The biggest All Formats No1 ever ‘Grand Theft Auto IV’ from Rockstar/Take 2 puts a stop to Nintendo’s ‘Wii Fit’ workout, replacing it at the top and outselling it by over 9 to 1. < --more-->

Released across Xbox 360 and PS3, GTA IV almost breaks the 1m unit barrier in under a week, recording an estimated total market figure of 926,000 (£39.9m) over 5 days. 61.2% of the value of all software sold this week was for GTA IV, which itself is bigger than the total software market figure of every other week so far this year (apart from week 1). After releasing an estimated day 1 figure of 609,000 for GTA IV, Chart-Track can now reveal that the final estimated total market figure based on full EpoS data from all retailers came to 631,000 units in the first 24 hours. In under a week GTA IV has sold more units than every other title in 2007, except ‘FIFA 08’, ‘Brain Training’ and ‘Call of Duty 4’.

In the face of low stock, sales of ‘Wii Fit’ are down 58%, dropping from No1 to No2, while sales of Sega’s ‘Mario & Sonic’ remain stable, holding at No3. Nintendo does not have ‘Wii Play’ stock issues this week as the remote-bundled title shoots back into the All Formats Top 10, up from No15 to No4. The wheels have come off ‘Mario Kart’ as it drops from No2 to No5 (-61%), ahead of ‘Gran Turismo 5: Prologue’ which falls 2 places to No6 (-2%). Sega are the only company to release an All Formats Top 40 game in GTA IV week with super hero film tie-in ‘Iron Man: The Official Videogame’ new at No11.

via ChartTrack

GTA IV is simply the best game of the year 2008 and if you are not yet playing the game, get it right now for Xbox 360 or for Playstation 3!

The official wallpapers, screensavers and myspace themes are all for grab at the official site, paricularly:

1. GTA IV wallpapers (in all sizes)

2. GTA IV screensavers (for PC and Mac)

3. GTA IV Myspace Themes

You do need to have flash plugin installed on your browser to be able to browse the contents. Not to worry, most browsers these days supports that.

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Xbox 360 Grand Theft Auto IV Special Edition

PS3 Grand Theft Auto IV Special Edition

Mario is back with his latest appearance in Mario Kart Wii together with Nintendo favorites characters such as Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, Bowser and Toad, plus a host of new faces-including your own! Continue reading…

We can’t help but notice that there was an annoying google adsense ad on HD DVD that appeared on ConsoleWatcher today. Just take a look at it.

At least the landing page wasn’t so bad as it was promoting Toshiba LCD in Australia. OK, maybe the ad was only targetted to Australia, but then so what? Could this the result of either Toshiba or some dumb marketer failing to realize that HD DVD is history by now? And it’s May 2008 now, duh.

Please wake up. No one should be buying any HD DVD players or HD DVD disc anymore! If you haven’t do it yet, go claim your money back or exchange them with something else.

The Wii Fit balance board mat is now a hot commodity thanks to Wii Fit. People are starting to recognize that games can be healthy and Nintendo has proven that time and time again with their Wii franchises. First there was Wii Sport, and now we have Wii Fit.

So why not grab a Wii Fit Balance Board Mat and start exercising while you play a game on Wii Fit?

Wii Fit is no doubt the currently most anticipated new game for Nintendo Wii. It’s currently the best selling item in Amazon video games category. Even though the game won’t hit stores until May 21 2008, you can however pre order Wii Fit so that you can receive it on your doorsteps when it’s released. Continue reading…

If you are into characters and fighting games, Soul Calibur 4 looks pretty like a decent game to own.

But the funny thing is that, of all things, Namco has decided to do something “special” in their marketing campaign, or should I say in the game development. Continue reading…