Posts tagged Grand Theft Auto
The best original video games of 2009
Dec 22nd
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Franchises. Sequels. Big summer movie games. Despite the glut of that familiar games that crowds retail shelves each year, gamers witnessed a respectable outpouring of original titles in 2009. Developers know that making a new intellectual property isn’t easy, and most publishers won’t take risks on them often. But creators, executives, and gamers [...]
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 [...]
Modern Warfare 2 smashes industry records (via postie)
Nov 28th
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The latest in a parade of hits, Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has sold an estimated $550 million in the first five days of its release, bringing the entire The Call of Duty series $3 billion in sales between its six titles.
Modern Warfare 2 officially smashed opening-day sales records with 4.7 [...]
Modern Warfare 2 continues to blow away entertainment records
Nov 18th
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has set the all-time entertainment industry record, generating $550 million in sales in its first five days on the market.
That number means it has beaten all other video game launches as well as generated more revenue in its first five days than any movie. It has done that in [...]
List of the biggest launches in video game history
Nov 15th
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is by all accounts likely to be the best-selling video game of all time. It could top 7 million units worldwide on its first day alone, an incredible achievement despite the fact that the economy is still in a pretty weak state.
Here are the biggest sales records in the [...]
