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MW2 sales pass $550m worldwide
18th November 2009, 1:49pm

News: MW2 sales pass $550m worldwide

Activision reckons new Call of Duty has beat all previous first and five-day entertainment industry records

Halo 3 ODST sells 2.5m
13th October 2009, 5:22pm

News: Halo 3 ODST sells 2.5m

Bungie’s latest outing has generated $125m in sales since its release last month

Nintendo topples Mattel in toy market
21st August 2009, 12:16pm

News: Nintendo topples Mattel in toy market

Wii and DS platform holder is now the leading force in the worldwide toy and games market

505 prepares first worldwide release
20th August 2009, 11:31am

News: 505 prepares first worldwide release

IL-2 Sturmovik becomes publisher's first title to arrive on both sides of the Atlantic simultaneously

The Sims 3 sales hit 3.7m
5th August 2009, 10:06am

News: The Sims 3 sales hit 3.7m

Popular casual life sim proves the most lucrative title in EA’s last quarter

PC downloads worth $1bn in 2009
15th July 2009, 5:16pm

News: PC downloads worth $1bn in 2009

DEVELOP’09: And market for digital was $600m last year says GfK ChartTrack

Jamie MacDonald to leave SCEE WWS
14th May 2009, 11:02am

News: Jamie MacDonald to leave SCEE WWS

SCE WWS VP and London Studios chief departing on May 29th

Devil May Cry series tops 10m
18th March 2009, 2:38pm

News: Devil May Cry series tops 10m

Capcom’s energetic action series passes new global shipped unit landmark

iPhone and iPod Touch sales pass 30m
18th March 2009, 9:47am

News: iPhone and iPod Touch sales pass 30m

SDK downloaded 800,000 times; Apps now total 25,000; 96% of Apps approved

83 DS titles pass a million units
12th March 2009, 12:18pm

News: 83 DS titles pass a million units

And seven more top 10m sales; total DS hardware sales pass 100m worldwide

Blu-ray approaching 100m disc sales
24th February 2009, 11:40am

News: Blu-ray approaching 100m disc sales

Research claims that HD disc format is moving from “early adopter” to “early majority” phase

Iwata: DS could sell 150m
2nd February 2009, 10:45am

News: Iwata: DS could sell 150m

Nintendo boss predicts that revolutionary handheld has a long way to go yet

Games overtake films in global entertainment market
26th January 2009, 10:45am

News: Games overtake films in global entertainment market

Market research claims that games accounted for 53 per cent of global packaged media sales in 2008

Guitar Hero III sales pass $1bn
12th January 2009, 10:00am

News: Guitar Hero III sales pass $1bn

Activision CEO Mike Griffith claims music title is the is the first to reach financial milestone

Hirai: LittleBigPlanet has sold 1.3m
9th January 2009, 10:34am

News: Hirai: LittleBigPlanet has sold 1.3m

Media Molecule’s creative PS3 platform title sails past the one million sales barrier

Wii Sports claims global sales record
5th January 2009, 10:45am

News: Wii Sports claims global sales record

Numbers from VG Chartz claim that Wii title has surpassed Super Mario Bros as the world’s most popular game

Fallout 3 shifts 4.7m in week one
6th November 2008, 1:09pm

News: Fallout 3 shifts 4.7m in week one

Astounding shipping figures for Bethesda’s post-nuclear next-gen RPG; sales exceed $300m

Game Boy Advance finally succumbs to DS
30th October 2008, 5:53pm

News: Game Boy Advance finally succumbs to DS

Nintendo’s dual-screened handheld surpasses its older brother in global race with global shipments totalling 84 million

Indiana Jones raids box office coffers
28th May 2008, 10:23am

News: Indiana Jones raids box office coffers

Spielberg and Lucas’ adventure outing makes $311 million in its opening weekend

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