Namco Bandai has announced that over 2.5 million copies of Tekken 6 were shipped to retailers worldwide for the launch of the game. This figure includes standard, Arcade Stick and Limited Editions of the game.

Tekken 6 launched for the Xbox 360 and PS3 across Europe and PAL territories last week Friday, the 30th of October. The game features the biggest character line up in the Tekken series history, a new Scenario Campaign mode, online fighting options as well as full time variable animation blur.

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Awards for the week

The winners of the week are:

Most awesome game name: Biker Mice from Mars
Most idiot game name: Master Jin Jin’s IQ Challenge
Shovelware of the week: Garfield: Lasagne World Tour Blast!
Publisher of the week: Nintendo (The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass)
Platform of the week: Nintendo DS (The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass)

Microsoft Game Studios dominated the limelight last week with the release of Halo 3. This week they are ‘1-upped’ by Nintendo with the latest Zelda title. They do, however, come in at close second for Project Gotham Racing 4.

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Awards for the week

The winners of the week are:

Most awesome game name: Ninjabread Man
Most idiot game name: World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets
Shovelware of the week: Bratz: The Movie
Publisher of the week: Microsoft Game Studios (Halo 3)
Platform of the week: Xbox 360 (Halo 3)

As the internets say, anything launching this week is being “sent to die,” since Halo 3 is launching on the 25th of September.

The full release list:

PS3

• Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (THQ)
• skate (EA Games)
• Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII (Ubisoft)
• Stranglehold (Midway)
• World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets (Activision)
• NBA 08 (Sony Computer Entertainment of America)

Xbox 360

• World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets (Activision)
• Halo 3 (Microsoft Game Studios)
• CSI: Hard Evidence (Ubisoft)

Wii

• Bratz: The Movie (THQ)
• Dewy’s Adventure (Konami)
• Dave Mirra BMX Challenge (Crave)
• Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire (D3)
• Balls of Fury (DSI Games)
• Ninjabread Man (Conspiracy Entertainment)

PS2

• Jackass the Game (Red Mile Entertainment)
• Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2 (Konami)
• NBA 08 (Sony Computer Entertainment of America)
• Bratz: The Movie (THQ)
• Soul Nomad & the World Eaters (NIS America)
• CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder (Ubisoft)
• World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets (Activision)

DS

• Arctic Tale (DSI Games)
• Kurupoto Cool Cool Stars (Tommo)
• Cocoto Kart Racing (SVG Distribution)
• Crayola Treasure Adventures (Crave)
• Race Driver: Create & Race (Codemasters)
• World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets (Activision)
• Animal Genius (Scholastic, Inc.)
• Spelling Challenges and More! (Crave)
• Math Play (Natsume)

PSP

• Hot Pixel (Atari)
• NBA 08 (Sony Computer Entertainment of America)
• Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (THQ)