Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Animal Crossing: New Horizons soars while Hitman 3 stumbles

As evidenced by this weekâ€™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...

Lockdown sends Switch game sales soaring

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. Itâ€™s the Switch that leads...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons tops the chart while Cyberpunk 2077 exits top ten

The final UK chart of 2020 sees Animal Crossing: New Horizons at no.1, up two places from last week. This ushers FIFA 21 â€“ last weekâ€™s chart-topper – down to #2. These two games were, incidentally, the UKâ€™s best-selling physical releases of the year. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe...

Animal Crossing takes down Ghost of Tsushima

This weekâ€™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 itâ€™s a resurgence for FIFA 20. With FIFA 21...

Do you do discs?

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...

UK chart remains locked in place, with no new arrivals whatsoever

We may as well cut to the chase â€“ not a great deal is going on in this weekâ€™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...

UK chart: Animal Crossing: New Horizons is top dog

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...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons musings

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...

Animal magic! Animal Crossing: New Horizons tops UK chart, achieving great things

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 UKâ€™s new no.1, tearing ahead of DOOM Eternal, but according to GI.biz itâ€™s also the fastest-selling Switch game...

Nintendo’s Online suite continues to frustrate

As youâ€™re no doubt aware by now, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is great. Itâ€™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...

Out this week: DOOM Eternal, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, DOOM 64, TT Isle of Man 2, LA-MULANA 1 & 2, more

Some gaming pundits would have you believe DOOM Eternal is first â€˜AAAâ€™ title of the year. Weâ€™d argue that Sonyâ€™s Dreams, which was in development for most of this generation, holds that accolade. Still, there is a degree of logic here – chances are DOOMâ€™s marketing budget alone...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons review round-up

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 â€“ it has received top marks from a dozen gaming outlets, including VG247, God is a Geek, and The Telegraph....