TAKE THAT!!

As always, Media-Create had a few insights to share about the top game on the latest weekly sales chart.

The only Nintendo-developed game available on 3DS launch day will Nintendogs + cats. Company president, Satoru Iwata, explains why this is.

The Last Story sees its debut at long last in Japan, alongside Valkyria Chronicles 3 and Dragon Age: Origins. And the big releases ...

In a nutshell, the current plan is “more games across more platforms.”

Birth by Sleep Final Mix has the lowest first week sales of all Final Mix games compared to their original versions.

Unsurprisingly, other games published by Nintendo sold incredibly well, too.

Birth by Sleep, Venus & Braves and Kaiju Busters Powered were last week's top new releases.

8-bit Funding is a new crowd-funding initiative that hopes to facilitate the development of game-related projects.

A page from Media-Create's 2010 report also sheds light on Wii games like Zangeki no Reginleiv and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles.

Monster Hunter shifts into second place while Arcana Heart 3 and Mass Effect 2 make their debuts as well.

Ignition Entertainment are consolidating their U.S. development to Austin, Texas.

You'll find the usual suspects on 2010's best-selling game list.

Epic Mickey, World of WarCraft: Cataclysm and Michael Jackson: The Experience were amongst December's best-selling games in the U.S.

The only new release on the week's top-20 sales chart was SaGa 3, with Pokémon Black/White reaching 5 million in sales.