Sleeping Dogs scares off Guild Wars 2

Square-Enix’s Sleeping Dogs is back at #1 in this week’s UK chart. This is likely to be down to word of the game’s greatness still spreading, and Tesco has already dropped the price to £24.47. It’s a new entry at #2 – PC add-on The Sims 3: Supernatural. At #3 it’s New Super Mario Bros. …

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Guild Wars 2 slices the competition

The anticipated Guild Wars 2 has managed to ‘do the business’ for NCsoft, arriving at #1 in the UK chart. It’s the first PC game to go straight to the top spot since Football Manager 2011 back in November 2010. Sleeping Dogs moves down to #2. Then at #3 it’s New Super Mario Bros. 2, …

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Sleeping Dogs fetches another no. 1

Even with three days of extra sales behind it, Darksiders II hasn’t been able to dislodge Sleeping Dogs from the top of the chart. We’d imagine that THQ are pretty happy with it entering at #2, though. New Super Mario Bros. 2 drops from #2 to #3, then at #4 it’s London 2012: The Official …

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Who’s a good boy?

Take note publishers who aren’t either Nintendo or Square-Enix – gamers are quite happy to go out and buy new releases during the summer. Both Sleeping Dogs and New Super Mario Bros. 2 have performed well, taking the top and second spots of the UK chart respectively. Sleeping Dogs is in fact the sixth best …

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Super heroes and Olympics; still popular

The UK is seemingly caught in a time-warp – this week’s UK chart is pretty much identical to that of last week. This means London 2012: The Official Video Game is #1 for the third week running. That’s followed by LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, …

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Another golden week for Sega

It was a great weekend for Team GB over the weekend and it’s has been another great week for SEGA – London 2012: The Official Video Game remains at #1 in the UK chart for a second week running. Not only this but Sega’s Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games has stayed …

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Olympic and mix

As predicted by us last week, Sega’s London 2012: The Official Video Game has managed to rise up to the top spot of the UK charts. We hope people realise it doesn’t contain a mini-game involving pushing The Queen out of a helicopter. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes drops to #2. Mario & Sonic …

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It’s a Batman double bill

Those who keep an eye on the UK charts will know that this year has seen plenty of shuffling going on for that elusive top position. Even the big name releases have failed to stay at #1 for more than a couple of weeks. That changes today – LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes has …

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LEGO Batman 2 stands proud

There weren’t a great deal of new releases out last week, and as such this week’s UK top 40 is devoid of all new entries. We were expecting Namco’s Inversion to enter in the bottom half of the top 40 but it hasn’t even managed that. According to Chart-Track it entered at a lowly #50. …

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Bat’s how you do it

Even with the The Amazing Spider-Man movie out now, Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes has managed to hold onto the top spot of the UK chart for a third week running. Spider-Man has to make do with #3, as London 2012 has risen up to #2. Spec Ops: The Line drops to #4 and …

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Spider-Man, climbs the chart like a good game can

We very nearly had an all-new UK top 5 this week. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes remains at #1 and is followed by new entries The Amazing Spider-Man at #2, Spec Ops: The Line at #3 and London 2012 at #4. FIFA 12 falls from #2 to #5. See, Activision. If you release decent …

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Bats all, folks

Do you know how many new UK #1s there has been this year? Lots. The answer is lots. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is the latest, managing to outdo its predecessor which entered the UK chart at #2 in 2008. It’s #1 in every single format chart too, apart from PC and 3DS. Last …

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Juliet is a Suda-star

Two out of the three games released last week have managed to enter the UK top 40. It’s the rather good Heroes of Ruin on 3DS that misses out, having to make do with #5 in the 3DS chart. Riding high though are both Lollipop Chainsaw – arriving at #4, much higher than possibly anybody …

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It’s a third week on top for Future Solider

It would seem plenty of gamers have been spending the weekend playing Game of Thrones while sitting on their gamer thrones – it’s this week’s highest new entry, arriving at #6. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Solider is #1 for the third week running. The only other two games to stay at #1 for three …

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Resistance: Burning Skies fails to set top 10 ablaze

We didn’t expect the UK charts to be released today with it being a bank holiday and all. We certainly aren’t complaining though – we wouldn’t want it to get swamped under tomorrow’s E3 news. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Solider remains #1 for a second week running, followed by Max Payne 3, FIFA 12, …

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