Ubisoft announces that Assassin's Creed has sold 2.5 million copies

And for the record - that's a lot; more than I ever expected. And according to Ubisoft, it greatly surpasses what they expected as well. The company expects to sell about 5 million by the end of the fiscal year in March of 2008, and in my opinion I doubt they can manage to do so.

Smash Bros. Brawl update - Mario Circuit

Today a new stage was announced that is taken from the Mario Kart series. It doesn't seem to be from a particular game, though if it's anything it resembles the figure-8 circuit from Mario Kart DS for the Nintendo DS. Because most of the characters that were playable in the series are playable in this game, you'll just see Shy Guys racing on the court. Shy Guys were playable in Mario Kart DS, but only on multiplayer for people who didn't have the game.

IGN AU review - Link's Crossbow Training

"Link’s Crossbow Training is certainly competent, but it’s also pretty bland, and very much the main attraction in the pack – the Zapper works moderately well, but you’re probably going to get your best scores without it. For AU $49.95 (as compared to US $19.99 in the states, which is much better value) we’re hard pressed to recommend it, especially since there’s no simultaneous multiplayer. That said, if you live in a house with a number of Zelda-loving siblings or housemates, we can definitely see the appeal in attempting to beat each others’ points scores – both in Score Attack (across three levels) and in Practice, where you can notch up a score for each individual level. Nothing like seeing your Mii proudly proclaiming household dominance. Still, more miss than hit."

Final grade - 6.5

Review

TIME magazine's top 10 games of the year.

I don't agree with most of the choices, but whatever.

TIME's top 10:

1. Halo 3
2. The Orange Box
3. Rock Band
4. Super Mario Galaxy
5. BioShock
6. Call of Duty 4
7. Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
8. Mass Effect
9. Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
10. God of War 2

Wifi connection announced for Wii Chess

Nintendo just announced that they're adding Wifi functionality to their upcoming casual title Wii Chess for, you guessed it - the Wii. Multiplayer chess on wifi has been seen in the Nintendo DS video game Clubhouse Games, which also included about 30 other games, so I it'll be hard to convince me to buy this title!

Sony reveals early 2008 line-up

Sony just revealed their first-party line up for games on the Playstation 3 (and PSN), PSP and Playstation 2.

PS2/PSN -
*MLB: The Show 08 - Spring
*Hot Shots Golf 5 - March 08
*Wipeout HD - PSN
*Rat Race - PSN
*Echochrome - PSN
*Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3/N)
*PixelJunk Monsters - PSN

PSP -
*MLB: The Show 08
*Patapon - February 08
*Wipeout Pulse - Q1 2008
*Pursuit Force Extreme Justice - January 08
*Secret Agent Clank - Q1 08
*God of War: Chains of Olympus - March 08

PS2 -
*MLB 08: The Show
*Twisted Metal Head On - Spring 08
*SingStar 90's - Q1 2008
*Buzz! The Hollywood Quiz - March 08
*Buzz! Jr.: Robo Jam - March 08

Sony confirms Hot Shots Golf 5 for US

After being released in Japan since Summer, Sony finally announces that Hot Shots Golf 5 will be released on the Playstation 3 over here in America in March of next year. It's the fifth in the series and the first to appear on the PS3, so fans of the series are probably hyped right now!

Blizzard's next game not related to WoW

As you probably know by now, Activision and Blizzard recently merged just a few days ago. As expected, they've announced a new massive multiplayer online game for PC, and give or take it's not related to World of Warcraft. They also confirmed that the game will not be similar to anything that the companies' ever done before, but they're probably implying in terms of the game's theme. Obviously when more news of this mysterious title is announced, I'll report on it.

Atlus announces new hardcore RPG for Wii and PS2

Today Atlus, best known for their overly quirky RPG titles, announced that a hardcore dungeon crawler for the Wii and Playstation 2. According to them, the game is already well in development and will be released in February of next year. As expected, you can look forward to a new story and a whole bunch of creepy creatures. When more information on the game is released, we'll be sure to report it.

P.S. - The game is to be rated T for Teen.

Mass Effect sells over 1 million copies

BioWare's hot new title for the Xbox 360 has just went over the 1 million mark in less than three weeks. According to the company, it's more than they ever expected. Also note that this is taken from worldwide data, though it's presumed that a majority of the sold copies were in America.

Brawl update - Options, Ice Climber music

Today they revealed all the information that can be found in the options section of Brawl. They also for the first time revealed the main menu, which can be seen to the right. In the options section, you're able to customize some more and listen to some music. Here's all the sub sections -

*Screen
*Deflicker
*Rumble
*Controls
*Sound
*My Music
*Erase Data.

Also, the music for the Summit was also revealed, so head over to the Dojo and check it out.

Alright! I've got my name!

Early today I made the blog Nintendorama, though then decided that I want to cover all game consoles, so I then made a new one called Video Game lore, or vglore. It'll have plenty of gaming news, so check back all the time!