New Titanfall update is a game changer

Thinking of trading-in Titanfall towards one of the big name new releases? Hold your fire – Update 8 has just dropped. Instead of simply adding a few more Titan insignias and whatnot, it includes a very good reason to dust off your copy – a highly substantial four player co-op mode. Frontier Defense sees yourself …

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Wolfenstien reigns above all

Wolfenstein: The New Order – which we reviewed earlier this week – is the UK’s new number one. That may not surprise you – it has been a rather quiet month, at least up until this week – but what may take you by surprise is just how well it has sold. It’s the second …

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Minecraft’s Steve storms the charts

Even with EA’s World Cup tie-in released way ahead of the first kick off, sales of FIFA 14 show no sign of slowing. It’s the UK’s number one yet again, making it the 12th week it has taken the top spot. This is actually an all-new record for EA – the previous best was FIFA: …

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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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EA dominates UK top ten

A dearth of new releases has resulted in a lack of activity in this week’s UK top 40. In fact, EA’s dominance in the top ten is about the only noteworthy occurrence. Titanfall is on top for a third week running, while 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil remains at #2. FIFA 14 is at #4, …

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Titanfall – Xbox 360 Review

EA wasn’t lying when they claimed the Xbox 360 version of Titanfall was in safe hands. Over the years Bluepoint Games have made a name for themselves by releasing a steady string of quality HD conversions, including Konami’s MGS HD collection and Sony’s pairing of Ico and The Shadow of Colossus. Titanfall however is their …

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Titanfall gets back on top

With the Xbox 360 version finally released, Titanfall has re-taken the top spot of the UK chart. This is more of an accomplishment than it may seem – it has managed to keep LEGO The Hobbit from claiming #1. And we all know how popular LEGO games are, right? LEGO The Hobbit enters at #2. …

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Kinect Sports Rivals – swing and a miss?

There’s more riding on Kinect Sports Rivals than you may expect – Microsoft hopes that it’ll reignite people’s passion for the motion controlled device, just like the original Kinect Sports did back on Xbox 360. Sadly though, review scores haven’t been too positive so far. On the bottom end of the scale there’s the 2/5 …

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The second coming

For a second week in a row, PlayStation 4-exclusive inFamous: Second Son claims the UK chart’s top spot. Titanfall only managed one week at top, so no doubt Sony are quite chuffed with that. MGSV: Ground Zeroes holds in at #2, with Titanfall likewise remaining at #3. FIFA 14 and The LEGO Movie Videogame round …

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Second Son shows off its colours

Last week’s trio of big name new releases have all managed to make the UK chart’s top five. Anticipated PS4-exclusive inFamous: Second Son took the top spot, becoming the first inFamous to do so. It didn’t perform quite as well as launch title Killzone: Shadow Fall though, having to settle with becoming the second biggest …

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Titanfall towers above all

Titanfall has shot straight to the top of the UK chart, dethroning South Park: The Stick of Truth after just one week. Ubisoft’s colourful RPG now sits at #3, with Dark Souls II entering at #2. Chart-Track claims Xbox One sales are up 96% thanks to Titanfall, with 70% of those being the Titanfall bundle. …

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Titanfall review round-up

European gamers have to wait until Friday to get their Titanfall fix, but that’s not the case in the US where the fast-paced FPS launches tomorrow. Reviews started to surface this afternoon, and scores are somewhat predictably high. At the time of typing the Metacritic stands at a lofty 87% from 26 critics. A few …

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Titanfall – twelve is the magic number

With the beta underway – and currently available to all, in order to test server stress – you don’t have to stray far on the internet to find previews, hands-on footage, or anything else deemed newsworthy about Titanfall. Not that much has been said about the twelve player limit, however. Or to be more exact …

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