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Sims 3 aces US PC chart

Tue Jun 16th 04:36 PM GMT - Meanwhile World of Warcraft also took three places on the top ten list, with the Wrath of the Lich King expansion in fourth, the Battle Chest in fifth and the original title in eighth. Spore and Reel Deal Slots Adventure took sixth and seventh places...

Sims 2 expansion tops pre-Sims 3 US PC chart

Tue Jun 9th 07:23 AM GMT - Wrath of the Lich King continued strong in second place, ahead of Spore, while the World of Warcraft: Battle Chest and original WoW titles were fourth and fifth. Empire: Total War continued to sell in sixth place - the most expensive title at retail in...

The Sims 2 tops US PC charts as sequel looms

Wed Jun 3rd 11:38 AM GMT - With two weeks to go before The Sims 3 is due to appear in the weekly US PC charts, The Sims 2: Double Deluxe Deluxe (a bundle of the original game and two expansion packs) has already unseated World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King from the number...

Lich King continues US PC chart domination

Tue Feb 24th 09:38 AM GMT - The US PC chart was topped, once again, by the hugely successful expansion pack to World of Warcraft - Wrath of the Lich King, according to the latest data from NPD. It held off competition from Warner Bros title FEAR 2: Project Origin,...

LittleBigPlanet sweeps AIAS awards

Fri Feb 20th 10:11 AM GMT - Other notable successes induded: Braid as the casual game of the year, Wrath of the Lich King as MMO of the Year, Mirror's Edge as best adventure game, and Metal Gear Solid for its musical composition.

Activision expands UK PR operation

Fri Feb 20th 10:11 AM GMT - "The successes from that timeframe speak for themselves, with titles like Call of Duty: World at War, Guitar Hero: World Tour, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, and our reinvention of the Bond video game franchise in Quantum of Solace all...

Industry voters pick hit games for 2009

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Lich King climbs back to top of US PC charts

Thu Feb 12th 01:40 PM GMT - World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King has retaken the top spot of the US PC sales chart, displacing The Sims 2 Double Deluxe to second place for the...

BAFTA Nominations 09

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EA and Activision-Blizzard titles consume US PC chart

Tue Feb 3rd 09:43 AM GMT - Mainstay EA title The Sims 2 takes first place on the chart with its Double Deluxe expansion pack, as Blizzard's World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King...

Lich King retakes US PC top spot

Tue Jan 27th 10:09 AM GMT - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King has taken the top spot in the US PC games chart for the week ending January 17. The hugely popular expansion beat...

The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria

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Sims 2 expansion packs litter US PC chart

Tue Jan 13th 08:54 AM GMT - Blizzard's World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King secured a spot in second place, while Will Wright's sim-everything title, Spore, stood at number three....

Activision titles help GameStop holiday sales grow 22 per cent

Thu Jan 8th 04:40 PM GMT - The top five best-selling titles were Activision's Call of Duty: World at War, Guitar Hero World Tour and World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King,...

Activision stock price falls back to 2006 levels

Wed Jan 7th 10:02 AM GMT - And following another record-breaking World of Warcraft expansion launch - Wrath of the Lich King broke first day sales records and topped charts across...

Lich King tops last US PC chart of 2008

Wed Jan 7th 09:07 AM GMT - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King topped the final PC chart of 2008 in the US as the pre-Christmas influence of standalone triple A titles continued...

World of Warcraft

Tue Dec 23rd 05:08 PM GMT - This new high was reached following the November 13 release of the game's second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King TM . Within its first 24 hours of...

World of Warcraft hits 11.5 million subscribers

Tue Dec 23rd 02:24 PM GMT - Blizzard Entertainment has revealed that the Wrath of the Lich King expansion has helped its lucrative MMO World of Warcraft hit the 11.5 million subscriber...

Lich King tops US PC chart

Tue Dec 23rd 09:16 AM GMT - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King has topped the US PC chart once more for the week beginning December 13, according to data from NPD....

GTA IV tops German charts

Tue Dec 16th 11:01 AM GMT - Mario Kart DS came in fourth, while Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training took fifth place and World of Warcraft's latest expansion, Wrath of the Lich King,...

Call of Duty 5, Gears 2 to be big November winners - Cowen

Wed Dec 10th 11:36 AM GMT - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is also expected to have reached almost two million sales in the region, while Activision's Guitar Hero: World...

Mario Kart Wii sales surge in Europe

Mon Dec 8th 02:15 PM GMT - The region also saw a resurgent Wii Fit take third place, while World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King secured a spot at number four....

AMD: PC gaming "healthy"

Mon Dec 1st 09:31 AM GMT - Blizzard recently announced that its MMO hit over 11 million subscribers worldwide and that the title's latest expansion, Wrath of the Lich King,...

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

Thu Nov 20th 03:12 PM GMT - Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft®’s second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King™, has sold more than 2.8 million copies in...

New Call of Duty outsells CoD4 by more than 2 to 1

Tue Nov 18th 08:32 AM GMT - Games from publisher Activision Blizzard account for 25 per cent of all sales for the week ended November 15, with World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King...

Crowds of 2000 queue for Lich King launch

Thu Nov 13th 09:18 AM GMT - Up to 2000 gamers descended upon HMV's Oxford Street branch in London for the midnight launch of Wrath of the Lich King, Blizzard's second expansion pack to...

Morhaime: Warhammer and Conan subscribers returning to Warcraft

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Call of Duty is bookies favourite for Christmas No.1

Tue Nov 4th 03:38 PM GMT - At the furthest end of the scale are Blizzard's Wrath of the Lich King expansion for World of Warcraft at 150/1 and Resident Evil Zero at 250/1.

Mythic "flattered" by Warcraft's imitation combat

Tue Oct 21st 07:24 AM GMT - Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, Jacobs talked about the latest PVP features to be included in the World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King,...

Mythic: Blizzard is in for a "lengthy battle"

Fri Oct 17th 06:40 PM GMT - When asked if he was confident Warhammer Online could hold onto its subscribers when World of Warcraft's second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King,...

Blizzard: Companies under-estimate launching new MMOs

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Consumers unlikely to risk buying unproven titles this Christmas

Wed Oct 8th 02:29 PM GMT - "We believe this bodes well for games like Guitar Hero 4, Call of Duty 5, Wrath of the Lich King, Spiderman: Web of Shadows, and James Bond: Quantum of...

Wrath of Lich King release date revealed

Mon Sep 15th 01:56 PM GMT - Blizzard Entertainment has announced that Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion for the World of Warcraft, will be released on November 13....

Warhammer: Age of Reckoning release date announced

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WoW launches in Russia

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Blizzard to unveil cross-game Achievements system

Mon Aug 4th 10:55 AM GMT - The WoW Achievement system will be implemented upon the launch of the game's latest expansion Wrath of the Lich King, slated for release at some time...

Morhaime: WoW can still grow

Mon Aug 4th 08:30 AM GMT - Wrath of the Lich King is slated for release at some time between October and December, according to the call, which sets it against Mythic's EA-published...

Vivendi Games H1 revenues down 11%

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Vivendi Games Q1 revenue down 24.1 per cent

Thu May 15th 12:15 AM GMT - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion, is scheduled to be released in the second half of 2008. Parent company Vivendi reported Q1...

The9 buys minority stake in G10

Mon Apr 28th 09:17 AM GMT - Blizzard Entertainment recently expanded its deal with The9 to include the operation of the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King,...

Turbine promises yearly LOTRO expansions

Fri Mar 14th 01:17 PM GMT - The Burning Crusade was launched in January last year, and while the second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King is due this year, no firm release date has yet...

World of Warcraft surpasses 10 million subscribers

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Blizzard confirms new MMO underway

Thu Dec 13th 09:07 AM GMT - And that doesn't mean an expansion for World of Warcraft either." No further details have come from Blizzard at this point. The Wrath of the Lich King...

US analysts react to actiblizz merger

Mon Dec 3rd 04:52 PM GMT - US analysts have raised their price targets on Activision in response to news that the company is merging with Vivendi Games....

Blizzard to remain unchanged

Mon Dec 3rd 02:34 PM GMT - Blizzard Entertainment has posted a frequently asked questions document on its web site in which it sends out one clear message: It's business as usual....

actiblizz deal to prompt further consolidation?

Mon Dec 3rd 01:27 PM GMT - Blizzard is currently working on a second expansion to World of Warcraft, called Wrath of the Lich King, as well as starcraft II, an RTS sequel and another...

Vivendi Games posts 19% Q3 revenue hike

Thu Nov 15th 10:15 AM GMT - The active global subscriber base for the game now stands at 9.3 million, the company said, with another expansion, The Wrath of the Lich King,...

Blizzard announces WoW expansion

Fri Aug 3rd 08:58 PM GMT - The rumoured World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King has been unveiled at Blizzard's annual convention in California....

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