Sony: PS3 is beating Xbox 360... in France

PS3 is leading Xbox 360 in terms of hardware and software sales in France, according to a new Sony announcement based on data from GfK.

According to a Google translation of a Gamekyo article, PS3 has surpassed three million sales in the country, versus Xbox 360's 2.3 million.

On the software front, PS3 games have generated €418 million (equivalent to eight million units sold), versus €337 million for Wii games and €239 million for Xbox 360 titles.

CVG readers often ask for European sales data when we post the monthly NPD numbers from the US, so here you are. Unfortunately, we don't have access to wider European sales figures that we're allowed to publish on a regular basis, otherwise we would.

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Homefront: Review round-up

The vast majority of the world's Homefront review scores are now in - and make for interesting reading material.

Alongside CVG's 8.6/10 review, UK mags PSM3 and Xbox World 360 both scored the game in the 80s.

Meanwhile, Official Xbox Magazine US gave the game an impressive 8/10, celebrating the title's "polished, engaging multiplayer modes".

PC Gamer went for a 79% score, whilst UK lads' mag Zoo plumped for the highest rating of any major UK outlet - although its praise-filled 9/10 verdict was matched by Official PlayStation Magazine Italy.

But it wasn't all such good news for Kaos and THQ. Destructoid and Joystiq both offered a 5/10 score. The latter complained that one good story moment was a "tiny narrative ember in a big dark cave of missed opportunity". Ouch.

7/10 was a popular score from some major outlets - including GamesRadar, OXM UK, Gamespot, Game Informer, IGN and VideoGamer.

Some bright spots for THQ came with Ripten's 8.5/10 and two 8/10s from GamePro and EuroGamer Spain - although the latter's UK cousin gave the game a less positive 6/10.

THQ announced on Wednesday that Homefront had sold 375,000 copies on its first day on sale in the US. The FPS hit European shelves for 360, PS3 and PC this morning.

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Shattered Horizon Patch 1.3.0.53 Released

Shattered Horizon was an original space combat first person shooter that was developed by the creators of 3D Mark benchmarks, Futuremark. Sadly, it didn’t appeal to most PC gamers but the company is still supporting it. An update for it is now available that adds the Last Stand pack, a free expansion that includes single player, online co-op and a new game mode. The game will auto-update itself the next time you run it!

SHATTERED HORIZON 1.3.0.53
• Play all game types in single player mode with bots.
• Choose the number of bots and set the difficulty level, play for fun or challenge yourself to improve.
• Play the new Last Stand game mode which pits a team of four against waves of increasingly difficult bot enemies.
• Last Stand can be played with bots on your team in single player, or with friends in online co-op.

SHATTERED HORIZON SERVER 1.3.0.17
• Server hosts can optionally add and configure bots for multiplayer games.
• Bots will leave a game to make room for real players, and rejoin to make up team numbers.

Disclaimer: All information on this blog has been compiled from their respective official websites or through public domain sites and leading newspapers. Although, we have taken reasonable efforts to provide you with accurate information, but we assumes no responsibility for the accuracy (or inaccuracy) of the Information and would advise you to verify it from the official product provider. We cannot guarantee that the information on this page is 100% correct.

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