Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, the recently shipped action RPG based on an original IP from 38 Studios, sold around 330,000 copies in the U.S. last month across Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows.
The game is the first release from 38 Studios, the Rhode Island-based developer founded in 2006 by former Major League Baseball pitcher Curt Schilling. Big Huge Games began work on the title several years ago and was a THQ subsidiary, but 38 Studios
acquired the developer in 2009 and absorbed the project.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, which was co-published by Electronic Arts and 38 Studios, was the fourth best-selling game in the U.S. in February at retail -- behind Activision's
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Square Enix's
Final Fantasy XIII-2, and THQ's
UFC Undisputed 3.
February was a
weak month for game sales at U.S. retail, with software revenues dropping by 24 percent year-over-year to $485.7 million. It's worth noting that the 330,000 count, which was
provided by the NPD Group to Joystiq, only includes retail sales and not copies purchased on digital platforms.
While sales figures for the game in Europe are still unknown, GfK Chart-Track
has revealed that the action RPG was the tenth top-selling title at stores in the UK in February -- also a poor month for the country's retail games market.
38 Studios intends to release an MMORPG based on the
Kingdoms of Amalur universe, which was built by notable fantasy author R.A. Salvatore. The online game is currently under development as "Project Copernicus." The company has not announced a release date or planned platforms.
