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A new Flurry report reveals that a record-breaking 17.4m iOS and Android devices were activated worldwide on Christmas day. Also breaking records were app downloads, which reached an estimated 328m. The period between December 25th and December 31st was also record-breaking, with in excess of 50m iOS and Android devices …
Read More »Cyber Monday breaks online UK shopping records
Monday December 3rd 2012 was officially the busiest ever online shopping day in the UK. Retail Gazette reports that a total of 112m visits to retail websites were made on the day – a year-on-year increase of 32 per cent and the biggest ever single day number. eBay was the …
Read More »Halo 4 and Black Ops II could yet break records
The narrative for this Q4 has already been written to some extent, but the industry’s big triple-A’s are looking to prove it wrong. Both the UK and US markets are significantly down year-on-year and the belief that the market has peaked and consoles are losing popularity is becoming increasingly commonplace. …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed III breaks Ubisoft’s pre-order records
Upcoming historical action romp Assassin’s Creed III has become the most pre-ordered game in Ubisoft history. The game, due out next week on October Wednesday 31st, has already doubled the pre-order levels of its predecessor Assassin’s Creed Revelations. Assassin’s Creed III is one of the most anticipated games of the …
Read More »Obsidian’s Project Eternity breaks Kickstarter records
Project Eternity, the isometric party-based RPG from Obsidian Entertainment, has become the most successful game ever on crowdfunding site Kickstarter. Obsidian is best known for RPG hits such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, Neverwinter Nights 2, Alpha Protocol, Fallout: New Vegas and the upcoming South Park: …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Million-selling FIFA 13 is No.1
There’s claiming the UK No.1. Then there’s claiming the UK No.1. EA’s FIFA 13 is not only top of the charts, but it sold an incredible one million plus copies in its first week according to the UKIE Charts, compiled by GfK Chart-Track. It’s not the first game to do …
Read More »UK games market reaches lowest ebb
Olympics fever was good news for publishers of Olympic-based games, but it wasn’t enough to save the UK games market from its worst performance ever last week. UKIE/Chart-Track data reveals that the total value of the physical UK games market for the week ending July 28th 2012 was 8.40m – …
Read More »Ouya is the most successful Kickstarter of all time, breaks 3 records
Headline-hitting console upstart Ouya has become the most successful Kickstarter of all time. At the time of writing the campaign stands at $5,047,737 from a total of 39,592 backers. And this is with 21 days still to go. This means Ouya beats previous Kickstarter record-holder Double Fine Adventure, which raised …
Read More »Diablo III is the fastest selling PC game of all time
Blizzard has announced that Diablo III is the fastest selling PC game of all time, shifting 3.5m copies worldwide in its first 24 hours. An additional 1.2m copies were distributed to owners of the World of Warcraft Annual Pass, taking the total day one userbase to 4.7m. By the end …
Read More »Black Ops II is already breaking retail records
Amazon has revealed that day one pre-orders for Call of Duty: Black Ops II were three times higher than those achieved by predecessor Black Ops in 2010. Set to be one of the biggest games of the year, it’s great to see so much enthusiasm and anticipation for Call of …
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