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In a quite stark bit of pre-E3 willy-waving, Microsoft’s product director Aaron Greenberg has pointed out that total sales of Halo 3 aren’t simply better than those of Sony’s leading games – it beats the lot of them combined. Speaking via Twitter, Greenberg stated: Just in from research team (NPD): …

As well as confirming the Red Dead series’ status as one of the modern games industry’s big-hitters, publisher Take Two has also updated investors on the latest sales successes of its other blockbuster IP. 2008 release Grand Theft Auto IV has now sold over 17m copies worldwide, meaning that in …

Though it’s looking unlikely that E3 will be the venue Sony chooses to unveil its in-development successor to the PSP, the platform holder has admitted that pioneering digital-only handheld PSPgo was a test for its future plans in the handheld sector. Sony has never released sales numbers for the machine. …

Though it’s looking unlikely that E3 will be the venue Sony chooses to unveil its in-development successor to the PSP, the platform holder has admitted that pioneering digital-only handheld PSPgo was a test for its future plans in the handheld sector. Sony has never released sales numbers for the machine. …

Following the surprise success of THQ’s UFC 2009 Undisputed last year, hopes are high for the recently released sequel – but one analyst reports that UFC 2010 is failing to meet the high expectations. Last year THQ’s maiden UFC outing shipped over 3.5m copies, helping the publisher to what European …

Following the surprise success of THQ’s UFC 2009 Undisputed last year, hopes are high for the recently released sequel – but one analyst reports that UFC 2010 is failing to meet the high expectations. Last year THQ’s maiden UFC outing shipped over 3.5m copies, helping the publisher to what European …

Publisher EA has conceded that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 won’t outsell its direct rival Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 this time out – but its believes the foundations have been laid for future success. The company spoke quite openly about its aspirations for the title upon its release earlier …

Apple says it has sold more than two million iPads since launching the device on 3 April. The device’s launch in nine countries outside the US on Friday appears to have pushed it past the milestone, although the company hasn’t broken down the sales by geography. Apple sold 300,000 in …

Call of Duty Black Ops will put in a sales performance far closer to Modern Warfare 2 than anyone has previously predicted, according to one analyst. Gamasutra reports that Cowen and Company’s Doug Creutz believes the FPS could sell as many as 10.7m copies in its first year, a number …

Rockstar Games must have missed the memo that the games market is supposed to be struggling. In the face of a heatwave and miserly customers, the firm this week shifted hundreds of thousands of Red Dead Redemption to secure the biggest opening of a single game so far in 2010. And …