Rockstar's opus takes the top prize from retailer trade group; World at War and Wii Fit garner three awards each.
Modern Warfare nets seven nods in extended Brit game awards; GTAIV, Fable II, Little Big Planet.
Pachter, Divnich, and Wilson project US game revenue will climb 6-12% despite rough economy; Wii Fit said to be on track for month's best-ever performance.
Wii Fit's addiction to being number one continues.
Top Global Markets anoints power plumber's day at the races as best-selling international game of the year; Wii Fit logs 8.31M, GTAIV hits 7.29M.
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Wii Sports "sells" in excess of 40 million; 11 of the publisher's internally developed games exceed the 10-million milestone mark.
Wii Fit makes a return to the top of the game charts.
DS sales top 96 million as Mario Factory's nine-month earnings hit $17.1 billion; record full-year estimate lowered slightly due to Yen fluctuations but will still be record.
NEC, Hitachi, Panasonic team with Nintendo to offer employees personal health-care advice via best-selling fitness title.
Sony Europe's sandbox platformer receives 10 nods for 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, to be handed out Feb. 19 at the DICE Summit in Vegas.
Nintendo dominates top-10 game list in Australia for 2008.
Jim Henson projects carried with them a distinctive spark of creativity, and each year the company that bears the Muppet creator's name honors the people and products that reflect that ...
US retailers rack up another record year as Nintendo dominates hardware and software charts; Sony sees December system sales shrink.
Wedbush Morgan's game-industry wise man forecasts tit-for-tat price cuts from Sony, Microsoft in weeks leading up to E3; $2.62 billion in December software sales forecast.
Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, World of Warcraft, Gears of War, and Wii Fit top store's sales chart as retailer closes out 2008 with record-breaking stretch of game sales.
Wii Fit reclaims the throne again in the Aussie charts.
[UPDATE] Nintendo's console reigns supreme in hardware, more than doubling Xbox 360; Gears 2, COD: World at War top software; top-20 games.
Michael Pachter and Evan Wilson predict 5-7 percent software uptick, despite a trimmed post-Thanksgiving reporting period.
When both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 launched, both consoles were scooped up en masse. One of the biggest factors behind the frenzied--and occasionally violent--demand was the consoles' resale ...
More than 1.5 million Nintendo DS units and 750,000 Wiis sold down under.
[UPDATE] Despite a symphony of hype, the last of Shigeru Miyamoto's "Big Four" nontraditional titles hits a sour note at US retailers; Dunaway says game is "evergreen."
US gaming industry sees 18 percent year-over-year growth to $1.31 billion; Fable II tops software, Wii retains hardware crown.
Peter Moore reveals first installment in his company's long-rumored fitness franchise, which will combine aerobics, nutrition, and resistance training in spring 2009 for $59.99.
NPD, GfK, Enterbrain collaborative survey finds July-Sept. game sales eek 1% growth due to Japan weakness, Madden NFL 09 top seller; smartphone gaming on the rise.
More than 84 million handhelds sold as console's popularity continues unabated; Nintendo snips annual income forecast by 16 percent--but still projects $3.5 billion profit.
Take-Two-chairman-covered issue of Men's Fitness reveals megapublisher planning peripherals that will strap Nintendo controllers onto players' bodies for "more authentic motions."
Reggie Fils-Aime tells the Los Angeles Times that holiday supply of popular console will be 50 percent higher than last year; Wii Fit sales now above 3 million.
Saints Row 2 debuts in third place; Wii Fit continues to reign supreme.
Konami's football game goes straight in at number one in the all-formats chart; PS3 version accounts for majority of sales.
Final summer month's $1.27 billion haul falls just short to Halo 3-boosted '07 sales; 360 sales up 78 percent postprice cut; Force Unleashed, Wii Fit, and Rock Band 2 top ...
Wii Fit proves that casual gaming reigns supreme down under.
Wii Fit takes out the top spot; FIFA Soccer 09 debuted at number two.
First-week sales of EA Sports' football game outstrip last year's version by 37.5 percent; The Force Unleashed falls to number two after two weeks.
At San Francisco event, Nintendo of America unveils new Punch-Out and Fire Emblem, $29.99 Wii Speak Channel due next month, promises increased DS and Wii supply for Q4, new storage ...
Wii Fit Force-pushes Star Wars from the top spot down under.
Mid-September price cut having the desired effect as Microsoft heralds increase in console purchases.
Spore falls down; Wii Fit continues to dominate.
US retail sales top $1 billion to show 9 percent growth for the month; Madden takes four of top 10 software spots with more than 2 million sold in all.
Not even Spore can topple Wii Fit.
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