It looks as though U.K. fans are just as crazy about the Call of Duty franchise as those in the U.S. because according to the All Formats charts from Chart Track, the week one sales of Call of Duty: World at War are higher than sales for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare when it debuted. Outselling CoD4 by more than 2 to 1, World at War is expected to be the most popular game during the Holiday Shopping Extravaganza across the pond.

If you look at the rest of the chart, you will notice that games published by Activision Blizzard dominate the chart by having 25 percent of all sales for the one publisher. Of course, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is on the chart as well, taking spot number two while Guitar Hero: World Tour coming in at number six (full kits for this game were just released recently released).

Last week’s number one best-selling game was Epic’s Xbox 360 exclusive Gears of War 2, which dropped 64 percent and down to position number four.

To give you an idea what our British brethren are playing, here are the top selling games for week ending November 15:

1. Call of Duty: World at War
2. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
3. Football Manager 2009
4. Gears of War 2
5. FIFA 09
6. Guitar Hero: World Tour
7. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
8. Mario Kart Wii
9. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
10. WWE Smackdown Vs RAW 2009

Thanks: GamesIndustry.biz

For those of you who have run out to your local retail store this morning to purchase the just released Call of Duty: World at War on the PC, Treyarch has issued a 317Mb patch fixing some of the minor issues you will encounter with the SLI support, multiple buddy invites, and weapon balancing amongst others.

The patch notes are relatively short so we have listed the entire list for you here:

• Mods are now enabled in Co-op, Single Player, and Multiplayer
• Improvements for SLI support
• G_Spawn: no free entities crash has been fixed
• Server no longer runs out of script variables
• License key is no longer required to run a Dedicated Server
• A Dedicated Server can now be started from the Command Line via Remote Desktop Connection
• Various fixes in Server Browser
• Players will no longer see multiple friend invites from the same friends
• When a player calls in a recon plane in a Hardcore match, the HUD will properly appear
• Clan Tags will now display in game where appropriate
• Map holes fixed
• Spawn improvements and weapon balancing
• Remote desktop now works with dedicated server

With the installation of Patch v1.1, from now on when you log into your game you will be automatically notified when a new patch is available–therefore you will no longer have to search the net or the official game site for one. To get Patch v1.1, you can visit FileFront here, or hit the badge below.

As of today, Call of Duty: World at War is also available for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS.

Last Wednesday, Activision and Treyarch announced details on how to sign up for the World War II shooter, Call of Duty: World at War Multiplayer Beta for the PC, and today is the day you can get in on all the fragging fun.

Now up on FileFront, the Call of Duty: World at War Beta installer is ready to be loaded on your PC; however, before you get to downloading make sure you are aware of the all the ins and outs of what it encompasses. We posted these details last week, but here they are again just in case you missed them:

• The beta gives you and service providers the option of hosting your own servers; however, dedicated servers will be Windows only for the duration of the beta. “GSP’s will be able to sell beta servers and put up as many dedicated servers as they’d like. All of this will function as if it were a regular multiplayer game”.

• Registered user will receive a special key that will allow them to create a profile name and play the beta. This offer also includes people who sign up after the beta has already started.

• Your globally unique user name will be very important, because for the first time ever the PC version will be incorporating invites and your friends list so that the squad mechanics will work just like the console versions. Clan tags can also be added as a prefix.

• Just like with the Xbox 360 version of the Beta, all accounts, experience and friends lists will be deleted after the beta is concluded.

Now, the only thing left to do is sign up, and you can do that by visiting the official website and enlist with the Call of Duty Headquarters. If you happen to have preordered the PC version from GameStop, you already have a beta key so sign up and and then head on over to FileFront where yo can get the installer by hitting this link or the badge below.

As always, after you have played around with it a bit, be sure and let us know what you thought of you experience in the comments section below.

Although Activision and Treyarch have yet to announce a specific date for PC version of the Call of Duty: World at War multiplayer Beta – they have given up some details on just how you can get in on all the action.

It’s pretty easy actually. If you have pre-ordered the game from GameStop you will automatically get a Beta key, where as if you have yet to pre-order World at War all you have to is go online to the official website and enlist with the Call of Duty Headquarters.

Josh Olin, the online community manager for Treyarch has posted all the intel on the site, but what it all boils down to is this:

• Since the World at War Beta gives you and service providers the option of hosting your own servers; however, dedicated servers will be Windows only for the duration of the beta. Also, according to the site “GSP’s will be able to sell Beta servers and put up as many dedicated servers as they’d like and . All of this will function as if it were a regular Multiplayer game”.
• Everyone who is a registered user will receive a special key that will allow them to create a profile name and play the beta. This offer also includes people who sign up after the beta has already started.
• Your globally unique user name will be very important because for the first time ever the PC version will be incorporating invites and your friends list so that the squad mechanics will work just like the console versions. Clan tags can also be added as a prefix.
• Just like with the Xbox 360 version of the Beta, all accounts, experience and friends lists will be deleted after the Beta is concluded.

Josh has promised that his next update will include details on when the Beta will be going live, how you can download it and where you can get your keys. So if you want in on the fun, you better register soon. 1UP will also be keeping and eye out for any new announcements as they are made available so you should check back with us often and be sure to mark your calenders because the game will storm retail on November 11 for the PC, PS2, PS3, 360, Wii and DS.

Sony has announced a list of trophies for Resistance 2. Not every game has them for the PS3, but Resistance 2 has them in spades.

You’ll find awards for both the single-player campaign and the cooperative campaign including some specifically for a full compliment of 8 players. You also find spoilers, but surely you expect trophies to reveal some key plot points by now. Here’s the full list of Trophies for the PS3 courtesy of VG Chartz:

Covert Ops
Collect 5 pieces of Intel in the Single Player Campaign.

Secret: Recycler
Defeat the Goliath in the Single Player Campaign.

Secret: Fried Calamari
Defeat the Kraken in the Single Player Campaign.

Secret: Exterminator
Defeat the Mother Spinner in the Single Player Campaign.

Secret: Flyswatter
Defeat the Swarm in the Single Player Campaign.

Secret: The Bigger They Are
Defeat the Leviathan in the Single Player Campaign.

Secret: Big Game Hunter
Defeat the Marauder in the Single Player Campaign.

Nowhere to Hide
Tag and kill 30 enemies with the Bullseye in the Single Player Campaign.

Sharpshooter
Get 30 headshots while scoped in with the Fareye or Marksman in the Single Player Campaign.

Explosives Expert
Get 150 kills with the Carbine 40mm, LAARK, or Frag Grenade in the Single Player Campaign.

They Go “Boom”
Get 30 kills with the Magnum secondary fire in the Single Player Campaign.

Pyromaniac
Set 100 enemies of fire with the Bellock Semi-Automic, Air-Fuel Grenade, Spider Grenade, or environmental hazard in the Single Player Campaign.

Spitting Lead
Kill 50 enemies using the Wraith with the force barrier engaged in the Single Player Campaign.

I See You
Kill 50 enemies through solid matter with the Auger in the Single Player Campaign.

Talk To The Hand
Use the Auger force barrier to stop 150 incoming enemy shots in the single player Campaign.

For Close Encounters
Get 10 one-hit head-shot kills with the Shotgun in the Single Player Campaign.

Pincushion
Get 50 kills with the Hedgehog in the Single Player Campaign.

Up Close and Personal
Get 50 melee kills with any weapon in the Single Player Campaign.

Wrecking Machine
Destroy 40 vehicles in the Single Player Campaign.

Mind Your Surroundings
Get 50 indirect kills using explosive objects in levels in the Single Player Campaign.

Salute Me
Achieve the rank of Lieutenant.

Exotic Weapon Collector
Get 20 kills with each weapon in the Single Player Campaign.

Master Spy
Collect all the Intel documents in the Single Player Campaign.

Snipe Hunt
Kill 30 Spinners in the Single Player Campaign.

Xenocide
Kill 1000 enemies in the Single Player Campaign.

Secret: R.I.P. Jordan Shepherd
Defeat Daedalus, Complete the Single Player Campaign.

Secret: OMGWTFBBQ
Complete the Single Player Campaign on Superhuman.

Berserker
Use every berserk at least once in Online Competitive Multiplayer.

Point Man
Earn 1 million XP from ranked games in online Competitive mode.

Killing Machine
Score 10,000 kills in ranked matches in Online Competitive Multiplayer.

Specter Recon
Collect 50 pieces of gray tech in the Cooperative Campaign.

Specter Initiate
Complete 20 missions in the Cooperative Campaign.

Team Player
Complete 5 missions with a full party of 8 in the Cooperative Campaign.

Tour of Duty
Complete one mission on each region in the Cooperative Campaign.

Specter Officer
Reach max level (35) with one class in the Cooperative Campaign.

Primarch Hunter
Kill 200 Elite Chimerans in the Cooperative Campaign.

Specter Intel
Collect all Intel in the Cooperative Campaign.

Secret: Platinum Trophy
Obtain all Gold, Silver, and Bronze Trophies for Resistance 2™

Some people play to have fun and some people play to win. Others take it a step further and have to share their prowess with the world. This list is for you.

It’s Thursday, which means the PlayStation Store has been flooded with new downloadable games, demos, videos, and all sorts of other goodies. The headliner content for PlayStation 3 owners are two new demos: Mercenaries 2 and Fracture. Anyone who’s played Mercs 2 or read 1UP’s review can tell you the game is undeniably fun, but what about Fracture, LucasArts’ new shooter centered around destroying terrain? Give the demo a try, and then come back and see if you agree with Anthony Gallegos’ preview of the game from Leipzig.

PSP owners are in for a real treat compared with the usual slap in the face they see in the downloadable space — in addition to a demo and trailer of NBA 09, both Cube and PQ: Practical Intelligence Quotient have been released for $10 each. These are the first two of six games being released on the PlayStation Store by D3 Publisher, with some classics like Dead Head Fred and Puzzle Quest still to come.

Much like this past weekend on Xbox Live, this upcoming weekend is a Double XP event in Call of Duty 4, and to celebrate the price of the Variety Map Pack has been cut in half from $10 to $5. Complimenting that is a new Rock Band album from Megadeth, and a ton of new videos from the AST Dew Tour. Hit up the PlayStation Blog for the full list of releases.

One industrious modder by the name of Qrysalis has apparently uncovered a lost level from Call of Duty 4 that was abandoned later on in the development process. The new level is basically an extended version of the first training mission, which features some extra tasks between the indoor firing range and the timed obstacle course that determines your difficulty setting. The developers apparently decided to keep the final version of this mission short and sweet, so you could get right to the meat of the game — and the spectacular cargo ship level — much more quickly. If you want to give the extended training run a go for yourself though, you can download it through some posts on Infinity Ward’s forums.

Via FourZeroTwo

Multiplayer betas have proven to be very popular even on consoles, with Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 proving that public beta tests aren’t just for PC games. Now Call of Duty: World at War will be following its predecessor’s example by releasing a multiplayer beta on both Xbox 360 and PC in October. Those looking to get into the 360 beta can register at the game’s official website or pre-order the game at GameStop.

The open beta announcement also reveals that World at War is scheduled for release on November 11 (confirming what we had previously heard). A release date this close to the beta means that the beta will have little to no impact on the version of the game that ships, instead working more like an online demo that’s being passed off as a beta. Still, an early shot at some intense Call of Duty multiplayer is difficult to pass up.

Unfortunately, PlayStation 3 and Wii owners who don’t have access to other platforms will have to pass it up. Those unfortunate gamers can check out our recent preview of the game and cross their fingers that Treyarch will have managed to top their most recent mediocre COD offering with the help of the Call of Duty 4 engine and some extra development time.

It should come as no surprise that WoW would be number one in sales on the PC charts, but for one company to have five titles in the Top 10? That is a testament to the popularity of the games it creates. Blizzard is no stranger to being the dominant company in the NPD charts though, and as you can see below, the week of August 17-23 was no exception:

• 1. World of Warcraft: Battle Chest
• 2. The Sims 2: Double Deluxe
• 3. World of Warcraft
• 4. Spore Creature Creator
• 5. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
• 6. The Diablo Battle Chest
• 7. Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice
• 8. Call of Duty 4
• 9. The Orange Box
• 10. The Warcraft III Battle Chest

It is also no surprise that the Spore Creature Creator is up there, nor CoD4 or even The Sims 2 for that matter. I have even stopped batting an eye at the Nancy Drew game because despite what we choose to believe, even little girls like PC games too. However, what is shocking to me is that The Orange Box is still in the Top 10 after all this time- maybe this is because of all the Team Fortress updates and the like, because I would think that Portal and Half-Life 2 would be old hat by now.

Affectionately known as IAMfourzerotwo within the gaming community, Robert Bowling, the Director of Communications and Community Manager for Infinity Ward has stated on his blog that Call of Duty 4 fans should expect another “Double XP Weekend” realtively soon.