THE FINALISTS 2009 YOUR TEAM • YOUR GAMES • YOUR AWARDS
SALES TEAM NERS PREVIOUS WIN /Gem 2003: Microsoft tresoft en /C ny So : 2004 on isi 2005: Activ 2006: THQ 2007: THQ 2008: Ubisoft
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US WINNERS 2007: World of Warcraft (Blizza rd) 2008: Cooking Mama (505 Ga mes)
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SALES TRIUMPH Whether an original title, niche sequel, or even a quirky new game that attained surprise hit status, this award celebrates the over-achiever of the past year... CRISIS CORE Available exclusively on the PSP, Crisis Core was top of the preorder chart for weeks before its release and went on to spend 11 weeks at the top of the PSP chart. It was the second biggest-selling game on the Sony handheld, second only to FIFA, and has since spent over 25 weeks in the top 10.
IMAGINE RANGE In a landscape dominated by triple-A blockbusters, the Imagine brand has quietly taken a stronghold on the DS market. With over 1.3 million units sold through, Imagine is now one of the biggest brands on the format. At least one Imagine title has been featured in the top 20 ChartTrack listing every week for a whole year and one Imagine title in the UK Top 10 for 26 weeks of the year.
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FALLOUT 3 Despite the Bethesda team only being fully in place in August, within three months some 750,000 units of Fallout 3 had been sold into retail, with the game achieving the number one All Formats position and remaining in the top 10 all the way through to Christmas. Fallout 3 may have been the third in the series, but Fallout 2 was released some ten years earlier.
COOKING MAMA 2 The Cooking Mama brand has gone from strength to strength for 505 Games, with the DS game the third biggest selling title on the format of all time. Cooking Mama on DS and Wii, plus Cooking Mama 2 on DS, have sold an impressive 1.34m units in the UK alone and the Wii version of Cooking Mama 2 has only just hit retail.
CARNIVAL GAMES One of the first third party casual games successes and a template for many subsequent ‘me too’ titles, 2K Games’ Carnival Games franchise has been much emulated since its release. Carnival Games: Funfair was a top 10 best-selling game in the UK last year.
BEN 10 The translation of kids’ brand Ben 10 to video games was a true sales triumph, with the success of the title having taken many by surprise. To the end of December 2008, the game had sold almost 185,000 units on DS, almost 140,000 on PS2, 91,000 om Wii and 88,000 on PSP.
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