Modern Warfare 2 is the fastest selling video game, and the biggest entertainment launch ever, as the game is estimated to have generated $550 million in the first five days since it was launched. Take a look:

• Activision Blizzard proudly announced Modern Warfare 2 broke all previous first-and-five-day records:
• Modern Warfare 2's launch beat all previous first-and five-day entertainment industry box office, book and video game sell-through records*:
• The largest reported five-day opening worldwide box office gross figures, held by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($394 million)
• The largest reported five-day opening domestic box office gross figures, held by The Dark Knight ($203.8 million)
• The largest reported five-day worldwide video game sales record, previously held by Grand Theft Auto IV (6 million units, $500 million)
• The largest reported opening first-day domestic box office gross figures, held by The Dark Knight ($66.4 million)
• The largest reported first-day book sales in dollars, held by Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows ($220 million)
• The largest reported first-day worldwide video game sales record, previously held by Grand Theft Auto IV (3.6 million units, $310 million)

Even in this economic hell we are in, Modern Warfare 2 is selling big.

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According to a twitter release, Battlefield 1943 Pacific for PC will get a nice little upgrade while its being delayed! Check it out:

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BF1943 coming to PC featuring 32 players, joystick support, server browser, & more PC goodness! Reserve your copy now at EAStore.com

This is obviously great news for those of us PC Gamers that seemed to have been let down with the delay!

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According to Shacknews, BioShock 2 has been delayed by publisher Take-Two until the first half of 2010. It would appear that Development issues seem to be the cause for this delay. Check it out:

Original: Take-Two today announced that BioShock 2 has been delayed to a new release date in its 2010 fiscal year. While the game's original release date of November 3 technically fits into the beginning of the year--which begins on November 1, 2009--the company implied a further delay to an unspecified date.

"We concluded that moving the release of BioShock 2 into fiscal year 2010 was the right decision for the product," said Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick. "We believe the result will be a more compelling consumer experience and a better performing product in the marketplace."

"The decision to shift a release date is never an easy one, especially with a product as highly anticipated as BioShock 2," added Take-Two CEO Ben Feder. "We felt that it was essential to invest the additional time to ensure that this title will deliver what its fans expect and deserve."

Update: BioShock 2 will be released within the first half of "calendar 2010," Take-Two CEO Ben Feder clarified during a conference call. Three other major releases are planned within that timeframe: Mafia 2, Max Payne 3, and Red Dead Redemption.

As before, the company is still evaluating specific launch windows for the games.

"[BioShock 2's delay is] not related to any specific platform or any specific element of it," the company later said of the forthcoming PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game. "Generally there are some development issues that we need to deal with."

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