GAME MANIA

2012 Best-Selling Games of the Year * US  - NPD The top 10 retail video games in the United States in 2012: 1. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (360, PS3, PC, Wii U)* 2. Madden NFL 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV, Wii U)* 3. Halo 4 (360)* 4. Assassin's Creed III (360, PS3, PC, Wii U)* 5. Just Dance 4 (Wii, 360, Wii U, PS3) 6. NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, Wii U, PC)* 7. Borderlands 2 (360, PS3, PC)* 8. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360, PS3, Wii, PC)* 9. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Wii, 360, NDS, PS3, 3DS, PSV, PC) 10. FIFA Soccer 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV, 3DS, Wii U, PSP) * includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * UK  - GfK Chart-Track 1. CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II – Activision Blizzard 2. FIFA 13 – Electronic Arts 3. ASSASSIN’S CREED III – Ubisoft 4. HALO 4 – Microsoft 5. HITMAN ABSOLUTION – Square Enix 6. JUST ...

2011 Best-Selling Games of the Year * US - NPD Annual 2011 Top 10 Games (New Physical Retail only; across all platforms incl. PC) 1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360, PS3, Wii, PC)**  Activision Blizzard 2. Just Dance 3 (Wii, 360, PS3)  Ubisoft 3. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (360, PS3, PC)**  Bethesda Softworks 4. Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC)**  Electronic Arts 5. Madden NFL 12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2)**  Electronic Arts 6. Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, Wii, NDS, PC)**  Activision Blizzard 7. Batman: Arkham City (360, PS3, PC)**  Warner Bros. Interactive 8. Gears of War 3 (360)**  Microsoft 9. Just Dance 2 (Wii)  Ubisoft 10. Assassin's Creed: Revelations (360, PS3, PC)  Ubisoft ** includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware. _____________________________________________________________________ * UK - UKIE 2011 All Formats Chart 1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 2. FIFA 12 3. Battlefield 3...

2010 Best-Selling Games of the Year US - NPD Top 10 PC and console titles. 1.Call of Duty: Black Ops* (Activision Blizzard) 2.Madden NFL 11 (Electronic Arts) 3.Halo: Reach* (Microsoft) 4.New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) 5.Red Dead Redemption (Take-Two Interactive) 6.Wii Fit Plus* (Nintendo) 7.Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft) 8.Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2* (Activision Blizzard) 9.Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood* (Ubisoft) 10.NBA 2K11 (Take-Two Interactive) (*includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware) European Market - MCV (GfK and ChartTrack.)

2009 Best-Selling Games of the Year US - NPD.     Console/Portable Games.   1.Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2* (Xbox 360) - Infinity Ward / Nov. 2009 2.Wii Sports Resort* (Wii) - Nintendo / July 2009 3.New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) - Nintendo / November 2009 4.Wii Fit with Balance Board* (Wii) - Nintendo / May 2008 5.Wii Fit Plus* (Wii) - Nintendo / October 2009 6.Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - Nintendo / April 2008 7.Wii Play* (Wii) - Nintendo / February 2007 8.Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2* (PS3) - Infinity Ward / Nov. 2009 9.Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360) - Bungie / September 2009 10.Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo DS) - Game Freak / March 2009 (*includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware) PC Games 1.The Sims 3 - The Sims Studio / June 2009 2.World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard / Nov. 2008 3.The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Maxis / April 2008 4.World of Warcraft: Battle Chest - Blizzard / September 2007 5.Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2...

The 60 Biggest Selling Games of the Last 12 Months - Edge Online • Games are ranked according to our estimate of their sales to consumers from launch-date up until Dec 31st 2008. We only count sales in North America and Europe NOT Japan, Asia or anywhere else. • When two games have sold very similar amounts, the one on the fewest platforms ranks highest. If still tied, the one available for the least time ranks highest. •Review score is for the highest-scoring platform. Average scores courtesy of GameRankings . Quotes taken from GameRankings and MetaCritic . • Portable versions of games have been included, even when the name and style of the game differs slightly from the console versions. •Sales do not include mobile phone versions or download-sales or bundles. 61. Major League Baseball 2K8 /Take 2/Multiple Platforms /1 million/March/Reviews: 72% 60. MLB 08: The Show /Sony/PS3;PS2;PSP /1 million/March/Reviews: 86% 59. The Incredible Hulk /Sega/Multiple Platforms /1 million/June/Revie...

The Top 100 Selling Games of the Last 12 Months - Next Generation * Numbers are based on official records from NPD and information provided to Next-Gen by publishers. Publicly available data and analysis was also taken into account, as well as dead reckoning and sanity checking from the Next-Gen staff when exact counts (such as unified sales data for Europe) were difficult to corroborate, conflicting, or unavailable. * Numbers take into account only titles released and sold between March 1, 2007 and March 1, 2008. Each game only had to be released in one western territory to be included. * Numbers take into account North America and Western Europe only. * Numbers represent retail sales only. *Pack-in titles were not counted. * Older games re-released in the last year were only included if they included significant changes beyond a lower price. Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition is an example of the former (thanks to its new control scheme). Hitman Trilogy, a collection of three Hitman games ...

The 100 best selling games in North America last year - Next Generation 1. The stats were compiled using NPD stats as well as various public, analyst and publisher figures and dead reckoning. 2. Reviews were compiled via Metacritic and Gamerankings using the average rating for highest selling platform. 3. Reviews snippets are chosen for representing general view and corresponding with average score. No value is attached to the review chosen. Thanks to those journos and outlets whose snippets we have used. 4. Genres are very broadly defined for analysis purposes. 5. Games or platform versions of games released prior to January 1st 2006 are not included. Expansion packs, remixes and reissues not included. Games released after January 1st 2007 are not included. 6. We have not been able to gain reliable stats on downloaded games. These sales are not included. Games not available at retail are not included. Mobile phone games are not included. 7. Do bear in mind that games released late in ...