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[This is a guest post, and I’m as happy as ever to welcome back David C James, whose previous posts here include Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow and God of…
In games, as with many other media with any kind of sequel or follow-up, a sequel’s initial commercial performance is generally a reflection of its predecessor as much…
Playing through the UK’s chart-topping games of the PlayStation era cemented a link in my mind between two of the biggest of them. Metal Gear Solid and Final…
[It’s guest post time again! This one is written by Martin F, who has previously written here about Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri and Blue Sphere among others] After…
On release, Grand Theft Auto IV sold nearly a million copies in the UK in five days, making it the fastest-selling game here ever. That was no surprise….
The Wii and Wii Sports were a magic trick. Waving a remote around and using a “sensor bar” which could be replaced by two candles, you could point…
In the same way as it was a struggle to get to the historic charts this blog is built on, getting to any kind of accurate historic UK…
More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima was released in the UK in June 2007, a year after its predecessor, and followed it to the top of the individual…
The Wii’s initial success was powered by motion-controlled sports with a smattering of more traditional Nintendo pursuits, including inevitably more than one Mario game (Super Mario Galaxy was…
[For this guest post, I am happy to welcome back Iain Farrell, who previously wrote about Sonic 3 and Mercenaries. You can find Iain on twitter as @iainfarrell.] If…