Posts tagged Game Sales
Will good come from the huge piracy of Modern Warfare 2?
Dec 29th
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has broken records for game sales. So it’s only natural that it is also the most-pirated game of 2009, according to downloads measured by TorrentFreak.
Modern Warfare 2 was the most pirated game on the PC and the Xbox 360 this year. And Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros. [...]
Game maker Take-Two Interactive says December sales are slow, discloses Icahn stake
Dec 18th
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Take-Two Interactive Software reported an expected fourth quarter loss that was consistent with its earlier warning that game sales were slow.
Meanwhile, investor Carl Icahn disclosed that he had purchased a stake in the New York-based video game publisher. Take-Two went through a takeover battle last year, when Electronic Arts made a run at [...]
Game ad firm NeoEdge merges with game developer, hires new CEO
Nov 19th
NeoEdge has gone through some big changes in the in-game advertising market, which has been battered by the recession and disruptions in casual game sales.
Today, the company is announcing that is merging with casual game development firm Offspring. And Offspring’s chief executive Lesley Mansford will become NeoEdge’s new CEO. Mountain View, Calif.-based NeoEdge will continue [...]
Modern Warfare 2, the biggest video game of the year, debuts
Nov 10th
Modern Warfare 2 is universally expected to be the biggest video game of 2009. The game debuted tonight at midnight Eastern time as retailers around the country held midnight events.
The game, part of the Call of Duty franchise but set in the context of modern anti-terrorist combat, is going to create a blast radius. Rival [...]
