The aging Xbox 360 just recorded the biggest sales week in its not-quite-venerable history, moving nearly one million units over the seven day period, specifically selling more than 960,000 consoles in the U.S. during the week of Black Friday. For a console that's entering the seventh year of its product lifestyle, that's one very impressive statistic. Of course, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the pivotal factors here, but the numbers themselves are still stellar, to say the very least.
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Microsoft sells nearly 1 million Xbox 360s in record week in Xbox history
Do you suck at Modern Warfare 3? Hire a virtual bodyguard
The multiplayer components of popular shooters like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3 are fierce. New players are often mercilessly slaughtered by veterans, and moving from the single-player campaigns to the online arena can be a traumatizing experience. So, what's a dedicated player with low self-esteem and some spare Great British Pounds to do? Hire a virtual bodyguard to cover your back.
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Activision’s Call of Duty Elite service now has 1 million paying subscribers
Today Activision has issued a press release proudly announcing that their Call of Duty Elite paid stat tracking and social gaming service has already reached 1 million premium subscribers. The service reached beta in July and has seen considerable changes but looks to be finally starting to shape up, even after a rocky start plagued with issues and login failures.
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Analogue Interactive unveils Neo Geo joystick and new console color
Back in the day I wanted a Neo Geo so bad I could taste it, but the parents wouldn't go for it. If you have Neo Geo or just want to have one, only made from wood Analogue Interactive is the place that you need to check out. The company makes a wooden Neo Geo and matching joystick. The company has announced a few new products.
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Infinity Ward ban hammers 1,600 MW3 cheaters
If you are a big fan of the Modern Warfare 3 game and play online, you have probably noticed that there are a bunch of people paying the game that cheat. Cheaters never win, even if they do on occasion pwn the legit players in the online gaming world. The cheating has caught up to 1,600 people that play MW3.
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Modern Warfare 3 sells record $775 million in 5 days
Modern Warfare 3, the latest game title in the Call of Duty franchise from Activision, has set a new sales record, selling more than $775 million worth of copies in the first five days. Not only does this figure crush rival EA's Battlefield 3, which had set a record of its own, but it has also managed to outsell all entertainment records including major movie titles.
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Skyrim sells 3.5 million copies in 48 hours
We knew that Bethesda's Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim would sell well when it came out on its infamous launch date, November 11th, 2011. And now we have the official stats from ZeniMax (Bethesda's parent company)'s CEO himself. 3.5 million copies in 48 hours? You can go ahead and check that box, since Skyrim has reached just those awe-inspiring numbers. We now just have to wait for the first week of sales to finalize in order to see if Skyrim is on track to beat the record currently held by Call of Duty's newly released Modern Warfare 3.
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Sony announces new PlayStation Move bundles for next week
Sony announced two new hardware bundles for the PlayStation 3 that will be hitting retail stores next week just in time for the holiday season. With all the holiday feasting and gatherings coming up, the bundles will be arriving at a good time, packing in PlayStation Move accessories and titles that will get you dancing or playing sports in your living room to burn off all those excess calories.
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Tobii EyeAsteroids arcade game has no joystick, uses eye control
If you were an old school gamer, I would wager that back in the day you spent many a quarter playing Asteroids at the arcade. A company we have talked about in the past called Tobii has a new game that reminds me of the classic Asteroids game that is called Tobii EyeAsteroids. Tobii has in the past offered up a laptop that can be controlled by the eyes only. It has also shown off a computer accessory called PCEye that adds eye tracking to your monitor.
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Microsoft may ban Xbox Live accounts playing Modern Warfare 3 too early
Much excitement surrounds Activision's Call of Duty game franchise with the upcoming Modern Warfare 3 title set to be released on November 8. But somehow, in the hustle and bustle, some retail stores, including Kmart, have accidentally sold the discs early, with one ending up on eBay for more than $1,700. Although purchased legitimately, playing these discs before the release date could get your Xbox Live account banned.
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Battlefield 3 sells 5 million copies in week one, breaks EA record
Battlefield 3, the latest from EA's military shooter game franchise, launched last week and has since sold a record 5 million copies worldwide, generating more than $300 million in estimated revenue. It has become EA's fastest selling title in the the company's 29-year history, outselling the combined week one sales of all previous 17 Battlefield games.
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Sony announces new PlayStation Move bundle with LittleBigPlanet 2 Special Edition
Ahead of the holidays, Sony has announced a new Special Edition of its popular game title LittleBigPlanet 2 with PlayStation Move support. It's offering the Special Edition game on its own as well as in a bundle that includes the Move add-on and controllers. As announced back at E3 2011, we should be seeing many other popular titles get Move support as well.
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