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The average scores for Activision Blizzard’s record-breaking Call Of Duty World at War are in – and it’s levelled out at around 86 per cent. According to US and UK reviews aggregator Metacritic, the PC version has earned an 89 per cent average review, with the PS3 SKU following on …
Read More »We three kings
Holly and Fearne have been a great face for your Imagine range. How long have you got them for – and how long do you want them?Mark Slaughter: We don’t want to just cut and paste celebrities whenever it comes to promoting our titles. Nintendo has resisted that very well …
Read More »Aion breaks records before release
More than 170,000 members of the Korean gaming public have signed up to the beta for NCsoft’s forthcoming Aion: The Tower of Eternity. The open beta only became available last Tuesday (November 11th) and has already become the most popular beta event in Korean history. NCsoft officials revealed that within …
Read More »Activision Blizzard accounts for 25% of last week’s game sales
Gfk Chart Track has revealed that Activision’s domination of last week’s chart meant three of its titles – Call of Duty: World at War, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and Guitar Hero: World Tour – accounted for 25 per cent of all games sold in the previous …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Call of Duty shoots in at number one
Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: World at War has swept last week’s number one title Gears of War 2 from the top of the UK charts. With many retailers aggressively boasting cut-price offers on the latest in the best-selling FPS franchise, it’s little wonder the title has taken the top …
Read More »Ascaron makes tracks for the DS
PC publisher Ascaron is moving into the handheld market for the first time, with a range of new DS releases this Q4. The firm told MCV it will follow its two pre-Christmas DS titles, with two further games slated for early 2009. The Berlin headquartered publisher had previously stuck to …
Read More »Live & Kicking
Increasingly it’s not just those blockbusting triple-A exclusive software titles that sell games consoles to consumers – it’s their online offering too. With generations ever more adept with the workings and possibilities of the ‘net, it’s no longer enough to just play single player campaigns for many consumers. And it’s …
Read More »SouthPeak sales dip 54%
SouthPeak Interactive reported a drop in sales and net loss in its Q1 financials ending September 30th. Quarterly sales dropped to $8.4 million, a reduction from $18.4 million in a like-for-like period. However, losses also fell for SouthPeak, with net loss at $1.6 million from last year’s $3.4 million. Meanwhile …
Read More »Apple plots games invasion
The DS and PSP are last gen platforms – and the only true next-gen portable platform is the iPod Touch. That was the message from Apple this week, as the company finally revealed its intentions to snaffle market share in the traditional gaming space – after years of fervent speculation …
Read More »Kalypso swoops for IP and forms new studio
Publisher Kalypso has revealed that it has acquired the Tropico 3 IP from Take Two and launched brand new development studio Realmforge Studios. Kalypso has secured the rights to Tropico 3 from Take Two, and confirmed that a third iteration of the PC strategy games series is set for release …
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