Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition storms the chart

Back in July we were confident in saying that The Last of Us Remastered would hold onto the top spot of the UK chart until Destiny arrives. Turns out we underestimated Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition’s popularity somewhat. Blizzard’s loot laden quest set tills ringing last week, becoming the UK’s number one in the process. …

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The Simpsons Arcade Game – how Konami got it right first time

When it launched in 1989, Konami’s side-scrolling Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game went on to become the biggest selling coin-op of that year. Clearly keen to repeat the success, Konami looked for other suitable licenses. In the years that followed Bucky ‘O Hare, The Simpsons, The X-Men, and even quintessentially European hero Asterix went …

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The last Wii games

New Xbox 360 and PS3 releases show no signs of slowing, but that’s not the case for the humble Wii and it hasn’t been for quite some time. As noted in our weekly UK chart round-up, Chart-Track has struggled lately to compile complete top tens of full price Wii titles. Last week’s chart, for instance, …

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It’s another quiet week for eShop releases

For a third week running Nintendo’s eShop roster is taking us back to the past. That’s to say, it’s another week filled with Virtual Console releases and very little else. On Wii U VC there’s HAL’s cult classic puzzler Adventures of Lolo (£3.49) and also the equally classic scrolling brawler Double Dragon II: The Revenge …

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Risen 3: Titan Lords fails to make UK top 40

Considering Risen 2: Dark Waters entered at a respectable #14 back in 2012, it’s slightly surprising to find that Risen 3: Titan Lords has failed to make the UK top 40. Deep Silver’s RPG does however enter at #12 in both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 individual charts, suggesting it only narrowly missed out …

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Crazy Taxi: City Rush – Review

The menu music is all wrong. The in-game soundtrack is punky, as it should be, but I honestly have no idea what’s going on the bleepy electronic menu music. There are more significant things both right and wrong about this freemium incarnation of Crazy Taxi, but that’s what sticks with me. What’s right is that …

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Another week, another Mega Man

For a second week running there isn’t much going on in the world of new Nintendo downloads. That’s as far as new releases are concerned at least – this week’s discounts, courtesy of Ubisoft, aren’t a bad little assortment. The Game Boy’s Mega Man 3 flies the flag for Virtual Console releases, arriving on 3DS …

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Ultra Street Fighter IV makes UK top twenty

Down, forward, punch – Capcom’s Ultra Street Fighter IV is the only new arrival in this week’s UK chart, entering at #15. Considering the content it contains was available as DLC a couple of months ago, that’s not bad going at all. Even with sales down 55%, The Last of Us Remastered holds onto the …

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Bag a new Twitter icon, courtesy of SEGA Japan

To celebrate passing the 100k follower milestone on Twitter, SEGA Japan has kindly released an assortment of Twitter icons. 100 in total, no less. The range – found here, on SEGA’s site – varies from vintage consoles to long forgotten heroes of yore.

Motocross Madness – blood, sweat and glitches

Enjoying current Xbox 360 freebie Motocross Madness? Us neither – the races are far too easy while the exploration mode is both badly designed and tedious. If you’re still hoping to squeeze the achievements out of it though, then here’s a glitch that will assist in bagging two of the slighter harder ones. ‘Free Fall’ …

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Stationary Invaders

A bit of a random one, this. A trip to Wilkinsons today revealed that the UK chain is stocking a range of officially licensed Space Invaders stationary. Although there has been near countless Space Invaders merchandise over the years – found even in the likes of Tesco – Wilko’s prices turned our collective heads. We …

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AirMech Arena – Review

Who remembers Herzog Zwei? This free-to-play RTS from Ubisoft is the spiritual successor to the Mega Drive classic, giving you control of a transforming robot instead of a mere mouse pointer. It’s a brilliant idea, allowing you to quickly transport troops and also directly engage the enemy with some twin-stick shooting. So brilliant, in fact, …

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