Entries in 'us' (362)
Konami ships 1m Castlevania
The recent 3D reinvention of cult games IP Castlevania has enjoyed a solid start at retail, publisher Konami has announced.
Books-a-Million launches games offering
Books-a-Million has announced it has started selling video games.
New Tony Hawk sells 3,000 in US
Analyst Cowen and Company is claiming that the most recent title in the Tony Hawk series, Tony Hawk’s Shred, sold just 3,000 copies in its first week on sale in ...
Move sales pegged at 400k in US
With firm sales figures still unavailable, US analyst Michael Pachter has said that he believes Sony’s PlayStation Move controller has sold 400k units in the US since its launch in ...
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Microsoft bossing US market
Xbox 360’s American dream continues with news that Microsoft’s console saw year-on-year sales gains in October 2010.
US: No More Heroes HD is PS3 only
The HD re-make of No More Heroes will be a PS3 exclusive in the US, publisher Konami has confirmed.
Wii Remote sells 65.3m in US
Nintendo has announced that it has sold a total of 65.3m Wii Remote controllers since launch in the US alone.
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Move sells 1m in US
Sony has announced that PlayStation Move has sold one million units in its first month in the US.
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 ...
US: September numbers show more decline
The total value of the US games market hit $1.22bn in September, down from the $1.32bn seen in the same period the year before.
US: Halo Reach sells 3.3m
In addition to the huge success it enjoyed with its Xbox 360 hardware in the US in September, Microsoft also dominated the software charts thanks to the release of sci-fi ...
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World Cup games boost annual FIFA sales
With folk already paying out every year for annual updates to the FIFA series, some have argued that summer releases of licensed titles for the World Cup and European Championships ...
NPD locks up US sales data
US sales tracker NPD will no longer release the number of games and consoles sold in its monthly report.
Redbox expanding game kiosk service
Redbox is rolling out its video games rental service to its retail kiosks around the US.
Blockbuster UK comes out fighting
Blockbuster UK is on the offensive following the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of its US parent.
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Blu-ray in 17% of US households
After its now long-forgotten turbulent arrival on the global marketplace, Blu-ray has finally hit its stride and established itself in 17 per cent of North American homes.
Activision squares up to Arnie
A growing number of corporate giants from America’s leading entertainment industries have joined forces to fight a proposed law that would for the first time illegalise the sale of violent ...
NPD: 360 and Madden triumph in August
US mega franchise Madden is unsurprisingly the biggest seller in the US last month.
NPD: US August sales slump 10%
The latest results from stats firm NPD show that the North American games market fell 10 per cent in August compared to the same month a year before.
Killzone 3 gets concrete date
The American PlayStation blog has issued the first solid release date for Killzone 3 – February 22nd 2010.
Yakuza 4 confirmed for Europe
Sega has confirmed that Yakuza 4 will be released in western markets in spring of next year – around 12 months after it first hit Japanese retail.
Buyer steps in to save MyWorld
An anonymous American company has completed the purchase of Project Myworld from collapsed studio Realtime Worlds, Develop can reveal.
US military bans Medal of Honor
Though Medal of Honor appears to have successfully ridden the turbulent waters of controversy in the UK, the game has suffered one retail ban in America.
Sony takes jailbreak fight to US
With a decision expected on Sony’s Australian injunction against the sale of PSJailbreak today, it has emerged that the American arm of the platform holder has joined the battle.
