The dust has barely settled on the announcement of Six Days in Fallujah, but (once again) it finds a way into the news. During Konami’s Gamer’s Day in Frankfurt last week, unnamed representatives for the publisher told GamePro.de they were waiting to see how Atomic Games plans to portray the brutal battle for Fallujah before deciding if the game would see a European release. Representatives also told De Telegraaf that it was unclear what the level of violence would be in the “documentary-style” shooter.

Since announcing the title, developer Atomic Games have been publicly lambasted by peace groups, veterans and their families for developing a video game based on an ongoing (and already controversial) war. Recently, a group of US military Iraq War veterans announced support of the title in an interview with G4TV, saying the project could hopefully “bolster support” for troops.

With Konami’s European reps questioning a release, we wonder if Six Days in Fallujah will ever step out of the controversy long enough to hit store shelves anywhere.

Report: Konami may skip ‘Six Days in Fallujah’ Euro launch originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With March NPD numbers set to roll out this week, GamerBytes has posted its own analysis of Xbox Live Arcade sales for the same period. A good idea, considering NPD doesn’t include digital sales in its figures. It’s a rather exhaustive piece, so here are a few nuggets.

• Watchmen: The End is Nigh started strong, but fell off the top ten in its third week of availability.
• Peggle has done quite well and is showing signs of staying power.
• Hasbro Family Game Night seems to be paying off for EA, with combined board game sales landing the game in third place in its third weeks of availability.
• The promotional “Deal of the Week” prices for Braid and Alien Hominid pushed both games back into the top ten.
• March saw both Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix and A Kingdom for Keflings get knocked off the top ten. SSFIITHDR and Keflings had been in the top ten for 15 weeks and 19 weeks, respectively.

For estimated sales numbers and more detailed analysis, be sure to check out the full GamerBytes article.

Taking a look at March XBLA numbers originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We recently fired off some long-distance questions to Halfbrick Studios, an independent developer located in Brisbane, Australia, about itself and its projects in the pipeline for Xbox 360 — more specifically, for XBLA and XNA Community Games. Lead artist Matthew Knight generously accepted our assault and blasted back with his answers.

Warning: Stepping into our friendly exchange just might hit you like a ton of (half) bricks …

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Joystiq interview: Halfbrick Studios originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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