GamesBeat Pulse - A big week for Call of Duty Black Ops - November 15, 2010

View this email as a webpage | Forward to a friend November 15, 2010 FORWARD THIS EMAIL JOIN US ON TWITTER / FACEBOOK Call of Duty Black Ops sells $360M in a day Combat video game is on its way to being best-selling game of all time Activision Blizzard set a new record as Call of Duty Black Ops sold more than 5.6 million units in a day, generating $360 million in sales. That means that the new first-person shooter video game, set in the Cold War, is on pace to become the biggest video game of all time. Last year's Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 set the record with more than 20 million copies sold. - Dean Takahashi TOP STORIES Microsoft Kinect hack gets more serious with multitouch interface November 12, 2010 | Matthew Lynley Free-to-play games creep closer to killing monthly subscriptions November 12, 2010 | Dean Takahashi Nintendo: the gaming landscape has changed forever, but consoles are doing just fine November 11, 2010 | Dean Takahashi Why EA took over giant online game Star Wars: The Old Republic (video) November 11, 2010 | Dean Takahashi Over-the-top game creator CliffyB praises the comedy of violence in Bulletstorm (video) November 11, 2010 | Dean Takahashi Social game company summerlight comes out of stealth (exclusive) November 10, 2010 | Dean Takahashi ARM promises mobile phone graphics that won't stink November 10, 2010 | Dean Takahashi Online game firm Gazillion raises $60M November 9, 2010 | Dean Takahashi Social mobile platform Mig33 raises $8.9M from Asian investors November 8, 2010 | Dean Takahashi UPCOMING EVENTS VentureBeat Webinar - November 17 Virtual Goods World - November 15-17, London Web 2.0 Summit - November 15-17, San Francisco TWTRCON SF - November 18, San Francisco Social Gaming Summit East - December 1, NYC IGNITION - December 2-3, NYC Mobile World Congress - February 14-17, Barcelona VENTUREBEAT JOB BOARD Senior Manager Product Marketing Austin, TX HomeAway.com COMPANIES IN THE NEWS Nintendo, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Activision Blizzard, Mig33, Summerlight, ARM, Gazillion Entertainment PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Rob Hutter, Mei Lin Ng, David Kaye, Cliff Bleszinski, Reggie Fils-Aime, Ray Muzyka, John Romero Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Join us on LinkedIn Provided by , the leading news source on technology innovation. 50 California Street, Suite 3270, San Francisco, CA 94111 If you would like to no longer receive this newsletter, click here to change your subscription preferences, or click here to unsubscribe. © 2010 VentureBeat