No chart joy for Punch Out

UK Charts It’s not the easiest fighter to get to grips with, but UFC 2009: Undisputed has managed to knock Wii Fit off the top of the chart. The next two games in the chart are new entries too – Pokemon Platinum at #2 and EA Sports Active at #3. So where’s Punch Out? Nowhere …

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Sweet Sixteen

UK Charts Wii Fit remains #1 for the seventh week running and its 16th week since launch in April 2008. Just two more weeks at the top and it’ll beat the current record holder Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Nintendo must be cracking out the champagne already. Battlestations: Pacific is the only new entry …

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Rhythm is a dancer

UK Charts Nintendo must have at last managed to get a steady flow of Wii Fit packs coming into the UK – it has now been #1 in the chart for six weeks in a row. The rest of the top 10 is largely unchanged apart from Rhythm Paradise entering at #10. Moving down the …

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Wolverine claws up the chart

UK Charts Reviews suggest that X-Men Origins: Wolverine is better than most movie tie-ins, so it can’t be bad news to see it arrive in the chart at #2. It’s top of the Xbox 360 and PS3 charts – so far 51% of sales have been on Xbox 360, 39% on PlayStation 3 and the …

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“A freakin’ 12 gauge, what do you think?”

UK Charts Last year’s Hulk game was pretty pointless as an excellent Hulk game (The Hulk: Ultimate Destruction) had already been made. I’m wondering if the same is going to apply to X-Men Origins: Wolverine as 2003’s X-2: Wolverine’s Revenge is widely regarded by the fans to be a definitive Wolverine experience. It’s out on …

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It’s dark and he’s wearing sunglasses

UK Charts Atari must be in high spirits at the moment – The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena goes in at #2 in the top 40 chart. Wii Fit remains #1 leaving The Godfather II at #3 FIFA 09 at #4, and Resident Evil 5 at #5. There are no other new appearances in the …

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People are still buying Carnival: Funfair Games

UK Chart Last week was a dull one for new releases, so consequently there are no new entries in the top 40 chart this week. The top 10 is also largely unchanged, you boring sods. Wii Fit is #1 for the twelfth week (but only the third week running), followed by EA’s big bad Don …

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Fit as a Fiddle

UK Charts Another week, another load of cash for Nintendo’s coffers. Wii Fit stays on top of the chart, and has now been #1 for 11 weeks (not running, mind) making it Nintendo’s longest serving ‘all formats #1’. Nintendo’s previous longest running UK #1, believe it or not, was Pokemon Yellow. The Godfather muscles in …

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Wheelie good news

UK Charts Ubisoft’s gamble to publish The Wheelman has paid off – it skids into #11 in this week’s top 40 chart. It’s also a fitting game to play this time of year as Vin Diesel’s head looks just like an Easter egg. Resident Evil 5 stays put at #1, while bizarrely both Call of …

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Attack of the Mutant Penguins

UK Charts This week’s chart finally proves that the Resident Evil franchise is no longer symbolic with PlayStation – 55% of Resident Evil 5 copies sold so far have been on Xbox 360 with the remainder on PlayStation 3. It’s #1 in the chart and has become Capcom’s biggest launch ever, outselling the rest of …

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The H.A.W.K flies high

UK Charts Here’s a bit of a blow for PlayStation 3 owners – after just one week at #1 Killzone 2 has been knocked off the top of the chart. But it isn’t by last week’s big new release Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.K as you might have guessed but rather by Sega’s PC thing Empire: Total …

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People still like shooting things

UK Charts Killzone 2 has become Sony’s first #1 for an almost unbelievable two years, with their last #1 being God of War II on PlayStation 2. It’s also the first ever Sony-published PlayStation 3 title to reach #1, and the fourth fastest selling game Sony have ever published in the UK. Oddly though it’s …

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Ken does very well

UK Charts I bet Capcom wishes it had released Street Fighter IV sooner – it has taken the top spot of the top 40 chart. There are two other new entries in the top 10 also – PC thing Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II at #3 and the lovely Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection …

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Who wants to be a Millionheir?

UK Chart Surprise! Nintendo’s Mystery Case Files: Millionheir makes its mark in the chart at #4, which just goes to show what a spot of TV advertising will do for a game. Left 4 Dead is on the rise from #29 to #15 due to being reduced on the high street (£29.99 at Game if …

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The elephant sneezed and fell on its knees

UK Chart No SimAnimals in the top 40 this week, but it does go in at #16 in the Wii chart and at #20 in the DS chart. There isn’t much going on in the top 40 at all, really: Wii Fit is still #1, Lord of the Rings: Conquest has dropped out of the …

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