GTA V claims a tenth week at no. 1

We expected to see Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare still at no.1 in the UK chart this week, but instead the top ten has undergone a shuffle. It’s GTA V that takes the top spot, making it 10 weeks in total. This puts in a small band of other titles – including GTA: Vice City …

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Black Friday sends UK sales skyrocketing

With just one title in the whole of the UK top 40 in the same position as last week, it’s fair to say that Black Friday has given the chart a significant shake-up. That game was GTA V at #9, if you’re curious. Almost every title in the top 40 saw a sales boost – …

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Titanfall 2 – Review

The original Titanfall was a robust shooter, if a little rough around the edges. Try as they might though, EA and Respawn struggled to keep players engaged. After the excellent Frontier Defence co-op mode failed to bring players back, they eventually resorted to giving away all the DLC map packs for free. It has languished …

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UK top five sees three new arrivals

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition was the biggest selling new release of last week. The RPG remake didn’t manage to take the UK chart’s top spot however, entering at #2. Neither did it manage to outperform the original Skyrim, although this was perhaps to be expected. This means Battlefield 1 enjoys a second …

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Titanfall 2 review round-up

It seems that EA can do no wrong currently – just like last week’s Battlefield 1, we’re struggling to find a review score lower than 8/10 for Titanfall 2. Consensus has it that it builds on the sturdy frame of the first game in a specular manner, with a kind of craftsmanship that’s second to …

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Titanfall 2 and Battlefield 1 due to arrive just seven days apart

Here’s something you may have overlooked during EA’s glitzy E3 conference – Titanfall 2 and Battlefield 1 launch within a week of one another. Battlefield 1 is due 21st October while Titanfall 2 drops 28th October. Although dozens upon dozens of games launch in October – it’s the busiest month of the year for gaming, …

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