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As expected, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 from Infinity Ward and Activision has taken the top spot in the United Kingdom videogame chart and it will probably hang around for some time as players get to experience the content offered by the sequel and as millions of multiplayer matches are played. The biggest upcomi... |
19 November 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Football Manager 10 from SEGA was the top videogame on the United Kingdom market last week and it seemed that football-oriented titles would be dominating the chart until the November 10 release of Modern Warfare 2 from Infinity Ward and Activision. But in a somewhat surprising move, Wii Fit Plus from Nintendo has ta... |
12 November 2009
05:06 GMT |
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It seems a majority of videogame developers in the United Kingdom are worried that piracy is one of the biggest threats to their business and also believe that in the future, the problem will only get worse. The results are part of a survey commissioned by TIGA, the trade association representing the United Kingdom g... |
12 November 2009
04:10 GMT |
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Sports, in general, and football, in particular, is huge in the United Kingdom. The weekly videogame chart have been dominated for the last few weeks by FIFA 10, the simulator from EA Sports, which was then displaced by Pro Evolution Soccer 2010, the rival series from Konami.Now, football is again in the top spot but... |
5 November 2009
04:13 GMT |
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Another week has begun, so it's time to take another look at the software chart published for the United Kingdom. After three weeks during which FIFA 10 from EA Sports has dominated the chart, managing to even fend off a determined challenge from Nathan Drake and Uncharted 2 from Naughty Dog and Sony, it seems t... |
29 October 2009
04:50 GMT |
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FIFA 10, the EA Sports Canada-developed football-simulation title, has managed to hold on to the top spot in the United Kingdom chart for the third week running, probing that the annual release manages to really offer an improved experience over '09 and that, with the Champions League in full swing, the beautifu... |
22 October 2009
12:51 GMT |
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FIFA 10 from EA Sports has managed to hold on to the top position in the United Kingdom sales chart for the second week running, becoming one of the first games in the last months to do so.The football simulation title created by EA Canada has impressed players with the new 360 dribbling mode, which allows for more p... |
15 October 2009
04:37 GMT |
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A hacking contest similar to the US Cyber Challenge competition is to be launched next year in the UK. The most talented contestants will be offered cyber security training courses and could be recruited by the government or large companies.Britain's new security strategy involves strengthening its ability to co... |
13 October 2009
09:12 GMT |
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England is said to be the nation that invented football and its internal competition has certainly been supplying the most powerful teams in Europe and attracting the biggest players in the last few years. So, it's no surprise to see that FIFA 10 from EA Sports is the best sold videogame in the Un... |
8 October 2009
04:36 GMT |
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It seems that the United Kingdom release of FIFA 10, the latest football simulator from Electronic Arts, has managed to spark a small war between supermarkets interested in offering the game to customers and specialized videogame retail stores, which are alleging that prices for the game in the bigger chains are affe... |
5 October 2009
17:01 GMT |
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Need for Speed: Shift managed to hold on to the top spot in the videogame chart compiled for the United Kingdom for just one short week. It seems that shooting Covenant aliens is more appealing than racing in a more simulation-like experience delivered by Need for Speed, as Halo 3: ODST, the latest Bungie videogame, ... |
1 October 2009
13:01 GMT |
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It seems that among European countries, Britain’s inhabitants are those that play online and use videogame consoles the most, according to the United Kingdom National Gamers Survey of 2009. Among those questioned, no less than 73% reported that they are playing videogames regularly and it seems that the trend i... |
30 September 2009
13:21 GMT |
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A clear sign that the holiday-release season is in full swing, with AAA quality titles arriving each new week, is a quick look at the video-game sale chart in the United Kingdom, which now appears to be switching leaders each time a new edition comes out. This week, the newly released Need for Speed: Shift from Elect... |
24 September 2009
12:41 GMT |
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Britain's national security agency, also known as the MI5, has started hiring former hackers to work at the newly created Cyber Security Operations Centre. According to local media reports, many of the new recruits are teenagers who were convicted for cybercriminal activities in the past. The Cyber Security Ope... |
23 September 2009
08:12 GMT |
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It's time for another look at the best sold video games in the United Kingdom, and it seems that, despite the fact that Liverpool was the home of the band, The Beatles Rock Band cannot claim to be the best sold title on the market in its first week since release. That honor goes to its closest rival, Guitar Hero... |
17 September 2009
04:02 GMT |
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Sony is eager to show off the PS3 Slim’s important launch, which has been out since September 1 with a price point of 299 dollars. One the same day that the NPD Group data for August came out, the Japanese console manufacturer offered some data on the progress of its newest device.A statement from the company s... |
14 September 2009
13:31 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 Slim seems to be all the rage, with sales of the Sony console increasing no less than 999% in the United Kingdom in the first week when the new hardware revision was on sales. But does this mean that PlayStation 3 exclusives have a bright future, with increased sales and top chart positions? Apparen... |
10 September 2009
05:00 GMT |
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It seems that the PlayStation 3 Slim is having quite the impact on all the significant videogames markets. In Japan, the console is said by gaming magazine Famitsu to have moved around 150,000 units to gamers in the first three days. And now GamesIndustry.biz is saying that sales of the Sony made home gaming console ... |
9 September 2009
15:41 GMT |
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The first big release of the autumn season, Batman: Arkham Asylum from Eidos, has managed to show off its colors by rocketing to the top of the United Kingdom videogames chartThe game is likely doing well because of the solid combat, which is both fluid and violent, the seamless stealth elements and the way it manage... |
3 September 2009
07:09 GMT |
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The biggest release of the last few weeks, the new Wolfenstein videogame, has not managed to reach the first spot in the United Kingdom videogame chart.Despite the nostalgia factor that worked in its favor and offering a pretty competent, well, a bit derivative shooting experience, the game in which you fight mystici... |
27 August 2009
04:30 GMT |
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In a report from Sir Christopher Rose, Chief Surveillance Commissioner for the UK Government, it was stated that the first two convictions for the section 49 notice where recorded in the UK during the last year. Under this notice, people who refuse to decrypt digital stored data for legal procedures and investigation... |
13 August 2009
05:44 GMT |
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The videogame chart has a new leader in United Kingdom. Codemasters has timed the release of Ashes Cricket 2009 to coincide with the historical cricket series between Australia and England and the results are showing.The game sits in the first spot even as the two cricket teams are getting ready for the decisive fift... |
13 August 2009
04:25 GMT |
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The summer months are long and hot and the relative lack of movement in the United Kingdom videogame chart seems to reflect that. Still, it makes sense to take a look at it and see which games perform in these tough economic times.The top position remains in the hands of Wii Sports Resort from Nintendo, which is bein... |
6 August 2009
13:41 GMT |
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Wii Sports Resort is ready to take the world by storm. After dominating the Japanese charts for a few weeks before being unseated by the extremely successful launch of Dragon Quest IX from Square Enix, the Nintendo-made sport-oriented game is now taking the first place in the United Kingdom sales chart.Let's see... |
30 July 2009
04:30 GMT |
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EA Sports must be pleased with itself. For the last few weeks, the United Kingdom videogame chart has been dominated by titles released by the Electronic Arts division. And this week, Fight Night Round 4 has slid down from number one only to allow Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 to get its place.Apparently, Britain really li... |
16 July 2009
04:33 GMT |
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Fight Night Round 4, the newest boxing simulator from EA Sports, has managed to spend another week at the top of the United Kingdom videogame chart, after getting there least week.The game has been well received by both gamers and critics and manages to offer players a wide array of boxers to choose from, like Ali an... |
9 July 2009
04:16 GMT |
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The United Kingdom market is a very important one for videogames and Nintendo seems to be dominating it in a big way. Looking at the videogame chart provided by GfK Chart Track, Nintendo takes three of the top spots, while six of the first ten games are released by the Japanese publisher.The GfK Chart Track top ten i... |
8 July 2009
02:35 GMT |
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Electronic Arts must be pleased with the performance that its games on the United Kingdom market. After EA Sports Active managed to take Wii Fit down from its top position, Fight Night Round 4 battled its way to the top position on its first week on sale.The game is the follow-up to a very good title, Fight Night Rou... |
2 July 2009
04:12 GMT |
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Electronic Arts surely has high hopes for The Sims 3. After all, the series has broken sales records after sales records and the new game can be seen as being a platform on which Electronic Arts can continue to deliver content for quite a few years.Unfortunately, the initial performance of the title does not seem to ... |
25 June 2009
14:31 GMT |
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The videogame chart in the United Kingdom might just have found its long term king, as The Sims 3 from Electronic Arts has managed to hold on to the top spot in the face of quite a strong challenge from Activision's Prototype.Of course, The Sims 3 has a wider appeal than Prototype. After all, the Sims series has... |
18 June 2009
04:28 GMT |
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These days have been extremely important for the videogame industry, especially in the United Kingdom, with the Government deciding that the PEGI ratings system would be used to label games but also with the release of a new report related to the way the digital society would be implemented in the country.The Digital... |
18 June 2009
03:21 GMT |
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The Department of Culture, Media and Sports of the United Kingdom government has decided that the country would use the Pan European Game Industry ratings system in order to label videogames. The decision comes after the Department took a close look at the Gordon Brown commissioned Byron report, which dealt with a wi... |
17 June 2009
15:01 GMT |
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The Sims 3 is set to be huge. On its first day on sales, the Electronic Arts and Maxis made life simulator managed to go to the top of the United Kingdom videogame chart, displacing UFC 2009: Undisputed, the THQ made fighting game.THQ must be a little upset that Red Faction: Guerrilla, its open world shooter set on M... |
11 June 2009
03:46 GMT |
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With the E3 videogame expo taking place in Los Angeles, most of the news this week is focused on the announcements coming from big videogame companies like Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Electronic Arts and Activision.But a quick look at the charts is always interesting and the United Kingdom videogame one is right on ti... |
4 June 2009
04:04 GMT |
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Finally, a new videogame release has managed to kick Wii Fit, the Nintendo best seller, off the number one spot in the United Kingdom chart. The move was perfectly executed by UFC 2009: Undisputed, the THQ published fighting game that is the beginning of a new franchise for the company, one that could go over WWE to ... |
28 May 2009
04:25 GMT |
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The United Kingdom videogame charts have the same leader this week as during the previous one. Wii Fit, the exercise game from Nintendo that comes packed with a Balance Board, has been sitting at number one for no less than seven weeks.Research firm Chart Track, which puts together the top 20 for each week, is saying... |
21 May 2009
04:24 GMT |
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There's a sense of deja vu when taking a look at the videogame charts coming out of the United Kingdom. This week, the first four spots are occupied by the same games as last week, which is quite surprising and emphasizes the limited appeal of the new titles released at the moment.Wii Fit from Nintendo is still ... |
14 May 2009
04:30 GMT |
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Wolverine is huge. It is one of the biggest comic book characters in the world, with Marvel banking on its popularity by featuring it in comic series, offering it an Origins movie tracking its evolution and by building a videogame around that movie. Breaking with tradition, the videogame tie in is not just a cheaply ... |
7 May 2009
04:38 GMT |
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Last week, the NPD Group numbers for the United States videogames market came out, chronicling the sales for the month of March. The best sold videogames was Resident Evil 5, the zombie shooter created by Capcom, which sold more about 1.5 million units in one month.Wii Fit only managed to come in fourth in the chart.... |
23 April 2009
04:30 GMT |
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The staying power that Wii Fit, the fitness game that comes packed with a Balance Board and enough exercise options to get anyone into shape, has in the United Kingdom is truly amazing.After being dethroned by Resident Evil 5 for a few weeks in a row, the game has managed to sell better than The Godfather II from Ele... |
16 April 2009
13:21 GMT |
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The Nintendo DSi arrived in the United Kingdom on April 3, which was on a Friday, and the new handheld from Nintendo has really made an impact. Although the numbers are sort of murky, it seems that the release was the fourth biggest the island has seen, as far as gaming hardware goes, after those of the PlayStation P... |
10 April 2009
12:41 GMT |
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Resident Evil 5, the zombie-oriented shooter from Capcom, fought valiantly but, after quite a few weeks, was forced to cede the first spot in the United Kingdom videogame chart to the omnipresent Wii Fit from Nintendo, some betting that it will still dominate the chart in a year from now. Capcom should probably make ... |
9 April 2009
03:28 GMT |
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Capcom's zombie shooter, Resident Evil 5, continues to amaze us. Quite some time after its initial release, the title manages to retain the number one position in the United Kingdom videogame chart, beating Wii Fit to the spot.The zombie shooter has been plagued by accusations of racism and some have critic... |
1 April 2009
04:06 GMT |
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It seems that zombie killing is more important these days than keeping yourself in shape, as Resident Evil 5 from Capcom again tops the United Kingdom videogame chart, just ahead of Nintendo's Wii Fit.Apparently unaffected by the racism controversy that rages around it, the zombie killing shooter manages a rare ... |
26 March 2009
03:58 GMT |
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It seems that the Advertising Standards Authority in the United Kingdom, which oversees the content and the delivery of ads, has announced that a campaign called Change 4 Life has not been misleading parents or offending readers with its controversial message.The matter warrants a short recap. The British Heart Found... |
20 March 2009
16:51 GMT |
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These are truly exciting times for videogame enthusiasts. After the lack of big releases in both January and February, which allowed Wii Fit and other Nintendo platform games to dominate the United Kingdom videogame charts, March has brought a variety of new titles that have shaken up the top positions.The most recen... |
19 March 2009
05:19 GMT |
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The United Kingdom has fallen and the United States (or should I say the Thirteen Colonies?) are next in line for Empire: Total War, the strategy game developed by Creative Assembly and published by SEGA.In its first week on sale, the title sits atop the UK videogame chart, managing to take last week's number on... |
12 March 2009
06:40 GMT |
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The gaming industry has been, for quite some time, the victim of prejudice from people who simply don't understand that video games are nothing more than just another form of entertainment, one that places you in the middle of the action, instead of being a by-stander when you watch a movie. Sadly, it seems tha... |
5 March 2009
13:01 GMT |
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In the United Kingdom, the videogame charts are seeing a bit of a shake up as the first big releases of 2009 make their appearance. Wii Fit, which seemed glued to the top spot, has fallen in the charts, allowing Killzone 2 to take first place.The Guerrilla Games developed shooter, which is exclusively offered on the ... |
5 March 2009
02:45 GMT |
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At last, something exciting to report from the land of videogames charts. In the United Kingdom, which is fast becoming a bigger market for games than Japan, Wii Fit, the long time top spot holder from Nintendo, has been dethroned by Street Fighter IV, the fighting game from Capcom. And there are other interesting mo... |
26 February 2009
14:51 GMT |
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