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Originally Posted by wraggster

Fastest selling XBLA game ever', says Microsoft

Microsoft has announced that Minecraft's Xbox Live Arcade version has sold over a million copies in the five days since its launch.
The indie sensation has sold over five million copies for PC, and last month Minecraft pocket edition broke a million downloads on mobile devices.

The game went live on May 9, and the next morning Minecraft creator Marcus 'Notch' Persson tweeted he had seen sales statistics showing the Xbox

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Retail is in for a busy November, with Square Enix confirming its Hitman: Absolution will arrive in the midst of the Q4 boom time for games.
The latest game in the acclaimed series is due on November 20th.
It is yet another game due on a Tuesday. Already this year Devil May Cry HD, Kinect Star Wars, The Witcher 2 and Prototype 2 have been released on a Tuesday rather than a traditional Friday. Other games set for a Tuesday release includes Assassin's Creed III, Medal of Honor: Warfighter,

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Originally Posted by wraggster

A sequel to recent 3DS release Kid Icarus: Uprising looks incredibly unlikely.
The 3DS game itself is 25 years in the making, with the original release of the NES game dating back to December 1986.
However, after a prolonged development period for Uprising – which was initially presumed to be a 3DS launch title – then game’s lead developer Masahiro Sakurai has told IGN that a sequel is unlikely.
“If by ‘lasting universe’ you mean to ask if there's a sequel, the answer is no,” he

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Originally Posted by wraggster

'Our plan was to break one million subscribers'

Bioware’s The Old Republic has been a successful release for publisher Electronic Arts, the company’s CEO has claimed.
Speaking to CNBC, John Riccitiello said the plan for the MMO had always been to surpass one million subscribers, and believes the current number of registered users had beaten those expectations.

“When we originally started the franchise, our plan was to break one million subscribers,” he said.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Stainless Games is aiming to release Carmageddon: Reincarnationby raising $400,000 on Kickstarter by June 6th.
The original Carmageddon was released on PC back in 1997 and although being heavily criticised for its excessive violence, sold over two million copies.
After years of negotiations, Stainless Games finally bought back all the right to Carmageddon from publisher Square Enix and the developers are now able to reboot the brand.
Carmageddon: Reincarnation is a re-boot of everything

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