What follows is a listing of the Top 10 bestsellers per region, for all systems combined.

North America’s Top 10 Games:

1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
2. Metroid: Other M (Wii)
3. Madden NFL 11 (Xbox 360)
4. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (PC, Mac)
5. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Wii)
6. Gold’s Gym Dance Workout (Wii)
7. Valkyria Chronicles (PS3)
8. Madden NFL 11 (PS3)
9. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
10. Red Dead Redemption (PS3)

Japan’s Top 10 Games:

1. Wii Party (Wii)
2. Han Mong Village Diary: Airu Repeatedly (PSP)
3. Metroid: Other M (Wii)
4. Ace Combat X2: Joint Assault (PSP)
5. Tokimeki Memorial: Girls Side 3rd Story (DS)
6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3)
7. Sengoku Basara 3: Samurai Heroes (PS3)
8. Another Century’s Episode R includes product code for Gundam Game #3 (PS3)
9. Dragon Quest: Monsters Battle Road Victory (Wii)*
10. Han Mong Village Diary: Airu Repeatedly – Special Edition (PSP)

* Proof Japan gets all the cool stuff. It’s a Wii version of an Arcade card-based RPG in the Dragon Quest universe. Features tournaments, online modes, DS and mobile phone connectivity to take photos/scan your card sets, and a massive Arcade panel replica controller is available too. The trailer shows more madness!

Europe’s Top 10 Games:

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360)
2. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
3. Just Dance (Wii)
4. mafia II (Xbox 360)
5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3)
6. Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (DS)
7. Jam With The Band (DS)
8. Dance on Broadway (Wii)
9. mafia II (PS3)
10. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (PC, Mac)

To recap the top games per system: New Super Mario Bros. Wii returns to the first place on the Wii chart. Madden NFL 11 remains on top of the Xbox 360 chart. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty stays #1 on the PC/Mac chart. With Valkyria Chronicles returning to the PS3 chart in the wake of its PSP sequel. Shadow of the Colossus keeps making a return on the PS2 chart. New Super Mario Bros. returns once again on the DS chart. And lastly, Valkyria Chronicles 2 debuts on the PSP chart.

Sales data collected from Amazon’s US, JPN (PC) & UK / DE / FR websites.

Games Weather Report of Week 35, 2010 is a post from: Gaming Insider

Triumvir will re-release its handsome Street Fighter World Warrior line of T-shirts at a gamer-friendly price, the clothier tells Wired.com.

The line was originally launched in 2009 and has since gone out of print at Triumvir’s web store. The company says the original cut and design of the shirts will be maintained, but that only the character tees (designs featuring Akuma, Balrog, Cammy, Chun-Li, Dhalsim, Fei Long, Ken, Ryu, Sagat and Vega) will be reissued.

In late 2009, Triumvir unveiled a pricey line of cut-and-sew apparel inspired by Street Fighter’s Shadaloo Brigade. A Triumvir line that dropped this April used designs from original Street Fighter II concept art.

Visit Triumvir’s web store starting Sept. 7 to nab the discounted tees.

Image courtesy Triumvir

See Also:

• Triumvir Unveils Street Fighter Attire
• New Super Street Fighter IV Shirts Draw on Original Concept Art

Wicked Street Fighter T-Shirts Get Reissued at Lower Price is a post from: Gaming Insider

*picks your brains up off the floor*

In what will definitely be marked down in history as one of the greatest megaton quickdraw “shock and awe” reveals of all time, the oft-rumored developer Gearbox Software confirmed at PAX 2010 that they have snagged the complete and full rights to Duke Nukem Forever and will be finishing a game that has been in development for over 13 years by failed studio 3D Realms. It will be published by 2K Games.

As you’d expect, it is a direct sequel to Duke Nukem 3D and will contain both a single player and online multiplayer mode!

Now for the real treat. GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE! Hold the trigger to piss!

Boss battle footage!

Although this isn’t a bonafide surprise, it’s still incredible that it is actually HAPPENING. Gearbox was revealed to have been working on another Duke game, called Duke Begins, before the whole 3D Realms ship went under. And it was oft-rumored and speculated that if anyone could actually finish and release Duke Nukem Forever, it’d be them.

“3d Realms didn’t quite make it and it cracked at the end. With Duke Nukem Forever in our hands, we’ve brought all those pieces together. It’s the game it was meant to be.” – Randy Pitchford, Gearbox Software

Things got even more likely in recent months and days. Going back to August, there were murmurings from some sources that Gearbox had been given the rights to finish development on the title. But obviously they were just rumors. However when Gearbox CEO and President Randy Pitchford was asked specifically about their ties to the project, he wouldn’t actually deny that Gearbox wasn’t working on Duke Nukem Forever. Implying that it was possible they actually were.

And then just days ago, 2K Games teased gamers by stating that they had something “big” to show off at PAX Prime 2010. And shortly afterward, 3D Realms head George Broussard tweetpic’d an image of flying pigs . . . which are a staple of the raunchy, crazy world and key cannonfodder enemy from the Duke Nukem franchise.

Here are some choice quotes from Randy himself regarding the project.

Development by Gearbox on Duke Nukem Forever started in late 2009: “Clearly the game hadn’t been finished at 3D Realms but a lot of content had been created,” he says. “The approach and investment and process at 3d Realms didn’t quite make it and it cracked at the end. With Gearbox Software we brought all those pieces together. It’s the game it was meant to be. Aliens come and say they’re going to be our friends and Duke knows this isn’t going to work out. Duke once again is in the pivotal spot and its up to him to save the world.”

“We’re in the polishing phase now. This is a game where we can not make a promise we can not fulfill,” Randy continues. “We need to get past the shock and awe and then we can go to all the retailers and first parties and work out a launch plan.”

Here is a developer interview. The health and “Ego” systems are explained. Basically you can fill Duke’s ego by performing “Duke” acts like lifting weights, destroying huge bosses and . . . other things. The weapons you’ll use in the game are also discussed!

What do you think? Will you BUY Duke Nukem Forever?

Can the Duke ship truly be revived if DNF sells like crazy, as there were reportedly multiple Duke Nukem games in development? Will Duke Begins come next? Have you been so scorned that you won’t ever touch anything Duke for so long as you live? So many question…. so many questions. Now enjoy all these kick ass Duke Nukem Forever art pieces from PAX Prime 2010!

Hail to the King, baby!

Duke Nukem Forever development continued by 2K Games. Coming in 2011. Playable at PAX Prime 2010 is a post from: Gaming Insider