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Batman: Arkham City Robin pack exclusive to GAME and Gamestation pre-orders

Shubhankar Parijat — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:13:01 +0000

Warner Bros DC Entertainment today confirmed that Robin will be a fully playable character in the challenge mode in Batman: Arkham City. The Tim Drake Robin pack is currently available exclusively to those who pre-order the game from GAME and gamestation stores.

Robin will come complete with his own unique gadgets and special moves, and will be playable in all challenge maps in the game, as well as two additional challenge maps that are included with the pack – Black Mask Hideout and Freight Train Escape. The pack will also contain a bonus Red Robin character skin.

Game releases in October for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. A Wii U release is also planned.

The full Achievements list for Arkham City was revealed earlier today.

Battlefield 3 pre-orders more than 2000% higher than Battlefield 2

Shubhankar Parijat — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:31:49 +0000

Amazon UK announced this morning that Battlefield 3’s pre-order are 2000 per cent more than those for Battlefield 2 back when it was released, releasing statistics for other games such as FIFA 12 and Arkham City as well.

Amazon UK gives the exact figure at 2,302% more than the pre-orders that were places for BF2 before its release.

Pre-orders for Modern Warfare 3 are 321% more than those for Black Ops. Gears of War 3’s seen a rise of 216% since the pre-orders for Gears 2. FIFA 12 has 325% more pre-orders than last year’s FIFA 11, and Batman: Arkham City 349% more than Arkham Asylum.

Uncharted 3 has 488% higher pre-orders than Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, the biggest rise for any game after Battlefield 3.

Gran Turismo 5 sales sky rocket post release announcement

Debabrata Nath — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 20:42:27 +0000

Gran Turismo 5’s pre-orders have shot through the roof over at Amazon after the announcement of its release date. The normal edition saw a staggering 1300% boost in sales after the announcement whereas the CE saw a 823% boost in sales.

Interestingly, the release date also increased people’s interest in the console with the 160 GB PS3 seeing more than a 250% boost in sales.

This is really good news for Sony as it shows that they have played their cards well by releasing the game near Black Friday and the peak-holiday season.

It’s exclusive to PS3 and releases worldwide on Nov 24

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