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Activision: Guitar Hero III Passes $1b

Speaking during a CES keynote in Las Vegas on Friday, Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith said that over the holidays, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock became the first single game ever to surpass $1 billion in sales. The game launched in the fall of 2007.

The news comes about a year after Activision announced that the overall franchise had broke $1 billion in sales across all titles from the series' 2005 launch to that point in time.
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Published: 322 days 18 hours ago | News | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Wii
 
 
 
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