One top predicter of video game sales has pegged Rockstar's DS "Grand Theft Auto" for more than twice the sales of another analyest. Read more...

The developer of "Brutal Legend" told me why the underwhelming performance of his last game, "Psychonauts," isn't the crisis some fans think it is. Read more...

As we previously reported, the Virgin Megastore across the street is closing down. Most of their stock is sold out but, as was the case with Circuit City, there are still piles of certain games left that we couldn't help but notice. Read more...

The Virgin Megastore in Times Square NYC, located right across the street from my office, is shutting down. So, they're selling everything: deep discounts on game prices and even the gaming displays are for sale. How much would you pay for this "Fallout 3" statue? It could be yours. Hurry up and make an offer.

More pictures of what's on sale are in our Virgin Megastore Crazy Gaming Sale Flipbook, all shot by MTV News producer Andrew Rowe.

The spotlight wasn't on video games this week as Barack Obama became President, but MTV Multiplayer was still bringing you new topics of discussion every day (except our day off!), and as we sit back and enjoy the weekend, here are the five stories you talked about the most this week on the blog. Read more...

Last week we reported that it could not yet be determined whether "Wii Play" or "Grand Theft Auto IV" was the best-selling game of 2008 in the U.S. But today we finally got the definitive Top 5 2008 list -- and it knocks "GTA" to third place. Read more...

One week after Nintendo made public the usage stats for its downloadable Wii games in the U.S., I've been able to crunch some numbers to learn just how fervently -- or not -- gamers are embracing the WiiWare service.

Think "Dr. Mario" crushed all? Hoping that "Lost Winds" did well? Read on for my findings.

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"Boom Blox a bust at retail" read a headline at Joystiq yesterday. "BOOM BLOX only sells 60K units in first month, ouch!" shouted thatvideogameblog.

Based on the latest numbers from the NPD Group, much of the Internet has declared "Boom Blox"'s first-month sales a disappointment.

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitello, however, told an audience at the William Blair Investor Conference today that sales were on target. "It has met our expectations internally," he said. "It's continued to sell well. It did break into the top 10 for the Wii, and the advertising is doing exactly what [our] team expected to: drive sales."

Analysts, however, haven't been as upbeat.

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Over at MTV News I filed a report on the big gaming news of the morning: that "Grand Theft Auto IV" sold six million copies in its first week, netting publisher Take-Two Interactive $500 million. "Halo 3" made Microsoft $300 million in its first week in September. So "GTA IV" appears to be the biggest starter in gaming history.

Should be interesting to see how "Mario Kart Wii" did in the same week.