Independent retailer Gameseek is protesting against competitors that broke the street date on Activision Blizzard’s Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The game officially launched at midnight last night, but Gameseek boss Stephen Staley has called on Activision to deal with retailers that have been selling copies to consumers early. …

A record number of North American stores opened at midnight last night to usher in Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Activision Blizzard reports that more than 10,000 retail outlets opened their doors at 12am precisely, allowing consumers to pick up the hugely popular FPS as soon as possible. The …

US retail giant GameStop has revealed it received more pre-orders for Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 than any other game before it. As the world continues to celebrate the launch of the highly anticipated shooter, GameStop’s executive vice president of merchandising and marketing Tony Bartel points to the chain’s …

HMV has forecast Modern Warfare 2 will become the first game to top one million week-one UK sales – taking the title as the industry’s fastest-selling software release of all time. The retailer today predicted that the games would smash previous sales records held by GTA IV – supporting publishers’ …

With Konami’s PES 2010 slipping down the UK Charts with unfamiliar ease, rival publisher EA has beat its chest about the rate at which its own football offering, FIFA 10, is outselling the established Japanese franchise. Speaking after EA’s financial report, EA COO John Schappert stated: The sell through for …

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The industry was out in force for the launch of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, as Activision celebrated the game’s release with a Leicester Square premiere. The highly anticipated shooter took over the Vue cinema in London’s movie hotspot, with a camouflage carpet and costumed soldiers on hand to …

They take with one hand, and give with the other… The Daily Mail has now done a bit of a U-turn on its anti-Modern Warfare 2 stance. While the previous story linked to earlier today pointed fingers at MW2’s violent content, the tabloid’s latest article about the game says it …

In the most competitive release week of the year so far, Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus has seized the number one position, according to this morning’s weekly games charts. The fitness title fended off competition from 41 different games and franchises, such as Dragon Age: Origins, Ghostbusters, Band Hero, Ratchet & …

Though UK entertainment chains seem to be holding firm, retailer GameStop has admitted that it knowingly broke the street date and sold Modern Warfare 2 early at some of its North American branches over the weekend. GameStop made the decision to break street date and sell reserved copies of Call …