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Call of Duty: Black Ops will not outshine the record-breaking performance of its predecessor Modern Warfare 2, according to Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter. Last month Activision’s general manager for Call of Duty in Europe Michal Sportouch told MCV: We’ve a fantastic game and a fantastic marketing campaign so our …

Despite the sharp drop in sales that Wii has endured throughout 2010, US analyst Michael Pachter still expects Nintendo’s machine to be the best selling home console over the crucial Christmas buying period. Last month MCV reported that GAME has to date this year experienced a 40 per cent year-on-year …

Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz has predicted that EA’s debut foray into the mixed martial arts genre will be its last following a poor performance from the recently released EA Sports MMA at retail. The brawler entered the UK Charts in 23rd spot yesterday and faces a tough time …

Publisher Sega has issued cautious optimism regarding the success or otherwise of its recently released new IP Vanquish. Developed by cult studio Platinum Games under the stewardship of Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami, the game has received rave reviews from critics and is a great example of a Japanese-developed title …

Nintendo has announced that it has sold a total of 65.3m Wii Remote controllers since launch in the US alone. This averages out as 46k sales per day. Specifically, NPD data shows that 30.41m have been sold alongside Wii hardware, 12.92m have been sold with Wii Play while 18.56m stand …

Move over Mario – James Bond is going to be the top dog on Wii this year. Activision claims the new GoldenEye will rival hits like Mario Galaxy 2, Just Dance 2, Wii Party, Donkey Kong and Epic Mickey. Our expectations are that GoldenEye 007 will be one of the …

Fallout: New Vegas is the new UK No.1, according to this week’s charts courtesy of UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. In doing so it beats the week one sales of predecessor Fallout 3 by 29 per cent. Bethesda’s win comes at the expense of last week’s chart-topper Medal …

Almost a year after Fable II, Microsoft and Lionhead re-released the game in episodic chunks over Xbox Live. And the game’s creative director Peter Molyneux feels digital is the way to reach an even broader audience. Retail will get you to 70 or 80 per cent of the people who …

The CEO of Rockstar and 2K Games owner Take-Two has claimed that digital games sales could account for as much as 40 per cent of the publisher’s total business by 2013. However, he foresees this as additional revenue, claiming that the growth will not come at the expense of traditional …

Apple’s powerhouse status in the consumer tech sector was reaffirmed last night with its reporting of Q3 revenues hitting $20.34bn – that’s up on the $12.21 seen the in same quarter last year and represents a new record for the company. Net profit for the quarter was $4.31bn – up …