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He’s been on the bandwagon for some time now, and once again analyst Michael Pachter has declared his belief that Activision will introduce a premium paid-for element for Call of Duty online. The analyst now claims that Activision decided not to unveil the service prior to the release of the …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Black Ops still top
Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops is today celebrating its second week at No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. In doing so it successfully fends off the advances of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and EA’s Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, which claim second and third place …
Read More »Treyarch has done better than Infinity Ward
The CEO of Activision’s parent company Vivendi has stated that in Call of Duty: Black Ops, Treyarch has made a better game than Infinity Ward ever has. We have broken our own record. I am very, very pleased,” Jean-Bernard Lvy told investors at a Morgan Stanley conference this week, as …
Read More »Retailers hail £113m Black Ops boom week
The Black Ops boom has put UK games retail back on track after months of facing year-on-year market decline. The FPS made over 80m in the UK last week, and sold over 2m units in five days – helping the High Street towards its biggest week for games ever: 113m …
Read More »Microsoft, Sony praise Black Ops success
Call of Duty: Black Ops is officially the biggest entertainment launch of all-time – and platform holders Microsoft and Sony are delighted with its success. With a record breaking performance on Xbox Live, home to the world’s largest Call of Duty gaming community, Call of Duty: Black Ops has already …
Read More »Black Ops claims 5-day sales record
As was revealed by MCV this morning, Activision has confirmed that Black Ops has not just shattered Call of Duty records – it’s also re-written the entertainment launch books. The publisher has revealed that the game sold an astonishing $650m of stock in its first five days on the market. …
Read More »No sex please, we’re gamers
The Daily Mail is on the case of games again this morning – and this time it’s blaming them for being a passion killer. The newspaper cites a report by One Poll which reveals that five per cent of gamers admit that their hobby has cost them their relationship. In …
Read More »Treyarch doesnt get credit it deserves
Treyarch, which has for a long time been seen as the underdog to Call of Duty series’ creator Infinity Ward, does not get the credit it deserves for the role it has played in the series according to Activision boss Bobby Kotick. When a Joystiq interviewer referred to Treyarch as …
Read More »UKIE: UK boom means 1 in 3 is now a gamer
Last week was the biggest-grossing week ever for the UK games market – with 113.8m made in seven days. And the extra effect of this market boom? There are more gamers over here than ever before. According to UKIE, now one in three people in the UK is a gamer. …
Read More »UK CHARTS: COD and Kinect storm listings
A record-breaking performance from Call of Duty: Black Ops has seen it rocket to the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. However, the new COD wasn’t the only new release on the market this week – there was the little matter of Microsoft’s Kinect …
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