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The surprise news that Ubisoft’s Just Dance topped the All Formats Chart last month was, let’s be honest, a bit of a jaw-dropper. While the game had grown in popularity since its debut, rising from No.100 to No.3 in the space of six weeks, few would have expected it to …
Read More »Dance smash sponsors MCV Awards
Win or lose, at least guests at this year’s MCV Awards will be able to shake their booty into the small hours thanks to current chart-topper Just Dance. The Wii game from Ubisoft has provided the biggest surprise of 2010 so far by out-selling everything during mid-January, remaining at number …
Read More »Just Dance shatters Wii records for Ubi
Just Dance has become Ubisoft’s most successful Wii release ever, having today raced to the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40. The game was released on November 27th and at first could only manage No.30 in the All Formats Charts. However, the following week it reached the …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Just Dance ends MW2 run
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s run, which has so far lasted nine weeks, had to come to an end eventually – but hardly anyone would have predicted that Ubisoft’s Just Dance would have been the game to do it. It claims top spot in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats …
Read More »Dancing Stage celebrates 10th birthday
One of the most important titles in the history of casual gaming can stand up proud this week, with Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution dance mat series reaching the ripe old age of ten. In total, nearly 140 separate SKUs of the title have been released across all of the global …
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