Call of Duty: Black Ops II ‘Shatters’ Pre-Order Records Hard core gamers are calling in sick today; tens of thousands of them were up late last night playing “Call of Duty: Black Ops II,” the new first-person shooter game from Activision Blizzard. This morning the video game company announced that the game “shattered pre-order records set by last year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3,” saying it’s “on its way to a historic launch.” That means we can expect even bigger numbers than last year’s game, which sold over $400 million worth of copies in its first day. We’ll see if it maintains that momentum and can hit $1 billion faster than Modern Warfare 3, which hit that milestone 16 days after launch. Analysts expect ‘Black Ops II’ to dominate holiday sales, as the franchise has since 2008; last holiday season it comprised 14 percent of game sales. Full Story Photo: Activision-Blizzard 
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Call of Duty: Black Ops II ‘Shatters’ Pre-Order Records

Hard core gamers are calling in sick today; tens of thousands of them were up late last night playing “Call of Duty: Black Ops II,” the new first-person shooter game from Activision Blizzard. This morning the video game company announced that the game “shattered pre-order records set by last year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3,” saying it’s “on its way to a historic launch.”

That means we can expect even bigger numbers than last year’s game, which sold over $400 million worth of copies in its first day. We’ll see if it maintains that momentum and can hit $1 billion faster than Modern Warfare 3, which hit that milestone 16 days after launch. Analysts expect ‘Black Ops II’ to dominate holiday sales, as the franchise has since 2008; last holiday season it comprised 14 percent of game sales.

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Microsoft’s ‘Halo 4’ Sets New Record Microsoft’s “Halo 4” sold $220 million worth of games in the first 24 hours. At $60 a pop, that’s 3.7 million copies in just one day. That beats the record “Halo 3” set in 2007 of $170 million in first-day sales. Microsoft said the first week of sales are on track to top $300 million, which is exactly what “Halo 3” did five years ago.  With those one-week sales numbers still coming in, Microsoft said that the latest game is on track to surpass its predecessors one-week global sales, but it’s not able to say by exactly how much. However, “Halo 4” is about to face a formidable rival: On Tuesday, Activision Blizzard launches a massive rival game—”Call of Duty: Black Ops II.” Full Story
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Microsoft’s ‘Halo 4’ Sets New Record

Microsoft’s “Halo 4” sold $220 million worth of games in the first 24 hours. At $60 a pop, that’s 3.7 million copies in just one day. That beats the record “Halo 3” set in 2007 of $170 million in first-day sales.

Microsoft said the first week of sales are on track to top $300 million, which is exactly what “Halo 3” did five years ago.  With those one-week sales numbers still coming in, Microsoft said that the latest game is on track to surpass its predecessors one-week global sales, but it’s not able to say by exactly how much.

However, “Halo 4” is about to face a formidable rival: On Tuesday, Activision Blizzard launches a massive rival game—”Call of Duty: Black Ops II.”


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10 Hottest Videogames of 2012 There’s no better place to get a look at what’s coming down the road than E3 – but too often, the games that get the bulk of the spotlight won’t be out until the following year (or two, or sometimes three). Selecting a “best of show” game is a fool’s mission, given the number of titles on display and the limited time to see them all. But it is possible to get a better sense of which games will connect with players.  We’ve compiled a list of the games you can expect to be in demand come the holiday season. See the full list Photo: Microsoft
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10 Hottest Videogames of 2012

There’s no better place to get a look at what’s coming down the road than E3 – but too often, the games that get the bulk of the spotlight won’t be out until the following year (or two, or sometimes three).

Selecting a “best of show” game is a fool’s mission, given the number of titles on display and the limited time to see them all. But it is possible to get a better sense of which games will connect with players. 

We’ve compiled a list of the games you can expect to be in demand come the holiday season.

See the full list


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‘Modern Warfare’ Not 2012’s Best-Selling Game to Date There aren’t a lot of sure bets in the video game industry, but for the past few years the “Call of Duty” franchise was a pretty safe place to put your money. The past three installments of the game have set consecutive entertainment-industry sales records at their launch. And even after the holiday season ended, they’ve led the sales pack for at least the first few months of the following year — but not this year. Electronic Arts’ “Mass Effect 3” is, at present, the year’s best-selling game.  Full Story Photo: Getty Images
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‘Modern Warfare’ Not 2012’s Best-Selling Game to Date

There aren’t a lot of sure bets in the video game industry, but for the past few years the “Call of Duty” franchise was a pretty safe place to put your money. The past three installments of the game have set consecutive entertainment-industry sales records at their launch. And even after the holiday season ended, they’ve led the sales pack for at least the first few months of the following year — but not this year.

Electronic Arts’ “Mass Effect 3” is, at present, the year’s best-selling game. 

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