Japanese hardware charts 18 to 24 April 2011

Despite PSN, PSP dominates the new week, new classifications. Those inevitable hardware sold in Japan, where he confirms the predominance of the PSP, despite the affair and the different reactions to the NDP's promise to give one month's Sony PlayStation Plus free to all users to reactivate the service.

The Nintendo 3DS sluggish, probably hampered by the lack of important titles, and the high price of online, while the PS3 is now a regular on the Wii in sales. - PSP: 49.162 [SU] 25.316 (106.16%) - 3DS: 23.038 [DOWN] 5.214 (18.46%) - PS3: 19.033 [DOWN] 3.232 (14:52%) - Wii: 7.866 [DOWN] 256 (3.15%) - DSi LL: 7.064 [DOWN] 660 (8:54%) - DSi: 6.214 [DOWN] 595 (8.74%) - Xbox 360: 1.891 [DOWN] 7 (0.37%) - PS2: 1.163 [DOWN] 98 (7.77%) - DS Lite: 283 [down] 140 (33.10%) - PSP Go: 265 [SU] 58 (28.2%) Source: Joystiq

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Aprile (rottentomatoes)  April (film) (wikipedia)  

THQ talks about the model of the MX vs. ATV

THQ has spoken of the model used for the racing game MX vs. ATV Alive. According to the brand manager for THQ, Ali Bouda, to MCV, since the launch of the game will have numerous DLC, whose number will increase gradually each week for several months. As announced by the publisher some time ago, the game will hit stores with a price lower than the industry average.

"MX vs. ATV Alive is the only game based on this model we have announced," says the manager of THQ, "the title lends itself well to this concept because it is adding vehicles and tracks, not to pursue a story like for Saints Row and Homefront. " According to the publisher, the model adopted for the new off-road racing game will allow everyone to get from day one of the most popular ways to reduced prices, while expanding the universe of the game will follow the directions you want.

IGN's company acquires 1UP

The American publishing giant videogames on the internet is still expanding the network has acquired UGO IGN, 1UP, the publishing company since 2009. The reason lies in the willingness of the acquisition of IGN to get out of the way News Corp and become large enough to act alone. The division between IGN and News Corp will take place over several months, with the end result of having a new independent company led by current chief of IGN, Roy Bahat.

A few copies of Ocarina of Time in stores at launch?

Nintendo wants to avoid the effect Spirit Tracks Some rumors speak of a launch economical for the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo 3DS. In fact, Nintendo had initially decided to send a few copies in stores. The reason? Avoid the effect Spirit Tracks, with several copies of the finished baskets offered in a month after launch.

As we know, in fact, despises Nintendo pretty special and hard to discount any of its securities have suffered over the years. Source: andriasang

• Rumor: Ocarina of Time 3D to see limited initial release (30/04/2011)
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (homepage)  The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (wikipedia)  

Master Chief in Gears of War 3

Cliff Bleszinski has revealed that Epic Games has asked Microsoft for permission to use the protagonist of the Halo series, Master Chief, the new chapter of Gears of War. Confirmation was given by the designer of Epic Games during an interview with Complex. "I will tell you a secret. I contacted Microsoft to get Master Chief in the game, but the boys seemed to me squeamish." "One of the reasons for the success of Halo lies in the Gears M.

Driver: San Francisco - the trailer for the return

The reboot of the series in a spectacular video show The Return of the Driver series, which will happen with Driver: San Francisco, is celebrated in this spectacular video where you can see some of the locations of the city and several main characters. Driver: San Francisco - The Return

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Driver: San Francisco (homepage)  Driver: San Francisco (wikipedia)  

"Do not download the patch of New Vegas"

Bethesda has advised the owners of the Xbox 360 version of Fallout: New Vegas will not download the latest patch for the RPG developed by Obsidian because of the blocks caused by the update. Apparently the problem has been identified by the developer, reported on the Bethesda Blog. "Regarding the update on Xbox 360, we found a solution to the problem that is causing the blocks with game saves," it said.