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What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular now.

Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo), 2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision), 3. Wii Play (Nintendo), 4. Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party (Konami), 5. High School Musical: Sing It! Bundle (Disney).

Japan: 1. BioHazard: Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom), 2. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo), 3. Ghost Squad (Sega), 4. Wii Sports (Nintendo), 5. Dragon Quest Swords: Kamen no Joou to Kagami no Tou (Square Enix).

Europe: 1. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo), 2. The Simpsons Game (EA Games), 3. Carnival Funfair Games (2K Games), 4. Wii Play (Nintendo), 5. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo).

Xbox 360
North America: 1. BioShock (2K Games), 2. The Darkness (2K Games), 3. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft), 4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 5. Halo 3 (Microsoft).

Japan: 1. Ace Combat 6: Kaihou e no Senka (Namco), 2. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei), 3. The Idol M@ster — Xbox 360 Platinum Collection (Namco), 4. Dead Rising / Gears of War — Xbox 360 Platinum Double Pack (Capcom / Microsoft), 5. Gears of War (Microsoft).

Europe: 1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 2. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft), 3. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami), 5. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (LucasArts).

PlayStation 3
North America: 1. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft), 2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision), 4. Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (SCEA), 5. Assassin’s Creed: Limited Edition (Ubisoft).

Japan: 1. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei), 2. Ratchet & Clank Future (SCEI), 3. Heavenly Sword (SCEI), 4. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Spike), 5. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (Ubisoft).

Europe: 1. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft), 2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 3. Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction (SCEE), 4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami), 5. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (LucasArts).

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Bioshock is one of those games that has a great soundtrack, which is always a great feat for video games. A good soundtrack, and lots of times that includes ambient effects and music, is key to creating the kind of awesome atmosphere that you encounter in games like Bioshock. So have you ever wondered what all that ambient music playing in Bioshock is? Well wonder now longer!

Check out the extensive list below:

20th Century Blues - Noel Coward
Academy Award - Stanley Black
Avalon - Django Reinhardt
Bei Mir Bist Du Schon (means you’re grand) - The Andrews Sisters
Best Things in Life Are Free - The Inkspots
Brother Can You spare a Dime - Bing Crosby
Danny Boy - Mario Lanza
God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday
How Much is that Doggie - Pattie Page
If I didn’t care - The Ink Spots
It Had to Be You - Django Reinhardt
It’s Bad For Me - Rosemary Clooney
Jitterbug Waltz - Django Reinhardt
Just One Of Those Things - Lee Morgan
Just Walkin’ in the Rain - Johnny Ray
La Mer (Beyond the Sea) - Bobby Darin
La Mer (Beyond the Sea) - Django Reinhardt
Let’s Fly Away - Lee Wiley
Liza - Django Reinhardt
Night and Day - Billie Holiday
Papa Loves Mambo - Perry Como
Please Be Kind - Django Reinhardt
The Party’s Over Now - Noel Coward
The Waltz of the Flowers - Pytor Llyich Tchaikovsky
This Is A Changing World - Noel Coward
Wild Ride - Faux Frenchmen
World Weary - Noel Coward
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams - Bing Crosby
You’re Getting To Be A Habit - Harry Edison/Bing Crosby
You’re the Top - Cole Porter — Via MajorNelson

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Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey is of the mind that 2K's much-hyped game Bioshock could find itself on the PS3, Wii, PS2 and handhelds sometime in the future. Hickey says this won't happen for quite some time, though, stating that he believes the game could make its way onto these platforms sometime in 2009.

While we've seen Rockstar's own RAGE engine adapted to the Wii in the Nintendo console version of their Table Tennis game, we wonder if the Unreal Engine III that powers Bioshock could even be augmented for use on the Wii. We've heard Epic's Mark Rein state that he doubts the system can handle it on multiple occasions, so we wonder if 2K could even get it to work with the Wii.

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What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular now.

Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Wii Play (Nintendo), 2. Carnival Games (Global Star), 3. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo), 4. MySims (EA Games), 5. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo).

Japan: 1. Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo), 2. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo), 3. Wii Sports (Nintendo), 4. Sengoku Musou Katana (Koei), 5. Hajimete no Wii (Nintendo).

Europe: 1. Super Paper Mario (Nintendo), 2. MySims (EA Games), 3. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (EA Sports), 4. Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition, 5. Wii Play (Nintendo).

Xbox 360
North America: 1. BioShock (2K Games), 2. Skate (EA Games), 3. Gears of War (Microsoft), 4. Madden NFL 08 (EA Sports), 5. Eternal Sonata (Namco Bandai).

Japan: 1. The IdolM@ster (Namco), 2. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Spike), 3. Trusty Bell: Chopin no Yume (Namco), 4. Dead Rising — Xbox 360 Platinum Collection (Capcom), 5. Hitman: Blood Money (Spike).

Europe: 1. BioShock (2K Games), 2. Blue Dragon (Microsoft), 3. Stranglehold (Midway), 4. Medal of Honor: Airborne (EA Games), 5. Gears of War (Microsoft).

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What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular now.

Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo), 2. Wii Play (Nintendo), 3. Carnival Games (Global Star), 4. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo), 5. Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo).

Japan: 1. Wii Sports (Nintendo), 2. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo), 3. Forever Blue (Nintendo), 4. Hajimete no Wii (Nintendo), 5. Kidou Senshi Gundam: MS Sensen 0079 (Bandai).

Europe: 1. Wii Play (Nintendo), 2. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (EA Sports), 3. Big Brain Academy for Wii (Nintendo), 4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (EA Games), 5. Cooking Mama (505 Games).

Xbox 360
North America: 1. BioShock (2K Games), 2. Madden NFL 08 (EA Sports), 3. Gears of War (Microsoft), 4. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (EA Sports), 5. Guitar Hero II Bundle (RedOctane).

Japan: 1. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (Ubisoft), 2. Hitman: Blood Money (Spike), 3. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Spike), 4. Trusty Bell: Chopin no Yume (Namco), 5. The IdolM@ster (Namco).

Europe: 1. BioShock (2K Games), 2. BioShock — Limited Edition (2K Games), 3. Gears of War (Microsoft), 4. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas (Ubisoft), 5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (EA Sports).

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