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City Interactive has announced more than 2m copies of Sniper: Ghost Warrior have been sold worldwide to date. The FPS was a surprise hit when it landed in the UK last year, quickly gunning for a position in the UK All Formats Top Ten. Sniper passed the 1m sales mark …

Kindle e-book readers are apparently the hot gift this Christmas with Amazon reporting that the firm sold a million of the devices every week. The world’s largest online retailer also said that the Kindle Fire remained the top selling product on Amazon.com since it was introduced 11 weeks ago. Amazon …

Bethesda has now shipped in excess of 10m units of its fantastic RPG title The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim worldwide. No firm sales figures have been released, though the publisher adds that the number represents some $650m in sales. Valve has added that Skyrim is now officially the fastest selling …

What Call of Duty is the UK and US market, Monster is to Japan – so it’s no surprise to see Capcom’s Monster Hunter 3G shoot straight to the top of the charts in Japan, boosting 3DS sales in the process. Capcom’s title sold an impressive 521,959 in its first …

Nintendo’s 3DS has outperformed the company’s previous platforms in Australia. The handheld has sold more than 200,000 units in its first 37 weeks, setting a new sales record for the region. It has not only surpassed the early sales of other handhelds, but even home consoles, according to CVG. As …

Some of the biggest brands in games are not selling fast enough, forcing retail to slash 50 per cent off new releases. The High Street has even taken an axe to big sellers – such as Elder Scrolls – in a last ditch attempt to entice customers into stores. Since …

Forget the doom and gloom on the High Street. UK games retailers generated 268m in software sales last month. That’s a 1.7 per cent rise over November 2010. GfK Chart-Track figures show that 8,261,205 games were sold last month. The No.1 game will surprise nobody, with Call of Duty: Modern …

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has become the fastest piece of entertainment to generate $1bn in sales, toppling movie blockbuster Avatar. It achieved this milestone within 16 days of going on sale on November 8th, ahead of Avatar’s 17 days in 2009. Call of Duty now boasts 30m players …

The US games retail market generated $3bn overall in November representing a year-on-year rise of 0.4 per cent. NPD data shows software sales increased 16 per cent from $1.5bn to $1.74bn year-on-year, while sales of games hardware fell nine per cent from $1.08bn to $982.4m. Accessories generated $273.8m from retail …

For a while I’ve been hopeful that more people will see the depth that 3DS has to offer. I don’t mean the 3D display – because, in many ways, that’s been a bit of a red herring. I mean the genuine potential that a high-powered Nintendo handheld can deliver. 3DS …