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Celebrating Seven Years Of City Of Heroes

Seven years ago today, NCsoft and Cryptic Studios released City of Heroes, providing fantasy-gorged massively multiplayer online gamers a new way to waste countless hours of their lives alongside thousands of their closest friends. Let’s celebrate seven years of heroes and villains with a colourful infographic and nostalgia-laden anecdotes!


January 5, 2011
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The DS Is The Nation’s Best-Selling Game System Of All Time, Sort Of

With more than 47 million Nintendo DS handhelds sold in the United States since the portable’s launch in 2004, Nintendo is calling the DS the country’s best-selling gaming system of all time. Does it really count?


December 30, 2010
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Two Million Xbox 360 Gamers Have Played Castle Crashers

Independent developer The Behemoth got a rather lovely present on Christmas Day, when the Xbox Live Arcade version of Castle Crashers surpassed two million players. How will they celebrate? With an Xbox made of gold.


November 5, 2010
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FIFA Surpasses 100 Million Mark; Ultimate Team Is Now Free

EA Sports today said its FIFA franchise broke the 100 million barrier, in terms of lifetime sales, making it the top-selling sports game of any type worldwide. FIFA joins gaming staples like Mario and Pokémon in the nine-digit club.


October 6, 2010
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Jimi Hendrix Delivers Rock Band’s Number 2000

Next week Rock Band fans can hold hands and watch the sunrise from the bottom of the sea as song number 2000 hits the Rock Band Store, but first, are you experienced?


September 10, 2010
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15 Years Of PlayStation Domination

Fifteen years ago, Phillips, Sega and 3DO were struggling to get North American consumers to accept CD-based gaming. On September 9, 1995, Sony came along and showed them how it’s done, changing the face of gaming as we knew it.


July 15, 2010
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One Million PlayStation Minis Sold

More than one million PlayStation minis have been downloaded worldwide since Sony launched the bite-sized game line for the PlayStation 3 and PSP nine months ago. Which minis have sold the most? More importantly, which have you purchased?


April 3, 2010
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Free Realms Reaches 10 Million Users, Gives Out Free Cash

Free Realms continues to be an unrelenting engine of family-friendly fun and frivolity, reaching the 10 million player mark just short of its first birthday, with Sony Online Entertainment doubling Station Cash purchases this weekend in celebration.


February 9, 2010
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Free Realms Celebrates Eight Million Players

It’s been awhile since we checked in with the player population of the free-to-play, family-friendly MMO Free Realms, and Sony Online Entertainment snuck in more than five million additional users while we weren’t looking.


December 17, 2009
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Battlefield Heroes Population Swells To Three Million

Despite strong opposition to some of the more recent changes to the game, EA’s free-to-play online shooter Battlefield Heroes continues to draw new players in droves, with a new map released today to celebrate surpassing three mission registered players.