Skylanders Series Hits One Billion In Retail Sales
Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced that together Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure and Skylanders Giants have generated more than $1 billion in retail sales worldwide, inclusive of toys and accessories — and the franchise reached this milestone in just 15 months. In 2012, the combined sales of Skylanders […]
Wargaming Acquires Console Developer Day One Studios
Wargaming, one of the leading free-to-play MMO developers and publishers, today announced its acquisition of Chicago-based Day 1 Studios for USD 20 million. Following the acquisition, the newly formed studio will focus exclusively on the development of an unannounced console title. The acquisition sets a key landmark in Wargaming’s strategy of delivering compelling and console-focused […]
European Grainger Games Opens New Physical Store
Grainger Games is probably best known in Europe for operating the Grainger Games website where people can buy and sell the latest titles. But the company also maintains physical stores, including their newest one at Lagrange Arcade, Church Square Shopping Centre in St Helens. To celebrate the store opening, they are having sales on games […]
Happily Answering The Call Again
Call of Duty: Black Ops II surpasses other games in the series by a lot, offering both an extremely engaging single player story and a great multiplayer battlefield.
An Amazing American Assassin’s Adventures
Assassin’s Creed III leaves the spires of medieval Europe behind in favour of the more hardscrabble towns of the American frontier. With revolution brewing, assassin skills are in demand.
PC Gamers Petition Rockstar For GTA V PC Version
The petition asking Rockstar Games to release Grand Theft Auto V on PC reached a milestone today with over 110,000 names. Gamers could also comment as to why they were putting their names down. Some of those comments include: Nathan Lazos of Australia: ‘I just want you to work on this game now instead of […]
Rapala Pro Bass Fishing Swimming To Retail
Highly acclaimed Rapala Pro Bass Fishing will be among the 50 top video games available for Wii U when the new HD gaming system launches Nov. 18. Rapala Pro Bass Fishing challenges players to compete against real bass pros in an authentic bass tournament setting. The Wii U version offers new gameplay features, enhancements and […]
Batman Arkham Armored Edition Ships
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment announced that Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition for the Wii U system from Nintendo will begin shipping to North American retailers today. Developed for Wii U by WB Games Montr’al, the game builds upon the critically acclaimed, award-winning action game of 2011 created by Rocksteady Studios and makes […]
Signal Snowboard’s Bulletproof Call of Duty Movie
Signal Snowboards Bulletproof Snowboard Call of Duty Movie Signal Snowboards’ Every Third Thursday gets caught up in the excitement of the new Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 game release by building a bona-fide bulletproof Snowboard! The build starts with an inspiration trip to Treyarch Studio to get an early Black Ops 2 game play […]
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Nets $500 Million In 24 Hours
Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI), today announced that for the fourth consecutive year, the Call of Duty franchise has delivered the biggest entertainment launch of the year. The highly-anticipated Call of Duty: Black Ops II has achieved an estimated sell-through of more than $500 million worldwide in the […]