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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days has stormed the UK sales charts in its premiere week to hold the top spot -- for ransom, no doubt. According to Chart-Track, the dubious duo's first outing only reached the number 14 spot in its second week of release back in 2007. It would seem the two have gained a significant following in the meantime.

The rest of the chart involves the usual suspects, with Toy Story 3, Red Dead Redemption and Lego Harry Potter holding the next three spots in the queue following Kane & Lynch, respectively. Ubisoft's Dance titles keep on movin' and shakin', as Just Dance moves up the chart to the fifth spot and Dance on Broadway gets knocked down by the understudy to ninth. Whatever else goes on in the charts, those Dance games refuse to leave the top ten.

Also, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has surpassed Brain Age (known there as Dr Kawashima) to become "the biggest selling UK title ever" after 41 weeks. Out of those weeks, it was absent for only three.

Check out this week's top selling titles after the break.

Here’s Greg Lanz, General Manager at O-Games, to tell us about Superstars V8 Racing.

As the publisher for Superstars V8 Racing, we are excited to bring such a robust game to PlayStation Network. Over the past few years we have watched the digital marketplace grow. As many publishers and developers launched digital products on the PSN platform, O-Games made a strategic decision to hold off until we had the perfect product.

Superstars V8 Racing is one of most robust, deep and graphically rich racing games on PSN, and at $19.99 it’s going to be difficult for anyone to find a better bargain; Superstars V8 Racing is a full retail game packaged for PlayStation Network. Dozens of official circuit tracks, head-to-head online play with up to seven other players, and big name brand cars make this a great racing game.

Why did we drop the retail disc, and go digital on the PSN?

A little over six months ago, we had aspirations to take Superstars V8 Racing to the retail channel. We took the title on tour to the major North American retailers and tried to find a market for the game. The retailers really enjoyed the title, it simply came down to limited shelf space at each location and trying to slot the game between other titles being released. O-Games had a critical decision to make; we could wait for the retailers to have room for our game, or we could take the exact same game and place it on PlayStation Network.

Once we decided to take the full version game and place it on the PSN store, we began to realize that many of the costs associated with taking the product to retail no longer applied. We no longer had to account for manufacturing discs, packaging, shipping, returns, retail marketing and other costs. So, here we were with a $39.99 retail game which was getting less expensive for us to ship to the consumer, and ultimately we decided to pass the savings on to gamers.

As you play Superstars V8 Racing, keep in mind that you are playing a game that was planned for a $39.99 retail launch but given to you for $19.99. Sometimes consumers do win!

Now off to the races….

#hideokojima When not judging cosplay contests or posing with cosplayers, Hideo Kojima makes games. Metal Gear Solid games. And at this year's Tokyo Game Show, cosplayers have the chance to take the stage in Konami's booth, MGS style. More »

Go down the rabbit hole for these screens.

#ruhroh The UK's Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox has called for the ban of the "tasteless" Medal of Honor. The only defense he is doing now is of his remarks. More »

#britain Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training on the DS used to the biggest-selling video game of all time in the United Kingdom. It no longer holds that title. More »

#cosplay Sure, she's not Yvonne Strahovski, the actual actress behind Mass Effect 2's Miranda Lawson, but Polish model Jessika F is doing a pretty good job nonetheless in this cosplay photo shoot. More »

#pc The first of Valve's new software survey results are in, and they provide a fascinating insight into the kind of crap the service's users have installed on their PCs. More »

#gameface As seen on GoNintendo. More »

#pokemon The mythical tale of Pokémon Black may be an urban legend, but it's great reading regardless. It's even better when you read it on a DS with accompanying graphics and sound. More »

#hayaomiyazaki Studio Ghibli, currently at work on role-playing game Ni no Kuni with developer Level-5, is famous for its films created by Hayao Miyazaki. Not to be morbid, but Miyazaki won't be making movies forever. What does that mean for Ghibli? More »

According to a PR rep, Plants vs. Zombies is headed to the Nintendo DS. More »

#korea Starcraft is big in Korea, but for some it can be too big, and they develope a serious addiction to the game. Ah well. Nothing some hard drugs can't cure! More »

#metalgearsolidrising Even Metal Gear Solid: Rising. This mock-up was done in Adobe After Effects CS5 and shows Rising's "cut what you will" system. With a lightsaber. More »

#modernwarfare Infinity Ward founders and Modern Warfare creators Vince Zampella and Jason West may have formed a new games studio, but don't go expecting anything from them for a long time. They're too busy...buying furniture. More »

#dreamclub It is also a sculpture of a sofa. It's really a two-for-one deal if you think about it! More »

#mario This extinct species of turtle was five-feet wide and weighed half a ton. It also looks a lot like a certain Nintendo villain. More »

- Tio (left) and Lipty (right) - these are the twins that Stok meets when he wakes up in Historia - the twins will support Stok throughout his adventure with help other than just time travel abilities - the two speak like adults, even though they appear to be kids - Tio is cynical and harsh - Lipty is soft [...]

#kobayashiartwatch Voice actress Yu Kobayashi looks like an angel. Her art, however, looks like it's from the smoldering depths of hell. More »

Well, that’s definitely a bit different than the characters that I remember! They surely sport a different visual appearance. It’s not drastic, but more than enough for fans to easily recognize. I wonder what’s up with the design change!

Last week, Gamescom hit and a ton of new PC exclusive game announcements came with it. We were so busy we couldn't do our usual weekly game features; they will return next week. In the meantime, let's check out just some of the many news stories and downloads we posted last week:

Contests

• There's still time to enter our latest giveaway where we are giving out five signed copies of the novel Elemental: Destiny's Embers.

Downloads

• Lost Planet 2 PC Benchmark: This download will check to see if you can run the upcoming PC port of Capcom's sci-fi action game.
• StarCraft II 1.03 Patch: Download the latest update to Blizzard's hit RTS game in PC and Mac versions.
• Microsoft Flight Teaser Trailer: It's a CGI teaser for Microsoft's upcoming return to the flight sim genre.
• Star Wars The Old Republic Space Combat Trailer: Check out how BioWare's upcoming MMO will handle space ship warfare.
• Might and Magic Heroes VI Trailer: It's the first look at the latest game in the turn-based strategy series.
• Age of Heroes Online Trailer: We see the first gameplay from Robot Entertainment's upcoming free-to-play RTS game.
• Dawn of War II: Retribution Trailer: Relic's next expansion for the RTS series got it's first trailer.
• Diablo III Crafting and Caravan Trailer: Blizzard gives us a new gameplay trailer for its long awaited action-RPG sequel.
• Warhammer 40,000 Dark Millennium Online Trailer: The first playable race is revealed in this latest trailer for THQ's upcoming MMO.

I don’t know that shaking the baby to sleep is the best idea…

Traveling through time is tough. Unless you were lucky enough to be born as Jean-Claude Van Damme, Doc Brown (or his young companion, Marty McFly) or something, it's pretty much been a crapshoot for most of us human beings. The only other possible option has been to meet The Doctor.

A more realistic alternative than trying to track that dude down is to play Doctor Who: The Adventure Games and BBC has announced that the upcoming third episode -- due to launch on August 27, but only available to UK residents -- will give players an intimate look behind the blue doors of the TARDIS and even let them pilot it. For the unaware, the TARDIS is the it's-a-police-box-but-not-really structure that allows The Doctor and his companion to traipse through time and space. So it would seem that next week Einstein-Rosen Bridge enthusiasts will finally have a viable fix!

Now if only we could fast-forward to next week. Jean-Claude, if you're reading this, would you mind helping us out?

From this… To this… To this! Check out more pictures of the bike’s creation here

Remember awhile back when we showed you guys a cute little video put together by Grant Wilson and his son? For those that don’t remember, Grant Wilson is one half of the Ghost Hunters team, a program on SyFy. Well, it looks like Grant and his son still love Mario, and they’ve put [...]

Obviously the discussion in the video above is going to be a little tough for some to understand, myself included. What we do get out of the video comes from Nintendo’s Harald Ebert. According to him, the design of the 3DS is not yet final. This goes hand-in-hand with what [...]