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Borderlands 2 sparks market fight back
Sales of video games leapt up 125 per cent last week on the back of three blockbuster releases.
MCV Pacific Weekly Wrap-Up
The new PS3 launched this week, Dick Smith was sold, while the Wii U was confirmed as playable at the EB EXPO, which has only 8'000 tickets left.
The Hut Group reports 54 % sales growth
Etail specialist The Hut Group has bucked the struggling retail trends by posting strong results for H1 2012.
iPhone 5 sells 5m units despite shortage
Apple’s shiny new iPhone 5 has sold 5m units since its launch on Friday September 21st.
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Indie game retailers increasing shelf space for toys
The challenged independent video games retail sector is turning to toys and gifts to survive.
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.
Indie horror game Amnesia scares up 1m sales
Indie developer Frictional Games has revealed its PC horror title Amnesia: The Dark Descent has surpassed 1m copies sold.
August NPD: Sleeping Dogs moves 172,000 units on consoles
Another notable figure has dripped out from the NPD group following its August report.
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Skyrim is a phenomenon - and Hines wants Dishonored to be too
MCV asks Bethesda’s PR and marketing VP asks if the smash hit RPG has changed the publisher’s ambitions...
XBLA Summer of Arcade sales disappoint
Xbox Live Arcade’s Summer of Arcade promotion apparently didn’t carry the same appeal this year as it has in the past.
Darksiders II moves 247,000 units in US during August
A notable bit of info has made its way out of last month’s NPD report: The software division’s chart-topper Darksiders II moved just 247,000 units during the period.
Guild Wars 2 tops ten European software charts
NCsoft has revealed that recent MMO release Guild Wars 2 has topped the software charts in ten separate European countries.
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Early Resident Evil 6 sales in Poland sourced from stolen stock
It’s true – Resident Evil 6 WAS on sale this weekend.
Madden 13 moves 900k units on launch day
Madden 13 sold 900,000 units in the first 24 hours following its launch, according to EA’s internal estimates.
Funcom to focus on smaller games as The Secret World sales disappoint
Funcom’s Q2 2012 financial report reveals its MMO The Secret World has sold 200,000 units since its launch in July.
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Sleeping Dogs shows its resilience by holding onto chart No.1
Square Enix action title Sleeping Dogs has bucked expectations by retaining control of the UK charts this week.
Apple seeking US sales ban on eight Samsung smartphones
Its high-profile legal loss to Apple over the weekend could be just the beginning of the problems for Samsung.
Lollipop Chainsaw is Grasshopper's best selling game
The latest release from inventive Japanese studio Grasshopper Manufacture has proved its most successful – but it’s not all good news.
3DS passes 7m in Japan, claims entire software Top Ten
The established Nintendo narrative amongst European journalists seems to be quite negative at the moment, but the story in Japan could hardly be better.
Sleeping Dogs - from the scrap heap to the top of the charts
18 months ago the code behind Sleeping Dogs lay abandoned. A year and a half later, the game has been hailed as a triumph and sits proudly atop of the ...
Was Vita's Gamescom dream shortlived? Lifetime sales numbers revealed
It was the week that Vita seemed to live again. But all too quickly Sony’s ambitious handheld has been brought down to earth.
Minecraft PC exceeds 7m copies sold, major 360 update in the works
Mojang’s smash hit Minecraft has eclipsed the 7m mark for units sold on its original platform alone.
Digital could overtake physical in 2-3 years, EA's Moore believes
The sale of digital product could account for the majority of EA’s revenue within 24 to 26 months.
Books hit digital tipping point - how long until games do the same?
Retailer Amazon has reported that UK consumers are for the first time purchasing more digital books than they are physical copies.
