Shattering its own day-one sales records, Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced that its highly-anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has become the biggest entertainment launch ever with an estimated sell-through of more than $400 million and more than 6.5 million units in North America and the United Kingdom alone in the first 24 hours of its release, according to Charttrack and retail customer sell-through information. This marks the third consecutive year that the Call of Duty franchise has set day one launch records across all forms of entertainment, something no other … Continue reading Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Has Biggest Launch In History→
Today Funcom kicks off Week of the Templars; a full week of focus on the Templars secret society. Throughout the week, all eyes will be on the historic and uncompromising Templars society, one of three secret societies represented in the upcoming, modern-day MMO ‘The Secret World.’ Which secret society are you? Sign up for the beta and join a secret society by taking the initiation test on www.thesecretworld.com! The Templars is the most uncompromising and traditional of the three in-game secret societies; based in London, the focus of the Templars is their crusade against darkness. Throughout the week Funcom will … Continue reading The Secret World Beta Begins Templar Week→
PopCap Games, maker of some of the world’s most popular video games, today unveiled the results of a survey updating a 2010 report targeting social gamers in the U.S. and U.K. The survey found that 118.5 million people now play social games at least once a week, up 71%. Among other results in the new survey, players are now significantly more likely to spend real-world money to buy content within social games, with 31 million players having purchased in-game currency, up 86 percent. The full report, conducted by Information Solutions Group is available for download at http://www.infosolutionsgroup.com/pdfs/2011_PopCap_Social_Gaming_Research_Results.pdf The report examines … Continue reading PopCap Survey Finds Huge Social Games Growth→
One of the few really great superhero series of games out there, Batman: Arkham City generated a huge bit of expectation. And for the most part, it meets that potential.
Our reviewer is 40 hours into The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and although that barely scratches the surface of this magnificent RPG, we can tell you how it trumps even the mighty Oblivion in so many ways.
Making History II: War of the World is an incredibly deep strategy game that puts you in the driver’s seat of almost any country on the planet at the outset of World War II.
Big Bite Games are proud to announce the Alpha launch of World of Football: a 3D Synchronous Multiplayer Football Game on Facebook. World of Football is an arcade style football game that enables you to play real time football matches with up to 19 other players at the same time. The game is Free to Play and is launching an invite-only Alpha version on Facebook in November, followed by a Closed Beta, before launching in Open Beta in early 2012. Be the first to try the game, by signing up at http://apps.facebook.com/worldoffootballgame The first wave of invites will be sent … Continue reading World of Football Looking For Alpha Testers→
Robot Entertainment has announced the release of Lost Adventures, the second DLC pack for their critically acclaimed action strategy game Orcs Must Die! For a limited time, you can return to the dead world beyond the rifts for 20% off! Download the "Lost Adventures" DLC Pack here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/102623 Conquer a new series of five challenging fortresses. In Lost Adventures you’ll travel from the depths of the Pit to the narrow passages high over the Great Gorge. The Lost Adventures are five of the most deadly rift assaults the War Mage has ever faced. Developers: Robot Entertainment, Runic Games Platforms: Mac, … Continue reading Orcs Must Die DLC Ships→
After a year of anticipation, after the breakout success of the first-ever Call of Duty XP live fan event, and after pre-order numbers that toppled even those of 2010’s mega-seller Call of Duty: Black Ops, the ultimate shot has at last been fired. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is now available at retail worldwide. Also launching today alongside MW3, is the revolutionary new social gaming network Call of Duty Elite, conceived expressly to help Call of Duty’s 30 million devoted fans Play Together Better. Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 kicked off its worldwide invasion at midnight as … Continue reading Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Deploys Worldwide→
Rock of Ages is a hilarious game where you challenge historical figures to a boulder-rolling battle and then crush them with…oh, forget it. This game rocks. Go play it.
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