Gamasutra has several coverage elements about last month’s NPD figures, which unsurprisingly show Nintendo’s continued dominance of console sales numbers. A combined 569,000 units sold for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl probably helped some. “According to official sources and a number of independent reports, total industry sales were up 49 percent to $815 million for the month, with hardware sales up 79 percent to $221 million, and the Nintendo DS selling an impressive 423,000 units for the month. The rest of the hardware sales revealed that the Wii sold an impressive 338,000 units for the month, with the Xbox 360’s sales down somewhat at around 155,000 units and the PlayStation 3 sold just 82,000 during May in the U.S. On the handheld side of things, the PSP trailed the DS but still sold around 221,000 units, and the Game Boy Advance sold just 80,000 units for the month. Rounding off the major players, the PlayStation 2 sold 188,000 units during May.” Those DS sales are nothing to sneeze at, as an analyst group estimates that by 2011 there will be some 112 Million DS units sold … with an 89% install base in Japan. The site has a further breakdown of last month’s numbers, analyzing the dip in overall console sales and the potentials of each platform. The Curmudgeon Gamer is the mind behind that analysis, and he had two further points to make about the numbers on his site.Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Fly Rodding for Tarpon (Outdoors)
Fly Rodding for Tarpon

Capcom and Valve Team For Steam Releases
Capcom titles will be appearing on Valve’s Steam service, reports GameDaily. “The first game to come to Steam under this agreement will be Devil May Cry 3, scheduled for later this week. Following that in the next few weeks will be Onimusha 3 and then Lost Planet: Extreme Condition on June 26 (which is day-and-date with the retail PC version). And later this year Steam will get Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.”Read more of this story at Slashdot.

More Guitar Hero 80s Tracks Announced
Activision has released information on eight more tracks from the upcoming Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s. In addition the previously announced songs, the company has now confirmed that the following glam and metal ballads will be available: “‘Hold On Loosely’ (as made famous by .38 Special), ‘No One Like You’ (as made famous by Scorpions), ‘Only a Lad’ (as made famous by Oingo Boingo), ‘Radar Love’ (as made famous by White Lion), ‘Ballroom Blitz’ (as made famous by Krokus), ‘The Warrior’ (by Scandal), ‘What I Like About You’ (as made famous by The Romantics), and ‘Wrath Child’ (as made famous by Iron Maiden).” Would have liked “Dead Man’s Party” or “Weird Science” better from Boingo, but you can’t have everything.Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Plagiarists Brought to Book by New Software
A new program claims to detect copy theft in any text document.

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