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House of the Dead: Overkill has won itself the prestigious honour of being officially crowned the most swear word filled game ever released, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The game contains the word ‘f*ck’ a total of 189 times – in fact, the F word accounts for …
Read More »Killzone becomes 4th fastest selling Sony game
As well as claiming the top spot in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week, Killzone 2 has become the fourth fastest selling Sony published title ever in the UK. It didn’t quite nab the PS3 crown, however, having to settle for second place the fastest selling stakes …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Wii Fit makes it four in a row
Until recently it had never managed more than a week at the top of the charts – but now Nintendo’s Wii Fit is celebrating its fourth successive week at the top of the ELSPA GfK ChartTrack All Formats Top 40. It’s Wii Fit’s eighth week at the top of the …
Read More »Xbox enjoys biggest sales month ever
Microsoft is beating its chest this morning following the news that the Xbox brand last month enjoyed its biggest ever sales month in its six year history in Europe. Hardware sales for November were up 124 per cent on the same month last year. In contrast, Microsoft claims that European …
Read More »Michael Phelps game in development
In a recent airing of the long running American television news magazine 60 Seconds, Olympic gold medal winning swimmer Michael Phelps was profiled, revealing the news that he is to be the subject of a video game. While no other details of the title have been revealed, Phelps, who smashed …
Read More »FIFA 09 enjoys record-breaking week one
Just two weeks after LucasArts’ The Force Unleashed set new records for week one sales of a Star Wars title , FIFA 09 has smashed the previous performances of EA’s sports sim to become one of the fastest selling games ever in the UK. FIFA 09 shot straight to the …
Read More »US: DS breaks August hardware sales record
Figures from US sales analyst NPD group have shown that Nintendo’s DS sold more hardware units in August than any machine has ever sold throughout the month in North America. Videogamer reports that DS sold 518,000 units in the territory last month – beating the previous record set by PS2 …
Read More »Force Unleashed breaks XBL download record
George Lucas’ games development and publishing outfit LucasArts has announced that its demo for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has set a new download record on Xbox Live, with the playable snippet being sampled over a million times since its arrival on Xbox Live. This feat beats the …
Read More »Sony details PS3s PlayTV
Though its launch date has not yet been pinned down, the BBC has gotten an early look at Sony’s PlayTV, an accessory that promises to turn the PS3 into a fully-fledged digital TV recorder. The device, which is due to hit the market this year, connects to the PS3’s USB …
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