Entries in 'record' (75)
Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut smashes Rising Star's pre-order records
Today’s release of Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut brings with it word of a very well deserved accomplishment for publisher Rising Star Games.
UK digital games sales pass £500m in 2012
A report being published by the Entertainment Retailers Association will this morning say that digital sales in the UK passed £1bn in 2012.
Black Ops II beats Modern Warfare 3 to $1bn sales milestone
The jury may still be out on Black Ops II’s overall market performance, but the shooter has claimed yet another very impressive record today.
Retail vacancy rate reaches record UK high
Over one-in-ten stores are now standing empty on UK High Streets, the British Retail Consortium has claimed.
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FIFA 13 demo downloaded 4.6m times
The anticipation could hardly be any bigger ahead of the release of FIFA 13 this Friday.
iPhone 5 registers 2m pre-orders in one day
Apple has stated that it received over two million pre-orders for the iPhone 5 in its first 24 hours of availability.
FIFA 13 demo breaks series' records; Pre-orders up on 2011
If the public’s appetite for full-price console releases is diminishing, then FIFA 13 is clearly doing something right.
DICE defends EA's track record of innovation
The perception that EA does little more than pump out mass-market sequels is unjust, owned studio DICE has argued.
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Darksiders II is THQ's second most pre-ordered game
THQ has big plans for the future of Darksiders II that goes beyond the game’s launch this summer.
Dragon's Dogma storms Japanese charts, breaks records
Capcom’s open-world Dragon’s Dogma has debuted at the top of the Japanese software charts.
Virgin Media blocks Pirate Bay, but site traffic rockets
Cable TV and internet specialist Virgin Media has become the first UK ISP to block The Pirate Bay from its broadband users.
Moshi Monsters makes DS history
The DS may be in its twilight years, but success is still to be had for those who nail the correct strategy.
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Journey breaks PSN sales records
Developer thatgamecompany has announced that its recent PS3 release Journey has become the most successful game ever to be released on PSN.
ShopTo experiences Mass Effect 3 order surge
The industry may be wincing from this morning’s disturbing news from retailer GAME, but one man’s loss is another man’s gain.
Apple value reaches yet another all-time high
Apple’s valuation has risen to half a trillion dollars, making it the highest valued business in the world.
3DS hits 5m Japanese sales in record time
Forget any preconceptions you have about 3DS not selling as expected – Nintendo’s machine has just smashed an all-important sales record in Japan.
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FPS Man vs Machine sets 999 player record
A new Guinness World record has been set for the number of simultaneous players competing in a single FPS battlefield.
Recession? What recession? Apple posts record earnings
The High Street might be in tatters as the world’s governments wallow in spiralling pits of debt and despair, but it’s all parties and barbeques and women and jager bombs ...
Ubisoft posts record Christmas sales
Assassin’s Creed publisher Ubisoft has raised its sales projections for its fiscal Q3 by €50m after achieving record Christmas sales.
Steam posts 100%+ growth for 7th consecutive year
Steam has reported yet another year of over 100 per cent growth in 2011. It’s the seventh year in a row that the digital retail platform has recorded an annual doubling ...
MW3 sets $1bn sales record
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has become the fastest piece of entertainment to generate $1bn in sales, toppling movie blockbuster Avatar.
Activision corrects Xbox Live user number error
Publisher Activision has had to correct one of the stats it released following the huge success of Modern warfare 3.
Modern Warfare 3 sets 5-day entertainment record
Activision has named a number of entertainment and retail stats demonstrating the monstrous success that is record breaker Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
Modern Warfare 3 pre-orders "broke industry records"
Ahead of the possible release of concrete numbers later today, Activision has claimed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was the most pre-ordered game ever released.
MW3 is GAME's most pre-ordered title ever
The UK’s leading games retailer GAME has said that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which is released worldwide today, is its most pre-ordered title ever.
