Good news for Activision, with the company announcing that in the first five days of its release, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 made a whopping $775 million worldwide. This insane amount of sales has seen it break the five day sales records for any movie, book or video game ever released.
Read more »The old addage ‘don’t make promises you can’t keep’ rings very true for EA, who have been hit with a class action lawsuit for failing to provide promised free copies of Battlefield 1943 with Battlefield 3. Before the launch of Battlefield 3, EA promised PS3 gamers would get a free copy of Battlefield 1943, a promise which has since been broken.
Read more »In the lead up to the release of Skyrim, Bethesda provided an offer to fans – anyone who had a child born on 11/11/2011 – Skyrim’s release date – and named it ‘Dovahkiin’ would end up nabbing themselves a lifetime supply of Bethesda titles. No doubt they never expected anyone actually taking them up on their offer, but die-hard fans being die-hard fans, someone has actually done exactly this.
Read more »To celebrate the release of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, and the tenth anniversary of the Halo series, Microsoft and 343 Industries have invited fans of the franchise to build a living momument, based on their screenshotted fondest memories of the games, which will be incorporated into a 3D rendering of the hero of the series, Master Chief.
Read more »For all you skyrimmers (that is an official word now, right?) who have managed to tear themselves away from the magic of Skyrim and actually check the internet – you’ll be pleased to hear that Bethesda will be releasing a patch for the epic RPG. Bethesda’s Pete Hines used his twitter account to say: “PS3 and 360 updates have been submitted for certification. PC coming too. Current estimate is that they will be live the week after T’giving”
Read more »Riot Games have announced that over four million people log in to play their online multiplayer battle arena game, League of Legends, every day. This represents a 280% growth since their previous announcement regarding the size of the community in July. Adding to the stats, Riot announced there are 11.5 million monthly active players, who have participated in over one billion matches.
Read more »We haven’t heard much about Torchlight 2 recently, and it seems there’s a very good reason for that. Runic Games have officially confirmed that their game will not be making a 2011 release, as previously expected.
Read more »I’ve been unashamedly playing Saints Row: The Third for days now, and I have to say I love it. It’s perhaps the most fun I’ve had in a video game in such a long time, and the sheer insane amounts of random fun you can have boggle the mind. So imagine how happy I was to hear that THQ is providing Playstation 3 players with a fantastic deal – buy Saints Row: The Third, and receive Saints Row 2 absolutely free.
Read more »Bullet Time, the iOS action-adventurer from Kiloo Games, is now available to download. The game offers many campaigns in a 3D world and supports 3 player co-op action. And the best thing? It’s absolutely free. So head to the iTunes Store and download it.
Read more »Rockstar Games has provided a treat to gamers, with a new series of features taking a look at the making of their latest triple A title, Max Payne 3. Kick starting things is a in-depth look at the design and technology of the upcoming shooter. Check it out below.
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