Any new iron, man?

UK Charts Sales on the high street, specifically at Game and GameStation, have seen dozens of titles climb back up the chart – Modern Warfare 2 is up from #9 to #3, Alien Vs Predator goes from #21 to #15 and Wolfenstien is back at #38 due to being cut to £9.99 at the former …

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How do you do, Ken?

UK Charts Not only do we have a new #1 this week but a new #2 too. 2010 FIFA World Cup heads to the top of the top 40 chart, followed by Super Street Fighter IV at #2. God of War Collection makes its first chart appearance at #10. Monster Hunter Tri has fallen out …

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What’s that coming over the hill?

UK Charts Yes, it’s a monster – Capcom’s Monster Hunter Tri has entered the chart at a respectable #5. This is very good news indeed considering that the future of western releases for the series pretty much depended on Tri’s success. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction is still #1 and Just Dance remains at #2. …

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A league of its own

UK Charts It must be really hard for publishers to predict what games will sell well on Wii. I say this because Rugby League 3, which has had next to no publicity, has managed to get to #5 in the Wii chart. When you consider Red Steel 2 is at #7, that’s quite a feat. …

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Dancing – more popular than parachuting

UK Charts Publishers – if want your new videogame to sell, simply stick the word ‘just’ in the title – Just Dance has gone back to the top of the top 40 chart this week, while Just Cause 2 drops to #2. New DLC for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has helped it go …

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Go Go, Rico!

UK Charts Nintendo’s battling monsters show no sign of loosing popularity – Pokemon: Soul Silver goes in at #2 this week with Pokemon: Heart Gold at #4. I would have placed money on it being the other way around. Square-Enix’s Just Cause 2 takes the top spot of the chart but if sales of the …

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Something about a free newspaper?

UK Charts Well done, Sony – God of War III has become their second #1 of the year. In the whole of 2009 they only had one #1, which was Killzone 2. THQ’s shiny new FPS Metro 2033 shoots in at #5 under Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Final Fantasy XIII and Just Dance. Bioware’s Dragon …

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It’s hip to be square

UK Charts I’ve lost count of the amount of new releases going straight to the top of the chart this year. Square-Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII is the latest to do so and has pushed Battlefield: Bad Company 2 to #2. It’s the fastest selling game of the year and 54% of copies sold were on …

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Bad to the bomb

UK Charts It’s yet another #1 for EA – Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has gone straight to the top of the chart. The Xbox 360 version has sold the most amount of copies (53%), followed by PlayStation 3 (31%) and PC (16%). Shortages of Heavy Rain have seen it fall from #1 to #4. Sonic …

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Silent fright

UK Charts The law of gravity also applies to the top 40 chart – what comes up, must come down. Aliens vs Predator was #1 last week. It’s now at #2, knocked off the top by the heavily promoted Heavy Rain. It’s the first Sony-published title to take the top of the chart since Killzone …

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Oh, Canada!

UK Charts It’s a good week for Sega – despite mixed reviews Alien Vs Predator has managed to shove Bioshock 2 off the top of the chart after just one week. Rebellion also claim that it’s the fastest selling game of the year so far, beating even Bioshock 2. Sega’s Vancouver 2010 tie-in is in …

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I wish, I wish, I was a fish

UK Charts If you’ll excuse the rubbish pun, it shouldn’t be a shock to discover that Bioshock 2 is top of the top 40 chart this week. What is slightly shocking though is that Bayonetta has gone all the way back up from #36 to #10 thanks to some heavy price cuts – both Zavvi …

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Hell on the chart

UK Charts It’s the start of a new week, which means a new top 40 chart with new entries to talk about. There’s no less than four this week, EA’s Dante’s Inferno goes in at #4, geek sim Star Trek Online at #11, muddy racer MX vs ATV Reflex at #18 and The Sims 3: …

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Intergalactic planetary, planetary intergalactic

UK Charts Another dimension, a new galaxy, intergalactic planetary – Mass Effect 2 has gone straight to #1 in the chart pushing Just Dance to #2. Sony’s MAG charges in at #4 while Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars has failed to make the top 40. It does though enter the Wii chart at a respectable …

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Dance fever

UK Charts Raise your hands in the air like you just don’t mind – Just Dance is #1 for the second week running. It’s now the first Ubisoft game since the original Assassin’s Creed to hold onto the top spot for more than one week. The knowledgeable bods at Chart Track also point out that …

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