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Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes slashes its way to no.1

A new week, a new UK no.1. Nintendo’s musou spin-off Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes takes the top spot in the all-formats retail chart, causing the PS5 pack-in Horizon Forbidden West to fall to #2. Three Hopes isn’t the only new Switch release in the chart – THQ...

New on Switch: Fall Guys, Fire Emblem Warriors, Sonic Origins, Shadowrun, Wreckfest, Firegirl, Blade Runner, more

Twenty odd years ago, the gaming industry would go into ‘sleep mode’ during the summer – publishers saved their big-name releases for the more lucrative Q4 period, presumably believing nobody planned to spend their summer indoors playing games. A couple of movie tie-ins based on summer blockbusters were...

NBA 2K20 bags UK chart top spot, becoming the first basketball sim to do so

Last week Astral Chain became Platinum Gamesâ€™ first title to head straight to no.1. This week, NBA 2K20 becomes the first basketball sim to take the UK chart top spot. With the industry constantly shifting towards digital, we can foresee more unexpected no.1s in the months (years?) to...

Astral Chain shoots straight to no.1

For the first time in eons thereâ€™s an almost entirely new UK top five. Switch exclusive Astral Chain leads the way, becoming Platinum Gamesâ€™ first UK no.1 in the process. We canâ€™t say weâ€™re surprised â€“ it has been the talk of social media for almost a week...

Out this week: Control, Astral Chain, Wreckfest, The Dark Pictures – Man of Medan, Crystar, Blair Witch, loads more

Weâ€™re confident in saying this week is the busiest weâ€™ve seen so far this year, surpassing even that infamous week back in February in which Far Cry New Dawn, Crackdown 3, Jump Force, and Metro Exodus arrived just days apart. The battle for the UK chart top spot...