The NPD Group has released their hardware and software numbers for the month of October, representing sales for the United States for the four week period of October 7th to November 4th.

Notables this month:

• Wii has whopping sales numbers, clearly outselling all other consoles
• Fable II is the top seller in October for software

Hardware numbers:
WII: 830.0k (207.5k per week)
NDS: 491.0k (122.75k per week)
360: 371.0k (92.75k per week)
PSP: 193.0k (48.25k per week)
PS3: 190.0k (47.5...

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• Beastie Boys -- Root Down
• Blackwizard -- Dem Nah Ready fe We
• Blockhead -- Duke Of Hazzard
• Bloody Beetroots -- Mac Mac

Be sure to take a look at the source for the full list of songs."

The first gameplay video of NBA 2K9 is here, showing off some of the greatest NBA players - Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Joe Johnson - crossing over and dunking on the poor defenders.

With me being a big time NBA and Laker fan, I feel this is the perfect time to say that the Lakers will win the NBA Championship this year.

The vid is in the source. Look for the game on October 7th.

image credit - gamertagradio forums

"With the Boston Celtics facing the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 1 of the NBA Finals tonight, 2K Sports announced just prior to tip-off that one of the sport's biggest stars would grace the cover of NBA 2K9 this fall.

Celtics power forward Kevin Garnett will front copies of the latest hoops sim from Visual Concepts and offer his input to the development team as it implements unspecified new features and upgrades to the long-running series. As with last year's edition, the game will appear on..."