis fans thanks to the release of the brilliantly realistic Top Spin 4 and the more arcade-orientated Virtua Tennis 4. Now fans of games based on the popular sport can look forward to another high profile tennis title releasing next year for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

The game in question is Grand Slam Tennis 2 which is being developed by EA Canada - the experienced studio behind such recent hits as FIFA 11 and NHL 11.

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The Spike Video Game Awards 2010 recently wrapped up, leaving us with a host of amazing trailers for tons of fantastic games.

The debut announcement trailer for Mass Effect 3 was aired during the show, revealing a look at the new world of Mass Effect: Earth!

From what’s included in the trailer, Mass Effect protagonist Shepard will make a return to Bioware’s action RPG series, this time tasked with saving Earth from annihilation by an unknown alien threat. An amazing trailer awaits below:

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Kazuhiko Abe, CFO of Capcom, has revealed that the fifth entry to the Resident Evil series has sold an impressive five million copies since its release in March.

Speaking at the Reuters Global Technology Summit in Tokyo, Abe said that while most of that figure was made up in the month of March (approximately 4.4 million copies), 570 000 units were sold in April:

“We are still enjoying strong demand, very strong demand, that is,” said Abe.

Sales of the title in the current financial year are expected to exceed Capcom’s own forecast of 800 000 units, with a new estimate of one million copies for the year.

It was also revealed that Capcom enjoyed an eleven percent jump in operating profit for the financial year ended March 31st, on the back of strong Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter IV sales.

Source: Reuters

April’s NPD numbers are in and as usual it did not take long for the big guns to spin the numbers there way.

Microsoft reiterated that the Xbox 360 was the first current generation gaming console to cross the 10 million sales mark in the US. It has sold 10.1 million units in the US to be exact and 19 million units globally.

Microsoft describes the Xbox 360 as the “most significant contributor to industry spending and growth” with NPD figures showing that 188 000 units were sold in April. In addition the Xbox 360 has the “highest attach rate in history for a console at this point in its lifestyle” recording an attach rate of 7.6 games per console.

The NPD data shows that consumers have spent over $9.7 billion on the “Xbox 360 experience” with Xbox 360 titles accounting for $186 million or 53% of third party games sales this generation. It was also quick to point out that three Xbox 360 titles made an appearance in the top ten software for April, with Grand Theft Auto IV taking first place with 1.8 million units (outselling the PS3 version by almost 2:1) and doubling Xbox Live memberships to over 12 million.

According to Microsoft sales data GTA IV lifted the Xbox 360 by 54% week-over-week which could be attributed to internal data showing that roughly four out of 10 gamers would bought an Xbox 360 also bought a copy of GTA IV. Microsoft also pointed out that GTA IV episodes will be available exclusively to Xbox Live this fall.

Microsoft’s latest additions to the Xbox 360 controller family have hit North American shelves. Although it may be somewhat hard to follow in the footsteps of their predecessor, the Halo 3 controller, the blue and pink wireless 360 controllers can now be purchased for $49.99.

If pink or blue simply does not appeal to you, you can still get the basic white, Elite Black and previously mentioned limited edition Halo 3 artwork controllers.