More than one million copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops II were sold at GameStop midnight launches. According to GameStop president Tony Bartel, “GameStop sold more than 1 million units worldwide during our midnight launch period,” which means Black Ops II “is shaping up to be our biggest game launch of all time.”

The number isn’t necessarily surprising since Bartel previously confirmed that Black Ops II had the highest pre-orders in history at GameStop. We’ll likely hear much more about Call of Duty sales in the coming weeks, including a more specific amount of units sold.

For reference, last year’s Modern Warfare 3 sold 6.5 million copies during its first 24 hours on sale.

Source: Bloomberg

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Silicon Knights has been ordered to “recall and destroy” all unsold copies of its games built on Unreal Engine 3. According to a recent ruling by the North Carolina District Court, Silicon Knights shall “cease producing or distributing” and “recall and destroy” all unsold copies of Too Human, The Box/Ritualyst, The Sandman, X-Men: Destiny and Siren in the Maelstrom at its own expense.

A judge also ruled that Silicon Knights must now pay Epic an additional $278,000 in court costs, $2.09 million in attorney fees and $2.3 million in pre-judgment interest. Joined with the previous ruling that Silicon Knights owes Epic $4.45 million, Epic is now owed approximately $9 million.

"Epic Games appreciates the court's careful consideration of the motions and is gratified by the order," an Epic spokesperson told IGN.

The ruling comes more than five years after Silicon Knights sued Epic, alleging that Unreal Engine did not work as it was supposed to. Epic later counter-sued and the case went to trial earlier this year. While Epic eventually won, a judge ruled that even if Silicon Knights had proved victorious, they could only earn $1.

Of the five titles listed in the ruling, Too Human was released in 2008 and X-Men Destiny came out last year. The Box/Ritualyst refers to a canceled psychological thriller project, while Siren in the Maelstrom is the name of a project leaked back in 2009 and The Sandman is presumably an unreleased title.

We’ve reached out to Silicon Knights about the ruling and will update with any comment we receive.

Thanks to the NeoGAF forums for the heads up.

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Epic Games has revealed the lifetime sales for the Gears of War series -- the 19 million copies sold span three releases since November 2006. In its first week alone, Gears of War 3 sold 3 million, while Gears of War 2 garnered 2 million sales in its first weekend. Not bad.

This is the second Xbox-exclusive series to share its significant success in the past weeks. Microsoft recently detailed the record sales for its Halo franchise, which cracked the 46 million mark leading up to Halo 4's release.

Coincidentally, today marks the sixth anniversary for Gears of War.The first Gears of War prequel entry, called Gears of War: Judgment, will release for Xbox 360 on March 19, 2013.

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