Warfare Frenzy

We've hastily been trying to avoid reporting on Modern Warfare 2, since it seems like you can't get away from news of it the past week, but, the game has officially reached 1.78 million in unit sales and that is something we can't help but mention.

In a persistently deadened economy, where gaming sales undulate from "staying afloat" to "weakening" status on a weekly basis, MW2 has scored a record sale of $108.7 million (estimate is converted from British currency) in just 7 days. We can't quite wrap our heads around that, but, we won't try to either. 

We'll just congratulate our industry peers on scoring one for the league and hope that the fact that they've scored the highest grossing video game release of all time in an economy such as this is projection of a more positive future. 

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new content distribution models finally making waves?

Courtesy of @angryaustin

The Deal Storm That Changed Us: Blip.tv, YouTube, FreeWheel

Eyes on the grid, fingers on the pulse of the media sphere, most of us like to think we know what business deals mean at a glance, right when they are announced. Sometimes, even with the biggest deals, a little airtime and talk amongst ourselves is all we need to come to grips with industry happenings and go about our daily business.

But, occasionally, there is a meaningful confluence of such big deals in a short period of time, immediately floodlighting the future to come -- that we must stop, look and listen. As consumers and as media executives, we must know what time it is and expand our outlook accordingly.

http://bit.ly/YCmhy

Gamelab shuts it's doors

More sobering recession news - Gamelab closes it's main NYC office:

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=23588