Japanese hardware charts – DS goes top as 360 receives Slim boost

Another week, another win in Japan for P… hold the phone. Best sit down for this.

DSi LL’s new colour scheme has properly done the trick for Nintendo: sales of it rocketed, giving the handheld the top spot with 41,000 last week.

Euro PSN update, May 5 – UFC 2010 and Split/Second demos

Sony has updated the European end of PSN, and two rather nice demos are available – note the headline and you got it.

Other highlights include the Flower soundtrack, some sales, and quite a few premium themes.

Get more below, and as usual, be sure to check for availability before getting too excited over something.

“Big Peace Walker announcement” coming on Wednesday, says Kojima

Are you on the edge of your seat? Get even edgier by Wednesday for a “big” Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker announcement, according to Hideo Kojima. The MGS creator is holding a press conference for the game then, but did tweet that something will be going down during aforementioned media briefing. “On Wednesday, there will be a big Peace Walker announcement. I don’t think you can understand the enjoyment of Peace Walker until you’ve played it, but I believe you’ll feel a hint of sorts about ‘where is it a new Metal?’. ”All we’ll say is your guess would be as good as ours as to what the announce will be.Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is out on June 18 in the UK for PSP, with a US release a week earlier on June 8.
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