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Charts: Call of Duty takes second No.1, Starlink fails to impress
Call of Duty, FIFA and Assassin’s Creed still dominate the charts while Starlink: Battle for Atlas and Soulcalibur VI have a slow start
Analysis: Black Ops 4 smashes digital records but slumps at UK retail
Sales shift to digital makes perfect sense for this year’s more service-style outing
Charts: Forza Horizon 4 debuts strongly, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey off to a slower start
FIFA 19 takes a second No.1, while Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Forza Horizon 4 debut in the Top Three
Monthly charts: FIFA 19 takes the crown but Spider-Man is the real king
12 new entries made it to September’s charts, with FIFA taking the top spot despite underwhelming sales
FIFA 19 fails to impress at retail, sales down significantly year-on-year
EA’s FIFA 19 also didn’t attract Nintendo Switch players at all this year
Spider-Man still on top of the world
Very little has changed in the UK charts this week, with Spider-Man and Tomb Raider still at the top
UK charts: Overcooked 2 and We Happy Few launch into Top Ten
Crash Bandicoot is still at No.1, with a few new entries in the Top Ten this week
Crash Bandicoot takes top spot of the charts once again
Lego The Incredibles is still at No.2, in what was a slow week at retail
Octopath Traveler reaches one million units sold worldwide
The game’s success points to an increasing popularity of Japanese titles in the West
July Charts: Crash Bandicoot returns to take No.1
Jurassic World launches to second place, God of War falls down to 5th
Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy and Lego The Incredibles still dominate the charts
Crash Bandicoot keeps its top spot for a fifth week, while four new titles enter the charts
June charts: FIFA 18 at No.1, football’s coming home!
God of War takes No.2, pushing the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy to No.3
Steam’s top sellers of 2018 to date: Jurassic World, Vermintide 2 and Warframe all go Platinum
Steam reveals the biggest sellers and most-played titles of the year to date
Xbox Design Lab: How to sell Xbox custom controllers? Give creators a cut
'Fanchise Model' campaign boost custom controller sales by 350 per cent
Digital charts: World Cup keeps FIFA 18 in European top spot
FIFA 18 qualifies from a weak group with yet another summer No.1
US charts: State of Decay 2 shows there's still life in the zombie-survival genre – beating God of War and Detroit: Become Human to No.1
Software market down four per cent year-on-year to $274m for the month
Green Man Gaming offers 10% discount to UK armed forces
Online retailer partners MoD-approved Defence Discount Service
Sony to launch PlayStation Hits range, including Uncharted 4, Batman: Arkham Knight and Bloodborne
Sony’s new budget range will debut in July, with each game priced at £15.99
More change at Gamestop? Reuters reports possible private equity buyout
Share prices are up as potential new owners show interest the US retailer
All the release dates announced at E3 2018, including Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Fallout 76 and Anthem
Can’t remember what’s releasing when? Fear not, we got your back
Charts: Focus Home Interactive takes first UK No.1 with Vampyr
Dontnod’s Vampyr is the third new original IP to debut at the top of the charts this year so far
ERA: Trade-wide campaign #LetsPlayMay dispels gaming myths and drives sales growth
ERA's chief executive Kim Bayley looks into the impact of the #LetsPlayMay campaign, which promoted gaming as a cross-generational activity, accessible to all, and shone a light on the positive effects of gaming together
Exclusive: GAME to launch free in-store magazine created by Network N
Game-Informer style magazine will be distributed via GAME’s 300 UK stores
May charts: God of War remains at No.1, Nintendo continues to go from strength to strength
The PS4 is stronger than ever while the Switch made more money than the Xbox One at retail this May
Large as life: the creative process behind those amazing E3 trade show figures
Matthias Muckle and his team create life-sized models of the biggest characters (quite literally at times) for games and movies
NPD charts: God of War is the biggest PlayStation exclusive launch ever
US sales were up 18 per cent year-on-year in April, reaching $823m
GameSeek goes into liquidation
Customers are encouraged to fill a Proof of Debt form in order to get refunds
April charts: God of War takes No.1, Nintendo Labo has slow start
Meanwhile, Far Cry 5 had to settle for No.2, with sales only down 36 per cent month-on-month