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Microsoft’s Halo 3: ODST has surged past 1.8 million global sales since hitting shelves in September – with 294,000 purchases of the game being made in the UK. Just 33,000 copies of the Xbox 360 game have been shifted in Japan – while the US has snapped up 1.52 million …
Read More »Splinter Cell: Conviction CE unveiled
Ubisoft has unveiled the contents of the Collector’s Edition for Splinter Cell: Conviction. The pack will arrive alongside the Xbox 360-exclusive stealth action game on February 23rd in the US and will retail for $79.99. Ubisoft has warned that the Collector’s Edition will have a limited run”. Along with a …
Read More »GameStop has faith in PSPgo
Despite a lukewarm reception from consumers, and reservations from UK retailers, US giant GameStop feels Sony’s PSPgo has a bright future. The retail firm told IndustryGamers that Sony’s small launch marketing campaign shows Sony is expecting PSPgo sales to build over time. "We clearly supported it in all of our …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed II pre-orders up 80%
Assassin’s Creed II has received 80 per cent more pre-orders than the original game. The figure was revealed by Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot during the publisher’s financial call to investors. This exceeds previous estimate from Janco analyst Mike Hikey, who claimed pre-orders for the sequel were 10 to 20 per …
Read More »Watch new MW2 trailer here
Make no mistake about it – in marketing terms we are at Defcon 1 as Activision ramps up the hype for next Tuesday’s global release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The latest move in this mindshare onslaught is a brand new HD trailer for the game which – …
Read More »UK games sales down 13% in 2009
The world’s top three global markets suffered a six per cent year-on-year overall drop in video games software unit sales in the three months to September (Q3). According to data from Top Global Markets – the integrated monthly report from The NPD Group (US), GfK Chart-Track Limited (UK) and Enterbrain, …
Read More »Konami H1 profit drops 81.3%
Konami has posted its fiscal results for the six months to September – with profits slipping 81.3 per cent to $24.6 million year-on-year. Revenues for the period stood at 113.9 billion ($1.26 billion) – down 22.5 percent from the 146.9 billion ($1.63 billion) the firm posted in H1 last year, …
Read More »Activision: ‘Guitar Hero as respected as Harley Davidson’
Super-publisher Activision has called its Hero franchise as respected as Harley Davidson and the iPhone. In an exclusive interview with MCV, the firm discusses how Guitar Hero has become bigger than just a video game – with long-term planning key to its success. "Things like Guitar Hero has forced us …
Read More »HMV calms Modern Warfare concerns
A mid-week release, the postal strikes – all the ingredients are there for a street-date break on Activision’s Modern Warfare 2, but retailer HMV has quashed rumours that it had been the first to move. On Tuesday many HMV customers who had pre-ordered the game received emails from the retailer …
Read More »UK ‘super-distributor’ opens doors
Look out Gem and Centresoft – a new distribution rival has emerged following a deal between The Producers and Trilogy. The two have teamed up under a ‘strategic alliance’ to offer an end-to-end service of manufacturing and logistics, plus white label home delivery, digital distribution and Nintendo products – which …
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