Grand Theft Auto V has beaten Call of Duty: Black Ops to become the UK’s biggest ever video game launch.
GfK Chart Track data reveals GTA V sold 1.57m units during its first day on sale, generating over 65m in revenue.
It breaks the previous record set by Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops, which sold 1.41m units for 58m back in November 2010.
GTA V launched Tuesday and saw consumers crowd outside 2,000 UK High Street retailers at midnight to get their hands on the highly anticipated title.
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Pacific Standard Sound (PSS), the award-winning sound design and full service post production and sound company whose work spans some of entertainment's most iconic properties, today announced the launch of Pacific Standard Creative (PSC), a new division purpose-built to serve the evolving storytelling and production needs of video game development studios, advertising agencies, trailer houses, and independent productions who demand world-class sound without compromise. Pacific Standard Creative will be helmed by industry veteran Eric Marks, who brings more than a decade of audio and engineering leadership, as well as two years as the Vice President of the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE).
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