Day One Halo 2 Sales Top $125 Million
Halo 2 broke entertainment retail records in its first 24 hours on store shelves. Microsoft Game Studios today announced that the highly-anticipated game sold through 2.4 million units in the U.S. and Canada, driving cash register receipts to the $125 million mark. "EB Games had a record-breaking day as gamers across the country lined up […]
Fluent Gets Crusty Demons License
Fluent Entertainment, an international publisher, developer and distributor of entertainment software, announced today that it has acquired the Crusty Demons license from Fleshwound Films, LLC for use in the creation of console video games. A Crusty Demons freestyle motocross game will be based on the popular ‘Crusty Demons of Dirt' videos, which is the largest-selling […]
EverQuest II Ships
Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE), a worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online (MMO) gaming, today announced that EverQuest II has shipped to North American retail stores. EverQuest II is the highly-anticipated follow-up to Sony Online Entertainment's EverQuest, the most successful and longest-running 3D MMO role-playing game in North America. More than 100,000 people have already […]
England Awards Golden Joysticks
Future Publishing has revealed the results of the Golden Joystick Awards 2004 at a lavish ceremony held today at the Park Lane Hotel. The industry gathered to see Little Britain star Matt Lucas reveal the verdict of a record-breaking 200,000-plus consumers, who’d been voting for their favourite games and hardware released between November 14th 2003 […]
GTA: San Andreas Takes England Sales Crown
ELSPA has announced today that GTA: San Andreas has become the fastest selling video game of all time, smashing all previous records and selling a staggering one million units in the UK after a mere nine days on sale, according to official ELSPA figures, sourced from Chart-Track. Roger Bennett, director general of ELPSA, said: "This […]
The Urbz Are Out
Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS) today announced that The Urbz: Sims in the City has shipped to retail outlets worldwide under the EA GAMES brand. Following the record-setting launch of The Sims 2, the development team at the celebrated Maxis studio today launched The Urbz: Sims in the City, the newest entry into the award-winning franchise […]