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It didn’t pass the finishing line quite as fast as Chart-Track had predicted, but at long last Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has cemented its position as the best selling game of all time in the UK. It does so after 41 weeks on the market, of which …
Read More »MW2 closing in on UK sales record
Having surged back up the charts to claim second spot in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track Top 40 this week, Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 should in the next few days cement its position as the UK’s best selling game ever. In doing so it will pass Nintendo’s …
Read More »DS homing in on PS2 record
It may be suffering a little cramp as it races down the closing straight, but Nintendo’s DS handheld now seems well on track to steal gaming’s most cherished sales record. Sony’s PlayStation 2 currently stands as the world’s most popular console, with total global sales estimated at around 135m units. …
Read More »NPD: Modern Warfare breaks new record
Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has now officially cemented its position as the second best selling game of all time in the US, NPD has confirmed, with only Nintendo’s Wii Play shifting more copies. The game claimed the exact same record in the UK last month. However, just hours …
Read More »Rockstar: Red Dead Redemption our most ambitious game to date
For a developer to say that its next release is its most ambitious game to date is nothing new – but when that comes from the people who made Grand Theft Auto IV, the meaning is multiplied. But that exactly the claim of Rockstar’s UK general manager Neil Stephen talking …
Read More »FFXIII breaks series UK records
Final Fantasy XIII has shattered the series’ UK sales records, becoming the fastest ever selling Final Fantasy game in the region, as well as the fastest selling UK game of the year. It’s also become the fastest selling game of the year so far in Germany and France. The news …
Read More »US: DS breaks Feb records too
Hot on the heels of news that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 enjoyed its best ever February in the US last month, Nintendo has announced that its twin-screened portable has managed the same feat. The DS sold 613k units in the time period – its previous best February was in 2009 when …
Read More »US: 360 enjoys biggest ever Feb
Despite having reached what traditionally would have been regarded as retirement age in console years, Xbox 360 has just enjoyed its best ever February in the US. Microsoft’s machine sold 422k units in the period – ahead of both the Wii (398k) and the PS3 (360k). The Xbox 360 SKU …
Read More »AvP becomes Sega’s fastest selling title
Aliens vs Predator has become Sega’s fastest selling game in the company’s history. The game was part of a bumper seven days for Sega last week. The firm’s Winter Olympic tie-in Vancouver 2010 saw sales leap 274 per cent following the opening of the sports event, while Mario & Sonic …
Read More »Plants vs Zombies grosses $1m on iPhone
PopCap Games has announced that its new iPhone game Plants vs. Zombies has grossed more than $1m in revenues in just nine days on the App Store. The game – a conversion of the company’s existing PC title of the same name – has sold more than 300,000 downloads at …
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