Archive for July, 2015

Total War: WARHAMMER – The Battle of Black Fire Pass Developer Walkthrough

Friday, July 31st, 2015

Total War: Warhammer developers have debuted an action-packed 10-minute video showing how the spin-off breaks out from the Total War series.

The demo showcases a huge skirmish between the Empire and Greenskin forces named ‘The Battle of Black Fire Pass’, taking a look at some of the units, spells and creatures that you can deploy on the battlefield.

The mission will be available as a unique Quest Battle mission as part of the game’s overall Grand Campaign.

The developer-commentated footage is from the game’s press demo at this year’s E3 expo, and was said to be a scripted battle from yet-to-be finalised pre-alpha code.

First revealed earlier this year, Total War: Warhammer sees the tabletop fantasy game evolve into huge-scale battles on PC, complete with thousands of warriors, gigantic monsters and flying creatures.

Released sometime in 2016, it will be the first in a trilogy of new titles, followed by two standalone instalments and a host of content packs.

The spin-off follows the release of Total War: Attila earlier this year.

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Inside Out topples Ant-Man at the UK box office

Tuesday, July 28th, 2015

Inside Out has comfortably beaten Ant-Man to top this week’s UK box office.

The Pixar animated feature pulled in £7.3 million, ahead of Marvel’s latest superhero blockbuster, which ended up in second place with £2.5m.

Minions collected £2.2m, dropping to third, while Southpaw opened in fourth with £1.6m. The top five was rounded off by Jurassic World.

Elsewhere in the chart, The Empire Strikes Back Secret Cinema returned to the top ten, picking up more than £300,000 to slot into ninth.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Inside Out – £7,376,513
2. (1) Ant-Man – £2,520,129
3. (2) Minions – £2,268,007
4. (-) Southpaw – £1,662,296
5. (4) Jurassic World – £1,004,125
6. (3) Ted 2 – £729,103
7. (6) Terminator: Genisys – £823,384
8. (7) Bajrangi Bhaijaan – £758,195
9. (RE) The Empire Strikes Back (Secret Cinema) – £304,900
10. (8) Magic Mike XXL – £276,204

Source: Rentrak

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Little Mix stay at No.1 for second straight week

Friday, July 24th, 2015

Little Mix have made history with their hit ‘Black Magic’ becoming the UK number-one single for the second week in a row.

The X Factor stars have become the first girl group to have a single top the charts for two straight weeks since Sugababes’ ‘About You Now’ reached the summit in 2007.

‘Black Magic’ became Little Mix’s third single to reach the number one chart spot last week.

“We’re super-duper excited to be number one with ‘Black Magic’ – we never thought we’d see the day again,” Little Mix said at the time. “Thank you so much to the fans… you did this!”

It’s been a whirlwind week for the pop group, as its member Jesy Nelson accepted a marriage proposal from boyfriend Jake Roche on stage days ago.

Meanwhile, Lost Frequencies’ ‘Are You with Me’ climbed back up to the number two position on the UK charts this week. ‘Are You with Me’ was the most streamed song of the week, with more than 2.5 million online listens.

Coming in at number three is ‘Shine’ from Years & Years, while ‘House Every Weekend’ by David Zowie finished in fourth position. Rounding out the top five this week was John Newman’s latest track ‘Come and Get It’, becoming his fifth Top 10 single.

Elsewhere, Calvin Harris’s ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ became his 19th Top 10 hit by entering the charts at number-seven.

5 Seconds of Summer’s latest offering ‘She’s Kinda Hot’ finished at number 18, giving the pop-punk group their fifth Top 20 single.

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James Bond “Spectre” first full trailer…

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015

A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci), the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organisation known as SPECTRE.

Meanwhile back in London, Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), the new head of the Centre for National Security, questions Bond’s actions and challenges the relevance of MI6, led by M (Ralph Fiennes). Bond covertly enlists Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Q (Ben Whishaw) to help him seek out Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux), the daughter of his old nemesis Mr White (Jesper Christensen), who may hold the clue to untangling the web of SPECTRE. As the daughter of an assassin, she understands Bond in a way most others cannot.

As Bond ventures towards the heart of SPECTRE, he learns of a chilling connection between himself and the enemy he seeks, played by Christoph Waltz.

Released in the UK on October 26

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Ant-Man defeats Minions at the UK box office

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015

Forget Yellowjacket, Ant-Man has triumphed in his biggest battle against a whole other yellow army at the UK box office.

Marvel’s latest superhero film snatched the top spot from Minions, taking £4,011,345 to end the latter’s three-week reign.

Paul Rudd’s debut in the comic franchise opened with $114.4m worldwide, with its $58m in the US making it Marvel’s lowest opening weekend takings since 2008’s The Incredible Hulk. Minions added another £2.7m, taking it’s current UK total to £32.29m.

Seth MacFarlane’s Ted 2 slips into third place, earning a further £1.36m in its second weekend. Andre Rieu’s 2015 Maastricht Concert debuts in fifth, taking over £1.1m.

Other new entries in the Top 10 include Bajrangi Bhaijaan at number seven, and horror flick The Gallows squeezing in at number nine.

Amy Winehouse documentary Amy secures a third week in the chart, with a further £315,421 taking its total to just over £2.06m

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Ant-Man – £4,011,345
2. (1) Minions – £2,702,320
3. (2) Ted 2 – £1,360,492
4. (4) Jurassic World – £1,136,220
5. (-) Andre Rieu’s 2015 Maastricht Concert – £1,107,000
6. (4) Terminator: Genisys – £823,384
7. (-) Bajrangi Bhaijaan – £758,195
8. (5) Magic Mike XXL – £524,161
9. (-) The Gallows – £335,875
10. (6) Amy – £315,421

Source: Rentrak

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Rory McIlroy PGA Tour tops all-format gaming chart

Monday, July 20th, 2015

Rory McIlroy PGA Tour has made its debut at the top of the all-format gaming chart.

It’s the first PGA golf game to top the chart since 2008’s Tiger Woods PGA Tour ’09, and is said to have sold a similar number of copies.

It knocks F1 2015 down to second and Batman: Arkham Knight down to third.

LEGO Jurassic World, GTA 5, Destiny, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Elder Scrolls Online follow at four, five, six, seven and eight.

God of War 3: Remastered is this week’s second highest new entry at nine, charting above The Witcher 3 and Minecraft: PlayStation Edition.

Elsewhere, Far Cry 4 re-enters the chart at 14, below FIFA 15 and Minecraft: Xbox Edition.

The top 20 in full:
1. (-) Rory McIlroy PGA Tour (EA Sports)
2. (1) F1 2015 (Codemasters)
3. (2) Batman: Arkham Knight (Warner Bros Interactive)
4. (3) LEGO Jurassic World (Warner Bros Interactive)
5. (5) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
6. (10) Destiny (Activision)
7. (9) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
8. (4) Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited (Bethesda)
9. (-) God of War 3: Remastered (Sony)
10. (6) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Bandai Namco)
11. (8) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
12. (11) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
13. (7) Minecraft: Xbox Edition (Microsoft)
14. (-) Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft)
15. (15) Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Microsoft)
16. (19) WWE 2K15 (2K Games)
17. (13) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney)
18. (12) Dying Light (Warner Bros)
19. (20) Terraria (505 Games)
20. (14) Farming Simulator 15 (Koch Media)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2015 Ukie Ltd.

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Little Mix score their third UK No.1 with ‘Black Magic’

Saturday, July 18th, 2015

Little Mix’s magical abilities have proved powerful, seeing the girl group notch up their third UK number one single.

The four-piece have topped this week’s Official Chart with their new single ‘Black Magic’, which achieves the feat with 113,000 combined sales.

That figure includes an enormous 1.19 million streams over the past week since the track was released in the UK.

“We’re super-duper excited to be number one with ‘Black Magic’ – we never thought we’d see the day again,” Little Mix said. “Thank you so much to the fans… you did this!”

Years & Years’ ‘Shine’ holds its position at number two for a second week, while Lost Frequencies are back up to three with ‘Are You With Me’.

Sam Feldt and Kimberly Anne are a new entry at four with ‘Show Me Love’, while David Zowie slips from last week’s top spot to five with ‘House Every Weekend’.

Elsewhere, Avicii claims his eighth UK Top 10 with ‘Waiting for Love’ landing at number six, while further down The Weeknd is at 25 with ‘Can’t Feel My Face’.

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Minions holds off Ted 2 challenge to top the UK box office

Tuesday, July 14th, 2015

Minions has topped the UK box office for a third week running.

The animated feature pulled in £4.1 million and edged out Seth MacFarlane’s Ted 2, which opened in second place with £3.8 million.

Jurassic World stayed in third with £1.8 million, while Terminator Genisys dropped to fourth. Magic Mike XXL rounded off the top five.

Elsewhere in this week’s chart, new releases Love & Mercy and Song of the Sea landed in ninth and tenth spot respectively.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Minions – £4,154,359
2. (-) Ted 2 – £3,867,723
3. (3) Jurassic World – £1,853,867
4. (2) Terminator Genisys – £1,670,491
5. (4) Magic Mike XXL – £954,766
6. (5) Amy – £416,627
7. (7) Empire Strikes Back (Secret Cinema) – £287,225
8. (6) Spy – £176,401
9. (-) Love & Mercy – £105,718
10. (-) Song of the Sea – £72,172

Source: Rentrak

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F1 2015 ends Batman’s chart reign

Monday, July 13th, 2015

F1 2015 has ended Batman: Arkham Knight‘s two-week reign at the top of the all-format chart.

It’s the first F1 game to top the chart since 2010, and week one sales are up by 367% compared to last year’s Xbox 360 and PS3 version.

After a 54% drop in sales, Batman: Arkham Knight slips one place to second, above LEGO Jurassic World in third.

Elder Scrolls Online, GTA 5 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt chart in fourth, fifth and sixth, while a Minecraft double-header can be found at seven and eight.

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Destiny round off this week’s top ten.

Elsewhere, a huge sales boost sees Disney Infinity 2.0 climb to 13, while WWE 2K15 re-enters at 19.

The top 20 in full:
1. (-) F1 2015 (Codemasters)
2. (1) Batman: Arkham Knight (Warner Bros Interactive)
3. (2) LEGO Jurassic World (Warner Bros Interactive)
4. (3) Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited (Bethesda)
5. (5) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
6. (4) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Bandai Namco)
7. (7) Minecraft: Xbox Edition (Microsoft)
8. (10) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
9. (9) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
10. (11) Destiny (Activision)
11. (8) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
12. (12) Dying Light (Warner Bros)
13. (-) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney)
14. (14) Farming Simulator 15 (Koch Media)
15. (16) Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Microsoft)
16. (13) Payday 2: Crimewave Edition (505 Games)
17. (15) Splatoon (Nintendo)
18. (6) Yoshi’s Woolly World (Nintendo)
19. (-) WWE 2K15 (2K Games)
20. (19) Terraria (505 Games)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2015 Ukie Ltd.

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David Zowie beats Years & Years to number one

Sunday, July 12th, 2015

David Zowie has beaten Years & Years to number one on the inaugural Friday singles chart.

The Kent DJ climbed 51 places with ‘House Every Weekend’, leaving Years & Years’ ‘Shine’ to settle for this week’s highest new entry at number two.

“It feels absolutely amazing. It’s overwhelming and I’m thankful to everyone that’s supported the track, all the DJs that have spun the track,” Zowie told OfficialCharts.com.

“It’s just an absolutely amazing moment, thank you. I’m just trying to suck it all in and enjoy the moment of being Number 1 on the first Friday chart.”

Meanwhile Fifth Harmony are celebrating their first UK Top 10 with ‘Worth It’ landing at three after leaping 48 places.

Last week’s number one Lost Frequencies’ ‘Are You With Me’ drops three places to number four while Tinie Tempah’s Jess Glynne collaboration ‘Not Letting Go’ completes the Top 5.

Birdy clinches her biggest UK single to date with ‘Wings’. Rising 16 places to number 8, the track – originally released in 2013 – currently features on a TV advert for Lloyds Bank.

Finally, The Wanted’s Nathan Sykes enters the chart at number 14 with his debut solo single ‘Kiss Me Quick’ while Pharrell’s ‘Freedom’ vaults 51 places to 36.

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