The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon

2026 first new retail releases debut in this week’s UK top 40

This week’s UK retail chart, dated week ending 17th January, sees the first new arrival of 2026 – NiS America’s acclaimed RPG The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon, debuting at #16. It also charted at #6 in the PS5 top ten, but is absent from the Switch chart. It’s likely the remaining copies …

New releases for January 2026

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Possibly setting the tone for 2026, January sees a steady flow of Japanese RPGs and longer gaps between other major new releases. There are far fewer games than last January, that’s for certain. Things kick off with a console release of tinyBuild’s rooftop leaping post-apocalyptic camp builder I Am Future, along with eastasiasoft’s electrifying pixel …