Entries in 'day one' (21)
Iwata apologises for day one Wii U update
Punters who buy a Wii U this weekend face a sizable day one patch if they want full functionality – a fact Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has apologised for.
Wii U US launch backed by 23 day-one releases
Nintendo has specified which Wii U titles in its previously announced launch window will actually be available upon release of the hardware.
Sony: Consumers more likely to buy if a game is both digital AND boxed
Platform holder Sony claims the growing appetite for digital content is helping grow the sales of ‘full console’ games.
Black Ops II is already breaking retail records
Amazon has revealed that day one pre-orders for Call of Duty: Black Ops II were three times higher than those achieved by predecessor Black Ops in 2010.
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900k sales for Mass Effect 3 in first 24 hours
EA has confirmed that it sold 900k copies of BioWare RPG Mass Effect 3 during its first 24 hours of availability.
OPINION: The day one conundrum
We've had lots of praise lately for the way MCV has supported the industry during a tough start to the year.
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.
E3 2011: Day One Roundup
Missed any of the news from LA? Of course you have. You'd have to be a a robot to absorb every single headline and announcement from yesterday's E3 2011 opener. ...
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US: Pokemon sells 1.08m
Joint sales of Pokemon Black/White reached 1.08m copies on their first day of release in the US, Nintendo has announced.
Big DLC push for Yoostar 2
The CEO of Yoostar has told MCV that 100 clips will be ready to download when his game Yoostar 2 hits UK retail on March 8th.
UK 3DS launch line-up confirmed
Nintendo has confirmed the games that will launch alongside its 3DS handheld in the UK on March 25th.
Mass Effect 2 gets day one PSN release
Triple-A RPG sequel Mass Effect 2 is to break with traditional retail models by releasing both at retail and online simultaneously next week.
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Update needed to play GT5 online
Consumers who rush out tomorrow to be among the first to get their hands on the long-awaited PS3 racer Gran Turismo 5 tomorrow will need to download a hefty update ...
Windows Phone 7 off to slow start
A report from TheStreet claims that on its first day of release Microsoft sold just 40,000 Windows Phone 7 units.
GAME: Day one important for Kinect
Though Microsoft’s long-term approach to Kinect will undoubtedly lead to a long tail for Kinect on the High Street, retailer GAME has told MCV that the new peripheral needs to ...
Halo Reach sells 300k in UK on day one
MCV can reveal that 300,000 copies of Microsoft’s Halo Reach were sold in the game’s first 24 hours on sale in the UK.
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Amazon offers day one $0.99 deal
As anyone who uses games forums will tell you, getting a game on day one still remains hugely important to a large part of the core games userbase – something ...
StarCraft II shifts 3m copies
Blizzard has confirmed that its massively hyped PC strategy title StarCraft II has now sold in excess of 3m copies worldwide in its first month of availability.
Sony not expecting day one Move success
Move is unlikely to be a massive sales success on day one when it lands in the UK on September 17th – instead, Sony believes that the device will sell ...
Starcraft II hits 1m on day one
Publisher Activision Blizzard has confirmed that last week’s new release Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty sold over 1m copies worldwide in its first 24 hours of availability.
iPhone 4 pre-orders crash Apple site
Apple has announced that more than 600,000 people pre-ordered an iPhone 4 on Tuesday alone.
