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by Published on December 16th, 2015 22:48- Categories:
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One week remains until the UK's Christmas No.1 is decided and Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops III is once again the top dog in the UK All Formats chart.
The shooter rose despite a 37 per cent decline in sales this week. Star Wars Battlefront climbs to one place to No.2 as we get closer to the release of The Force Awakens this coming Thursday.
Last week’s No.1 FiFA 16 drops to third place as sales decline 49 per cent. EA’s football title is still a strong contender for the Christmas No.1 – the charts for the week ending December 19th. FIFA games currently hold the records for most Christmas No.1s, currently laying claim to eight.
Fallout 4 drops one place to No.4 with a 21 per cent sales dip, while Minecraft: Story Mode rises two places to fifth position.
Just Cause 3, which debuted at No.4 last week, falls to sixth place with a not-too-shabby 43 per cent sales decline. Meanwhile, Rainbow Six: Siege falls three positions to No.9.
The only new entry in the charts this week is EA’s The Sims 4: Get Together at No.38.
Below is the software Top Ten for the week ending December 12th:
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Activision Blizzard
2. Star Wars Battlefront, EA
3. FIFA 16, EA
4. Fallout 4, Bethesda
5. Minecraft: Story Mode, Telltale
6. Just Cause 3, Square Enix
7. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Ubisoft
8. Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar
9. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege, Ubisoft
10. WWE 2K16, 2K Games
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/call-...s-no-1/0160397 ...by Published on December 7th, 2015 21:21- Categories:
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EA’s football blockbuster FIFA 16 has claimed its sixth No.1 this year.
The title shot back to the top spot last week during the Black Friday sales period, and it maintains its position despite a 41 per cent dip in sales.
The rest of the Top Three remains unchanged – Call of Duty: Black Ops III holds second position with a 32 per cent dip in sales, while Star Wars Battlefront sits in third place with sales declining only 34 per cent.
The highest new entry in the Top 40 is Square Enix’s Just Cause 3 which saw Week One sales 46 per cent higher than its predecessor, 2010’s Just Cause 2.
Fallout 4 slips to fifth place ahead of another new entrant in the chart, Rainbow Six: Siege debuts in sixth place. And Minecraft: Story Mode saw sales increase 16 per cent as it holds No.7 in the ranks.
Meanwhile, Xenoblade Chronicles X debuts at No.28 with sales 73 per cent higher than the Week One of the original Xenoblade Chronicles.
Below is the software Top Ten for the week ending December 5th:
1. FIFA 16, EA
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Activision Blizzard
3. Star Wars Battlefront, EA
4. Just Cause 3, Square Enix
5. Fallout 4, Bethesda
6. Rainbow Six: Siege, Ubisoft
7. Minecraft: Story Mode, Telltale/Avanquest
8. Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar
9. Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, Sony
10. WWE 2K16, 2K Games
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/fifa-...-place/0160061 ...by Published on December 3rd, 2015 22:10- Categories:
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The numbers are finally in for what appears to have been a blockbuster Black Friday.
86 per cent of all consoles sold last week were PlayStation 4 and Xbox Ones, an increase the 75 per cent that were sold during the same period last year. Software for those platforms made up 74 per cent of all units sold – last Black Friday PS4 and Xbox One games only made up 46 per cent.
The week ending November 28th is only one of nine weeks so far where the newer harder saw software unit share of over 70 per cent.
In addition, software revenue increased 32 per cent over last week meaning that £56m was generated by game sales. Meanwhile 1,778,301 units were sold during the week.
It’s not all good news, however. Software unit sales were down nine per cent year-on-year, while revenue took a dip of 10 per cent.
FIFA is No.1 after a six-week break from the top spot with sales shooting up 254 per cent week-over-week thanks to a number of hard and software bundles. This also helped Call of Duty: Black Ops III sales rise 47 per cent. Activision’s shooter remains steady at No.2.
Last week’s No.1 – Star Wars Battlefront – falls to third place, though sales only took a 52 per cent dip which is rather healthy. Bethesda’s Fallout 4 falls to fourth place as sales s climb eight per cent.
In fifth place is Sony’s Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection. That title was 24 per cent last week, but it shoots up 19 places to fifth place as sales shoot up 999 per cent thanks to a PlayStation 4 hardware bundle. Meanwhile Grand Theft Auto V rises six places with sales taking a 385 per cent hike.
Hardware bundles helped a number of games see massive sales increases. Halo 5 sales shot up 195 per cent, while Forza 6 sales spiked ten 381 per cent as it rises ten places. Meanwhile, Disney Infinity 3 increases 281 per cent week-on-week and LEGO Marvel Super Heroes unit sales increases 541 per cent.
Below is the software Top Ten for the week ending November 28th:
1. FIFA 16, EA
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Activision Blizzard
3. Star Wars Battlefront, EA
4. Fallout 4, Bethesda
5. Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, Sony
6. Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar
7. Minecraft: Story Mode, Telltale Games
8. Halo 5: Guardians, Microsoft
9. Rise of the Tomb Raider, Square Enix
10. Forza Motorsport 6, Microsoft
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/1-8m-...y-week/0159841 ...by Published on November 30th, 2015 20:48- Categories:
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The latest Star Wars game has unsurprisingly shot to the top of the Japanese retail rankings in its debut week.
EA’s return to the Battlefront series sold in excess of 100,000 units on PS4 during its first week on sale, outpacing the combined efforts of fellow newcomer Atelier Sophie: Fushigi na Hon no Renkinjutsushi on Vita and PS4. That game claimed the second and third places on the podium, respectively, according to the latest data from Famitsu.
Omega Labyrinth, another Vita title, swiped the fourth spot.
Meanwhile, the Game Director’s Edition of Sword Art Online debuted at number six, while the final new release to make the Top Ten – Vita effort Girl Friend Beta: Kimi to Sugosu Natsuyasumi – charted one spot lower.
Last week’s number one, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, fell to number five in its second week as sales fell by more than 130,000.
Wii U shooter Splatoon climbed two places week-on-week to rest at eight, sales rising by almost 4,000 units.
Over in the hardware rankings, the New 3DS XL closed the gap on PS4, which has topped the charts in recent weeks.
PS4 remained the best-selling console of the week, with the New 3DS XL behind by only around 500 units – compared to the 16,000 sales gap the previous week.
Here is the software Top Ten for the week ending November 22nd:
- Star Wars Battlefront (EA) PS4 – 107,168 (New)
- Atelier Sophie: Fushigi na Hon no Renkinjutsushi (Koei Tecmo) Vita – 28,350 (New)
- Atelier Sophie: Fushigi na Hon no Renkinjutsushi (Koei Tecmo) PS4 – 28,261 (New)
- Omega Labyrinth (D3) Vita – 24,894 (New)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Sony) PS4 – 22,615
- Sword Art Online: Game Director's Edition (Bandai Namco) PS4 – 22,530 (New)
- Girl Friend Beta: Kimi to Sugosu Natsuyasumi (Bandai Namco) Vita – 15,327 (New)
- Splatoon (Nintendo) Wii U – 13,797
- Disney Magical World 2 (Bandai Namco) 3DS – 13,362
- Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Akaneko-dan / Shiroinu-tai (Level 5) 3DS –13,347
And here are the hardware sales for the same period:
- PS4 – 26,472
- New Nintendo 3DS XL – 25,963
- Wii U – 13,808
- PS Vita – 11,923
- New Nintendo 3DS – 5,654
- PS3 – 1,241
- Nintendo 3DS – 1,161
- Xbox One – 550
- Nintendo 3DS XL – 425
- PS Vita TV – 313
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/star-...charts/0159595 ...by Published on November 30th, 2015 20:45- Categories:
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Call of Duty: Black Ops III is currently the bookies’ favourite to be this year’s Christmas No.1.
Activision’s shooter currently has the highest odds, coming in at 6/4 from both Ladbrokes and William Hill, while Paddy Power gives Black Ops III an 11/8 chance of being the top game this Christmas.
FIFA 16 is currently the betting firms’ second favourite, with odds of 2/1, 3/1 and 6/4 from Ladbrokes, William Hill and Paddy Power, respectively.
Star Wars Battlefront and Fallout 4 are the third and fourth favourites to take the top spot this Christmas.
There are no Xbox One or Wii U exclusives among the titles tipped to top the charts, but PS4 exclusive Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection is given a 33/1 shot at Ladbrokes and 40/1 at William Hill.
Check out the full odds below:
LADBROKES:
Call of Duty: Black Ops III – 6/4
FIFA 16 – 2/1
Star Wars Battlefront – 3/1
Fallout 4 – 8/1
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – 10/1
Guitar Hero Live – 12/1
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 16/1
Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 – 25/1
Grand Theft Auto V – 25/1
Destiny – 33/1
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection – 33/1
WILLIAM HILL:
Call of Duty: Black Ops III – 6/4
FIFA 16 – 3/1
Star Wars Battlefront – 7/2
Fallout 4 – 6/1
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – 12/1
Guitar Hero Live – 16/1
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 20/1
Destiny – 33/1
Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 – 33/1
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection – 40/1
Grand Theft Auto V – 50/1
PADDY POWER:
Call of Duty: Black Ops III – 11/8
FIFA 16 – 6/4
Star Wars Battlefront – 5/2
Fallout 4 – 14/1
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – 20/1
Grand Theft Auto V – 25/1
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/fifa-...s-no-1/0159659 ...by Published on November 23rd, 2015 21:52- Categories:
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Star Wars Battlefront debuts at the top spot in the UK charts and has the fourth biggest week of any game this year.
The online-only shooter has the biggest launch for a Star Wars game, selling more than 117 per cent more units in its first week than previous record holder, 2008's Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
Chart-Track also says that it is the fast-selling non-sequel PlayStation 4 title ever, selling more than Destiny at launch. The title also sold considerably more on PlayStation 4 than it did Xbox. 59 per cent of Week One sales were for the PS4; 39 per cent on Xbox One while two per cent were on PC.
Black Ops III holds tight at second place in spite of a 50 per cent drop in sales, while last week’s No.1, Fallout 4, drops to third place as sales decline 80 per cent.
FIFA 16 rises one place to No.4 as sales increase 14 per cent week-over-week, while Rise of the Tomb Raider falls to fifth position with only a 37 per cent drop in sales.
Below is the software Top Ten for the week ending November 21st:
1. Star Wars: Battlefront, EA
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Activision Blizzard
3. Fallout 4, Bethesda
4. FIFA 16, EA
5. Rise of the Tomb Raider, Square Enix
6. LEGO Dimensions, Warner Bros
7. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Ubisoft
8. Minecraft: Story Mode, Telltale Games
9. WWE 2K16, 2K Games
10. Need for Speed, EA
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/battl...s-game/0159481 ...by Published on November 15th, 2015 21:17- Categories:
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The long-awaited arrival of the Master Chief on Xbox One has helped the console achieve a rare monthly win in the US.
November has become the second month of 2015 (the other being April) that Xbox One has outsold PS4 in the region. It did so thanks to an 81 per cent year-on-year increase in sales.
While PS4 still leads the US market, last year Xbox One managed to win both November and December – a trend Microsoft will be confident it can maintain.
“We saw amazing fan excitement, commercial success and critical acclaim in October for Halo 5: Guardians, which was the best-selling game in the US,” Xbox marketing boss Mike Nichols said.
“We also saw incredible reception for the new Xbox Elite Wireless Controller in October, which is now sold out at most retailers and we are working quickly to replenish stock. And October was just the start. Earlier this week Rise of the Tomb Raider and Fallout 4 launched, today the New Xbox One Experience including backward compatibility launched and many are looking forward to Star Wars Battlefront on November 17th – available today exclusively on Xbox One to EA Access members.
“It’s going to be an amazing holiday for Xbox fans.”
Nintendo did not share any hardware data, but did say that Wii U software sales were up 40 per cent year-on-year for the month and are up 20 per cent for the year-to-date. 800k Amiibo figures and cards were also sold in the period, bringing total US sales to 9m.
The overall console market was flat at $270m, with declines in portables offsetting the 12 per cent rise in next-gen console sales. The overall US October video games market was worth $806m, up two per cent year-on-year, but down on September’s $1bn+.
PS4 and Xbox One posted 62 per cent year-on-year growth while last-gen machines plummeted by 63 per cent.
Here’s the October NPD Top Ten:
- Halo 5: Guardians (Xbox One)
- NBA 2K16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
- Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate (PS4, Xbox One)
- Madden NFL 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
- WWE 2K16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
- FIFA 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
- Destiny: The Taken King (PS4, Xbox ONe, 360, PS3)
- Yoshi’s Wooly World (Wii U)
- Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4)
- Rock Band 4 (Xbox One, PS4)
Guitar Hero, which came out far later in the month, finished just outside the Top Ten at no.11. Super Mario Maker missed out on a chart spot.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/halo-...on-top/0159052 ...by Published on November 11th, 2015 21:14- Categories:
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Blockbuster shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops III has shot to number one in the Japanese retail charts, fighting off a number of home-grown titles.
The latest in Activision’s franchise (which is published by Sony on PlayStation in Japan) sold nearly 150,000 units on PS4, with a further 25,000 on PS3 – the latter version took third position in the software rankings, according to Famitsu.
Meanwhile, Disney Magical World 2, a sequel to the original 3DS life simulation game, swiped the second spot. It shifted almost 70,000 copies in its debut week.
The only other new entries were local efforts To-Love-Ru Darkness: True Princess for PlayStation Vita and Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force for PS4. The games sold around 20,000 and 15,000 copies to rest at fifth and sixth place, respectively.
The previous week’s best-selling game, God Eater Resurrection on Vita, fell to fourth position as sales dropped by around 95,000 in its second week. The PS4 version of the title vanished from the Top Ten altogether, despite taking the number two spot previously.
While Sony and Bandai Namco ruled the very top of the charts for another week, Nintendo once again held onto the bottom of the Top Ten. The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, Super Mario Maker and Splatoon filled out numbers eight, nine and 10, respectively.
Sales of both Mario Maker and Splatoon rose week-on-week, while the Zelda spin-off saw sales drop by about 8,000 units, dropping from third place.
Over in the hardware battle, PS4 reigned supreme for another week at the top of the rankings. It's handheld sibling, the Vita, fell back down the charts as Nintendo's New 3DS XL climbed back to second place.
Here is the software Top Ten for the week ending November 8th:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Sony) PS4 – 147,204 (New)
- Disney Magical World 2 (Bandai Namco) 3DS – 69,864 (New)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Sony) PS3 – 25,398 (New)
- God Eater Resurrection (Bandai Namco) Vita – 22,332
- To-Love-Ru Darkness: True Princess (Furyu) Vita – 19,806 (New)
- Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force (Compile Heart) PS4 – 14,673 (New)
- Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Akaneko-dan / Shiroinu-tai (Level 5) 3DS – 14,202
- The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (Nintendo) 3DS – 13,213
- Super Mario Maker (Nintendo) Wii U – 13,025
- Splatoon (Nintendo) Wii U – 9,181
Here are the weekly hardware sales:
- PS4 – 32,593
- New Nintendo 3DS XL – 16,331
- PS Vita – 13,360
- New Nintendo 3DS – 9,842
- Wii U – 9,268
- PS3 – 1,427
- Nintendo 3DS – 983
- Xbox One – 552
- PS Vita TV – 464
- Nintendo 3DS XL – 366
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/black...t-week/0158916 ...by Published on November 11th, 2015 00:15- Categories:
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Every year in Las Vegas held an awards ceremony in the field of online gambling, which is called Global Gaming Awards. This year was no exception. The ceremony was held in late September at the Venetian Palazzo.
The highlight of the evening was the victory of Microgaming in two categories. The company specializes in developing games for the best online casinos and is one of the largest on the market. Developers of the Microgaming company won the main prize in the nomination "Best innovative design" for the game VR Roulette, and "Best Game of the Year" for the creation of online slots Jurassic Park.
CEO of Microgaming - Roger Raatgever, commented victory:
"We have created a truly incredible game that deserved to win. Jurassic Park - is a revolutionary product for computers and mobile gadgets, and we are incredibly proud of the victory. VR Roulette is also a great game and we promise that we will not stop on our achievements.
The company NetEnt, which develops online games, has been named "Supplier of the Year", and walked in the category of such "giants" as Playtech and Amaya.
Not without its surprises. The prize for "Best affiliate program" has received little-known Canadian company "Income Access", although the favorites in this case were 888, Unibet and Paddy Power.by Published on November 9th, 2015 20:53- Categories:
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The latest entry in Activision’s Call of Duty series goes straight to the top of the UK boxed games charts.
91 per cent of Week One sales were for the newer PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, while a measly nine per cent of units sold were for the the PS3 and 360.
This is the seventh biggest Call of Duty title in terms of revenue. This is likely the result of Black Ops III only launching on Friday – the first time in six years. Other Call of Duty titles launched on Tuesday, therefore we can’t really compare Black Ops III sales to that of last year’s Advanced Warfare.
Meanwhile, FIFA 16 rises on place to No.2. EA’s Need for Speed debuts in third place, too.
Sales of Halo 5: Guardians dropped 78 per cent last week as the sci-fi shooter falls from the top spot to No.4. Assassin’s Creed drops three places to No.5 as sales decline 55 per cent.
And further down the charts, a retailer promotion causes sales of Mario Kart 7 to shoot up 898 per cent to No.14.
Below is the software Top Ten for the week ending November 7th:
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Activision Blizzard
2. FIFA 16, EA
3. Need for Speed, EA
4. Halo 5: Guardians, Microsoft
5. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Ubisoft
6. Minecraft: Story Mode, Telltale Games
7. WWE 2K16, 2K Games
8. Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar
9. LEGO Dimensions, Warner Bros
10. Call of Duty: Ghosts, Activision Blizzard
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