Mafia II has held on to the No.1 spot of the GfK Chart-Track All Formats chart for the third week in a row. The 2K Games title maintained its position despite a 58 per cent drop in sales. It even fended off the rapid rise of Ubisoft’s HAWX 2, which …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Mafia II goes top
2K Games is officially the Don of the UK Charts this week with news that new release Mafia II has shot straight to the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. The Xbox 360 version of the game accounts for 52 per cent of sales, …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Toy Story 3 flying high
Disney Interactive this morning can lay claim to its first ever title to claim the top spot three times in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track Top 40 – licensed movie outing Toy Story 3. It does so despite a 17 per cent drop in sales. So far this year only three …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Toy Story 3 back at No.1
Disney Interactive’s Toy Story 3 is back at the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week two weeks on from the last time it topped the listings. In doing so it toppled last week’s number one, Blizzard’s Starcraft II, which drops to fourth place thanks …
Read More »Rockstar triggers market Redemption
Following five months of decline, the UK games market has finally posted a year-on-year increase. The launch of Red Dead Redemption helped the UK games market post a sales rise of 12 per cent last month when compared to the same period in 2009. But unit sales were down slightly …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Harry Potter takes top spot
Warner Bros Interactive has finally conjured up the spot of magic needed to usurp long-term chart-topper Red Dead Redemption from the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. Rockstar’s free-roaming Western title had until this week enjoyed a five-week spell in command of the software charts. However, …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Red Dead undefeated
Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption has held onto the top spot of the All Formats Charts for a fifth consecutive week. The game outsold every other title this week, despite a 24 per cent drop in sales. Super Mario Galaxy 2 remains in second, although a 29 per cent drop in …
Read More »Mario misses UK top spot
Super Mario Galaxy 2 has fallen short of reaching Number One in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 by just 1,000 units. Nintendo’s super sequel – released for Wii on Friday – was beaten to the top spot by Rockstar’s multiformat Red Dead Redemption. The Wild West adventure …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Red Dead ahead of Mario
Red Dead Redemption has retained its Number One position in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40, despite the release of long-awaited Super Mario Galaxy 2 last Friday. Rockstar’s multiformat adventure becomes the first game to achieve four consecutive number ones this year in front of Ubisoft’s Just Dance, …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Red Dead holds the fort
Red Dead Redemption has racked up a third week at the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40, due in no small part to a lack of new entries. The only new release to hit the Top 10 is EA’s The Sims 3: Ambitions, the second expansion …
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