Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 Sets All-Time Entertainment Industry Record Grossing an Estimated $550 Million Worldwide in First Five Days (360, PC, PS3)

Biggest Entertainment Launch in History Continues to Break Records SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov 18, 2009 – Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues to shatter theatrical box office and video game sales records for five-day worldwide sell through in dollars. The biggest entertainment launch in …

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Lost Planet 2 Gets a New Look With GameStop Pre-order Bonus (360)

Capcom announced today that Lost Planet 2, the highly-anticipated sequel to Lost Planet, just got more awesome.    Fans that pre-order Lost Planet 2 at GameStop locations in North America will be able to unlock Resident Evil’s most famous character, Albert Wesker, as an exclusive playable skin when they play Lost Planet 2. Also, players …

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UBISOFT® LAUNCHES FIRST UPLAY SERVICES WITH ASSASSIN’S CREED® II’ RELEASE

Ubisoft announced today that players of Assassin’s Creed II on PlayStation® 3 and Xbox 360® will be able to use the in-game interface to connect directly to the Uplay beta. Uplay is Ubisoft’s online destination where gamers are at the center of a connected gaming universe that will be developed around four primary services: Uplay …

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TAKE YOUR SIMS TO REAL-WORLD INSPIRED LOCATIONS WHEN EA’S THE SIMS 3 WORLD ADVENTURES LAUNCHES THIS WEEK (PC)

The Sims are off on an adventure of a lifetime! The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that The Sims™ 3 World Adventures Expansion Pack*, the first expansion pack to the best-selling PC game of calendar 2009**, The Sims 3, is available at retail nationwide and for digital download today …

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Swords & Soldiers wins at two award shows in row! (WII)

UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS – The WiiWare™ game Swords & Soldiers, developed by Ronimo Games, came out on top at two award shows last week. First at the Dutch Game Awards diner, held last Thursday in the Dutch city of Amersfoort. Here the game won the ‘Best Original Game Design’ award and the ‘Control magazine Industry’ award. …

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THEM CROOKED VULTURES’ “NEW FANG” PREMIERES ON ROCK BAND IN TIME FOR DEBUT ALBUM

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that Them Crooked Vultures are premiering on Rock Band beginning next week with “New Fang,” the single from the band’s self-titled debut album. The song will be added to the Rock Band Music Store and LEGO Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game …

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Tower Bloxx Deluxe Review (360, XBLA)

…otherwise known as ‘Tower Bloxx On Par’ Ever since moving into my own place, I’ve been critically eyeballing every wall crack and leaky outhouse with the phrase “Bloody cowboys” repeatedly running through my head in my grandfather’s ancient and slightly damning voice. For lazy builders no job is small enough, no sofa too uncomfortable and …

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MTV Games and Harmonix Release Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band As Second Downloadable Album For The BeatlesTM: Rock BandTM On November 17th (360, PS3, WII)

Guildford, UK – November 13th 2009 – Apple Corps, Ltd., MTV Games and Harmonix, the world’s leading developer of music-based games and a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), today announced The Beatles’ album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) will be available in its entirety for purchase and playable as downloadable …

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