This week’s UK retail chart, dated week ending 17th January, sees the first new arrival of 2026 – NiS America’s acclaimed RPG The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon, debuting at #16. It also charted at #6 in the PS5 top ten, but is absent from the Switch chart. It’s likely the remaining copies …
Possibly setting the tone for 2026, January sees a steady flow of Japanese RPGs and longer gaps between other major new releases. There are far fewer games than last January, that’s for certain. Things kick off with a console release of tinyBuild’s rooftop leaping post-apocalyptic camp builder I Am Future, along with eastasiasoft’s electrifying pixel …
As evidenced by this week’s UK chart, the Switch continues to be a popular pastime during UK lockdown. Animal Crossing: New Horizons has reclaimed the top spot, while the top twenty is littered with first-party Switch titles. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at #2 – which is close to spending 200 weeks in the top 40 …
GI.biz reports over 260k games were sold in the first week of January, up by a third from this time last year. This is down to a combination of the UK lockdown, an influx of new Switch owners, and people spending Christmas money. It’s the Switch that leads the way with Animal Crossing: New Horizons …
The final UK chart of 2020 sees Animal Crossing: New Horizons at no.1, up two places from last week. This ushers FIFA 21 – last week’s chart-topper – down to #2. These two games were, incidentally, the UK’s best-selling physical releases of the year. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe dashes to #3, suggesting many gamers received …
This week’s UK top ten includes no less than six Switch games, with Animal Crossing: New Horizons retaking the top spot. This pushes Ghost of Tsushima to #2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe rises to #3, and then at #4 it’s a resurgence for FIFA 20. With FIFA 21 around the corner, retailers are starting to …
The big PlayStation 5 reveal revealed at least one revealing fact about the hardware: there will be more than one hardware, and one version won’t do discs. It’s not the first time there’s been a digital-only version of a console of course – indeed Sony’s own PSP Go was, ridiculously, more than a decade ago. …
We may as well cut to the chase – not a great deal is going on in this week’s UK chart. Animal Crossing: New Horizons continues to keep FIFA 20 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare at bay, remaining top dog for a second week running. GTA V remains at #2 also, enjoying a sales …
Thanks to Switch consoles being more readily available, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has managed to return to the top of the UK chart. This marks its first return since launch week. Ring Fit Adventure also catapulted to #4 due to replenished stock. Just Dance 2020, New Super Mario Bros. U, Pokemon Sword and Super Mario …
There’s no point in reviewing the new Animal Crossing. You’re already playing it. Everyone on your friend list is playing it. You’re probably reading this on your phone while casually fishing. But I do have some random thoughts i’d like to share. I’m really enjoying myself Animal Crossing is as fun as ever. It’s gentle, …
Even though supermarkets were limiting purchases of Animal Crossing: New Horizons to three per customer (hoo hoo!), the island getaway package has achieved great things. Not only is it the UK’s new no.1, tearing ahead of DOOM Eternal, but according to GI.biz it’s also the fastest-selling Switch game so far. Well, the best singular game …
As you’re no doubt aware by now, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is great. It’s full of wit, beautiful to look at and unabashedly Nintendo. Sadly, it also shows just how convoluted Nintendo’s online functionality is. I wanted my friend to come to my town so we could swap fruit. My island is lush with pears; …
Some gaming pundits would have you believe DOOM Eternal is first ‘AAA’ title of the year. We’d argue that Sony’s Dreams, which was in development for most of this generation, holds that accolade. Still, there is a degree of logic here – chances are DOOM’s marketing budget alone eclipses the development costs of the recent …
While it was pretty much a given that Animal Crossing: New Horizons would gain glowing reviews, we must confess to being surprised by just how glowing they are – it has received top marks from a dozen gaming outlets, including VG247, God is a Geek, and The Telegraph. We certainly didn’t expect to see Eurogamer …