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Gifts for Bookworms Who Live For Lazy Weekend Reads [Gift Guide]
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Engadget
Achtung! Motorola Milestone now free on contract in Germany
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Kotaku
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Engadget
AT&T’s BlackBerry Bold 9700 starts shipping out to top bananas
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Kotaku
EA Talks Command & Conquer’s «New Digital Model,» Medal of Honor «Re-invention» [Electronic Arts]
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Destructoid
Podtoid 125 records tonight: Butts, butts, butts
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Langaria.net
Albert Wesker en Lost Planet 2
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Langaria.net
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Lifehacker
NerdCart: A Mobile Workstation and Media Center [Featured Workspace]
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TechCrunch
Over A Year After Android Launch, ShopSavvy Finally Comes To The iPhone
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Gizmodo
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Digg
30 Killer Movie Closing Lines
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Digg
Palm gives up. Latest Palm Pre update lacks iTunes support
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Shacknews Games
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Censored in Russia; Gets Dedicated Server Support via Hack?
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/Film
Warner Bros Announces DVD2Blu: Upgrade Your DVD Movies to Blu-Ray for as low as $7.95
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Joystiq
Sports Authority to begin selling Wii consoles, Wii Fit Plus in stores
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Joystiq
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Digg
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Destructoid
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Gizmodo
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Gizmodo
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Kotaku
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Shacknews Games
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Lifehacker
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Lifehacker
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Engadget
Barnes & Noble accepting gift cards for ebook purchases starting mid-December
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TechCrunch
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Digg
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Digg
Jumper Set Wing Suit World Record
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Gizmodo
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Gizmodo
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Destructoid
Peggle Nights add-on hitting LIVE on November 18
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12:17
Kotaku
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12:17
Engadget
South Korean researchers devise a safer lithium ion battery
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12:12
Ars Technica
Pirate Bay moves to decentralized DHT protocol, kills tracker
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12:06
/Film
First Avatar Clip and New Image
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12:03
Kotaku
The Sports Authority Gets Its Wii On [Wii Fit]
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12:03
TechCrunch
Online Subscription Billing Is A Pain. Recurly Wants To Alleviate It.
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12:03
TechCrunch
DiTech’s PhoneTag Now Works Behind Your Company’s Firewall
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11:58
Gizmodo
Match Candles Make Lighting Each Cigarette Feel Like Your Birthday [Design]
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11:57
Joystiq
Gearbox: Borderlands fastest-selling new IP of 2009
– Gearbox has declared that Borderlands, the studio’s original RPG-FPS («RPS») hybrid, is the current leader in the annual undercard, the race to fastest-selling new IP of the year. While it might …
11:57
de Joystiq de James Ransom-Wiley
Gearbox has declared that Borderlands, the studio’s original RPG-FPS («RPS») hybrid, is the current leader in the annual undercard, the race to fastest-selling new IP of the year. While it might not make it onto a second-printing retail box, the accolade is still significant, as it implies that a new game has at least been noticed among the familiar franchises that dominate the monthly sales charts. What better hook to land a publisher when pitching a sequel?
Going by not entirely public NPD sales figures (in North America), Gearbox has determined that Borderlands had the most launch-week sales of any new IP in 2009. The only other title that could contest that would be Prototype, which enjoyed greater sales on the Xbox 360 platform (but just by 1,900 units) than did Borderlands when comparing the two games’ respective launch months (419.9k vs. 418k units). However, Prototype, which released June 9, was available at retail for 11 more days during its launch month than was Borderlands (October 20). While we don’t know total sales of either title during their launch months (both were released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC), it’s reasonable to assume that Borderlands is the fast-selling new IP (during a launch week), if not the best-selling one in combined platform sales for a launch month in 2009.
So, congratulations! But watch out for Dragon Age: Origins — we hear it’s fast, too.
 Gearbox: Borderlands fastest-selling new IP of 2009 originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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