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Sony has added to its global PS4 sales info by confirming the console’s UK success in 2014. The platform holder says GfK Chart-Track data shows that PS4 was the UK’s best-selling console in 2014 and also the best-selling machine on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday in November. It was …
Read More »Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare ends 2014 on top of UK charts
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was the New Year No.1 in the latest GfK Chart-Track Top 40. The game was also the Christmas No.1, and secures its fifth time at the top of the charts with a 20 per cent improvement in sales. Activision’s FPS has reportedly suffered a weaker-than-usual …
Read More »Black Friday boosts for Xbox One and PS4 in UK
Sales of both next-gen consoles were up sharply week-on-week in the UK last week as retailers offered some great Black Friday deals. Overall games hardware sales (both consoles and handhelds) soared past 300k units, a retail source has told MCV. Home console sales in the UK are at this point …
Read More »Driveclub sales explode by more than 999% following Black Friday PS4 bundle offers
Offers on games and consoles during last week’s Black Friday sales have seen a number of titles shoot back up the UK retail chart. According to the latest Ukie Games Charts, compiled by GfK Chart-Track, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare saw its sales more than double, rising 110 per cent. …
Read More »Women account for just 15% of UK games development
An investigation byDevelophas found that the women represent just 15 per cent of employees at UK games development studios. The survey received 85 respondents, studios that employ 2,806 staff in total. Of these, it was found that 433 were women. According to recent research by TIGA, the number of jobs …
Read More »UK games market slumps again
PS4 and Xbox One consoles are flying off shelves, but the games are not following them. UK boxed games sales this week reached just 13.6m, a figure more suited to July, not the middle of October (GfK Chart-Track figures). For the month of October, UK boxed game sales hit 78m, …
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Read More »FIFA 15 stays king of UK charts for sixth week as Sunset Overdrive debuts at No.2
FIFA 15 has remained top of the UK charts for a sixth week running, despite strong competition from Sunset Overdrive. EA’s football giant claimed a sixth consecutive weekly number one – the most chart-topping appearances of any title so far in 2014. The game’s sixth success also puts it halfway …
Read More »FIFA top of UK charts for a fourth week as Evil Within debuts at No.2
FIFA 15 has held off competition from The Evil Within and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel to stay top of the UK charts for another week running. EA’s sports game made it a fourth week at the top, matching FIFA 13’s success, according to the latestUkie Games Charts, compiled by GfK Chart-Track. …
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MediaCityUK opens Propeller Room to games start-ups in Salford media hub
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