No new intellectual properties make the list…
Only Black Ops 2 and FIFA 13 sold over one million
copies at retail last year …
The Sims 3: 70s 80s 90s Stuff is the only new top
40 entry at No.36...
The debate on violence in video games continues, only with a suprise interjection from a former FBI senior profiler, who says video games alone do not cause violent behavior. Watch the CBS debate here...
Seven
games make the annual top 40 list…
Strauss Zelnick took a few jabs at Activision's Call of Duty series, saying annualization can lead to consumers "falling out of love" with a franchise...
Are you close to a Kmart and want to
get your hands on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 one week before
everyone else? You may want to nonchalantly check out the
electronics section, since rumor has it some Kmart stores in the US have received boxes of highly-anticipated FPS with
instructions to sell the game immediately and have dutifully followed orders, as opposed to waiting for the official November 8 street date.
Reports of the early leak come from
Kotaku, where one reader from Florida claims to have purchased
multiple copies of MW3 from a local Kmart and posted a picture of his
pre-release bounty...
According to reports over the weekend, two masked individuals ambushed a lorry near Paris with tear gas and really sharp knives on Saturday morning. They made off with an estimated haul of 6,000 copies of Modern Warfare 3 worth 400,000 Euros. That's more than half a million US Dollars. Thankfully, the perpetrators chose not to shockingly massacre innocent civilians in a shamelessly transparent attempt to generate controversy.
In an unexpected twist, an anonymous man with a noteworthy moustache and dressed as a bush handed us the above CCTV image.
Self-employed musicians understand how challenging it can be to find work and pay the bills in this economy. In a competitive market, it's not always easy to ensure a steady income. But it's not uncommon for those working in the videogame industry to band together for a charitable event to help those in need. Novum Initium is the latest benefit album dedicated to working musicians who struggle to make ends meet due to illness or disability.
What games did Americans purchase when the holidays rolled around? We've got the results inside...