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VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
The latest in a parade of hits, Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has sold an estimated $550 million in the first five days of its release. The Call of Duty series has now made $3 billion in sales between its six titles. Modern Warfare 2 has officially smashed opening-day sales records with 4.7 million copies sold in its first day in the U.S. and U.K. alone. To put that...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
The latest in a parade of hits, Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has sold an estimated $550 million in the first five days of its release, bringing the entire The Call of Duty series $3 billion in sales between its six titles. Modern Warfare 2 officially smashed opening-day sales records with 4.7 million copies sold in its first day in the U.S. and U.K. alone. To put...
Right Celebrity (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Here is a list of Thanksgiving trivia facts for you to impress everyone during the holiday. Everyone hates a showoff! We have our list here and a great video about the history of Thanksgiving. Please add your own Thanksgiving facts in the comments. The modern history of Thanksgiving traces back in [...]
SiliconRepublic.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The first person shooter classic franchise Call of Duty - spurred on by the success of its latest game Modern Warfare 2 which brought in US$550m in its first week - has now surpassed US$bn in revenues and could emerge one of the most viewed entertainment experiences in history.
El Mundo Tech (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
... of 55 million units worldwide. The latest title in the franchise, Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty(R):Modern Warfare(R) 2, recently shattered box office and video game records with a worldwide estimated five-day sale through of approximately $550 million, establishing the game as the biggest entertainment launch in history. “Call Of Duty has become one of the greatest entertainment franchises...
Football.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
It says everything about the deeply sombre mood pervading England's greatest football city that Rafa Benitez, despite overseeing the club's worst run in modern history, is actually the happier of the two managers meeting for a Merseyside derby that will definitely not be for the faint-hearted...
AfterDawn.com (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
The huge launch of Modern Warfare 2 has helped the popular Call of Duty franchise to reach a new milestone, passing the $3 billion USD revenue mark, says publisher Activision . Overall, the six CoD titles have sold 55 million units with Modern Warfare 2 crushing recent entertainment launch records by taking in $550 million USD in its first five days of availability. In just its first...
PlayStation LifeStyle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 accomplished multiple massive feats in terms of finances and sales, but what did it do for the franchise as a whole? While the series has been around since 2003, Activision’s blockbuster first-person shooter franchise combined with the sales of Modern Warfare 2 alone pushed the series into a new [...]
Blogbharti (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Saxicola Rubetra has begun a series of posts describing her journey into atheism. A thought-provoking read, to say the least: The real change came about due to Social Studies, in Class 8. That was when we studied modern history, and in particular detail about all the social reformers of the 18th and 19th centuries: the beliefs [...]
BrandFaqs: The Brand Blog (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Video game franchise Call of Duty has racked up over $3 billion in global sales thanks to the record-breaking release of its latest installment Modern Warfare 2, publisher Activision Blizzard said Friday. The company said that over 55 million copies of Call of Duty have been sold since the launch of the franchise in 2003. The hottest sales came this month when the release of Modern Warfare...
Universe Today (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
You might know the name "Hubble" because of the Hubble Space Telescope. But this phenomenal observatory was named after one of the most influential astronomers in modern history. Hubble discovered that galaxies are speeding away from us in all directions, leading to our current understanding of an expanding Universe. Let's learn about the man behind [...]
freecounterpoint (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
So far, little attention has been given to Holdren's involvement in the scandal, which is not surprising considering the mainstream media has largely ignored the new revelations. It is almost incomprehensible that major media outlets would refuse to cover what many people believe may very well be the biggest scientific scandal in modern history. Well, duhhh. Do you think Pravda and Izvestiya...
QTEgamers (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Activision Blizzard have announced that the Call Of Duty series has now sold over 55 Million Units worldwide. this means the series has surpassed $3 Billion in retail sales worldwide. Modern Warfare 2 5 day sales are estimated to be $550 Million worldwide. Press Release SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov 27, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI)...
Gaming Rover - The News You Want (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
According to Activision Blizzard’s internal sales data, as well as third-party sales data from sales trackers NPD Group, Chart-Track and Gfk, the publisher’s Call of Duty franchise recently surpassed 55 million units sold worldwide, resulting in over $3 billion in sales. These numbers were achieved with the release of the latest iteration of the Call of Duty series, Modern Warfare...
Death By 1000 Papercuts (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
... NBC had yet to make their viewers aware of what is being called "the greatest [scandal] in modern history." A scandal that could derail the whole concept of man-made global warming. And, coincidentally, the $129 billion carbon market that rests on this shaky and manipulated data. Also ignoring this scandal is our very own president, who announced last Wednesday that he will...
