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MW2 tops 2009 UK chart

MW2 tops 2009 UK chart

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been named as the best selling game of 2009 in the UK – despite not hitting the market until mid-November.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 13th 2010 at 12:51PM in News
MW2 aiming for all-time UK record

MW2 aiming for all-time UK record

As Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 spends its ninth week at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week, it has been revealed that the ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 11th 2010 at 12:46PM in News
Top 20 Games of the Decade

Top 20 Games of the Decade

How do you define what makes a game ‘the best ever’? Is it determined by how much it was adored by critics, or by how many units it shifted at ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 23rd 2009 at 9:00AM in News
US: MW2 tops 2009 best-sellers list

US: MW2 tops 2009 best-sellers list

Sales tracker NPD has released its 2009 software sales chart for North America and, unsurprisingly, it’s Activision Blizzard’s world-conquering Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 that tops the pile.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 15th 2009 at 1:41PM in News

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JAPAN: NSMB smashes Wii record

JAPAN: NSMB smashes Wii record

Just this morning MCV reported that New Super Mario Bros Wii had shifted an impressive 422k units in Nintendo’s homeland of Japan in its first 24 hours on the shelves ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 7th 2009 at 3:36PM in News
Street date struggle for Modern Warfare 2

Street date struggle for Modern Warfare 2

Though UK entertainment chains seem to be holding firm, retailer GameStop has admitted that it knowingly broke the street date and sold Modern Warfare 2 early at some of its ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 9th 2009 at 10:12AM in News
Wii Play tops ten-year sales charts

Wii Play tops ten-year sales charts

Nintendo’s Wii Play, which comes bundled with the WiiMote, is the best selling game of the 21st century in North America, according to new NPD data.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 14th 2009 at 12:06PM in News
Dr Kawashima breaks UK sales record

Dr Kawashima breaks UK sales record

Nintendo’s Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training has seen its total UK sales surpass 3m, making it the most popular game ever in this country. The game itself finished seventh in the ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 6th 2009 at 10:55AM in News

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Numbers reveal true scale of iPhone’s games market

Numbers reveal true scale of iPhone’s games market

Unlike sales of games on the High Street, the success of downloadable titles has always been harder to monitor, but new stats have emerged that at last help to paint ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 7th 2009 at 1:20PM in News
RETAIL BIZ: Empire Total War smashes series’ records

RETAIL BIZ: Empire Total War smashes series’ records

The triumph of Sega’s Empire: Total War at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 yesterday marks the most successful debut in the history of the Total ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 10th 2009 at 10:27AM in News
Street Fighter IV becomes biggest no.1 of 2009

Street Fighter IV becomes biggest no.1 of 2009

Not content with merely entering the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 in first spot, Capcom’s Street Fighter IV has also become the best selling All Formats Number One ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 23rd 2009 at 5:33PM in News
Wii Sports claims global sales record

Wii Sports claims global sales record

The latest numbers from controversial stat-crunchers VG Chartz are claiming that Wii Sports has surpassed Nintendo’s own 1985 NES title Super Mario Bros to become the best selling video game ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 5th 2009 at 10:45AM in News

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US: Wii claims next-gen pole-position

US: Wii claims next-gen pole-position

Nintendo is claiming that Wii is now the best-selling next-gen console in North America after NPD figures confirmed that since its launch in November 2006 the machine has racked up ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 18th 2008 at 11:50AM in News