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A new word puzzle game made by lone Irish dev Shane McCafferty is currently topping the word game charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Word Forward, which is free-to-play and published by AppyNation, was released last Thursday as is currently ranked No.1 in its category in both the UK …
Read More »South Park: The Stick of Truth debuts at No.1
The industry this morning is totally respecting the authoritah of Ubisoft’s South Park: The Stick of Truth after it claimed the charts top spot. The Obsidian-developed title is the first RPG to debut at No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 since 2013’s Ni No Kuni: Wrath …
Read More »Flipkart bestsellers – February 2014
Grand Theft Auto 5 relinquished the top spot in the Flipkart charts in February, but it’s still all in the family as it is replaced by Grand Theft Auto 4 at number one, with FIFA 14 separating the two. Thief, one of the major new releases of the month, did …
Read More »Thief is No.1 as three new games enter Top Ten
Square Enix has claimed its second UK No.1 of 2014 with Thief getting off to a chart-topping debut. The games dominates this week’s UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 and in the words of UKIE smashes” the week one numbers enjoyed by its predecessor Thief: Deadly Shadows in 2004. …
Read More »The LEGO Movie Videogame is still No.1; Tropical Freeze sneaks into Top 10
Warner Bros The LEGO Movie Videogame is the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 for the second week in a row. Sales of the game were up seven per cent week on week with the film on which it is based also topping the UK cinema listings. The highest …
Read More »Football Manager 2014 breaks PC chart record despite crack
Football Manager 2014 has broken the record for the most consecutive No.1s in the PC charts. The title has racked up 16 No.1s in a row. If the game can hit 22 No.1s in total (not necessarily consecutively) it will beat the record for the most No.1s of any PC …
Read More »FIFA 14 reclaims UK charts top spot for tenth week
After submitting to Lara Croft last week, FIFA is once again No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. FIFA 14 chalks up its tenth week at No.1 and becomes the eleventh title to join an elite group of games, which have recorded over ten weeks atop the …
Read More »Flipkart bestsellers – January 2014
We’re back with the Flipkart charts, but with a couple of changes. We’re now turning it into a monthly affair, and with the launch of the PS4 last month, we’ll now also be including the top five bestsellers for Sony’s new console. Starting next month, we’ll also be including a …
Read More »Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition halts FIFA 14’s UK charts run
The next-gen reworking of last year’s hit Lara Croft title has debuted at No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is a re-release of last year’s hit, which itself grabbed the fourth biggest week one sales of 2013. Claims online say that the …
Read More »Yes, that’s another No.1 for FIFA 14
EA’s FIFA 14 has claimed its fourth successive and ninth overall No.1 in the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. The traditional quiet start to the New Year delivers yet another largely unchanged Top Ten this week, with the regular suspects trading places and Call of Duty: Ghosts and …
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