It seems like Sony has done it again as the PlayStation Portable has once again dominated the sales charts in Japan for yet another week. On the flip side of things, five new video game titles have wedged themselves into the top slots of the software market. Find out the latest Media Create sales numbers in Japan for the week for June 23 to June 29 right after the jump.

Like in the UK, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots has yielded its place after only a week on top spot in the Japan software charts. Gunning its way on top is Super Robot Taisen Advance Portable. What other games are popular in Japan right now? Check out the full list after the "read more" link below.

Seems like Ninty doesn't want to wait till E3 to spill the beans about its new games. Nintendo has released details and release dates for several of its upcoming games for the Wii and the DS, including Mario Super Sluggers and Wario Land: Shake It! Details in the full article.

It seems like Nintendo is still enjoying its lead for this week's software sales list in Japan as the numbers from Media Create showed Mario Kart Wii topping the charts once again. Capcom's own Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G maintained its place in the second slot. The other contenders are trying to catch up to these two, while some have dropped straight off the list. You can view the entire list of game in our full article after the jump.

Baseball as a sport may be struggling at the pro leagues, but that doesn't mean the fun is dying. As a matter of fact, the younger crowd seems to be headed for a nice treat to the stadium as Activision announces Little League World Series 2008 for the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS. Details await in the full article up next.

It's all about Jose Reyes in the new promotional trailers released by 2K Sports for its latest hardcore baseball sim, Major League Baseball 2K8. The new series of videos, featuring a bobble-headed incarnation of the New York Mets shortstop, was aimed to promote the recently released game across its various platforms. You can take a look at the videos in our full article after the jump.

Taking all the talk of a takeover by Electronic Arts aside, it's still business as usual for Take-Two Interactive, which released its financial reports for the first quarter of 2008. The report held a number of interesting things, including an official confirmation of BioShock 2 and its still vague pending release date, news on coming games, and even a restatement of Grand Theft Auto 4's release date. Go to the full article for details.

We're in for a brutal week to kick this month off, marked by Kratos' latest killing trip through God of War: Chains of Olympus for the PSP and Jimmy Hopkins' enrollment for scholarship in Bullworth Academy. War is nigh with Warhammer 40K's latest expansion and Army of Two, though there's still a couple of baseball titles inbound if you want a break from all the violence. All these are waiting at the full article, so hit that jump!

Can't wait for 2K Sports' Major League Baseball 2K8 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, PlayStation Portable, and PS2)? Well, you might get even more excited once you've taken a look at what this game will have in terms of gameplay. Head on over to the full article to find out more about this game's features.

 

Biggest news coming from the Land of the Rising Sun is that Sony's 60 GB stock clearance bid has looked favorable in the eyes of Japanese gamers. The last numbers prior to Media Create's present totals tallied at just a little over 12,000 units sold in Japan, but for the week ending July 29, those sales have more than doubled: a whopping 28,829 PS3 units have been sold within the week alone.

Kudos still goes to the strong selling Wii, keeping a 77,169 unit sales total for the week despite a noticeable decline compared to last week. The DS also shared a similar decline, but currently leads the console pack at 150,584 units sold. The Sony PlayStation Portable sits comfortably at third, just a few thousand short of half the Wii's numbers. The PSP raked in 35,068 units sold for the week.

The Xbox 360 just almost broke 4,000 units sold for the week, garnering sales of 3,872 units sold. The top ten software sold during the week are newly released games (a surprising eight out of the entire 10), and a healthy adoption of these games have been noted during the week.

1. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo) - 264,953 / NEW
2. [PS3] Hot Shots Golf 5 (Sony) - 152,379 / NEW
3. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco) - 93,909 / NEW
4. [NDS] It's a Wonderful World (Square-Enix) - 76,717 / NEW
5. [WII] Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 (Bandai-Namco) - 45,692 / NEW
6. [PSP] Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Capcom) - 44,939 / NEW
7. [360] The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Spike) - 40,168 / NEW
8. [NDS] The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo) - 36,968 / 668,000
9. [PS2] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 14 (Konami) - 33,679 / 187,000 - Just entered the top ten
10. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 32,388 / 1,943,000 - Dropped from fourth

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