Black Ops II nets $500 million in A day

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Activision's newest Call of Duty continues to break records, and exceeds last year's record breaking Call of Duty release.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops II earned $500 million in its first day sales. Activision stated today that 24-hour sales for Treyarch's recent Call of Duty game hit $500 million worldwide, based on sell-through information and internal company estimates.

Activision CEO Robert Kotick mentioned that the franchise sales to the Call of Duty series have finally capped the entire box-office revenue earned by both Star Wars and Harry Potter movie franchises.

“With first day sales of over half a billion dollars worldwide, we believe Call of Duty is the biggest entertainment launch of the year for the fourth year in a row,” said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision

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Microsoft Will Give A Free Custom Xbox 360 for Xbox Live Veterans

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Microsoft is going to reward veterans of their Xbox Live service with a free custom designed Xbox 360.

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Celebrating "a decade long of entertainment", the Xbox features a unique color theme and style. The iconic green and orange trim, "Decade of Entertainment" on the side of the gaming console including a special design. Veterans also receive a custom made controller and also an "XBL10" emblem on the disc tray.

So for those who have already been playing on Microsoft’s Xbox Live gaming service for around 10 years, you might be eligible to be given a customized Xbox 360. more.

Tomb Raider Collector’s Edition Unveiled

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The Tomb Raider Collector’s Edition is set to launch together with the game on March 5, 2013 for $99. 99

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Square Enix has unveiled the Tomb Raider Collector’s Edition. The Collector’s Edition comes with a unique product packaging designed to look like a survival tin from Tomb Raider in addition, the Collector’s Edition also contains the following:

‣ 8-inch Play Arts Kai Lara Croft figurine with switchable weapons (bow and arrow, shotgun, handgun)
‣ 15” x 19” double-sided poster (map of Yamatai on one side, poster of box art on the other)
‣ 5” x 7” Lara Croft lithograph designed by Crystal Dynamics senior art director Brian Horton and concept artist Brenoch Adams
‣ Three iron-on badges based on in-game experience icons
‣ Tomb Raider Survivalist Cut soundtrack with 10 songs from the game
‣ Weapons Pack downloadable content

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StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm scheduled to release on March 12

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The digital purchase page for StarCraft 2 reveals Heart of the Swarm is going to be "available for play" on the said date.

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The Standard edition of the game is going to be available on both DVD and for digital download at a price of $39. 99. But as usual, there’s also going to be a Collector’s Edition offered that doubles the retail price to $79. 99.

If you would like some extras from the Collector’s Edition, Blizzard will offer them included in a Digital Deluxe edition available for $59. 99 (Standard edition owners may also upgrade to Digital Deluxe for $20).


Here’s the breakdown for the additional items you get when purchasing the Digital Deluxe or Collector’s Edition:

The Digital Deluxe edition includes the below items:

StarCraft II Torrasque look for zerg Ultralisks
StarCraft II Battle. net Portraits and Decals customization assets
World of Warcraft Baneling in-game pet
Diablo III Blade Wings and Banner Sigil

The Collector’s Edition includes the below items and also all the things in the Digital Deluxe offering above:

Behind-the-scenes DVD/Blu-ray
Soundtrack CD
Heart of the Swarm hardcover art book
Zerg Rush mousepad.

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Minecraft PC sales just surpassed 8 million

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Minecraft sales have surpassed 8 million on PC. Based on Minecraft’s official website, 8, 027, 516 people have purchased the game while i am writing this.

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Markus ‘Notch’ Persson commented on Twitter ”The PC version of Minecraft just passed 8 million sales! My face is making grinning sounds, so I assume it's grinning! ”

Its achievement is not limited to the PC version, with Minecraft on Xbox surpassing 4 million sales as of October 1, according to developer 4J Studios.

The game smashed earlier XBLA records by selling much more than any other title in its very first 24 hours of availability on the digital platform. It went on selling over a million copies in just a week. more.

Assassin's Creed movie in 2013

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A latest interview with Ubisoft’s chief sales and marketing officer Geoffroy Sardin suggests that the ‘fast tracked’ movie will be coming next year.

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The publisher had "fast-tracked" the movie by having a partnership with New Regency. Ubisoft's deal with New Regency enables the game creator to maintain control of "key elements" of the film's creative direction.

Michael Fassbender, who played major roles in Inglourious Basterds, Prometheus, and Shame will take the leading role of the upcoming Assassin's Creed movie. No further cast members, director, or producers have been announced for the movie. more.

Halo 4 makes $220 million in 24 hours

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Microsoft’s latest sci-fi shooter mints $ 20 million much more than Halo: Reach on release day. The game is on pace hitting $ 300 million in first-week global sales.

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Microsoft reported today that their latest sci-fi shooter struck $220 million upon its very first day and it is on pace hitting $ 300 million in first-week global sales.

Microsoft states that Halo 4's debut stands out as the "biggest entertainment launch of the year"

Halo 4 blasted previous 2010′s Bungie Studios-developed Halo: Reach, that delivered $ 200 million upon its first day (in the US and Europe). In addition, Halo 4′s launch day sales tend to be much better than 2007′s Halo 3, which took in $ 170 million in 1 day (in the US alone). Overall combined Halo series life-to-date sales now stand at about $ 3. 38 billion, Microsoft stated.

Microsoft stated that, In netting $220 million in day-one sales, Halo 4 surpassed the first-day United States box office tallies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and The Avengers.

Microsoft also stated that Halo 4 also smashed the franchise record for the majority of players at launch. Within the game's first 5 days, over 4 million players spent time in the game, logging some 31. 4 million hours. This approach pushes the overall amount of gameplay hours across all Halo games to "well beyond" 5 billion.

Moreover, Microsoft's Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Web series has got driven 46 million total views to date, Microsoft said. According to the company, 39 million of these views originated via Machinima's YouTube channel alone. more.