The premise for Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood on the Nintendo DS is quite interesting. The developers from Bioware essentially took Sonic, a poster-boy for platformers, and put him into an RPG. Hey it worked for Mario right? Anyway, the CEO of Bioware recently spoke about this upcoming game. To find out more, check out the full article.

Despite a massive drop in sales (77%, in fact), Grand Theft Auto 4 remains as the UK's top selling game. That's saying something. Check out all the other games that GTA 4 beat out (no pun intended) by going to the full article.

The Chart Track UK sales have been released with Grand Theft Auto 4 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) claiming the top spot on the list. In case you want to check out the rest of the list, head on over to the full article by clicking on the "read more" link below.

Gasp! A game actually bumped off the Mario games from the top of the charts in Europe! Will wonders never cease? Wii Fit has debuted on top in Europe, raking in almost US$ 32.5 million in its first week, making it the third largest video game release in Europe in terms of value. More in the full article.

Homebrew developer Lordus released a new update to the jEnesisDS, an award winning Genesis/Megadrive emulator for the Nintendo DS. Alongside the many bug fixes released for jEnesis version 0.7, the coder also released a preview to another emulator also for the dual screen handheld. ApprenticeMinusDS v0.2.6 is a Sega Master System portable/Game Gear emulator, though as it's an early version, it has its share of issues that must be sorted out. Get all that at the full story.



Download: jEnesisDS v0.7 with ApprenticeMinusDS v0.2.6 preview

Turns out you don't need super shiny cars to sell a racing game. At least, not according to the latest UK software charts, where Mario Kart Wii bursts into first place in its first week out, overtaking Gran Turismo 5: Prologue. Aside from this, Mario Kart Wii also got more sales in its first week than if you combined all the first week sales of previous Mario titles on the Wii. More details after the "read more" link below.

While, somebody, somewhere, has to ask all the tough questions, somebody else has to answer them. In this case, it's video game industry analysts Nick Williams, Jesse Divnich and Ed Barton. What were they asked and how did they respond? Find out in the full article, right after the jump.

The February data from the NPD are now in, and once again, it's time to see which pieces of gaming hardware and gaming software made the charts.

Curious as to how accurate the sales forecasts were? Then turn to the full article after the jump for the results.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii, DS) has reclaimed the top slot in the Chart Track top 40 entertainment software list. Devil May Cry 4 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC) has slipped down to second place while Turok (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) is still at number three. Want to see the full charts? Scoot on over to the  full article.

If you've been following the Japanese software sales trends, then you might want to know that Media Create Japan has revealed the sales list from January 28 to February 3. Unsurprisingly, Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii has taken the top slot of the list. To see the rest of the list, head on over to the full article.