This week’s UK physical sales chart comes from new purveyors GSD. Their touted new digital sales chart is to come later in the week, taking a tad longer to compile. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare had no trouble taking the first UK chart top spot of 2020. Positions #2 and #3 switched over, meanwhile, with …
One of Ocean’s final releases – the 1998 PSone helicopter shooter Viper – has gained a Steam re-release, available for just over a fiver. The history of this shooter can be traced back to 1996’s Tunnel B1, which was originally going to feature helicopter side-missions. Ocean felt the two gameplay styles didn’t compliment each other …
If even the thought of playing Ring Fit Adventure causes you to break into a sweat, then you may be more comfortable flexing your grey muscle with Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch instead. Reviews are starting to trickle through now, although very few have scores applied – as part of the embargo conditions, …
While it’s true that January is a quiet time for the gaming industry, it’s not exactly a non-event either. EA was fond of January launches during the last generation, seeing the potential of being the biggest fish in a small pond, and Capcom also found success with launching big-name games at the beginning of the …
It’s the end of an era, folks. Not only is this the final UK top 40 of the year, but the last ever physical-only chart. Starting next year, chart data will be provided by European trade body ISFE and incorporate both physical and digital sales, known as the GSD chart. UK trade body UKIE will …
Apologies if you were expecting to see ten entries spread out below. The official UK software sales chart didn’t begin until 1984, giving us just six games to cover. If you’re wondering why we didn’t cover the Christmas no.1s of the 1990s instead, let’s just say a certain football game played a key part of …
Despite FIFA 20 enjoying a sales boost last week, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare managed to hold onto the UK chart top spot, becoming the UK’s Christmas no.1. It’s doubtful EA are too concerned as they bag positions #2 and #3 with FIFA 20 and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. We’re surprised Star Wars Jedi: …
The Switch has been a huge seller this Christmas, so it comes as no surprise to find publishers and developers tripping over themselves to get their new releases on the eShop in time for Crimbo. Gagging for prime eShop visibility, several are due on the big day. These include the chunky Quake-style shooter Demon Pit – …
The PSN store is about to enter a Christmas slumber, with no new releases due for a couple of weeks. It’s a different story for the Xbox One, with eight titles arriving over the festive period. Some of these made their debut on PS4 last week, including Tamashii, Demon Pit, XenoRaptor, Demons With Shotguns, and …
Even though it’s a straightforward horizontal shooter, UIG’s Space Blaze is an odd proposition. It prides itself of being a retro throwback – a delightfully old-school experience inspired by the classic shooters of the ‘80s. The product description does its best to hammer this home, promising “retro cool†old-school action. “Let’s start your travel back …
Imagine, if you can, that you’re an escaped convict who comes across an abandoned house in the dead of night. If you’ve ever played a game, watched a movie, or read a book you know what to do: run away fast. No good story started with finding an empty house. Even the abandoned abode in …
It’s the calm before next week’s new release storm. Just fourteen games are due on the Switch eShop this week – roughly half the usual amount. Publishers are instead holding their new games back for the festive period – with several due on Christmas Day alone – in order to achievement maximum eShop visibility. This …
I can’t remember the last time a graphical effect made me double-take. But the light of the setting sun filtering through the palm trees on Ybiza did exactly that. The characters and scenery are pleasantly chunky, but belie what I assume is significant technical whizz-bangery to make it all pop in quite the style that …
All signs point to PSN getting ready for a Christmas break – more games than usual are arriving this week, and according to release lists there’s nothing due whatsoever over the festive period. Confirming our suspicions, some games due on PS4 this week (including Demon Pit, Demons with Shotguns, and XenoRaptor) aren’t out on Xbox …
Had this combat-focus Metroidvania launched in the ‘90s, it would be a SEGA Saturn-exclusive; the kind Saturn owners championed as a reason to own the failing system, showcasing all-manner of fancy 2D visuals. Think along the lines of Guardian Heroes and Silhouette Mirage. Or in fewer words: this is a Treasure game reincarnate. It takes …
