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Indy may have won the battle, but it looks like Snake's won the war. Konami has announced that Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots has sold more than one million units within its first week of arriving in Europe. Put another way, we're looking at over 140,000 sales within a seven-day period.
On a related note, Konami also divulged that all 25,000 of Europe's limited edition MGS4 sets, which included a making-of Blu-Ray, a soundtrack CD, and an "Old Snake" mannequin, quickly sold out. This achievement effectively eclipses MGS4's previously reported success in Japan, with sales exceeding the half-million mark just five days after its release in the region.
"MGS4 is nothing short of a masterpiece – an epic conclusion to the Solid Snake story," said Martin Schneider, Konami Germany's sales and marketing director, regarding the game's sales in his region. "We are extremely pleased with the positive feedback we have received from retail and consumers alike, and will keep satisfying their needs with updates to the game’s Extra option, and via new content to Metal Gear Online."
Drop by again in case we receive any further updates regarding this news. From the way it's going, MGS4 is well on its way to setting milestones within the gaming community.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Metal Gear Solid 4 exceeds one million in sales for first week in Europe
Ed Boon: all Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe characters get finishers, E3 content
All of the MK characters and all of the DC villains will have fatalities. The DC heroes who don't kill that often will have brutalities that will function just like fatalities but don't actually kill the opponent.
In an interview with GameSpot UK, Boon mentioned that every character will be getting finishing moves, however, they won't necessarily be fatalities. If you're wondering why this is the case, here's what he had to say:
Moving on the second tidbit of info that caught our attention. Boon has confirmed that more of the game will be unveiled at E3. He said that they plan on showing off four characters as well as two arenas. While he didn't give any specifics, we can't help but hope that the arenas and characters don't include those already revealed in the trailer - just so, y'know, we see something new this time. Oh well, I guess we'll find out when E3 arrives this year.
Rumorlicious: Kratos as PS3 exclusive SoulCalibur 4 character?
Do you see those twin Blades of Chaos? They're apparently coming to slice you up on the PS3 in more ways than one. We've received word of yet another Kratos-inspired rumor, this time linking the demigod of war to SoulCalibur 4 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360).
That's right. In the latest issue of EGM, the Quartermann rumors section has a quick ditty about the possibility of Kratos making it to the SoulCalibur universe. As you can probably guess, the rumor cites him as a PS3 exclusive.
To put it simply, and without malice towards the Star Wars fans out there, Kratos seems like a much better fit than Yoda or Darth Vader for the SoulCalibur universe. For one thing, his Blades of Chaos are actually made of metal and not laser light (or whatever the heck those things project).
Furthermore, he seems like the perfect ruthless entity to carry on the power of the Soul Edge; seeing as he's already godly, for lack of a better term, why not give him some all-powerful chain blades to go along with his person?
In any event, this is still a rumor, but boy... isn't it a lovely one? Keep checking QJ for updates on this rumor.
