505 Games’ Sniper Elite V2 is the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats No.1 for the second week on the trot. It maintains top spot despite a 38 per cent drop in sales. EA maintains its Top Ten strength with five titles – FIFA Street (2nd), FIFA 12 (3rd), Mass Effect …
Read More »505 thanks retail for Sniper chart success
Publisher 505 Games is toasting retail this week as Sniper Elite V2 hit the top of the charts. The shooter was comfortably the biggest seller, besting action rival Prototype 2.505 says the game’s success was due to the ‘amazing’ support from its retail partners, which included GAME in Milton Keynes …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Sniper Elite V2 guns down Prototype 2
505 Games is back at the top this week with Sniper Elite V2 debuting at No.1 on the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. The game, developed by UK super-studio Rebellion, is the publisher’s first No.1 since is hugely successful Zumba Fitness dominated the listings last year. …
Read More »What’s Out Today? w/e May 4th, 2012
505 Games kicks off May with its WWII shooter Sniper Elite V2. The Xbox 360, PS3 and PC title puts players behind the scope of a sniper rifle and tasks them with taking down key Nazi targets – including, if you buy the DLC, Hitler himself. Meanwhile Black Bean Games …
Read More »505 picks up THQ’s dropped Adidas title
MiCoach to be published by 505 Games following legal dispute
Read More »Adidas game resurfaces in 505 deal
505 Games has picked up the publishing rights to miCoach, the fitness game developed by Adidas. The title was originally going to be published by THQ, but this deal ended with a $10m lawsuit last month. miCoach allows users to create their own training programmes and track their workout progress. …
Read More »505 aims for success with Sniper
Hype surrounding 505 Games’ big summer shooter release Sniper Elite V2?is growing fast. The publisher has already reported strong demo download numbers and positive feedback from both press and consumers for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC game which arrives on May 4th. It’s a next-gen reboot of the 2005 …
Read More »What’s Out Today? w/e February 24th, 2012
It’s a week of hotly anticipated returns this week, with EA dusting off a classic franchise and a sales phenomenon coming home. EA’s Syndicate reboots the classic strategy action game as an intense FPS, set in a future where corporations are at war. The game also introduces four-player online co-op …
Read More »Kids key to 3DS comeback
The studio behind the hit Cooking Mama series says 3DS will pick up momentum now kids games are coming. The firm blames the portable’s early struggles on a lack of software for the younger demographic. But now it says the games are coming – including its own title Cooking Mama …
Read More »2012 push for Zumba sequel
Zumba Fitness 2 will receive a big post-release push to ensure the title sells strongly in the New Year. The Wii fitness game from 505 has already received a splash of marketing activity. An X Factor TV ad in late October announced the sequel’s release, while TV spots have been …
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