Archive for January, 2017

Resident Evil 7 takes top spot in this week’s UK gaming charts

Monday, January 30th, 2017

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard was the best-selling game at UK retail last week, and 2017’s first new number one. It’s actually the third highest selling entry in the series to date (2009’s Resident Evil 5 is top in this regard), although with the rise of digital sales, it’s hard to say whether overall sales are up or down compared to past iterations.

Elsewhere, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue debuted in third, while Yakuza 0 charted in eighth. Outside of the GfK Chart-Track top ten that you can see below, Tales of Berseria also launched last week (14th), as did Digimon World: Next Order (24th).

1. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard / Capcom
2. Grand Theft Auto V / Take Two
3. Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue / Square Enix
4. FIFA 17 / EA
5. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare / Activision
6. Rocket League / 505 Games
7. Battlefield 1 / EA
8. Yakuza 0 / Sega
9. Watch Dogs 2 / Ubisoft
10. Steep / Ubisoft

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Ed Sheeran claims a third week at Number 1 & 2

Friday, January 27th, 2017

Ed Sheeran dominates the Official Singles Chart for a third week at Number 1 with Shape Of You, while Castle On The Hill holds at 2.

Shape Of You logged impressive sales to keep its place at the top, split between 56,000 downloads and 9.57 million streams. Meanwhile, Castle on the Hill managed 46,000 downloads and was streamed 6.6 million times.

Following the unveiling of Little Mix’s Touch music video last week, the song climbs two places to return to the Top 5 at Number 4, and last week’s highest new entry Paris by The Chainsmokers ascends three spots today to Number 7.

Outside the Top 10, Sean Paul’s No Lie ft. Dua Lipa hits a new peak at Number 11, leaping ten places since last week, while Dua’s Be The One makes its Top 40 debut at 21, up a massive 33 places. The track was originally released in October 2015 but has recently been pushed again with a new music video.

This week’s highest new entry goes to Tinie Tempah, whose latest track Text From Your Ex starts at Number 35 on the Official Chart. The track, which will appear on his upcoming album Youth, marks Tinie’s 23rd Top 40 hit.

Finally, Snakehips return to the Top 40 at 40 with Don’t Leave ft. MO, up 11 places from last week. The duo’s latest single has so far peaked at 33.

See this week’s Top 100 Official Singles Chart in full

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GTAV remains on top of the gaming charts

Monday, January 23rd, 2017

The first few retail charts of the year are typically fairly mundane affairs and this is no exception. For the second week in a row (11th in total) Grand Theft Auto V tops the charts. A couple of new releases made it into the top 20 of the all formats chart, Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King at 13th and PS4 exclusive Gravity Rush 2 at 16th.

All Formats (all prices):

1. Grand Theft Auto V / Rockstar
2. FIFA 17 / EA Sports
3. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare / Activision
4. Battlefield 1 / EA Games
5. Watch Dogs 2 / Ubisoft
6. Rocket League / 505 Games
7. Steep / Ubisoft
8. Forza Horizon 3 / Microsoft
9. Mafia III / 2K Games
10. Overwatch / Blizzard

Individual Formats (units):

1. Grand Thaft Auto V / PS4
2. Grand Theft Auto V / Xbox One
3. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare / PS4
4. FIFA 17 / Xbox One
5. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare / Xbox One
6. FIFA 17 / PS4
7. Forza Horizon 3 / Xbox One
8. Battlefield 1 / PS4
9. Battlefield 1 / Xbox One
10. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King / 3DS (new)

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Police concerned about man last seen in Coventry

Sunday, January 15th, 2017

48-year-old Jeffrey Bromley was found safe and well after going missing from Wood End earlier this week.

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