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Facepunch Studios’ open-ended sandbox physics game Garry’s Mod has sold more than 6m copies on Steam to date. What’s more impressive, the 2004 release garnered 3m – or 50 per cent – of that figure in the past year alone. Creator Garry Newman posted the news on his Twitter account; …

Destiny is already a huge commercial success, yet hardly any major specialist games site has published its review of the game. That’s because, as explained by Bungie prior to launch, copies weren’t distributed amongst the press until the day before release as it was concerned that accessing it without the …

Activision hasn’t revealed Destiny’s day one sales but has confirmed that the game is a record-breaker. The publisher says its sold $500m worth of stock into retail for day one – meaning that if every copy sells the game will have recouped its famous $500m development budget within 24 hours. …

The Japanese launch of Xbox One has failed to match the numbers seen when the Xbox 360 launched back in 2005. Famitsu numbers reveal that the console sold 23,562 units in its first four days on sale. That’s actually less than half the 60k the Xbox 360 sold in its …

The newly launched Amazon phone may be off to what can only be described as a very slow start, new numbers suggest. Amazon’s Fire Phone was revealed in June and faced a chilly media reception from the off. Now some stat analysis from The Guardian suggests that consumers have been …

It doesn’t look like Sony intends to release any motion controlled games in the near future, but PlayStation Move may yet have its day. The motion controller had by the end of 2012 sold in the region of 15m units – which isn’t bad considering PS3 sales stand at around …

Global games retailer GameStop has reported a like-for-like sales increase of 21.9 per cent for the quarter ending August 2nd. Total global sales for the period were up 25.1 per cent at $1.73bn while net earnings grew 134.3 per cent to$24.6m. New hardware sales were up 124.8 per cent thanks …

Charlotte Nangle hired as sales executive following promotion for Boucher

Sony’s PS4 is selling at a significantly faster rate than any previous console in the history of PlayStation. Oh, way, way out in front. Way out in front,” PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan told CVG when asked how PS4’s sales momentum compared to previous machines. It’s significantly ahead of anything …

Mario Kart 8 has surpassed 1m sales in the United States, Nintendo has announced. The game is the second Wii U title to achieve the milestone in the territory, with New Super Mario Bros. Wii U being the first. The company added that 3DS exclusives Tomodachi Life, Mario Kart 7 …