CVG reports that Call of Duty: World at War, Activision’s latest addition to the CoD franchise, is the third-fastest selling videogame in the UK, falling just behind GTA: San Andreas and GTA IV in terms of sales speed. Perhaps the prestige of Call of Duty 4 and the legacy it left have helped this along, but if you ask me, it’s because it features dogs that can kill you. Killer dogs will always be cool.

Lich King and Gears 2 are of course high in the charts this week, but poor LittleBigPlanet didn’t even make the top ten. Even more surprisingly, Wii Music debuted at number 16. Is Nintendo’s fad running dry? I suppose that remains to be seen. Either way, Activision are laughing this week, with Call of Duty: World at War and Guitar Hero: World Tour both selling huge numbers.
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Activision recently announced a special Collector’s Edition of Call of Duty: World at War. There are a number of goodies included in the package of the upcoming World War II shooter. Goodies included are: Read more…

Robert Bowling, Community Manager for Infinity Ward, has revealed that the team has been hard at work on a playlist update for their hit shooter Call of Duty 4.

Along with the playlist update, which hasn’t been given a date yet, there is an Xbox Live and Playstation Network double-experience points promotion in the works for the weekend of September 13-14.

Here is a peek of some of the game types we should be seeing in the new update. Bowling has stated that the list is nowhere near complete yet, but it’s a teaser of what we might see soon. Read more…

Kingdom Under Fire is a strange breed. The original games on the Xbox were a healthy mix of real-time strategy and sword-and-shield brawling, but apparently that involved too much thinking. Blue Side effectively removed all that pesky thought-requiring strategy and left us with Circle of Doom — a fairly straightforward hack-and-slash RPG with just enough emo to make you want to put on some eyeliner. Read more…

With all the hype around Halo 3 this year, it was believed that nothing could stand in its way. Microsoft thought they had locked out any competition after the game’s launch sales, but the smirk has been wiped off their faces. Another game was crowned King. Read more…