The LEGO Movie blocks Lightning Returns

The LEGO Movie Videogame has taken the top spot of the UK chart, becoming the sixth LEGO title to do so. It’s also the fifth LEGO game present in the current UK top 40. Kerching! We attempted to discover what the last movie tie-in to enter at #1 was, and after a spot of research, …

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Fable: Anniversary falls foul to FIFA

After being cut to £20 in-store at Tesco and on Amazon – and still available for that price at the time of typing – we anticipated GTA V to retake the top spot of the UK chart. That hasn’t happened, but FIFA 14 has managed to dislodge last week’s chart topper Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, …

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And the UK’s Christmas number one is…

…FIFA 14. We guess the image above was kind of a giveaway. It’s EA’s first FIFA to become Christmas number one since FIFA 09, and the publisher’s 14th Crimbo numero uno since the chart began 28 years ago. Call of Duty: Ghosts is at #2 – Chart-Track claims that FIFA outsold it by a remarkable …

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Call of Duty: Ghosts – Review

When gamers grumble about the imminent arrival of next-gen consoles, proclaiming that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 still do their job in a more than satisfactory manner, a little fact we like to bring up is that the Xbox 360 iteration of Black Ops took up so much space that only a paltry 1MB …

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Call of Duty: Ghosts review round-up – all bark and no bite?

Call of Duty: Ghosts is out today and with the review embargo – which was 8am this morning – now lifted here’s a timely review round-up. The Official PlayStation Magazine and Eurogamer, amongst others, reviewed the PlayStation 4 version, while other websites – such as EGM – settled for reviewing the current gen versions. As …

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The all in one Xbox…One

Microsoft has finally put an end to months, if not years, of speculation – the next Xbox will be known as Xbox One. May the names ‘Xbox Infinity’, ‘Xbox Fusion’ and ‘Xbox 8’ never be mentioned again, unless used in the sentence “Wouldn’t have Xbox Infinity been a better name?” The new system is so-called …

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