Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops has raked in $360 million in its first 24 hours, breaking the record Modern Warfare 2 had established last year with Modern Warfare 2. The game sold 5.6 million copies on November 9 in North America and the United Kingdom. Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare 2 sold 4.7 million copies in its first 24 hours. The new game now holds the honor of being the biggest entertainment launch in history. Check out this exclusive video interview with Treyarch below.

Bethesda Softworks, a ZeniMax Media company, announced that Fallout: New Vegas has enjoyed record sales since it launched on October 19. Bethesda has shipped five million units of the new role-playing game for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Bethesda said the game has generated over $300 million in retail sales. In addition, the Fallout: New Vegas strategy guide was one of Amazon’s best sellers among all books.

Electronic Arts is offering PC gamers more free Battlefield gameplay. From the makers of the hit arcade shooter Battlefield Heroes comes an all-new entry in the free to play market, this time featuring photo-real characters, environments, weapons and maps. EA will ship Battlefield Play4Free, a deep PC shooter featuring signature Battlefield vehicular warfare, sandbox gameplay and intense 32-player online battles, in spring 2011.  

LAS VEGAS – Videogame simulation met real-world car design in Las Vegas. Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (SCEA) hosted its eighth annual Gran Turismo Awards at the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, celebrating automotive design excellence and showcasing the latest franchise offering, Gran Turismo 5. After reviewing more than 100 entries, the judging panel and Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi himself, crowned Best Hot Rod winner, Mark Stielow for his 1969 Chevy Camaro as the 2010 "Best in Show."

Disney Publishing Worldwide has launched its Disney Epic Mickey App for viewing Disney Digicomics on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch on the App store. The first Disney Digicomic available in the app is “Tales of Wasteland,” which comprise six eight-page short comic stories that take place in Wasteland, an alternate world made up of Disney’s forgotten creative efforts. Users get a preview of Wasteland and feature characters from the upcoming Disney Epic Mickey video game, including Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney’s first cartoon star. Disney’s Warren Spector talks about the exclusive Wii game in this video interview.

Ubisoft is gearing up for the release of its videogame release -- Michael Jackson The Experience. To celebrate Halloween, the game maker has unmasked “Thriller” as one of the latest songs for the soundtrack that’s shaping up to be a Best of Michael Jackson collection. “Rock with You,” “Ghost,” ‘Smooth Criminal,’ ‘Black or White’ and ‘They Don’t Care About Us,” are also featured song. Check out “Billy Jean” in this exclusive video interview.

Singer and voice actress Jane Runnalls has been recruited once again for the featured female vocals on Activision’s highly anticipated videogame Call of Duty: Black Ops. In addition to the new Treyarch game, Runnalls’ lyrical beauty will be heard on the Black Ops soundtrack available at Amazon.com and iTunes beginning November 9, 2010.