It’s that time again: The NPD Group today forwarded its retail sales figures in North America for the month ending October, revealing a prediction-shattering victory for Nintendo. The Wii shifted 803,000 units during the month of October, with totals for the DS coming in at 491K.

During the same time period, Microsoft pushed 371K Xbox 360 units, up more than 20K from September. In distant contrast, Sony sold 190K PS3 units. Numbers for the PS2 and PSP came in at 136K and 193K respectively.

On the software front, Fable II led with sales hitting an upwards of 790K, with Wii Fit and Bethesda’s Fallout 3 trailing behind. Hit the jump for a detailed look at this month’s charts. more »

Capcom today released a selection of new screenshots from GRIN’s upcoming action-adventure effort Bionic Commando, showcasing the Polycraft enemy type. Excelling in agility, these armored-plated foes are designed for performing swift aerial assaults and intercept duties. Polycraft can act as both troop transporters and heavily-armed missile gunships.

For the remainder of the screenshots, hit the jump. Bionic Commando is slated to hit Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2009.

Bionic Commando Screenshots

Earlier this week SEGA of Japan made a statement on the official Sonic Unleashed website, revealing that the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game had been pushed back due to quality concerns. Turns out that, apparently, the statement was made in error, with SEGA’s Japanese division now saying the delay was purely a result of marketing decisions. more »

Continuing its media barrage of all things Street Fighter, Capcom has released “Round 1″ of the official Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix trailer, produced in conjunction with art studio Udon. Also provided were a selection of screenshots, featuring fan-favorites Akuma, Fei-Long, and Sagat. Hit the jump for those.

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix is slated for a digital release later this month on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade.

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Screenshots

We know a PC version of Mirror’s Edge is in the works, but a question looming on many minds is: when is it coming? Electronic Arts quietly divulged a January 2009 release window as part of a press release issued earlier today, celebrating the shipment of Mirror’s Edge on consoles.

The January release will coincide with downloadable content for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 version of the game. If you recall, SCEE said an exclusive marketing agreement was made with EA for DLC specific to the PS3 version. But the folks over at GameCyte got in touch with EA for clarification and were told the DLC is indeed for both platforms. Might upset those loyal to one specific console, but at least this way, both camps have DLC to look forward to.

Specific details on the forthcoming downloadable content have not been revealed as of yet.

Update: Mirror’s Edge PC Dated, Multiplatform DLC Confirmed [GameCyte]

Publisher Ubisoft announced today that its Dunia-powered open-world effort Far Cry 2 has sold through over 1 million copies worldwide, with company president Yves Guillemot more than pleased with the game’s retail performance:

“The holiday quarter is off to a solid start with the successful launch of Far Cry 2,” said Yves Guillemot, chief executive officer at Ubisoft. “The game is well on track to achieve our expectations for the year.”

Far Cry 2 hit North American retail shelves less than three weeks ago on October 21 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and the PC platform.

Capcom fans, listen up. Ro Hernandez of the PlayStation Store team today announced that the custom themed Capcom PSN storefront, detailed back in October, will launch this week Thursday. As shown above, the store will give users easy access to Capcom’s entire digital catalog, sorted by title.

Now with the Capcom store launching, here’s hoping that Resident Evil 2 is released as a PSOne classic soon-ish.

New “Department” at the PlayStation Store: The Capcom Storefront [PS Blog]

With a month to go before the game’s official debut in Japan, SEGA has decided to postpone the release of Sonic Unleashed on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The title will now hit the region in Spring 2009. According to an official statement from SEGA Japan, the extra development time will be used to further improve upon the game’s quality. The Wii version remains unaffected by the delay.

Sonic Unleashed is scheduled to hit U.S. stores next week on all of the aforementioned platforms and Sega of America has not given the slightest hint to a delay. Does that mean we’ll be stuck with an inferior version? Hopefully not, but we should know very soon.

Sega Delaying PS3/X360 Sonic Unleashed To Improve Quality, But Only In Japan [Siliconera]

Originally scheduled to release alongside the Xbox 360 version, Certain Affinity’s hex-based real-time strategy title Age of Booty missed its scheduled October 16 release date and is now slated to make its digital debut on PlayStation Store later this week, November 13, according to Capcom senior producer Daryl Allison.

The title was delayed last month to “ensure the online experience for PSN users is as smooth, fun, and addicting” as the Xbox 360 edition. Trophy support is planned, but won’t be available right off the bat, despite the month-long delay. Capcom plans to incorporate trophies in a post-launch patch, due “within the first couple of months” of release.

Epic Games president Michael Capps has went on record to say that secondhand sales, or the used game market, is a “huge issue” stunting industry growth. Furthermore, Capps says publishers are conjuring up possible ways to dampen the effect of secondhand sales and encourage individuals to buy new copies of games. One idea being entertained is offering paid DLC free to consumers who purchased the retail version of a certain title.

I’ve talked to some developers who are saying ‘If you want to fight the final boss you go online and pay USD 20, but if you bought the retail version you got it for free’. We don’t make any money when someone rents it, and we don’t make any money when someone buys it used - way more than twice as many people played Gears than bought it.

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