A stat-packed chart

Ubisoft’s Watch_Dogs is the UK’s new number one, smashing the record for the fastest selling new IP in the process. The previous record holder was 2011’s L.A Noire, if you’re curious. It has had the 17th best launch week in the UK, putting it alongside the likes of GTA, Call of Duty and FIFA. Although …

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Spider-Man crushed by Titanfall

Titanfall is the UK’s #1 for a fifth week, albeit not consecutively, knocking movie tie-in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 off the top spot. Spidey now sits at #3, with FIFA 14 rising one place to #2. According to Chart-Track, less than 400 copies were between Titanfall and FIFA 14. The rest of the UK’s top …

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Spider-Man ends Titanfall’s three week reign

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is the UK’s new number one, knocking Titanfall down to #2. It’s Activision’s first no.1 since Call of Duty: Ghosts, although Chart-Track reports sales were down 5% from the last Spider-Man tie-in. The individual format chart reveals that the PS4 version shifted the most copies, followed by Xbox 360 and then …

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The Not Quite Amazing Spider-Man 2

As you may have heard, the fate of the Xbox One version of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is more up in the air than Spider-Man himself. After some vague statements from Microsoft, Activision and Beenox – all to the tune of working their hardest to ensure a release – the movie tie-in made a surprise …

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