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The UK DS charts have finally seen a change at the top as this week’s new release Rooms: The Main Building takes No.1. The top spot has alternated between Pokmon HeartGold and SoulSilver since the two games were released at the end of March, making this the first new DS …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Red Dead holds the fort
Red Dead Redemption has racked up a third week at the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40, due in no small part to a lack of new entries. The only new release to hit the Top 10 is EA’s The Sims 3: Ambitions, the second expansion …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Red Dead holds the fort
Red Dead Redemption has racked up a third week at the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40, due in no small part to a lack of new entries. The only new release to hit the Top 10 is EA’s The Sims 3: Ambitions, the second expansion …
Read More »UK CHARTS: No moving Red Dead
Red Dead Redemption is spending its second week at the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week, having successfully fended off a number of new entries in the UK listings this week. Most successful amongst the contenders was UFC’s popular fighting series UFC 2010: Undisputed, …
Read More »Ubi on top in monthly charts
EA’s three-month stay at the top of the UK monthly charts is at an end as Ubisoft is declared the biggest publisher in April, according to GfK Chart-Track. It was a tough month for the UK games industry. In terms of value the market is down 22.2 per cent compared …
Read More »UK Charts data delayed
This week’s GfK Chart-Track data, which includes the top 40 multiformat software charts, has been delayed today. ELSPA’s David Smith said: Unfortunately a major retailer has had system problems and as a result has not been able to deliver their Saturday sales data. We understand that the problem will not …
Read More »Theres no stopping Just Dance
Remember, third party titles don’t sell on Wii. Or at least, that’s what some people claim, but the ongoing sales success that is Ubisoft’s Just Dance proves otherwise. It’s return to the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week marks its third full week atop …
Read More »Just Cause 2 trumps original
In claiming number one in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week, Just Cause 2 succeeds in justifying Square Enix’s loyalty to Avalanche’s high-octane free-roaming IP by achieving what the first game could not. The original Just Cause, upon its release in September 2006, managed just second …
Read More »UK CHARTS: God of War III slays competition
Sony’s God of War III debuted at the top of the charts this week, marking the platform holder’s second No.1 of the year. The hugely popular action title follows the success of the Heavy Rain and knocks Final Fantasy XIII down to third place. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 holds onto …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Heavy Rain claims no.1
So new, risky IP can’t be a commercial success, right? Wrong. Sony’s hugely ambitious and totally off-the-wall interactive crime thriller Heavy Rain has lived up to the hype and debuted in top spot in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. It’s Sony’s first UK number one …
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