None of last week’s new releases were able to topple FIFA 20 from the UK chart top spot, with the sports sim remaining no.1 for a second week. Despite middling reviews – resulting in a 57% Metacritic – Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint debuts at #2. It’ll be interesting to see if it can stay …
The beginning of a new week brings us a new UK top 40. There’s a new no.1, too. This time it’s Nintendo’s turn with Yoshi’s Crafted World on Switch. Believe it or not, it’s the first ever title starring the loveable green dinosaur to claim no.1. Yoshi’s Crafted World isn’t a runaway success, however. GI.biz …
EA’s Anthem successfully managed to keep four big new releases at bay, claiming no.1 in the UK top 40 for the second week running. The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame [sic] was the highest new entry, taking #4. DIRT Rally 2.0 made a pitstop at #6, while Trials Rising Gold Edition settled for #10. Dead or …
EA’s Anthem had no trouble soaring to the UK chart top spot. GI.biz reports it had a better first week than both Far Cry: New Dawn and Metro Exodus, but was unable to beat the launch week sales for Resident Evil II and Kingdom Hearts III. As such, Capcom’s horror remake remains the fastest selling …
While it’s true that Bioware is more than familiar with sci-fi tropes – and that Mass Effect’s combat improved significantly as the series evolved – we doubt anybody at the studio predicted they’d one day create a sci-fi loot shooter. Indeed, Anthem has a stigma attached that’s hard to shake – a feeling that Bioware …
It could be argued that most, if not all, of the big-name publishers played it safe at E3 by sticking to their franchises and annual outings. Even so, this year’s expo could become one for the ages. The big boys bought out their biggest guns, resulting in an extravaganza of exceedingly promising titles. Sony had …