Assassin’s Creed Syndicate

Star Wars Battlefront’s grip starts to loosen

The first major retail releases of 2016 are still a week or so away. As such, this week’s UK top 40 remains mostly unchanged. Even with a 24% dip in sales, Call of Duty: Black Ops III manages to hold onto the top spot for a sixth consecutive...

Black Ops III becomes 6th Call of Duty to claim UK Christmas no.1

If we were gambling men we would have put money on Star Wars Battlefront becoming the UKâ€™s Christmas number one. While it did see a 20% jump in sales – becoming EAâ€™s biggest selling game of the week, beating FIFA 16 – it wasnâ€™t enough to dislodge Call...

Assassinâ€™s Creed Syndicate off to a slow start

Assassinâ€™s Creed Syndicate has managed to dislodge FIFA 16 from the UK chartâ€™s top spot but we doubt Ubisoft are popping champagne corks just yet. Itâ€™s the slowest selling major AC game to date. We know it has beaten sales of 2014’s last-gen AC Rogue – and quite...

Assassinâ€™s Creed Syndicate review round-up

Is the yearly nature of Assassin’s Creed causing damage to the franchise beyond compare or is Syndicateâ€™s single-player focus a step in the right direction? A bit of both, if reviews are to go by. General consensus has it that itâ€™s a step in the right direction and...

Out this week: Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Guitar Hero Live, Zelda Tri Force Heroes and more

This Friday sees the return of one of the biggest franchises around – Assassin’s Creed. Wisely, Ubisoft has ditched multiplayer in favour of bringing Assassin’s Creed Syndicateâ€™s single-player mode back to the glory days of Assassinâ€™s Creed II – often referred to as a defining moment in the...