Entries in 'Charts' (309)
Consoles will get digital charts soon
A welcome step towards open digital data has been made, with new regular UK XBLA and PSN download charts in the works.
Deus Ex tops Amazon's 2011 digital chart
Square Enix’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution was the most purchased digital video game on Amazon in the US in 2011.
We must act NOW to fix digital chart crisis
The games industry needs to get its act together and be more open about digital sales. This is not a warning from senior trade figures, but a warning from MCV itself.
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Adele demolishes Call of Duty as 2011's biggest entertainment property
Singing sensation Adele sold over 1m more copies of her latest album than Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
UK CHARTS: FIFA 12 still top
Electronic Arts maintains its grip on the top of the charts with FIFA 12 at No.1 and Battlefield 3 at No.2.
Digital omission threatening chart legitimacy
As was reported yesterday, end of year trading figures show a gaping £100m hole in the UK games retail market for 2011.
UK CHARTS: FIFA takes last No.1 of 2011
FIFA 12 has topped the UK games retail charts for the second week in a row ahead of Modern Warfare 3.
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Bethesda takes UK Christmas video games No.1
Some Christmas traditions don't last forever - and Skyrim has smashed the eight-year grip Electronic Arts and Activision has had on the Xmas No.1.
UK CHARTS: November 2011
At last, UK games retail has reason to cheer following a strong month of sales. But November wasn’t all about Call of Duty:?Modern Warfare 3 and Assassin’s Creed:?Revelations.
UK CHARTS: Retail discounts see Skyrim fly to No.1
Fierce retail price cutting has put Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls V at the top of the UK charts this week.
APPLE APP CHARTS: Angry Chickens beats Angry Birds
Digital Minds’ Angry Chickens has become the best-selling iPhone game this week, according to the latest charts from Apple.
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UK CHARTS: Modern Warfare 3 still reigns
Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has claimed its fourth successive UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats No.1.
APPLE APP CHARTS: Games dominate Top 10s
Apple UK has published its second weekly charts, and games have once again held their own.
FEATURE: 'A digital chart is vital'
MCV quizzes UKIE board member and Sega UK MD John Clark on the importance of including digital sales into the weekly charts...
Modern Warfare 3 tops Japanese charts
Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has achieved a rare feat for a Western-developed FPS by debuting at the top of the Japanese software charts.
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Download charts 'worth the wait'
The UK digital sales charts have been a long time coming, but Sega’s John Clark is confident the industry will be satisfied.
Just Dance 3 smashes sales of predecessor
Any fears that the dancing game craze had passed have been well and truly dispelled following the release of some impressive statistics from publisher Ubisoft.
Scribblenauts Remix topples Angry Birds
It probably won’t last long, but hats off to Warner this morning for toppling Rovio’s Angry Birds from atop of the Apple App Store listings.
UK CHARTS: Moshi Monsters beats MW3... on the DS
Trying to better Call of Duty at its own game is a pointless task, right? Trying to chart ahead of the new Call of Duty in its debut week is ...
EA shoots and scores in October
Huge sales of FIFA 12 and Battlefield 3 saw EA dominate the boxed games market in the UK last month, according to GfK?Chart-Track.
US market grows - but not by much
The US video games market managed to grow year-on-year in October, but by a far smaller margin that some analysts had predicted.
Japanese 3DS sales rocket as Super Mario 3D Land arrives
Nintendo’s 3DS was given a welcome boost in the Japanese charts last week thanks to the arrival of Super Mario 3D Land.
UK CHARTS: Yes, Battlefield 3 is No.1
EA’s marketing drive has been a success with news that DICE developed shooter Battlefield 3 is the new UK No.1.
Dark Souls debuts at No.1 in Japan
Ahead of its release in the UK this Friday (October 7th) Namco Bandai’s famously hard RPG Dark Souls has debuted at No.1 in the weekly Japanese software charts.
