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Originally Posted by wraggster

Fantasy RPG fastest selling title ever on Steam

Betheseda’s blockbuster RPG The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has shipped more than ten million units worldwide since release last month.
The critically acclaimed title is believed to have made more than $650 million in sales.

Bethesda claimed that the PC version of the title outsold all other North American PC game releases by a factor of three-to-one during November.
It has also been announced that Skyrim is the fastest

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The Monster Hunter series' firm grip on the Japanese public continues unabated, with the new Monster Hunter Tri-G selling like crazy in Japan. "Like crazy" in this case translates to 471,055 units in two days, according to Enterbrain estimates.

That release (and its attendant 3DS bundles) drove the 3DS to its best week to date in Japan. 378,114 units went to happy monster hunters, besting the 371,326

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Battlefield 3's "Back to Karkand" has been deployed on PC and Xbox 360. The maps for the expansion were buried in a recent PC update, so the mouse and keyboard crew should be good to go. Xbox 360 users have a 2.07 gigglebyte update ahead of them, so that's something to get going on ASAP. The PS3 version was updated last week.

"Back to Karkand" is free for those who picked up the "Limited Edition" version of BF3 at launch -- otherwise it's $15 (the standard for FPS map packs).

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Originally Posted by wraggster

In an announcement of new Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Vita media (in our gallery), Capcom shared some kind of weird news about the portable port: it allows you to use the Vita as an "Ultimate Controller" for the PS3 version. We're guessing this means you'll be able to use the touch controls when playing the console version. We're sure Hori and Mad Catz are raising their collective, corporate eyebrows at the "Ultimateness"

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Twisted Pixel has officially raised the curtain on the latest Gunstringer DLC, first announced via Major Nelson yesterday. The "Real Big Shootin'" DLC pits players against 'Mad Dog' McDog "who is out to slander your good name as the quickest draw in the west." What that boils down to, apparently, is four acts of gameplay more akin to a midway shooting gallery than the narrative found in the main game.

Real Big Shootin' will be released on Xbox Live tomorrow for 240

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