Entries in 'america' (221)
March release for MotorStorm Apocalypse
Sony has announced on the PlayStation blog that PS3 racer MotorStorm: Apocalypse will be released in the UK on March 16th.
Nintendo's 5 years of US success
Gaming stalwart Nintendo is this morning rightly singing loudly about its transformation in this generation of machines, heralding its unprecedented success in the US market.
NPD: Black Ops tops 2010 chart
Despite not arriving until November, Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops has been named by NPD as the best selling game of 2010 in the US.
US: Xbox enjoys best ever month
Sales of Xbox 360 hardware were up an amazing 42 per cent year-on-year in the US in December, paving the way the console's most successful ever month in the territory.
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NPD: US market down 5.7% in 2010
The latest numbers from US games tracker NPD have shown that the US video games market declined 5.7 per cent year-on-year in 2010.
Shift 2 gets UK release date
EA has confirmed that racer Shift 2: Unleashed will be released in the UK on March 25th.
US: MS claims Xbox 360 sell-out
Microsoft's community voice Larry 'Major Nelson' Hyrb has claimed that the platform holder had such a successful Christmas in America that it actually ran our of hardware by the end ...
Apple tweaks iPhone 4 antenna design
In the same was as Apple scrapped its exclusivity deal with O2 in the UK in 2009, telcom operator Verizon has ended AT&T's iPhone exclusivity in the US by ...
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US: Analyst predicts Wii December victory
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has predicted that Wii emerged as the best selling home console of December in the US.
Software plunge troubles Best Buy
Retailer Best Buy has reported revenues of $8.4bn for December 2010 - a 1.6 per cent decline year-on-year.
DS claims all-time US crown
Platform holder Nintendo has confirmed the total lifetime sales for both DS and Wii in the US.
Sony unifies US and Euro SingStar stores
The somewhat threadbare US SingStore is to be significantly beefed up with the addition of content that until now has only been available to European gamers.
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Nintendo hardware gets Black Friday boost
The lucrative Black Friday shopping week has seemingly proved a very successful period for Nintendo.
CVG reports that internal company estimates point to US sales of 900k units for DS ...
Konami ships 1m Castlevania
The recent 3D reinvention of cult games IP Castlevania has enjoyed a solid start at retail, publisher Konami has announced.
New Tony Hawk sells 3,000 in US
Analyst Cowen and Company is claiming that the most recent title in the Tony Hawk series, Tony Hawk’s Shred, sold just 3,000 copies in its first week on sale in ...
Move sales pegged at 400k in US
With firm sales figures still unavailable, US analyst Michael Pachter has said that he believes Sony’s PlayStation Move controller has sold 400k units in the US since its launch in ...
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Microsoft bossing US market
Xbox 360’s American dream continues with news that Microsoft’s console saw year-on-year sales gains in October 2010.
PlayStation enjoying Latin boom
Sony is to embark on a dedicated marketing campaign in Latin America following a tremendous boom for the PlayStation market in the region.
US: No More Heroes HD is PS3 only
The HD re-make of No More Heroes will be a PS3 exclusive in the US, publisher Konami has confirmed.
Sony confirms PSPgo price cut
Platform holder Sony has at last moved to cut the price of the digital-only PSPgo.
Halo Reach tops US 2010 chart
With just over two months to go before the games industry waves goodbye to 2010, new numbers from US sales tracker NPD shows that for the year-to-date Microsoft’s Xbox 360 ...
No Europe for Layton Vs Wright
Exciting 3DS crossover Professor Layton Vs Ace Attorney is currently only scheduled to be released in the Japanese market, co-developer Capcom has revealed.
US: Halo Reach sells 3.3m
In addition to the huge success it enjoyed with its Xbox 360 hardware in the US in September, Microsoft also dominated the software charts thanks to the release of sci-fi ...
World Cup games boost annual FIFA sales
With folk already paying out every year for annual updates to the FIFA series, some have argued that summer releases of licensed titles for the World Cup and European Championships ...
Blu-ray in 17% of US households
After its now long-forgotten turbulent arrival on the global marketplace, Blu-ray has finally hit its stride and established itself in 17 per cent of North American homes.
