Entries in 'records' (39)

3DS breaks retail records

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.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 29th 2011 at 4:50PM in News
US: Pokemon sells 1.08m

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.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 9th 2011 at 12:04PM in News
Homefront breaks pre-order records

Homefront breaks pre-order records

Ahead of its release in the UK on March 11th, THQ has said that shooter Homefront is the most pre-ordered game in the publisher's history.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 3rd 2011 at 10:09AM in News
Cataclysm shatters PC sales records

Cataclysm shatters PC sales records

PC MMO title World of Warcraft: Cataclysm sold 3.3m copies in its first 24 hours on sale, developer Blizzard has announced.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 13th 2010 at 2:19PM in News

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Black Ops helps UK to £113.8m record-breaker

Black Ops helps UK to £113.8m record-breaker

Sales of 2m units in its first five days on release has seen Call of Duty: Black Ops shatter UK sales records and effortlessly claim the position of UKIE GfK ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 15th 2010 at 9:43AM in News
Call of Duty’s chance to redefine success

Call of Duty’s chance to redefine success

Next week’s Call of Duty: Black Ops could set a new benchmark for entertainment launches if it goes one better than last year’s Modern Warfare 2 and once again shatters ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 5th 2010 at 9:40AM in News
Pachter: Black Ops won’t better MW2

Pachter: Black Ops won’t better MW2

Call of Duty: Black Ops will not outshine the record-breaking performance of its predecessor Modern Warfare 2, according to Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 27th 2010 at 2:30PM in News
Medal of Honor to break records

Medal of Honor to break records

Ahead of its release in Europe tomorrow, EA has told MCV that Medal of Honor is on track to shatter all previous sales records for the cult FPS war series.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 14th 2010 at 12:52PM in News

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MW2 Stimulus Pack breaks PSN records

MW2 Stimulus Pack breaks PSN records

The Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package DLC has set two new download records on PSN, developer Infinity Ward has revealed.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on May 19th 2010 at 5:44PM in News
NPD: New high for Final Fantasy

NPD: New high for Final Fantasy

First it was Modern Warfare 2 echoing its UK achievements in the US market, and now Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII is getting in on the act.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 16th 2010 at 12:20PM in News
‘Ben 10 will set sales records’

‘Ben 10 will set sales records’

Namco Bandai expects that Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks will be the most successful game in the multi-million selling franchise when it hits shelves next month.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 3rd 2010 at 8:30AM in News
Just Dance shatters Wii records for Ubi

Just Dance shatters Wii records for Ubi

Just Dance has become Ubisoft’s most successful Wii release ever, having today raced to the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 18th 2010 at 10:33AM in News

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Fuel is 'biggest console game ever'

Fuel is 'biggest console game ever'

Codemasters’ upcoming racer Fuel can rightly lay claim to offering the biggest ever in-game environment seen in a video game, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 22nd 2009 at 11:53AM in News
Street Fighter II HD breaks records

Street Fighter II HD breaks records

Japanese developer and publisher Capcom is claiming that its recently released Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network title Street Fighter II HD has shattered both day one and week one ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 18th 2008 at 5:36PM in News