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Tiger Woods PGA Tour ’08 racked up 42 per cent of sales on Xbox 360 and 32 per cent on Nintendo Wii in its first week on sale, and comes in at number two this week behind Bioshock, which claims its second week at the top. Other highlights include a …
Read More »PS3 closes gap on Wii in Japan
The latest hardware sales figures from Japan suggest that Sony’s PS3 is gaining ground on the hugely successful Nintendo Wii. According to Famitsu publisher Enterbrain, Nintendo sold 245,653 Wiis in the four weeks to August 26th, compared with 81,541 units for Sony’s PS3. Xbox 360 sold 11,288 units in the …
Read More »GERMAN CHARTS: Bioshock rules supreme
The PC version of 2K Games’ Bioshock has hit number one in the German all formats software chart in its first week – but the top ten is still dominated by titles on Nintendo formats. The Xbox 360 edition of Bioshock debuts in sixth, whilst Blizzard’s World Of Warcraft: The …
Read More »SPANISH CHARTS: PS3 and Xbox 360 fail to break top ten
Nintendo’s DS has nabbed five positions in the latest Spanish top ten chart – including the top four slots. First-party release Pokemon: Diamond sits pretty in first, followed by THQ’s Ratatouille in second and Dr. Kawashima’s More Brain Training in third. The other half of recently released Pokemon duo, Pearl, …
Read More »Report: One third of UKs games retailers are under threat
A new report from Research and Markets states that 33 per cent of the companies it analysed are ‘in financial danger’. It goes on to say that nine of the companies surveyed, including the likes of GAME, Gamestation, Woolworths and Blockbuster, ‘are blatantly selling at a loss to capture market …
Read More »Hirai: PS3-exclusive content gives games â??extra flavourâ??
Development key topic in interview with SCE president
Read More »10tacle speeds in with EA Boulder Dash deal
German developer gets distribution deal for DS title
Read More »Warner eyes up industry stars
On the back of the news that it is to re-enter the video games publishing market , Warner’s VP of worldwide sales and distribution Ron Scott has told MCV that his firm is looking to recruit a number of stand-out individuals from the UK games industry. It is particularly important …
Read More »Stranglehold goes gold
Midway has announced that upcoming release Stranglehold has gone gold for the Xbox 360. However, Eurogamer reports that the title’s release on the format has been held back a week to September 14th, with the PS3 and PC versions following in September. Stranglehold was created by acclaimed action filmmaker John …
Read More »Vivendi Games’ Q2 earnings rise 91.9%
French telecoms and media group Vivendi has posted a 48.6 per cent year-on-year drop in earnings for its second quarter – but its games division has reported a whopping 91.9 per cent jump in operating profit. The firm’s overall sales grew 7.4 per cent year-on-year to €5.2 billion, up from …
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