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American population will soon reach 300 million, environmental statistics follow

kramkoob — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 07:47:00 -0400

Some time this month, the number of Americans will surpass 300 million, a milestone that raises environmental impact questions for the only major industrial nation whose population is increasing substantially. Tagged by kramkoob under American, usa, population, 300-million, millions, environmental, impact, statistics, growth,

World of Warcraft hits 7 million users worldwide! 9,000 servers and counting

kramkoob — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 04:39:00 -0400

Blizzard announced at the Austin Game Conference this morning, that World of Warcraft has reached 7 million active subscribers worldwide! What you didn't know is that they are actually very much trying to solve customer complaints, in part by adding more and more servers to WoW. Tagged by kramkoob under World-of-Warcraft, mmorpg, blizzard, game, pc, pvp,

Madden 07 sets new Madden sales-record

kramkoob — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:45:00 -0400

EA has announced that they believe the newest Madden game, Madden NFL ‘07, has sold over 2 million copies across all platforms in just it’s first week of release! Tagged by kramkoob under madden-nfl, madden-nfl-07, madden, game, ps2, xbox, xbox-360,

Dead Rising turns 500,000 gamers into Xbox 360 zombies

kramkoob — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 02:51:00 -0400

Capcom's Dead Rising has become a surprise summer hit for the Xbox 360 by shipping half a million copies to stores. The Dawn of the Dead-influenced action game has received rave reviews all over, not surprising because zombies rock. Tagged by kramkoob under dead-rising, horror, zombie, game, capcom, xbox-360,

Nintendo DS has 2 million online users, who played 70 million times in 9 months! (WiFi games list grows)

kramkoob — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:56:00 -0400

Nintendo ’s wireless gaming service has reached two million unique players online. Together they logged more than 70 million individual game sessions in just more than nine months of operation. Watch the DS online games list grow. Tagged by kramkoob under nintendo, nintendo-ds, ds, wifi-connection, online, gaming, lostmagic, star-fox-command, mario-kart-ds, tetris-ds, metroid-prime-hunters,

Microsoft statistics show Xbox 360 games and downloads are popular

kramkoob — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:56:00 -0400

The game attachment rate rose to almost 5 games for every Xbox 360 console owner. Not bad considering the PSP & DS owners hover around 3 games per owner on average. Microsoft also announced that 80% of Xbox Live Silver & Gold users have downloaded content from Xbox Live Marketplace, a total number of over 46 million downloads! Tagged by kramkoob under xbox-360, microsoft, games, console, Xbox-Live-Arcade, Xbox-Live-Marketplace,

Microsoft has 100 million monthly gamers

kramkoob — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:04:00 -0400

Across all of Microsoft game platforms, Microsoft has roughly 100 million users per month. Obviously almost all computers worldwide run Microsoft Windows, so that ’s a huge market right there. Full list of surprising platforms follows. Tagged by kramkoob under microsoft, windows, Xbox-Live, pc, Xbox-360, online, gaming, msn-games,

Guitar Hero II rocks its way to a new $100 million home

kramkoob — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 03:35:00 -0400

Activision now owns RedOctane, the publishers of the mega-hit Guitar Hero. According to a Security and Exchange Commission filing, the deal involved $99.9 million in cash and Activision stock. Let's hope Guitar Hero II makes it worth their while. Tagged by kramkoob under Guitar-Hero, Guitar-Hero-ii, Guitar-Hero-2, playstation-2, ps2, music, guitar, game, activision, redoctane,

Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day sells 4 million worldwide

kramkoob — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:16:00 -0400

The latest craze to sweep the planet is Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day for the portable Nintendo DS. Selling more than 4 million units worldwide, including 600,000 in the Americas, 3 million in Japan and 500,000 in Europe. Tagged by kramkoob under Brain-Age, Nintendo, DS, game, Train-Your-Brain-in-Minutes-a-Day,

2.4 Million World of Warcraft players are addicted

kramkoob — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 05:09:00 -0400

A recent interview says that as much as 40 percent out of the around 6 million World of Warcraft players are addicted to the game! Tagged by kramkoob under World-of-Warcraft, mmorpg, game, blizzard, addiction,

Guild Wars hits 2 million accounts, NCsoft talks other MMOs

kramkoob — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 04:39:00 -0400

Thanks to Factions, in the second quarter of 2006 the Guild Wars franchise surpassed two million account activations worldwide and became the number one game in both North America and Europe. Tagged by kramkoob under Guild-Wars, Guild-Wars-Factions, Guild-Wars-Nightfall, Lineage, Lineage-II, Auto-Assault, Aion, mmo, mmorpg, online-game, game,

Final Fantasy III for DS reaches 450,000 pre-orders in Japan

kramkoob — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 08:15:00 -0400

Pre-sales of the game have reached 450,000 in the Land of the Rising Sun! Nearly half a million and the game still has a few weeks before release there. The game is expected in the US in November, 2006, although September 12 was hinted at before. Tagged by kramkoob under Final-Fantasy, Final-Fantasy-III, Final-Fantasy-3, DS, Square, Square-Enix, nintendo, game, rpg,

Sony PSP ships 20 million units

kramkoob — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 01:43:00 -0400

On July 24th 2006 Sony reached 20.02 million units shipped to stores. It ’s not units sold, but it does mean the following regions got these allocations. Japan: 5.20 million, USA: 8.17 million, Europe: 6.65 million. Tagged by kramkoob under sony, psp, handheld, games, nintendo, ds, japan, usa, europe,

Nintendo DS sales hit 20 million, profit forecast says 17 million more by March 2007

kramkoob — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 06:37:00 -0400

Nintendo announced today that sales of its hand-held, dual-screened video game player, the Nintendo DS, have topped 20 million worldwide (guesstimates say 21,270,000). Nintendo expects DS (Lite) sales to be 17 million between April 2006 and March 2007. - From today's Financial report. Tagged by kramkoob under nintendo, ds, ds-lite, nintendo-ds, handheld, psp,

Microsoft ships 5 million Xbox 360’s, hopes to sell 10 million more the next year

kramkoob — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:10:00 -0400

Microsoft announced it has shipped around 5 million units worldwide, that it will have shipped 10 million units by the end of 2006, and even estimates 15 million Xbox 360’s will be shipped out within the next 12 months! Tagged by kramkoob under xbox-360, xbox, microsoft, console, game, entertainment,

Colin McRae Dirt rally coming to PS3, Xbox 360 & PC in 2007

kramkoob — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:29:00 -0400

Colin McRae: DIRT was revealed as the new title in the next generation of the 8-million selling rally racing series. Codemasters also confirms the game will launch for the PS3, Xbox 360 & PC simultaneously in 2007. Tagged by kramkoob under colin-mcrae, colin-mcrae-dirt, ps3, xbox-360, pc, off-road, rally, racing, game, codemasters,

Lara Croft raids 2.9 million wallets, Hitman cleans up 1.5 million people

kramkoob — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 03:41:00 -0400

SCi revealed that Tomb Raider: Legend sold 2.9 million games since April 7th, with Hitman: Blood Money selling 1.5 million games since May 30th. If you haven't checked out these great games yet, watch the on-site trailers. Tagged by kramkoob under tomb-raider, tomb-raider-legend, hitman, hitman-blood-money, ps2, xbox, gamecube, xbox-360, pc, ds, psp, gba, game, sci, eidos,

1.7 Million Nintendo DS gamers play online worldwide

kramkoob — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:17:00 -0400

One of the main attractions for picking one up has become the ability to play against DS gamers worldwide. 1.7 Million gamers worldwide have gotten their Wi-Fi game on in just eight months. Tagged by kramkoob under nintendo, ds, ds-lite, wi-fi, online-games, multiplayer, games,

Atari Reflections Drivers to Ubisoft

kramkoob — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:05:00 -0400

Ubisoft has bought Atari ’s Driver series for $24 million dollars. Sale included the brand and development studio. Tagged by kramkoob under Atari, Driver, Ubisoft, game, ps2, racing,

» Millions of giant red king crabs turn the Barents Sea into underwater desert

kramkoob — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:42:00 -0400

Giant crabs are clawing their way along the bottom of the Barents Sea are spreading like wildfire along the northern coasts of Russia and Norway and will continue to spread as far as Gibraltar, the southern tip of the European continent. "They devour everything in their path. They are creating a desert." says a local fisherman. Tagged by kramkoob under red-king-crab, king-crab, giant-crab, crab, russia, norway, Barents-Sea, Kamchatka-crab, Alaskan-crab,