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Modern Warfare 3 emerged triumphant, but it was EA that was last year’s real victor. MCV analyses the full 2011 GfK?Chart-Track charts to unearth the winners and losers in a challenging year for the boxed games market. It was another year in which Call of Duty and FIFA take the …
Read More »Sega officially confirms London 2012 tie-in
Deep breath – London 2012: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games has been officially announced by Sega. The game will be released in June for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. It will support both Microsoft’s Kinect camera and the PlayStation Move. It will feature over 30 Olympic events …
Read More »THQ quashes Disney cancellation rumours
THQ is still funding development of an undisclosed project based on the upcoming Pixar movie Brave, a senior source within Disney has told Develop. The movie tie-in project, due for a summer release, had become the subject of unconfirmed rumours emerging over the weekend. Analyst Kevin Dent claimed on Twitter …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Modern Warfare 3 still reigns
Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has claimed its fourth successive UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats No.1. The game actually increased its sales week-on-week for the first time since its launch last month, albeit only by two per cent. The festive gifting buying season also boosts EA’s FIFA 12, …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Modern Warfare 3 resists new release rivals
Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has resisted an avalanche of new releases to remain at No.1 in the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It does so despite an 87 per cent week-on-week decline in sales. Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Revelations was the strongest newcomer, debuting at No.2. …
Read More »Now! That’s what I call marketing
Tubby Games has outlined the marketing push it hopes will take Now! That’s What I Call Music: Dance and Sing to the top the charts. The campaign will come in the form of two competitions. The first – which Tubby says is worth an estimated 100,000 – lets consumers enter …
Read More »Modern Warfare 3 IS the world’s biggest entertainment launch ever
Activision has confirmed that modern Warfare 3 has shattered the record held by Call of Duty: Black Ops to become the biggest entertainment launch of all time. In total the game sold a staggering 6.5m units in just the UK and North America alone in its first 24 hours on …
Read More »Paddy Power paying out on Xmas No.1 betting
We’re used to the absurd PR merry-go-round that is the betting for Christmas No.1, but even by those standards this is a bit odd. Paddy power has announced today that it is paying out on Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 being this year’s best-selling video game this Christmas. …
Read More »Xmas No.1: Date decision disqualifies Star Wars: The Old Republic
Sales of December’s Star Wars: The Old Republic won’t be counted towards the Christmas No.1. Although the game is the last blockbuster release of the year, due on December 20th, it arrives three days too late to be included in the final count, according toGfK Chart-Track. The UK chart tracker …
Read More »The race is on for Xmas No.1
Modern Warfare 3 is the overwhelming favourite to be this year’s Xmas No.1, leading bookmakers say. Both the ‘official’ odds from betting agent Ladbrokes and those from its rival Paddy Power say the latest Call of Duty will once again be the top game when the last chart before Christmas …
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