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Dead Island Riptide enjoys its Hattrick week on the No.1 spot

After its first day due, Dead Island Riptide has maintained its position  on the top spot making this its third week on top. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 follows at No.2 after spending the last three weeks at the bottom. Tomb Raider retains its 3rd spot and Injustice: Gods Among Us falling to 4th [...]

Dead Island Still on Top of the Chart

Dead Island: Riptide holds the top spot on the chart on all formats for the week ended May 4. Injustice: Gods Among Us also retains  the second spot while the rest of the log flips and falls. Have a look at the previous weeks Chart also and see what games you need to be playing [...]

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Injustice Gods Among Us debuts at No.1

Injustice: Gods Among Us debuted at No.1 on all formats chart for the week ended April 20. The last fighting game to claim the top spot on the chart was THQ’s UFC Undisputed 3 back in February 2012. Injustice studio NetherRealm’s last game, Mortal Kombat, took the No.2 spot in week 16 of 2011, debuting [...]

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New Gears and God of War games ‘have underperformed’ – analyst

Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz has forecast disappointing first month North American sales for Gears of War: Judgment and God of War: Ascension, ahead of the NPD Group’s release of official market data this Thursday. The analyst said in a research note that sales of the two games – which are the fourth home [...]

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New consoles unlikely to cure ‘sick retail market’, says BioWare co-founder

BioWare co-founder Dr. Greg Zeschuk, who left the company last year to pursue the next chapter in his career outside of the games industry, has painted a grim outlook for the console retail market. Reflecting on the recent resignations of EA CEO John Riccitiello and Square Enix president Yoichi Wada, he told GamesIndustry.biz that he [...]

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BioShock Infinite stays on top of the Game

BioShock Infinite has managed to maintain its position at the top of the chart. The shooter made an immediate impact upon release two weeks ago by recording the second biggest launch of 2013, bettered only by Square Enix’s Tomb Raider, which also holds position at No.2 this week. Following at No.3 is Trion Worlds shooter [...]

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Square Enix president Yoichi Wada to resign

Square Enix has announced the resignation of president Yoichi Wada and forecast an “extraordinary loss” for the current financial year. The Japanese publisher plans for current representative director Yosuke Matsuda to succeed Wada as president in June as it reorganises its management team amid wider reforms to its business operations. Square Enix said: “In view [...]

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Tomb Raider DLC: Caves & Cliffs map pack launches with trailer

Square Enix has released the first batch of timed exclusive Tomb Raider DLC. Priced at 400 Microsoft Points, the Caves & Cliffs map pack offers three new multiplayer arenas to fight it out in, each of which is detailed below the new trailer: Scavenger Caverns: An extensive subterranean network of caves used by the island’s [...]

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Tomb Raider is biggest launch of 2013

Tomb Raider has secured the No.1 spot on all formats with the biggest launch of 2013 to date. The series reboot comfortably outsold 2013′s previous best launch, Aliens: Colonial Marines, by more than two to one, according to retail monitor Chart Track. It also beat 2006′s Tomb Raider: Legend to achieve record first week sales [...]

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Tomb Raider DLC revealed, is Xbox 360 timed exclusive

Square Enix has revealed the first batch of Tomb Raider DLC. Featuring three new multiplayer arenas to fight it out in, the Caves & Cliffs map pack is a timed Xbox 360 exclusive release. It will be available to download from Xbox Live on March 19 priced at 400 Microsoft Points. The three new maps [...]

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