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Read More »Cooking Mama series hits 2m UK unit sales
505 Games has confirmed that total UK sales of the Cooking Mama series have now hit 2m units. Furthermore, the brand has shifted 3.5m copies in all of Europe and a massive 12m across the world. It remains the best-selling third-party series on DS since its debut in 2006. The …
Read More »Gameloft reports record third quarter sales of $56m
Financial results show 17 per cent growth from previous year
Read More »Software Sales Monitor: Market jumps 36%
It was a big week for the UK games market, with the total value up by 36 per cent to 39.1m, and unit sales up by 31 per cent to 1,300,858. The reason for the sales surge? Battlefield 3. The game is now the tenth fastest-selling game in Chart-Track history, …
Read More »Resurgent Namco Bandai posts £64m profit
A number of top releases and an impressive display of strength in Japan has helped Namco Bandai to a very strong H1. The publisher posted a profit of 64m for the six months ending September 30th. In the same period in 2010 it reported a 15m loss. Revenues climbed 121.4 …
Read More »PS3 close to catching Xbox 360
Sony’s PlayStation 3 is now within 1.3m unit sales of catching the Xbox 360. The latest financial numbers from Sony say that the console has now sold 56m units. Microsoft numbers in October said that it has sold 57.3m Xbox 360 consoles worldwide. That PS3 has nearly closed the gap …
Read More »Battlefield 3 sells 5m copies
Battlefield 3 has become the fastest-selling game in EA’s history after selling 5m units in a matter of days, the publisher has announced. The game went on sale on Friday, October 28th on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. It has 2.5m Facebook ‘likes’ and over 200,000 followers on Twitter. Plus, …
Read More »Generations becomes most pre-ordered Sonic game
Sonic Generations has smashed pre-sale records for Sega to become the most pre-ordered game in the franchise’s 20-year history. The platformer – which combines the newer and more retro Sonic the Hedgehog characters – is due out in the UK on November 4th for Xbox 360 and PS3. A 3DS …
Read More »Kinect sales reach 10m
Microsoft has celebrated Kinect’s first birthday this week by announcing lifetime sales of 10m units for the device. There’s a flip-side to the news, however. Kinect sold a record-breaking 8m units in its first 60 days on sale. In the 10 months that have followed it has managed to shift …
Read More »UKIE chairman hails ‘world-class’ British devs
Rocksteady and Sports Interactive games first and third in UK sales chart
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