Hardware:

1. DS – 510, 700
2. Xbox 360 – 451, 700
3. Wii – 422, 500
4. PlayStation 3 304, 800
5. PSP – 121, 000

Software:

• 360 – RED DEAD REDEMPTION – 582, 900
• Wii - SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2 – 548, 400
• PS3 – RED DEAD REDEMPTION – 380, 300
• Wii – NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII – 200, 900
• Wii – JUST DANCE – 174,800
• WII FIT PLUS W/ BALANCE BOARD
• DS – TOY STORY 3
• 360 – UFC 2010: UNDISPUTED
• Wii – LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4
• PS3 – UFC 2010: UNDISPUTED

The Xbox 360 lead the home console pack for this month thanks to that new slim model. And that’s the only piece of hardware that jumps at me. The PSP jump in sales could be attributed to the summer vacationing crowd because it certainly wasn’t because of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.

That’s one of the most notable absences in the top 10 software.

Red Dead Redemption continues to taunt me with its big sales and serve as a reminder that I need to pick that game up still. Super Mario Galaxy 2 continues its strong month-to-month sales with nearly 550, 000 additional units. That’s over 1 million in the U.S alone! Well deserved.

This year’s April Fool’s Day was lame by comparison. Blizzard’s offerings were very disappointing. Nevertheless, there were some things worth checking — both from IGN surprisingly.

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Sony PSP Trailer – Assassin’s Stealth

This Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker one harken back to 2008′s MGS4 Assassin’s Solid video. It’ll probably end up in-game as well.

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I’ve been asked several times about upcoming new releases, so I decided to finally take a look at what is ahead and respond with more than just Splinter Cell: Conviction and Super Street Fighter IV.

S0 let’s see what interests me in the next three months:

April 2010

Week of Apr. 11^th

• Splinter Cell: Conviction (PC, 360 a week later)
• Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City (PC, PS3, already on 360)
• Final Fight: Double Impact (PSN, XBLA)

Week of Apr. 25^th

• Super Street Fighter IV (PS3, 360)

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Both come from Japanese companies.
Both are destined for the PSP.
Both are slotted for the summer time frame.
Both are prequels.
Both are reasons for me to pick up my PSP again.

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker was pushed back to June 8^th, 2010 and will serve as the fifth installment of the Metal Gear Solid franchise despite the subtitle. There’s also a green PSP bundle with it, but I don’t think anyone cares about that. Those of you who are interested in the title should check out the latest walkthrough though.

As for Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, its release window was narrowed down to simply “summer“. I don’t know much about it, just that it is the fifth installment for its own franchise as well.

And this is all from a single trailer.

If that hint of homoeroticism wasn’t there, it just wouldn’t seem like a Metal Gear Solid game.

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is coming 2010 for the PlayStation Portable.

Why have a journalist bother your game director when you can set up your own questions and answers session on his terms.

Kojima Productions did just that with this Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Q&A session with Hideo Kojima. It’s worth a read and I encourage those who’re interested in the 2010 PlayStation Portable title to do so.

They’ve also posted this collection of 1920×1088 screenshots which I scaled back down to reality.

Check out the images and “interview” below.

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I missed some of these Konami E3 2009 screenshots. The first batch is from the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker for PlayStation Portable.

And these are from the upcoming 3-D Castlevania known as Castlevania: Lords of Shadow which is coming to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Peace Walker looks like a Metal Gear game while Lords of Shadow looks nothing like the Castlevania games we’re accustomed to seeing. Both titles are slated for 2010 release.