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Just Dance 2 joins Wii 5m club
Nintendo has announced that Just Dance 2 has now sold over 5m copies in the US. It’s only the eighth title to do so and is the first from a ...
Call of Duty Elite is "the best free games service ever made"
Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg is supremely confident in the Call of Duty online service the publisher is launching with Modern Warfare 3. In fact he thinks Call of Duty Elite’s ...
Black Ops breaks UK sales record
Call of Duty: Black Ops has become the biggest selling game in UK games market history, GfK ChartTrack has just confirmed.
3DS breaks retail records
Two of the UK's leading retailers have confirmed that Nintendo's 3DS is their facets selling video games console ever.
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Xbox 360 poised to overtake Wii
Back in September 2010 Microsoft made the bold claim that "there's been a mid-generation leadership change" in the hardware market. Now it looks like it might just have been right.
Gran Turismo 5 sales pass 6m
Developer Polyphony Digital has revealed that total global sales of Gran Turismo 5 have now passed 6m units.
Music games hit new high in 2010
Forget the fall of Guitar Hero; the music video game sector is stronger than ever, says GfK Chart-Track.
DS ends 2010 on a high note
Nintendo DS was the UK’s biggest selling games device of 2010, MCV understands.
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DS claims all-time US crown
Platform holder Nintendo has confirmed the total lifetime sales for both DS and Wii in the US.
Quotes of the Year
“Getting mad at Activision for this kind of thing is like getting mad at an ape for throwing faeces. It’s just how the beast communicates.”
Tim Schafer chips in on ...
Bumper year for BioWare
2011 will be a landmark 12 months for developer BioWare as it prepares three big titles for the year.
‘GoldenEye will make a killing’
Move over Mario – James Bond is going to be the top dog on Wii this year.
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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 ...
HMV: Black Ops could be biggest game ever
UK entertainment retailer has predicted that Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops could become the biggest selling video game of all time after it hits global retail shelves on November ...
2010 could be PSP’s ‘best year yet’
While the West continues to dwell on the behind-closed-doors development of the PSP2 and shelf space for the current PSP continues to tighten, the CEO of Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has ...
Hot Pursuit 'is best NFS yet'
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit will be the best game in the racing series’ 16 year history, says EA.
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UK CHARTS: FIFA 11 scores
As was always going to happen, EA’s FIFA 11 has stormed straight to the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 on its first week of release.
MW2 claims all-time UK crown
It didn’t pass the finishing line quite as fast as Chart-Track had predicted, but at long last Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has cemented its position as ...
UK has world’s best 360 attach rate
The PlayStation brand has always enjoyed a strong following in Europe and, in particular, the UK but Microsoft’s VP of interactive entertainment business for EMEA Chris Lewis has revealed why ...
DS homing in on PS2 record
It may be suffering a little cramp as it races down the closing straight, but Nintendo’s DS handheld now seems well on track to steal gaming’s most cherished sales record.
Best Buy launching games mag
Having enjoyed a record-breaking start to its life in the UK, it is now being claimed that retailer Best Buy is to launch an official in-store games magazine across its ...
Wal-Mart planning pre-owned invasion
The monopoly once enjoyed by the likes of GAME and GameStop in the pre-owned market is under threat like never before, and now one analyst has predicted that Wal-Mart in ...
Best Buy Thurrock sets records
Best Buy’s flagship UK store opened its doors last Friday, bringing the US retailer its biggest opening day sales ever.
Avatar topples The Dark Knight
James Cameron’s Avatar has broken UK records to become the fastest selling Blu-ray release every in this country.
£99.99 for Wii at Best Buy
Best Buy arrives in the UK this Friday with the grand opening of its Thurrock store – and it has been confirmed that the retailer will be selling the black ...
