Ubisoft Romania developing fifth installment in classic submarine simulator series, due in early 2010. The increasingly crowded first half of 2010 got a little more crammed today when Ubisoft announced that Silent Hunter 5 would ship “early” next year. The latest installment in the 13-year-old, 1.5 million-unit-selling World War II submarine sim franchise will be published solely for the PC by Ubisoft. Development duties will be handled by Ubisoft Romania, which crafted the last two ent

For video game and sports enthuiasts, Madden Football’s release day is the equivalent of a major Hollywood blockbuster. In Madden 2009’s first month, it did $133.5 million in retail sales . Today, Madden 10 arrives and the presales estimates were ahead of the 2009 numbers and many major retailers opened their doors at midnight last night. Madden is taking to the ESPN.com and YouTube’s homepage to promote the game’s launch. Both units feature players from the Pittsburgh Steelers attacking the

Wii Sports Resort has already been a phenomal success for Nintendo, selling over 1.5 million copies worldwide in a matter of a month or so. The game was released only last week in North America and late last month in Japan. This once again proves Nintendo dominance in the area of fitness and casual titles, particularly on their Wii system. Wii Sports Resort has also become the 4th biggest opening ever for a Wii videogame in terms of sales, following on the heels of Super Smash Bros. Brawl,

– UFC(R) 2009 Undisputed(TM) #1 Best-Selling Title in US for the June Quarter – AGOURA HILLS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul. 28, 2009– THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced record financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2009. For the fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 2009, THQ’s net sales climbed 77% to $243.5 million from $137.6 million in the prior year. On a non-GAAP basis, for the three months ended June 30, 2009, the company reported net sales of $233.9 million, up 93