Entries in 'war' (60)

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
RETAIL BIZ: Empire Total War tops the charts

RETAIL BIZ: Empire Total War tops the charts

RETAIL BIZ: Killzone 2’s reign at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 has been cut short after just one week with the news that Sega’s PC ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 9th 2009 at 4:31PM in News
UK CHARTS: FIFA nutmegs Call of Duty

UK CHARTS: FIFA nutmegs Call of Duty

Mirroring the early 2008 chart success of EA’s FIFA 08, the publisher’s latest take on the beautiful game is starting 2009 on the front foot having pipped Call of Duty: ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 6th 2009 at 9:32AM in News
NPD: November games market defies credit crunch

NPD: November games market defies credit crunch

The games industry’s recession-proof credentials have been given another shot in the arm with the news that NPD stats show the North American games market hit $2.91 billion in November ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 12th 2008 at 9:44AM in News

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Gears of War tops 3m sales

Gears of War tops 3m sales

Having shifted a highly notable two million units in its opening weekend last month, Microsoft-published Xbox 360 third person shooter Gears of War 2 has now surpassed the three million ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 9th 2008 at 11:36AM in News
PS3 to get 'competitive' pricing in March 2009, claims report

PS3 to get 'competitive' pricing in March 2009, claims report

Sony will drop the European price of the PS3 to make it 'more competitive' in March 2009 according to details supposedly leaked from an internal meeting held at the company ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 24th 2008 at 4:48PM in News
US: Microsoft celebrates triple success

US: Microsoft celebrates triple success

Microsoft has come out with its chest beating after a solid hardware sales victory over PS3 and a commanding performance from monthly software chart topper Fable II in the NPD ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 14th 2008 at 10:36AM in News
Gears of War sells 2 million

Gears of War sells 2 million

Not content with simply wowing the critics and storming straight to the top of the UK charts, Microsoft has announced that Epic’s Gears of War 2 sold a substantial ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 12th 2008 at 10:24AM in News

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Metacritic targets fanboy reviews

Metacritic targets fanboy reviews

Leading online reviews aggregation site Metacritic is to introduce fresh registration measures and crack down on pre-release user reviews following a spate of fanboy attacks that resulted in a number ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 5th 2008 at 11:23AM in News
US: Analyst predicts Xbox 360 victory this Q4

US: Analyst predicts Xbox 360 victory this Q4

Jesse Divinch of analyst firm Electronic Entertainment Design has said that Sony must seriously consider adjusting the RRP of PS3 this Q4 or else face the prospect of being beaten ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 5th 2008 at 3:12PM in News