Square-Enix clearly hopes your purse strings are loose this week, launching no less than four Dragon Quest games on the eShop – the ‘definitive edition’ of Dragon Quest XI and a re-release of the original NES ‘Erdrick’ trilogy. The first DQ will only set you back a modest £3.99, whereas DQ2 and DQ3 are priced £5.35 …
Excelsior! With Spider-Man under Sony’s wing, the web-swinger has managed to achieve things Activision couldn’t. Not only is it the fastest selling Spider-Man game ever, but also the fastest selling Marvel game of all-time. Chart-Track also notes that it had the biggest launch – in terms of individual format sales – since the PS4 version …
We aren’t sure if Sony’s decision to launch Marvel’s Spider-Man on PS4 the same week as The Avengers: Infinity War’s home release was intentional or not, but it’s a smooth move nevertheless. Not that the gaming consuming public needed any more persuasion to buy Spider-Man – it has been one of the most anticipated releases …
UK Charts Two things of note have occurred in chart land this week. Firstly, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has become the UK’s best selling game ever after 41 weeks on sale. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training was the previous best selling UK game ever, followed by GTA: San Andreas. Secondly, Square-Enix’s Kane & Lynch …
UK Charts Starcraft II has only managed to stay on top of the chart for one week – it’s now at #4, pushed down by the likes of Toy Story 3 which has risen back to the top of the chart. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has gone back up from #8 to #2 …