1.9 million Xbox 360s sold in December
Microsoft hails record month for console, declares 2010 "biggest year in Xbox history" with 42% sales spike year-over-year; ongoing Kinect shortages predicted.
Microsoft hails record month for console, declares 2010 "biggest year in Xbox history" with 42% sales spike year-over-year; ongoing Kinect shortages predicted.
Playdead's IGF winner joined by Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect 2 as top contenders at Game Developers Choice ceremony; indie frontrunner Minecraft up for three.
Pachter pegs Microsoft add-on sales at 3 million last month, console outsold Sony's 2 to 1; Wilson thinks software continued to lag.
Latest Call of Duty game tops British charts for last year; FIFA 11, Just Dance, Red Dead Redemption, Just Dance 2, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Wii Sports Resort follow.
Specialty retailer tops $3 billion in revenues for last nine weeks of 2010, but investors expecting more drive share price down; Assassin's Creed, Move, Cataclysm also strong sellers.
Blockbuster hits also online rental service's most requested games of the year; Splinter Cell: Conviction, God of War III, Super Mario Galaxy 2 top platform-exclusive titles.
Walker Digital claims patent infringement against Call of Duty, Mafia Wars creators over use of online tournament technology.
Activision's shooter hits worldwide revenue milestone in less than two months; more than 600 million hours of play logged.
$15 map pack hits Microsoft's online platform in a little over a month; new content packs in five maps: four standard, one for zombie mode; release dates for PC, PSN ...
Call of Duty: Black Ops and FIFA 11 fend off World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, which lands at number three.
Pachter, Wilson put NPD figures into perspective, weigh in on underwhelming Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood sales, Kinect and Move bundles.
Nintendo's handheld, Activision's shooter reign supreme on last month's hardware, software rankings--latter sells 8.4 million; US sales up 8 percent for best November on record.
Polyphony Digital's PS3-exclusive sim racer makes long-awaited debut in Japan atop charts with 430,000 units sold; PSP leads hardware.
CEO Robert Kotick sees little financial value in fledgling markets, remains dedicated to existing titles.
Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg says there are no plans to make popular shooter series' online mode subscription based.
Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops retains the top spot, holding off Ubisoft’s Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, which debuts at two.
NPD numbers, holiday gift ideas, an L.A. Noire preview, and reviews of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, NBA Jam, and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit are all among the week's offerings.
Jean-Bernard Levy reportedly says Activision's once-premier studio has "got over" its personnel troubles; Treyarch tipped as top Call of Duty studio.
Activision's Cold War-era Call of Duty bests Modern Warfare 2's record $550M first-week haul; Xbox Live records broken as well.
Microsoft opens new browser-based shop for digitally distributed PC titles; new storefront gets aesthetic overhaul, new features.
Black Ops agent Alex Mason relives memories of the Cold War. Our Call of Duty Black Ops Walkthrough provides a full walkthrough of the campaign, multiplayer tips, and the secrets ...
New Call of Duty shifts 2 million units, outdoing Modern Warfare 2 and making last week the biggest ever for UK game sales.
Treyarch unleashes fix for known multiplayer issues; additional corrective measures also planned.
Treyarch's latest first-person shooter tops Modern Warfare 2's launch day total by $50 million in North America and UK alone to claim "biggest entertainment launch in history" title.
Activision's game denounced as "doubly perverse" and "sociopathic" thanks to Castro-assassination mission.
Gamasutra columnist Chris Morris cites industry sources as saying Sledgehammer-developed game will feature "space marines."
Specialty retailer believes Activision's latest Call of Duty title will top last year's record-smashing Infinity Ward-developed hit.
Treyarch's Cold War-era shooter proving as popular as projected, claims studio's community manager; PS3 and PC figures not announced.
A big week in releases as Activision sets loose the next instalment in its mega Call of Duty franchise with the Treyarch-developed Black Ops.
New release slate championed by Treyarch's hotly hyped Cold War-era shooter; Nintendo's new controller, Mario Anniversary bundles, PlayStation Move-exclusive The Fight: Lights Out round out the week.
Janco Partners' Mike Hickey says Cold War-era shooter could generate $818 million; Sledgehammer pegged as Modern Warfare 3 developer; Tencent as COD Online partner in China.
Select EB, GAME, and JB Hi-Fi stores to open at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, November 9 for Aussie release of Activision shooter.
Activision executives confirm new first-person installment in series will arrive in latter half of next year; no word on developer.
Megapublisher beats expectations, reports $745 million for July-September quarter; full-year earnings projection revised up to $4.28 billion.
Sean Murray of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, True Crime Streets of LA, and World at War records "dark symphonic" score for upcoming shooter with 80-piece orchestra.
Enter our competition to win a pair of passes to the London launch event for Call of Duty: Black Ops, plus a copy of the game.
BioWare's action RPG takes the RPG and Ultimate Game of the Year awards at London ceremony; Call of Duty series picks up Shooter and One to Watch gongs.
Call of Duty: Black Ops DS developer's president and founder says "core team" is looking to secure funding and hire people back, game industry is "a mess."
GameStop says Treyarch-developed Call of Duty title outpacing last year's Modern Warfare 2 figures, on its way to all-time record.
Industry research firm's latest survey shows dip in number of consumers planning on buying games as gifts this year.
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