Posted Oct 22, 2009 at 12:19AM by Mabie A. Listed in: News, Opinions & Analysis, Call of Duty 5 Tags: Activision, NPD, EEDAR
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Call of Duty: World at War - Image 1This report from Gamasutra should erase any and all doubts lingering in your minds about just how successful Call of Duty: World at War (PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii) truly is. The three DLC packs that the game released digitally for both the PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles "only" managed to push 6.5 million units between the months of March and Mid-August 2009. How's that for a big performer?

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Posted Sep 10, 2009 at 10:09PM by Mabie A. Listed in: News, Wolfenstein Tags: Wolfenstein, NFL, Raven Software, NPD
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Wolfenstein - Image 1Raven Software was on a mission, particularly for the month of August. The mission: to get Wolfenstein ( PC, PS3, and Xbox 360) to beat Madden NFL 10 sales for that month, and if they succeed, designer Manveer Heir would reimburse everyone who kept their receipt, proving that they indeed bought the game before the end of the said month.

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Posted Jul 15, 2009 at 12:25PM by Karl B. Listed in: News Tags: Electronic Arts, Sega, NFL, University Of Michigan, NPD, Michigan
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Michael Pachter - Image 1A University of Michigan economics professor was recently brought in as an expert witness in a class-action lawsuit filed by a pair of gamers that accuses Electronic Arts of using its exclusive licensing deal with the NFL to muscle Madden NFL competitor NFL 2K out of the picture. Dr. Jeffrey MacKie-Mason alleged that EA overcharged those who bought Madden games between US$ 701 million and US$ 926 million from 2006 through 2009. Big numbers there, but analyst Michael Pachter thinks it's nothing more than horse manure.

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Posted Aug 21, 2008 at 11:16AM by Gino D. Listed in: News Tags: Europe, New York, NPD, Enterbrain, Chart Track
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GTA 4 tops year-to-date charts - Image 1A new monthly report is in town, and it's a collaborative effort between the top three firms that track sales in the video game industry. North America's NPD Group, UK's Chart Track, and Japan's Enterbrain are now to come up with joint monthly reports. And with their powers combined... it's the Top Global Markets Report! Oooh, sounds like a golden idea! And guess what? The first report has already been published. Wanna see? Get a hold of the top five worldwide best-selling games of 2008 so far!

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Posted Aug 12, 2008 at 07:21PM by Ceasar S. Listed in: News Tags: NPD
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NPD Group - Image 1NPD Group's recent survey manged to investigate the niche segment of the gaming market that is extreme gaming, together with six other segments that the games industry has categorized gamers like us under. Feeling like a can of peaches at your local convenient mart? Well, welcome to new, modernized, cash-driven games industry, folks. Find out where'd you fit in among the 20,000 sampled at the full story.

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Posted Jul 28, 2008 at 04:01PM by Ceasar S. Listed in: News Tags: ATI, AMD, Intel, nVidia, XNA, NPD
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The PC Weekend Warrior - Image 1 I'll tell you what: a whole lot more. That's why for this week's PC Weekend Warrior, we're tossing out the bottles, passing out the chips, and putting on our party hats for one heckava good time this week. There's a ton more interesting developments that have happened recently than there were in E3, and that deserves some celebration. We review just what PC gamers might call a toast to pretty soon at the full story.

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Posted Jul 22, 2008 at 06:07PM by Ceasar S. Listed in: News, Adventure, Puzzle, Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice Tags: Blizzard, expansion pack, Maxis, NPD, Drew
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Nancy Drew - Image 1Her Interactive might as well give itself a pat on the back for none of the mainstream developers would have expected this to happen during their next-generation watch. One of the longest running PC game franchises in history has once again claimed top spot in its launch date, trumping the likes of EA's Spore Creature Creator and Blizzard's Diablo Battle Chest SKU. Get the top ten at the full story.

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Posted Jul 17, 2008 at 07:03PM by Ceasar S. Listed in: News, Simulation, The Sims 2 Tags: Blizzard, expansion pack, Will Wright, Maxis, NPD
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Sims 2 IKEA expansion - Image 1It's like even before Will Wright's Spore releases, Electronic Arts keeps shoveling more and more moolah into the vault. Someone definitely did something right by getting IKEA involved in the latest expansion to The Sims 2, because the brand-approved luxuries tucked away inside every twenty buck box managed to overtake every PC retail game offered in the US. The full top ten list follows at the full story.

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Posted Jul 01, 2008 at 06:14PM by Ceasar S. Listed in: News, Simulation, Strategy, Spore Tags: Activision, Electronic Arts, Vivendi, Maxis, NPD
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NPD Group - Image 1Well, whadda ya know? Electronic Arts' little bid to make some cash out of Spore actually worked. The superstar publisher is probably already swimming in money, but hear this: Spore Creature Creator is just a first taste of what's to come this September. The top ten best-selling PC games of the week is at the full story.

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Posted Jun 19, 2008 at 02:26PM by Enrico S. Listed in: News Tags: NPD, Stardock
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Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures - Image 1 Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures for the PC is still rampaging on the top of the NPD PC video game sales charts in North America. To find out what other games made it into the list, head on over to the full article.

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