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A British history of popular video games, told one sales chart #1 at a time

“Ladders are a socially acceptable way to reach a roof” – Assassin’s Creed

Up to this point in the Super Chart Island story, Ubisoft have been a company with one successful imperialist brand and some moderate publishing deals. Assassin’s Creed became…

“Hell of a highlight reel” – Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

It’s dark. You’ve slowly picking your way through enemy territory, laying down and crawling to cower from helicopter spotlights, remaining cautious and vigilant. It’s a slow, laborious process….

“Ambiguous Tea” – Pro Evolution Soccer 2008

It feels appropriate to start my post on 2007’s version of Pro Evolution Soccer in the same way as my post on 2006’s. Throughout the early 00s, the…

“Technical attributes” – Football Manager 2008

[For this guest post, I am once again joined by Kurt Lewin, who previously wrote about Gran Turismo 4. You can find Kurt on twitter as @Angry_Kurt, and…

“Our velocity” – Project Gotham Racing 4

A rising tide lifts all boats. Even at the height of street racing game mania, when Need for Speed, Burnout, Midnight Club and Juiced games all topped the…

“Ready to go again” – FIFA 08

I should mention up front that FIFA 08 is where I came back in as a FIFA player. More than that, in fact, it is the source of…

“Enjoy the ride” – Halo 3

When reading contemporary reviews of Halo 3, I found talk of Bungie’s testing and refining process in developing the game particularly interesting. Rob Fahey’s review for Eurogamer, for…

“My fans need me” – Super Paper Mario

For all Nintendo’s reaches to new audiences with the Wii, 2006 was not a total year zero. (For Nintendo it was Year 117, or at least Year 36…

“Top of the Swing” – Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08

The list of #1 games is a bit slow to reflect it, but the Wii was a humungous success in the UK just like the US and Japan….

“More style points” – John Woo Presents Stranglehold

A couple of months and several million miles away from 2007’s procession of summer blockbuster adaptations, Stranglehold is also based on a film. Specifically it is a video…