In the most competitive release week of the year so far, Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus has seized the number one position, according to this morning’s weekly games charts. The fitness title fended off competition from 41 different games and franchises, such as Dragon Age: Origins, Ghostbusters, Band Hero, Ratchet & …
Read More »UK CHARTS: FIFA holds its crown
Electronic Arts’ FIFA 10 has remained the best-selling game of the week – it’s still the UK’s No.1 game. The all-conquering football franchise, which EA only last week revealed had sold through almost 2m units in Europe, was one of the biggest game launches ever a week ago and interest …
Read More »UK CHARTS: UFC is Undisputed No. 1
UFC 2009: Undisputed is this weeks’ surprise No. 1, grappling the top spot from Nintendo’s ever-present Wii Fit. The THQ-published brawler is part of an all-new Top 3, which includes Pokmon Platinum in second position and EA Sports Active in third. Wii Fit, which needs just two more No. 1s …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Wii Fit is still number one
Nintendo’s Wii Fit has secured a third consecutive week at the top of the UK charts this week – its seventh week in total at number one. It has become Nintendo’s second best chart-topper – Pokemon Gold also made it to No.1 a total of seven times in 2001. Wii …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Call of Duty shoots back to the top
While a late sales surge drove EA’s FIFA 09 to claim the Christmas 2008 games No.1 last week, the title has been usurped by Call of Duty: World at War which is once again the UK’s number one title. The Activision Blizzard FPS returns to the top, although EA still …
Read More »UK CHARTS: FIFA 09 is 2008’s Christmas No.1
EA has scored its sixth Christmas number on in eight years – FIFA 09 has claimed the top spot and trumped the favourite Call of Duty: World at War. Retailer promotions saw sales of FIFA 09 rocket by 89 per cent according to the weekly sales data from Gfk-ChartTrack. Call …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Call of Duty stands its ground
Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: World at War has taken the number one position in the ChartTrack Top 40 for the third week in a row – despite sales dropping by 30 per cent. The game was raced all the way by EA’s Need For Speed: Undercover, which moved from …
Read More »Activision Blizzard accounts for 25% of last week’s game sales
Gfk Chart Track has revealed that Activision’s domination of last week’s chart meant three of its titles – Call of Duty: World at War, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and Guitar Hero: World Tour – accounted for 25 per cent of all games sold in the previous …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Call of Duty shoots in at number one
Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: World at War has swept last week’s number one title Gears of War 2 from the top of the UK charts. With many retailers aggressively boasting cut-price offers on the latest in the best-selling FPS franchise, it’s little wonder the title has taken the top …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Wii Fit sprints back to No.1
Nintendo has returned to the top of the charts with Wii Fit as the platform holder continues to rack up huge summer sales with Maro Kart Wii at three, Wii Play at five and Brain Training at ten. Last week’s top seller Soul Calibur IV’s sales have dropped 24 per …
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