First person survival horror game Alien Isolation has achieved more than one million units sold since it was launched in October, 2014 for Xbox 360 and Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and 4, and PC. It was developed by Creative Assembly in the UK and published by Sega Europe, and has been critically acclaimed with a number of 'game of the year' awards. The game puts you in a … [Read more...]
Duke Nukem Forever: State-side sales
Duke Nukem Forever has been out for a month after an unforgettable 14 years in the making and countless other situations. This game shows sheer determination from the entire team(s) that they were going to fulfill their promise that Forever would become a reality. And to our amazement... It sure did come out!! However, no other game in the history of games development, … [Read more...]
Analyst suggests MW3 and Battlefield 3 will outsell their predecessors
Michael Pachter, Wedbush Morgan analyst, has predicted that Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 could overtake Black Ops and its 20 million in sales, despite a bigger threat and more sales predicted for Battlefield 3. The prediction is due to the "network effect created by the game's (Black Ops) remarkable 17 million weekly active unique online players." But it could be the … [Read more...]
Call of Duty: Blacks Ops is biggest selling UK game – ever!
Call of Duty: Black Ops has become the biggest selling game in UK history, and the biggest selling entertainment of any kind in the UK last year. Black Ops actually went past the previous gaming record holder, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, in the week ending June 5th, which meant it achieved the record in just 30 weeks, compared to the 41 weeks it took Modern Warfare 2. … [Read more...]
CoD: Blacks Ops First Strike – 1.4 million downloads in first 24 hours
The First Strike DLC pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops was released in February, and given the sales of Black Ops, it's probably not surprising it proved incredibly popular, setting a new level for downloadable content for the Call of Duty series. Figures were revealed as part of Activision Blizzard's financial results for the first quarter of 2011, and not only did 1.4 … [Read more...]
Homefront makes profit
Homefront was a special FPS from THQ, just as Metro 2033 before it, yet this was different. The mixed reviews and share price drop has made no difference for the games' first day selling performance, chart topping ability and sell count of over a million copies in less than 3 weeks. Advertising can do wonders can't it?! Although it received many mixed reviews, with gamers … [Read more...]
Crysis 2 keeps top spot
Crysis 2 continues to impress here in the UK. And I have yet to get my hands on a copy for both the 360 and PC. That will surely keep the title on the top spot for another week... Won't it?! Many PC gamers have voiced their concerns though, stating that the PC version is built better than the first, but ultimately the second instalment of this monstrous game seems too … [Read more...]
Homefront: 1 million and counting
Mixed reviews or not, gamers have voiced their opinion via their wallets. THQ must be happier now with this piece of news. Homefront hadn't even been released when reviews started to appear online with less then expected average scores. This resulted in a 25 percent drop in share price which must have worried shareholders. However, all should not feel too despondent at … [Read more...]
Black Ops Demo available on Xbox 360 and PS3
Call of Duty: Black Ops has been available since 9th November. It's sold and made millions. But that is not enough for Treyarch nor Activision. Only today has Treyarch released a demo to further promote this mammoth of a game, on both Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. It's only a single-player campaign mission, but one of the finest. You start off in the cockpit of a … [Read more...]
Call of Duty: Black Ops sells $1 billion in 6 weeks
Call of Duty: Black Ops has crossed the $1 billion (£648 million) sales mark in under six weeks, having already broken U.S records for pre-order sales, and hitting $650 million (£420 million) in the first five days of release. That five-day total topped the previous record for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, by $100 million (£65 million). As Activision boss Bobby Kotick has … [Read more...]