Resident Evil 5 News

ChartSpot: NPD's rankings of US game sales from January to June show EA's sim sequel edging out WOW expansion on PC charts with over 820K sold; Nintendo takes half of non-PC top 10.

Latest Capcom zombie action game hits computers in mid-September as earlier entry gets ported to popular Apple handheld.

Enterbrain figures reveal hardware, software demand drops by one quarter; DS leads portables, Wii top console through June.

Server maintenance will bring down Microsoft's online service for up to 24 hours next week; no firmware updates planned.

E3 2009: Publisher confirms latest survival horror shooter passes Resident Evil 2 as new franchise sales leader after quintuple-platinum milestone.

Capcom CFO tells Reuters summit that latest survival horror shooter was just 30,000 units from going quintuple-platinum at the end of April.

World's largest game retailer reports record Q1 earnings of $1.98 billion, but lowered full-year guidance sends shares southward.

Second monthly double-digit decline trims US game sales to $1.03 billion; Wii Fit, Pokemon Platinum, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Play, Mario Kart DS, and New Super Mario all finish in top 10.

Trio of industry watchers offer double-digit sales decline predictions for NPD report later this week, blame it all on Mario Kart Wii, GTAIV.

World warriors, zombies help publisher's sales climb to $930 million; nonarcade game sales spike 21.7 percent.

Capcom's PS3/360 zombie apocalypse a big hit despite US game-industry nosedive; Halo Wars and Pokemon score, GTA: Chinatown Wars doesn't break top 10.

Publisher of world's most popular PC MMORPG abruptly leaves Windows-focused organization it helped cofound in February 2008; Capcom, Epic, Microsoft still on board.

The Wall Street Journal says hardcore game sales, PS3-PSP tag team are endangering Nintendo in its home country, where annual game sales are down 18 percent.

Financial Times report indicates Nintendo console sales slipped 63% during March to 99,335, well below the Sony system's 146,948 units.

Top five positions in Media Create's weekly software chart belong to PSP and DS, as Kidou Senshi Gundam: Senjou no Kizuna Portable debuts strong on Sony's portable.

APRIL FOOL'S DAY: Company founder begs Senate for $100 billion aid package in order to avoid imminent collapse, "unfortunate accidents."

Namco Bandai's mechanized tactical RPG debut drives Nintendo's handheld to top of Media Create's weekly sales charts.

Musou Orochi Z, Resident Evil 5 lead Sony's console to first-place finish in Media Create's weekly sales recap.

Resident Evil 5 rallies fan support to claim the top two sales spots down under.

Capcom touts initial deployment of survival horror shooter as franchise's biggest launch ever; demo downloads also stand at 4 million.