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Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Video games are often compared to movies; both in how the plots shape up and how the numbers add up as in sales vs. box office receipts. This month, Activision Blizzard hit a new milestone when sales of its new Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 video game passed the $1 billion mark only 15 days after release. That is notable, as sales of the game hit a billion dollars two days faster than the Hollywood blockbuster Avatar, which set a box...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced today that Call of Duty®: Black Ops II has crossed the $1 billion mark in worldwide retail sales, according to Chart-Track retail customer sell-through information and internal company estimates. Illustrating the strong appeal of interactive entertainment to audiences worldwide, the game achieved this milestone in just 15...
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany and MOSCOW, November 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Crytek's free-to-play shooter continues to expand its audience and wins top award More than five million players across Russia have now signed up for Crytek GmbH's groundbreaking free-to-play FPS, Warface. Published in Russia by the Mail.Ru Group, Warface has amassed an army of avid fans and enjoyed a record-breaking rise to prominence since its...
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The war is inevitable. Sony Online Entertainment, LLC (SOE) today announced the availability of its award-winning, highly anticipated massively multiplayer online first-person shooter (MMOFPS) PlanetSide 2 in North America and Europe. Players must enlist in one of three Empires - Terran Republic, New Conglomerate or Vanu Sovereignty - to fight in an epic war for control of the planet of Auraxis. An unparalleled gaming experience, players...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Within its first 24 hours of availability, Call of Duty: Black Ops II has already netted $500 million in sales. This is a new record, according to the game maker Activision Blizzard, and proves once more that the annual release of a new Call of Duty title is “the biggest entertainment launch of the year.” Black Ops II has easily outsold another highly anticipated video game title — Microsoft’s Halo 4 — which sold an...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), today announced that for the fourth consecutive year, the Call of Duty® franchise has delivered the biggest entertainment launch of the year. The highly-anticipated Call of Duty®: Black Ops II has achieved an estimated sell-through of more than $500 million worldwide in the first 24 hours of its release, according to Chart-Track,...
SEOUL, November 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Crytek shooter named best FPS by leading games site, Inven Adding to its growing list of accolades, Crytek GmbH's free-to-play shooter, Warface, was this week named Best FPS at the G-Star expo by a leading South Korean gaming site. A panel of judges from popular website, Inven, decided that Warface stood head and shoulders above its rivals at G-Star and was worthy of top spot in the competitive FPS category....
Valve President Headlines Thursday D.I.C.E. Summit Conference CALABASAS, Calif., Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences is pleased to announce that Gabe Newell, president and co-founder of Valve Corporation, will be the 17(th) inductee into the AIAS Hall of Fame, and will be taking the 2013 D.I.C.E. Summit stage as its Thursday conference keynote. Gabe's leadership in founding and managing Valve, creator of Source(TM) game engine,...
BEIJING, Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Changyou.com Limited ("Changyou" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CYOU), a leading online game developer and operator in China, today announced that it began open beta testing of Battlefield(TM) Online, the Company's first licensed online first-person shooter game ("FPS") on November 15, 2012. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090402/CNTH020) Battlefield(TM) Online is licensed from Electronic Arts, and is a Chinese online game version of the...
BEIJING, Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU), China's leading online media, search, gaming, community and mobile service group, today announced that its online game subsidiary, Changyou.com Limited ("Changyou") (NASDAQ: CYOU) began open beta testing of Battlefield(TM) Online, Changyou's first licensed online first-person shooter game ("FPS") on November 15, 2012. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100201/CNM013LOGO)Battlefield(TM) Online is licensed...
