18 Jan, 2012

Talk about amazing turnaround. While the Top 3 remain the same in a furious game of musical chairs, the rest of the Top 20 received some overhaul. Zumba Fitness clawed its way back to the Top 10 after spending a week in the Top 30, while Mario Kart 7 regained some ground against Super Mario 3D Land. The Dragonborn still clings to the Top 10, but just barely as...

13 Jan, 2012

Who doesn’t love a good dance? Just Dance is arguably the biggest dancing game franchise out there, and has almost become a staple at any self-respecting house party. Today, Ubisoft announced that they’ve done the maths, and Just Dance 3 sold through more than 7 million units since its release, bringing total sell-through of the Just Dance franchise...

11 Jan, 2012

Every year, the UKIE collate and publish the biggest selling titles of the previous twelve months, and every year, we pour over the results as though they might somehow be surprising. Which they never are. Ever. Case in point: taking the all-format top spot this year is Activision’s Modern Warfare 3. This is the Call of Duty franchise’s third top...

8 Jan, 2012

It’s no big surprise that during the big holiday week, multiplayer titles and family games ruled the charts. Modern Warfare 3 made a comeback to retake the #1 spot, as Kinect Adventures! and Just Dance 3 continued to play musical chairs with the #2 and #3 spots. Ezio made a surprising move, leaping from the #23 spot back into the #9 spot. Welcome back,...

31 Dec, 2011

The Force is strong with many gamers this week as Star Wars: The Old Republic finally released at the #1 spot. Little else has changed, as the majority of the Top 10 stayed relatively the seem, except it was just one tiny spot shift down. Sadly, the Hero of Time, fell from the Top 10 to the #12 spot. Just Dance 3 and NBA 2K12 danced around each other in the #15...

19 Dec, 2011

While I am a sucker for the holiday dinners and present swapping that occurs during the holiday season, there is one thing that is marked in red on my calendar this time a year that sticks out among all other things – The Steam Holiday Sale. The Steam Holiday events over the year started as a neat way to pick up a few titles and have turned into the one...

21 Nov, 2011

There are a whopping eight new entries in the all format UK chart this week. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 remains in first place, and our first new entry, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations has stolen second from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, pushing it down into third. In fourth spot is another new entry: Saints Row: The Third, and FIFA 12 drops down a place...

16 Nov, 2011

This time last week millions of gamers were ready to strap on their iron boots and get their Skyrim on, so it’s no surprise that the game has sold in vast amounts and has become very popular among gamers. How popular? Enough to warrant Bethesda shipping out a whopping 7 million copies of the game worldwide which are expected to generate $450 million in...