Here's the latest Gaming Stats from the team at kotaku.com..
Please, don't forget to check our own daily Xbox 360 Game Rankings on 360-HQ.. You can see in real time which games are the most popular each day..
UK Top 10 Games:
For the week ending March 17th.
1. Grand Theft Auto : Vice City Stories
2. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
3. Final Fantasy XII
4. Sonic and the Secret Rings
5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
6. Crackdown
7. Test Drive Unlimited
8. FIFA 07
9. The Sims 2: Seasons
10. Brain Training
Australian Top 10 Games:
Aussie top ten, week ending March 18th. Seems like you poor Aussie's have slim pickings.
1. Final Fantasy XII
2. Sims 2: Seasons
3. Sonic & the Secret Rings
4. GRAW 2
5. WoW: Burning Crusade
6. Bratz Forever Diamonds
7. Twilight Princess
8. Cricket 2007
9. Happy Feet
10. Nintendogs Dalmations
Just a little more Markeplace content before the holiday..
I am headed out the door for the holiday, but I wanted to post a few more MP items that went up today:
Name: Test Drive Unlimited 1971 Dodge Challenger RT in-game content
Price: Free
Available in: All Xbox Live regions
Dash Details: Contains free 1971 Dodge Challenger RT for users to view and race with. In-game currency still required for purchase at respective dealer.
Name: Test Drive Racers Guild Download Set
Price: 350 Points
Available in: All Xbox Live regions
Dash Details: Premium set includes the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, McLaren F1 GT, Dodge Viper SRT-10 Coupe, Ruf Rt 12, Alfa Brera, 1971 Dodge Challenger RT and Edonis. In-game currency still required for purchase at respective dealer.
Those wondering if EA's behemoth could remove Halo 2 as the all time top game, you can quit worrying now as Halo 2 is still the most played game on Xbox Live. Texas Hold'em is not only the top XBLA game, but as you can see it also placed on the top 10 Overall Xbox 360 titles.
Atari announced today that David Sichtermann as the grand prize winner of the “Test Drive Unlimited – Be a Car Designer” contest. The “Test Drive Unlimited – Be a Car Designer” contest officially began at 12:00:01 am EST May 15, 2006. The entry with the highest combination of number of votes and overall rating at the end of the voting period was the Grand Prize Winner of the Contest.
The company informed in a press release that "Sichtermann raced to first place beating over 100 other submitted designs judged by 6,500 registered consumer voters. Sichtermann’s car design will be implemented as a fully functioning vehicle into Test Drive Unlimited, the ultimate lifestyle and automotive video game experience. In addition, Sichtermann will also receive a $2500 monetary award."
Blowing a hole in other publishers' claims that $59.99 is needed.
Since Xbox 360 launched, publishers have been telling us the $59.99 price point for games was needed due to high development costs associated with next-generation. Gamers mostly bit their tongues and hoped publishers would show us where the extra $10 was going with the next wave of games, but Atari doesn't seem to believe the extra money's necessary.
In fact, Atari's gone one step further and announced Test Drive Unlimited will be priced at $39.99 for Xbox 360. "Innovation should be available to everyone, not a privilege for those who can afford high price tags," said Atari CEO and CCO Bruno Bonnell in the press release.
We agree, but wonder what the motivation is behind pricing at $39.99, rather than the previous generation's $49.99 standard. Could Atari be pinning its hopes on players wanting to download new cars, a feature Atari's promising monthly for Xbox Live? Does the lower price make you more interested in Test Drive Unlimited than you were before?
ATARI’S TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED BREAKS NEW PRICING GROUNDS
– COMPANY ANNOUNCES US$39.95 PRICEPOINT FOR-
-NEXT-GENERATION TRIPLE-A RACING TITLE –
– GAMING EXPERIENCE EXTENDS VIA MONTHLY CAR AND MUSIC DOWNLOADS –
NEW YORK, NY, JULY 20, 2006 – Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR), one of the world’s most recognized brands and a leading third-party video game publisher, today announced official pricing for its upcoming, highly-anticipated next-generation racing game, Test Drive Unlimited. Atari will offer Test Drive Unlimited for Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for US$39.95. To further extend consumers’ gaming experiences, Test Drive Unlimited car packs featuring six or more cars, complete with genre-specific radio stations, will be available for download monthly, beginning six weeks after launch on Xbox Live Marketplace.
“Innovation should be available to everyone, not a privilege for those who can afford high price tags,” said Bruno Bonnell, Chairman, CEO and Chief Creative Officer of Atari. “Our GamersFirst program demonstrated the positive impact of flexibility in pricing. We believe it is our mission to deliver triple-A games that are accessible to the masses. As such, we are offering Test Drive Unlimited – a game that is being positively touted and recognized by the media – for $39.95, and furthermore, will continue users’ experiences past launch by featuring new cars and free music for download.”
Test Drive Unlimited’s monthly car packs will feature a mixture of manufacturers and models of the world’s finest vehicles. Each downloaded car pack will also include a free radio station. Radio stations will be set according to genres, such as Rock, Blues, Electronic, R&B, Jazz, Latin, etc., and feature between 10-20 songs.
Test Drive Unlimited has been receiving accolades from industry media as one of the top racing games this decade. GameDaily declared “This is the kind of racing game I live for,” while IGN.com stated “there's no denying Test Drive Unlimited is looking like one of recent memory's most unique racers.” TeamXbox described Test Drive Unlimited as a “revolutionary online driver.” At this year’s E3, the annual video game trade show, Test Drive Unlimited received a slew of E3 nominations and awards, including both PLAY Magazine and GameTrailers.com “Best Racing Game.”
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