News Tagged: game sales

Last we heard, Blizzard's second expansion pack for the MMOPRG World of Warcraft has gone through a highly successful launch. World of Warcraft: Wrath of Lich King sold over 2.8 million copies in its first 24h, which, according to Blizzard made it the fastest-selling PC game of all time...

NPD issued the chart for the best-selling console games at U.S. retailers during November. Apparently, Epic Games' Gears of War 2 and Treyarch's Call of Duty: World at War shifted more units than any other console on the market. Check it out: 1...

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is, once again, a PC top-seller. Check out NPD Group's top 10 best selling games in the US for the week of November 23 – November 29th - so, that's counting Black Friday sales: 1. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - $38 2...

Last month Epic Games and Microsoft revealed that the Xbox 360 shooter Gears of War 2 sold during its first weekend on the market. Also, the official word was that more than 1.5 million people logged into “Gears of War 2” on Xbox LIVE during the weekend, racking up a total 15 million gameplay hours (players collectively unlocked more than 19 million Achievements)...

Electronic Arts has three titles that are expected to disappoint in terms of sales during this holiday season, claims an analyst (thanks Gamasutra). "Specifically, we believe several EA titles are tracking below plan at retail this holiday, including Need for Speed Undercover (with disappointing reviews)...

Want to know how PC game sales are going? Here's the latest NPD chart, covering the week of November 2 – November 9, 2008: 1. Fallout 3 - Bethesda SoftWorks - $49 2. Spore - Electronic Arts - $48 3. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Electronic Arts - $48 4...

Blizzard Entertainment just announced that the WoW's second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, sold over 2.8 million copies in its first 24h, making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time (so says Blizzard... and they're probably right)...

Well, Fallout 3 turned out to be a best-seller on PC weekly sales charts. Not only that, but it also conquered PC sales for the entire month of October. Check it out: 1. Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks - $49 2. Spore - Electronic Arts - $49 3...

Lionhead Studios' Fable II conquered US console software sales for October 2008. Wii Fit is in second place, followed by Fallout 3. Also, it appears Far Cry 2 didn't grab the attention of console owners as much as it did with PC gamers. Here's the entire chart (from NPD, as usual): 1...

Epic Games and Microsoft announced that weekend sales of the X360-exclusive shooter Gears of War 2 reached 2 million units worldwide. “We were so excited to launch ‘Gears of War 2’ on the same day all around the world, something virtually unheard of in the games business,” said Cliff Bleszinski, design director at Epic Games...

Bethesda's multiplatform RPG sold over 4.7 million units as of last week (that's counting all versinos - Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC). Fallout 3 also topped weekly PC sales. NPD's charts shows PC sales for the week of October 26 – November 1: 1...

Far Cry 2 is certainly different from what we've experienced in the original and it's certainly different from what Crytek had done in Crysis. The open-world first-person shooter is set in Africa and features plenty of challenges. As it turns out, Far Cry 2 sold over a million units worldwide since its launch in North America and across Europe during the week of October 19...

Bethesda Softworks just confirmed that the company had a successful launch of the post-apocalyptic RPG, Fallout 3. According to their press release, Fallout 3 achieved record sales with 4.7 million units shipped worldwide as of last week for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, representing retail sales in excess of $300 million...

While EA's Spore is still clinging to the top of the weekly PC sales chart, Nancy Drew marks a return. That's right, PC gamers are still buying that shit. 1. Spore 2. Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy 3. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning 4...

Valve is spreading the word that the long-awaited survival horror shooter Left 4 Dead is now available for pre-purchase through Steam. The game, as you should know by now, features single player, multiplayer and co-operative modes. Incidentally, the developer unveiled that gamers who pre-purchase L4D via Steam will save 10% off the regular price...