News: RL gets Silver
Posted 28 Oct 2002 at 06:41 by Ashley Jones
Star Wars: Rogue Leader is amongst four games to get a Silver ELSPA in September. A Silver ELSPA signifies the game has sold more than 100k units since its release on May 3rd.
This is what ELSPA's Director General, Roger Bennett said about these new awards:
"Already this year our industry has reached an all time high in terms of sales, with figures reaching an astonishing �684 million, a 12.5% increase on the same period last year. And with the festive season almost upon us, we expect year end sales figures to explode to even further heights."
"I would like to congratulate CDV, Activision, SCI and Lucasarts for their latest achievements and wish them every success with future titles."
The other games were:
Cossacks: European Wars (PC CD ROM format)- CDV
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (PlayStation format)- Activision
The Italian Job (PlayStation format)- SCI