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“Your obscene cyborg dreams” – Crysis 2

First-person shooters took over as one of the leading genres of games in the UK in the early 2000s. This accelerated as part of the Xbox 360’s success,…

“Voice of freedom” – Homefront

After Modern Warfare’s breakthrough success with blockbuster emotional manipulation, the stakes of similar games rapidly escalated. When Infinity Ward themselves needed to up the ante for Modern Warfare…

“Opposing Forces” – Medal of Honor (2010)

In 2010, it was just eight years since Medal of Honor was one of the biggest things in gaming. Yet the series had already spent more than half the time since flailing in identity crisis, lurching from reimagining to reimagining even before Call of Duty took its place at the top.

“You know the music. Time to dance.” – Halo 3: ODST

[For this guest post, I am happy to welcome David Caldwell to Super Chart Island for the first time! David is a nonbinary writer and artist living in…

“Petty morality” – Bioshock

The underwater city of Rapture is an amazing place. I tend to love when games do big things with their settings, and Bioshock really goes for it. There…

“Grimsby, England” – Resistance: Fall of Man

In March 2007, the PS3 made it to the UK. Even with an eye-watering retail price of £425, it was an immediate success. 165,000 PS3s sold outdid any…

America is back – Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

EA, PlayStation 2, #1 in UK combined formats chart for week ending 29 November 2003

A friend with benefits – TimeSplitters 2

Free Radical/Eidos, PlayStation 2, #1 in UK combined formats chart for week ending 19 October 2002

Plenty of explosives – Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

2015, Inc./EA, PC, #1 in UK combined formats chart for week ending 16 February 2002

Quake

id Software/GT Interactive, PC, 1996