Electronic Arts took the title of June’s biggest-selling publisher, after The Sims helped it generate almost a quarter of all UK software revenue in the month. The firm dominated publisher tables in terms of both unit sales and revenue. EA’s share of units sales grew 3.9 per cent in the …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Tiger Woods drives to the top
Fight Night Round 4 has suffered a KO after two weeks at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40, but it’s not all bad news for EA, with fellow sports sim Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 taking the fighter’s place. Tiger Woods increases its standing by one …
Read More »Music charts to add games
Video games could shape the outcome of this year’s UK singles Christmas No.1. The Official Charts Company has told MCV that it wants to see music games’ DLC sales counted in the charts it compiles. Provided a deal is thrashed out between publishers and format holders, music downloaded to play …
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Singstar and Guitar Hero wanted by UK's Official Charts Company
Read More »UK CHARTS: Fight Night scores second KO
He may be the dominant global force in world golf, but Tiger Woods has failed to muster the form needed to knock fellow EA title Fight Night Round 4 from the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 debuts in second spot, ahead …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Prototype goes top
The reign of EA’s The Sims 3 at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 is over, with Activision Blizzard’s free-roaming superhero romp Prototype climbing one position to claim its crown. Activision’s title, which is the first from the publisher to grab the top spot in 2009, …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: Charts updated
The Sims 3 holds onto its number one position in the charts this week, which are viewable in full in MCV’s RETAIL BIZ section. CLICK HERE TO VISIT MCV’S COMPREHENSIVE, UP-TO-DATE MULTIFORMAT CHARTS PAGES. Covering all the major console and handheld formats, along with PC, the MCV charts have been …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Sims 3 refuses to budge
After a long period of dominance from Nintendo’s Wii Fit, EA’s PC hit The Sims 3 has stamped its chart credentials on the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 by claiming top spot for the second week in a row. It finishes ahead of Activision Blizzard’s debutant Prototype, which enters …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Wii Fit nearing record
Nintendo’s Wii Fit has topped the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 for the 16th time this week – if the title can manage to claim two more chart crowns it will level the long-standing record of Eidos’ Who Wants to be a Millionaire. It’s the seventh week in a …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Wii Fit blunts Wolverines claws
It seems nothing is able to challenge Wii Fit at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 with Activision Blizzard’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine failing to stop Nintendo’s title making it five weeks on the trot at the top. By debuting in second spot Wolverine did, however, successfully …
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