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The DS may be in its twilight years, but success is still to be had for those who nail the correct strategy. Mind Candy’s Moshi Monsters: Moshling Zoo has set a new record by topping the single format DS charts for an eye-watering 15 weeks in succession. This betters the …
Read More »ShopTo experiences Mass Effect 3 order surge
The industry may be wincing from this morning’s disturbing news from retailer GAME, but one man’s loss is another man’s gain. Online indie retailer ShopTo.net has this morning seen record traffic levels as gamers looked to secure their copies of Mass Effect 3 that can no longer be supplied by …
Read More »Apple value reaches yet another all-time high
Apple’s valuation has risen to half a trillion dollars, making it the highest valued business in the world. Share prices surged to $535.41 yesterday after the tech giant teased a potential iPad 3 reveal at a press conference set for next week on March 7th . Data fromBloombergshows that Apple …
Read More »3DS hits 5m Japanese sales in record time
Forget any preconceptions you have about 3DS not selling as expected – Nintendo’s machine has just smashed an all-important sales record in Japan. Andriasang reports that the handheld has now passed the 5m unit sales barrier in Japan. Furthermore, it has done so faster than any other games hardware ever …
Read More »FPS Man vs Machine sets 999 player record
A new Guinness World record has been set for the number of simultaneous players competing in a single FPS battlefield. Browser-based FPS Man vs Machine from developer MuchDifferent saw 999 players take to the action at one time over the weekend, with each paying $29 to participate. The achievement smashes …
Read More »Recession? What recession? Apple posts record earnings
The High Street might be in tatters as the world’s governments wallow in spiralling pits of debt and despair, but it’s all parties and barbeques and women and jager bombs at Apple HQ in California. The tech giant has just posted record profits for the quarter ending December 31st, driven …
Read More »Steam posts 100%+ growth for 7th consecutive year
Steam has reported yet another year of over 100 per cent growth in 2011.It’s the seventh year in a row that the digital retail platform has recorded an annual doubling in sales. Throughout the year Steam’s catalogue of titles passed over 1,8000 titles and its user base grew to over …
Read More »MW3 sets $1bn sales record
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has become the fastest piece of entertainment to generate $1bn in sales, toppling movie blockbuster Avatar. It achieved this milestone within 16 days of going on sale on November 8th, ahead of Avatar’s 17 days in 2009. Call of Duty now boasts 30m players …
Read More »Activision corrects Xbox Live user number error
Publisher Activision has had to correct one of the stats it released following the huge success of Modern warfare 3. The company had claimed that the game set a new concurrent Xbox Live user record of 3.3m gamers.But in actual fact the 3.3m figure referred to the total number of …
Read More »Modern Warfare 3 sets 5-day entertainment record
Activision has named a number of entertainment and retail stats demonstrating the monstrous success that is record breaker Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The publisher says the game has set an all-time entertainment launch record, grossing over $775m worldwide. It has been confirmed as the best-selling game launch at …
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