As with the coming of the tides, death, and taxes, the release of the newest titles in Nintendo’s Pokemon franchise has sold tons of units. In one day on American shelves, Pokemon White and Pokemon Black have collectively sold 1.08 million units, beating the previous record for original game launch sales within the franchise (set […]
In a Call of Duty-esque game of one-sided one-upmanship, Blizzard Entertainment has announced that World of Warcraft: Cataclysm has become the fastest selling PC game in history, a record previously held by WoW’s earlier expansion, Wrath of the Lich King and, earlier this year, the same company’s RTS sequel Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. The […]
To little surprise, Blizzard’s epic follow-up to the hallowed Starcraft has been met with both critical favor and record-setting sales. In the U.K., the sequel outsold the lifetime sales of the original in its first 24 hours on store shelves. The game sold over a million units within on Day 1, making it “the best […]
If it’s not broken, don’t fix it. Mario’s basic formula has remained practically unchanged for nearly 30 years, but with the monumental success it has received, it’s hard to fault for Nintendo for going with what works. New Super Mario Brothers Wii has become the latest Wii game to set a region record in Japan, […]