



Also check out: If You Like Skyrim, You'll Love These Games. Activision said Modern Warfare broke the record of 5.6 million units and $360 million sales set last year by Call of Duty: Black Ops.įor more on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, see 7 Things You Should Do in Skyrim and the slideshow below. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 also went on sale last week, and in its first day, the game sold more than 6.5 million units in North America for a total of more than $400 million in sales. It seems 2011 could be the year of landmark video game sales. "You honestly never know what lies beyond that bend in the road up ahead, or what you'll see when you reach the crest of the hill you're climbing." "Bethesda Game Studios has outdone even its superlative work in Oblivion to create a hyper-realistic gaming environment where nature itself becomes magical," he wrote in his review. PCMag analyst Matthew Murray called Skyrim, which earned an Editors' Choice rating, is the best installment in the franchise to date, offering the "most detailed, immersive and engrossing" experience yet. It launched at midnight on Friday and costs $59.99 for PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Skyrim is the fifth installment of the popular Elder Scrolls series.
