NPD: BioShock 2 top Feb charts

Following the trend set by video games hardware sales in the US last month, software sales suffered a 15 per cent year-on-year decline with the total February value hitting $624.4m. Year-to-date software sales are down 14 per cent at $1.22bn. However, if there is a champion to emerge from the …

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Old Republic is BioWare’s biggest

Star Wars: The Old Republic will be BioWare’s biggest title to date, eclipsing recent RPGs Mass Effect and Dragon Age. The upcoming MMO for PC will have voice acting for every line of script, equating to around 40 novels-worth or 4,000 hours worth of recording time. Shauna Perry, BioWare’s director …

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NPD: Xbox 360 outsells Wii

In a month that saw steeper declines in the US video games market than most people had expected, Xbox 360 has emerged as a surprise victor in the hardware sector. Though hardware sales as a whole fell 20 per cent year-on-year to $426.4m, Microsoft’s machine succeeded in securing the top …

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution confirmed

Eidos Montreal has confirmed the full title for the third entry in the Deus Ex series will be Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The new suffix has been heavily rumoured over the past few weeks after the developer filed ‘Human Revolution’ as a trademark, but the title has now been officially …

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NPD: February sales slump 15%

The value of the video games market in the US fell 15 per cent year-on-year in February to $1.28bn – a number that has surprised even NPD itself. The year to date market value stands at $2.42bn, a 14 per cent decline compared to 2009. The industry realised another month …

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