September sales

TOP-SELLING HARDWARE - SEPTEMBER 2009

Nintendo DS: 524,200
PlayStation 3: 491,800
Wii: 462,800
Xbox 360: 352,600
PSP: 190,400
PlayStation 2: 146,000


TOP-SELLING SOFTWARE SKUs - SEPTEMBER 2009
Title / Publisher / Units**
1) Halo 3: ODST (360) / Microsoft / 1,520,000
2) Wii Sports Resort w/ Wii Motion Plus (Wii) / Nintendo / 442,900
3) Madden NFL 10 (360) / Electronic Arts / 289,600
4) Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Nintendo / 258,100
5) The Beatles: Rock Band (360) / MTV Games / 254,000
6) Madden NFL 10 (PS3) / Electronic Arts / 246,500
7) Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 (360) / Activision / 236,000
8) Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3) / Square Enix (Eidos) / 212,500
9) Guitar Hero 5 (360) / Activision / 210,800
10) The Beatles: Rock Band (Wii) / MTV Games / 208,600

Uncharted 2 reviews

GameSpot PSX Extreme **	9.5 / 10 9.8 / 10
IGN **	9.5 / 10
Gamervision **	10 / 10
Gaming Age **	A+
GameZone **	9 / 10
1UP **	A+
VideoGamer **	9 / 10
Eurogamer **	10 / 10
Kombo **	10 / 10
Gameplanet **	9.5 / 10
Giant Bomb **	5 / 5
Fragland **	96 / 100
Cheat Code Central **	4.9 / 5
GameDaily **	9 / 10
play.tm **	96 / 100
Gametrailers **	9.3 / 10
NZGamer **	9.8 / 10
GameSpy **	4.5 / 5
Computer & Video Games UK **	10 / 10
Boomtown **	9 / 10
Playstation Official Magazine US **	5 / 5
Playstation Official Magazine UK	10 / 10
Hardcore Gamer Magazine	4.75 / 5
Play UK	96 / 100
Playstation Official Magazine AU	10 / 10

Dead Space 2 development starting in 'next few months'

Job listing reveals sequel is in "later stages of preproduction" for PS3, 360 at EA's Visceral Games studio; same "core team" in place.

The day after the Wii spin-off Dead Space Extraction shipped, news has surfaced about the next installment in the main Dead Space series. A job listing posted by Visceral Games, Electronic Arts' recently rebranded Redwood Shores studio, reveals that development on a follow-up to the acclaimed 2008 original will begin shortly.

Source: Gamespot

Modern Warfare 2 map pack due spring 2010

Activision, Monster Energy promotional material confirms add-on for anticipated military shooter will arrive for PS3, 360 next year. Activision Blizzard certainly knows a thing or two about hauling in cash, as evidenced by the publisher's billion-dollar April-June quarter. In a post-earnings call, Activision Publishing president and CEO Mike Griffith tipped off investors and analysts as to how it plans to extend Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's sales beyond the game's rapidly approaching November 10 release, saying that the game will get a pair of map packs post-launch.

Source: Gamespot