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Tournament organiser WSVG have yet to pay out $32,000 in prize money. The company, which held an event in the Maldives in October 2015, offered up an initial $50,000 prize pool to be split across Hearthstone, Starcraft II and FIFA tournaments, however most of this has not been received by …
Read More »FIFA 15 introduces Apple Watch support
EA has released an update to the iOS version of FIFA 15 to support the upcoming Apple Watch. Pocket Gamer reports that the Watch app allows players to receive game notifications direct to their wrist. There will also be some limited game functionality, such as conducting player transfers. The Watch …
Read More »Battlefield Hardline narrowly beats FIFA 15 to No.1
Battlefield Hardline spent its fourth week in pole position of the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It managed this in spite of a 56 per cent sales decline. EA’s shooter was nearly No.2 this week as FIFA 15 came extremely close to taking the top slot with less than …
Read More »EA defends FIFA Ultimate Team price ranges
Publisher EA has explained its recent changes to FIFA Ultimate Team’s card pricing structure after the largely critical fan reaction. Earlier this month EA introduced price ranges for cards being traded by players, defining both the minimum and maximum prices they could be sold for. Many players were upset by …
Read More »Dying Light still No.1, GTA V back in second place
Warner Bros and Techland’s open world zombie title Dying Light once again takes pole position in the GfK Chart-Track Top 40. It keeps the top spot in spite of a 48 per cent decline in sales this week. The game has so far managed to outpace the other new IPs …
Read More »Revealed: The 100 best-selling games of 2014 in the UK
Surprise! FIFA 15, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and GTA V were the best-selling games of 2014. The usual suspects dominated the charts, but there was also some interesting changes. For once, Ubisoft had the most games on the charts with 12, followed by EA with nine. It was also …
Read More »FIFA 15 is UK’s biggest video game of 2014, but it can’t match Frozen
The Entertainment Retailer’s Association has once again revealed the 20 best selling video games, movies and albums of 2014 in the UK. And not a single parent will be surprised to discover that Disney’s Frozen tops the list. That movie sold a staggering 4.012m copies last year, which is 1.34m …
Read More »FIFA 15 favourite for Christmas No.1
FIFA 15 is the overwhelming favourite to be this Christmas’ No.1 video game. That’s according to bookies Paddy Power, Ladbrokes and William Hill… and to be honest we’d be lying if we didn’t agree with them. FIFA 15 is this week’s No.1, ahead of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, which …
Read More »FIFA 15 continues its winning streaks in UK charts
It’s Christmas, and there are always two games that dominate this time of year. FIFA and Call of Duty. And that’s exactly how this year is turning out as well. FIFA 15 is No.1 again and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is No.2. Again. Both titles suffered minor declines in …
Read More »FIFA 15 is back at the top of the UK charts
EA’s hit football title FIFA 15 is back at the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track Top 40 after a six-week break. That’s despite a drop in sales, although fortunately for EA’s game its dips were the smallest. Last week’s No.1 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare slips one place to …
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