We didn’t expect this week’s UK retail charts to be quite so eventful, for want of a better description. Anime tie-in One Piece Odyssey managed to enter at #14 in the all formats top 40, while also arriving at #4 in the PS5 chart, #5 in the Xbox Series top ten, and #11 in the …
Coming as a surprise to nobody, Horizon Zero Dawn has topped the UK chart. Zelda: Breath of the Wild didn’t really have much of a chance considering the size of the PS4’s userbase. Backed by some impressively high review scores and a huge marketing push, Horizon has become 2017’s biggest seller so far and Sony’s …
History has a habit of repeating itself. Halo Wars 2 has entered the UK top 40 at #2, the same position the original arrived at back in 2009. It was Guerrilla’s Killzone 2 that kept it off the top spot; in two days’ time, Guerrilla’s anticipated Horizon Zero Dawn is released. Sales of Halo Wars …
Microsoft picked Creative Assembly, of Total War fame, to create RTS sequel Halo Wars 2. Masters of the genre, they’re the right men for the job. The result is one of the best examples on consoles, and that’s even with bearing in mind that scores have been mixed – RTS aren’t for everyone, especially with …