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Have you already forgotten what games you can expect to hit retail and virtual store shelves over the course of this week? Then your memory is just as bad as ours, so it’s a good thing we keep vast lists of these sorts of important details.
Now if only we could find our latest list of worldwide game releases for this week… ah, here it is!
If Ghost Recon: Future Soldier wasn’t on your radar before, then this crushing story trailer for Ubisoft’s squad-based shooter will slam the game into your sights permanently!
Watch below as phantom soldiers use advanced gadgets to gain the upper-hand in a pulse-pounding video:
Is February the biggest videogame release month of 2012? It’s surely going to be a contender to that claim, with roughly 70 games due for launch over the next 28 days. This number is boosted by the launch of the PS Vita this month, while no less than six EA games contribute to the line-up.
Can you handle February’s release schedule? Don’t worry, we’ll get through it, together:
The official US and European PlayStation Blogs have both announced an exciting roster of content coming soon to PlayStation Plus subscribers as rewards for their membership, with full free games like Far Cry 2 and batches of PlayStation Network titles promised, including classic Sega Mega-Drive games and Final Fantasy V!
Full game trials, half-off Rayman Origins and other amazing offers have also been drawn up, so look over the full list of content coming to PlayStation Plus members in February:
It’s the very first weekly game release round-up of 2012 here on El33tonline, so let’s make it a special occasion with lots of awesome new games, shall we?!
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So, there aren’t that many new games releasing this week around the world, but the quality is exceptionally high with the sequel to a long-awaited RPG sequel, the adventures of an immortal demon slayer, and an eternally told tale of souls and swords all making their way to retail over the next few days. Plus more!
Let’s look over the list of quality titles releasing this week, like it was the first time:
After delays, promises of releases dates, and then even more delays, Konami has announced when gamers the world over will be able to pick up Silent Hill: Downpour on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and we don’t have too much longer to prepare our bowels and bladders for the publisher’s next survival horror action game.
Not only that, but dates for Silent Hill HD Collection and Silent Hill Book of Memories for PS Vita have also been revealed - creepy overload!
We’ve brought you Microsoft’s response to The NPD Group’s analysis of videogame sales in the US for December 2011, now let’s turn our attention to what Sony has to say about the PS3’s performance for the month.
According to Sony the “PlayStation 3 closed out a banner 2011 with a bang, showing increases in hardware, software and peripherals year to date.”
Microsoft has issued their response to The NPD Group’s December analysis of videogame sales in the US.
Microsoft, who are happy with their “strong holiday sales,” were quick to point out that the Xbox 360 was the best-selling current-generation console in the US for 2011. According to the publisher the Xbox 360 outsold the second place console by over 2.7 million units.
Now that we know how the videogame industry performed in the US for the month of December, we can turn to see what titles earned a spot in the Top 10 for 2011.
Despite what should have been busy festive season sales, the latest figures from sales tracking firm The NPD Group show that retail sales over December 2011 in the US dropped by 21% to $3.99 billion from $5.07 billion in December 2010.
Even more alarming was that hardware sales declined by 28% to $1.32 billion while accessories fell 27% to $628.7 million. Software sales suffered the least, recording a 14% drop to $2.04 billion.
It’s time to chart out this year’s gaming calendar to make sure we’re ready for the gaming goodness to come, but let’s start at the very beginning and take a look at some of the top releases of January 2012, across all platforms.
Nintendo scored big with the 3DS this holiday season, selling approximately 2.35 million systems in the US during the last two months of 2011.
Of course, this was largely due to the might of Mario, with both Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 providing a great incentive for consumers to purchase a 3DS and experience these two critical darlings during the holidays.
The 3DS has now sold 4 million units in North America, and another 4.1 million in Japan where recent weekly sales figures have approached 500 000 on more than one occasion.
Good news, Nintendo fans!
Nintendo of America and Europe have today announced launch schedules for their respective territories, revealing release dates and windows for a huge range of games across Wii, DS and 3DS, as well as the online stores for their platforms.
Sales tracking firm The NPD Group has just released its latest report concerning the US videogame industry, this time for the month of November 2011, revealing sales across hardware, software and accessory market segments to be flat year-over-year as revenue rose just 0.4% to roughly $3 billion compared to $2.99 billion in November 2010.
Not much to see here…
We’re not going to lie: There isn’t whole ton of new games or even downloadable content releasing this week, but despite currently being engaged in its death throes, 2011 still has a few morsels to offer up to gamers:
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