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Square Enix’s latest entry in the Deus Ex series has shot straight to No.1 in the UK. Mankind Divided, which launched for PS4, Xbox One and PC, did perform worse than the series’ previous entry, 2011’s Human Revolution. GfK Entertainment speculates that this weaker showing was due in part to …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: UKIE hires new business development executive
Rice replaces Jenny Brammall,PocketGamer.biz hires new editor and account execRegan leaves Indigo Pearl. UKIE appoints new business development executive The UK games industry trade body has hired Megan Rice as business development executive. She replaces Jenny Brammall, who left to join nDreams earlier this year. Rice previously worked at games …
Read More »F1 2016 races straight to No.1, No Man’s Sky lands in second place
Codemasters’ F1 2016 has finished in pole position in its first week on shelves. The title launched five weeks later than its predecessor, F1 2015, with Week One sales down 32 per cent year-on-year. Meanwhile, Sony’s indie darling No Man’s Sky dropped to second place with a sales decline 81 …
Read More »No Man’s Sky claims No.1, is Sony’s second biggest PS4 launch
Wildly ambitious indie title No Man’s Sky has shot straight to the top of the boxed UK charts. According to GfK Entertainment, this is the second biggest PlayStation 4 launch for Sony behind Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, which hit shelves earlier this year. It is also Sony’s biggest new …
Read More »UK boxed video games market suffers worst month on record
In a month where Pokmon Go dominated the media, sales of boxed video games plunged to an all-time low. 21.4m was spent on physical video games in the UK during July – the lowest figure ever reported. The previous low happened in July 2013, when the market made just 23m. …
Read More »LEGO Star Wars manages fifth week at head of the UK charts
Warner Bros’ latest LEGO title, The Force Awakens, has claimed its fifth consecutive No.1 since launch. In doing so, it is neck and neck with LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes as the LEGO title with the most consecutive weeks at the top of the UK charts. LEGO Batman 2 …
Read More »Overwatch conquers a weak June for UK games retail
Overwatch was the best-selling title at UK games retail last month. But June was severely down compared with the year before, with just 1.2m games sold – a drop of 33 per cent. 34m was generated through software sales, a huge decline of 40 per cent year-on-year. June 2015 was …
Read More »Pokémon Go misses out on UK mobile top spots in first week of release
Despite all of the hype surrounding Niantic’s latest mobile title, Pokmon was neither the most downloaded free game nor the highest-grossing iPhone release for the week ending July 17th. According to mobile charts from Reflection, the free-to-play title was the third most-downloaded Phone game of that period, beaten only by …
Read More »LEGO Star Wars The Force Awakens holds fourth consecutive UK No.1
Warner Bros’ latest LEGO game is just one week from equalling the franchise’s record for top spots in the UK charts. LEGO Star Wars The Force Awakens takes the No.1 spot for the fourth week running; one more week will see it level with LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, …
Read More »UKIE’s UK Game of the Show set for Gamescom 2016
Award will be given to the best unreleased game developed by a British studio
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