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the open world action game June's bestselling title by an impressive margin.Last month, its single-console sales doubled those of the game it was often compared to, Infamous.The same was true for THQ's UFC 2009 Undisputed, which topped U.S.game sales in May.The mixed martial arts title moved another 338,300 units on the Xbox 360, KO-ing replica Breitling A2332212-C586 Men's watch competition, EA's Fight Night Round 4.But give credit to Sucker Punch's Infamous, though.The PlayStation 3 game's second month sales were better than its first, giving it a top ten showing.

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Marvel Ulimate Alliance 2 is slated to hit retailers later this fall.IGN Video: Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 PlayStation 3 Trailer - SDCC09: Jean Grey Vignette and IGN Video: Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 PlayStation 3 Trailer - SDCC09: Gambit Vignette [IGN]While there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth over the poor performance of June's console games, on PC, things were looking a little healthier, with EA's The replica Breitling E7936210-B7 Men's watch Sims 3 emerging as the month's biggest-selling game on any platform.While the top-selling console game was Prototype, with 419,000 copies sold, EA shifted an impressive 820,000 copies of The Sims 3 in the US market.

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The budget figure ran in a profile of lead Ghostbusters development studio Terminal Reality, which earned the opportunity to make a Ghostbusters game after one of its militiary-shooter prototypes impressed Vivendi Universal in 2006.Ghostbusters film and game actor and co-writer Dan Aykroyd has also talked about the budget to the press, estimating in a June interview with the magazine If that the game's publishers spent "like $12 or $15 million" to make the game.Last month, the CEO of Ubisoft said he expected the replica Breitling P263621 Men's watch average video game budget to swell to $60 million in the next gaming hardware generation.Vivendi, which merged with Activision, did not publish the game when it was released in June.In the U.S., Atari did.

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