Well, for a while it was actually a bit different. The past month has seen Monster Hunter Rise, Spider-Man Miles Morales, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, and even Supergiant's excellent Hades all hit the number one spot. But norm...

Electronic Arts is working on new technology with which it hopes to tackle the problem of racism and other toxic behaviors within its globally popular soccer sim, FIFA 21. The publisher announced it is investigating new measures to reduce p...

Electronic Arts has confirmed that "one or more" EA accounts have been used in an illicit trading scheme within soccer sim FIFA 21. Dubbed "EAGate" by the player community, the scandal alleges that EA employees have been involved in the sel...

Electronic Arts has announced it has begun a "thorough investigation" into allegations that one of its employees has sold rare FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) cards directly to players in the FIFA 21 community. In what has been dubbed by the inter...

Nintendo Switch titles remain the most popular physical purchases in the UK's gaming market, a trend that has seen the Japanese industry giant dominate the UK Charts for the first quarter of 2021. Leading the charge is the indelible Super M...

After weeks of Nintendo's dominance, PlayStation finally had reason to celebrate. A supply restock - in addition to several store discounts - saw some of Sony's big-hitters shoot back up the UK Charts. As reported by GamesIndustry.biz, comi...

Nintendo's recent Switch release Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury is enjoying a second week on top of the UK Charts, having fended off a sales rush from Electronic Arts' football simulator FIFA 21. Despite physical sales dropping over 6...

Google is assuring owners that, despite its somewhat rocky start, Stadia still has the company's full support, with "more than 100 games" currently slated for arrival on the cloud gaming service over the course of 2021. "We’re thrille...

You can almost set your watch by it. Nintendo launches Switch game, Switch game hits the top of the UK Charts. With each major release, Nintendo continues to find favor with the British gaming public, and last week's launch of Super Mario 3...

It's another Nintendo-friendly week in the UK Charts this week, as social adventure Animal Crossing: New Horizons retains the number one spot for a third week running, leading a slew of sales on a wide range of Nintendo Switch releases. The...

Next month will see the first anniversary of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. That's one whole year of Nook Island shenanigans. And the Nintendo Switch social sim has more than proven its staying power, once again returning to the number one ...

They say you can't keep a good man down - turns out that goes for relatively amoral men too. Agent 47 has stealthily crept his way into the top spot of the UK Charts, thanks to the release of IO Interactive's excellent sequel, Hitman 3, phy...

As the UK continues to mire in poorly planned, poorly managed lockdown legislation, physical video game sales continue to rise. In fact, as reported by GamesIndustry.biz, total physical sales are up over 25% on the same time frame last year...

In regards to physical video game sales, the past week saw one of the most lucrative "first weeks" in years, as the UK's latest state of lockdown saw many gaming fans purchase new titles to while away the hours. Nintendo was the majority dr...

Nintendo's totes-adorbs lifestyle sim Animal Crossing: New Horizons has returned to the top of the UK Charts, beginning 2021 as the biggest selling physical title for the year's opening week. No doubt a result of a new army of post-holiday ...

While we have already passed the typically lucrative Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend, the UK Chart remains relatively stagnant this week. The same ten titles occupy almost the exact same ten spots that they did last week, with Electronic ...

Kickoff came a day early. The PS5 and Xbox Series X versions of Madden NFL 21 and FIFA 21 are scheduled to launch tomorrow, December 4. However, anyone who owns last-gen versions of those games can upgrade today. EA Sports pulled...

The latest UK Chart report sees most of the industry's biggest releases jostling within the Top Ten, as the UK's current COVID-19 lockdown legislation put the dampers on the lucrative Black Friday sales, (which Britain also adopted because ...

After weeks, even months of stagnation, the UK Charts have finally been shaken up with debuting hardware PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Now available on UK shores, the new consoles and their respective releases have been battling it out...

In the first major shakeup in months, the UK Charts welcomed a fistful of brand new releases into its ranks, all vying for the coveted number one spot. When the dust had settled, in what could be seen as something of an upset, Ubisoft's Ass...

Last week saw the UK enter government-mandated lockdown once again, as the nation severely struggles to subdue the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The lockdown led to a spike in video game sales, as UK citizens prepared to spend several more wee...

Despite the launch of three brand new titles, Electronic Arts' football sim FIFA 21 has managed to retain the top spot of this week's UK Charts, at least as it applies to physical sales. Ubisoft's open-world sequel Watch Dogs: Legion, Ninte...

Another very quiet release week has seen Electronic Arts' football simulator FIFA 21 retain the top spot of the UK Charts, despite a huge week-on-week drop in physical sales of around 50%. A lack of major launches - along with the continued...

While Electronic Arts' football simulator FIFA 21 retains the number one spot of the UK Charts for a second week, a surge of physical sales saw a glut of Nintendo Switch titles shoot up the rankings. GamesIndustry.biz cites Amazon's Prime D...

Despite the proven staying presence of Crash Bandicoot in the UK Charts, this week sees Activision's Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time knocked from the number one spot after just one week by Electronic Arts' annual football release, FIFA 2...