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Starcraft II sells well, unsurprisingly
UK Charts Activision Blizzardâ€s PC RTS Starcraft II has gone straight to #1, selling more copies in the UK in just one week than the originalâ€s entire UK lifetime sales. Chart Track tells us that the...
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Ubisoft managed to build Rome in a year
This Week’s Games Assassinâ€s Creed: Brotherhood has gone from being a game quietly announced with very little fanfare to being the highest rated game this winter. It currently has an average review...
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Activision’s soldiers hold the fort
UK Charts Despite the very fine Assassinâ€s Creed: Brotherhood and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit being released last week, Call of Duty: Black Ops has held onto #1. They have to make do with #2 and #3...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
The school of Hogwarts doesnâ€t appear at all in the new Harry Potter film, so it makes sense that it isnâ€t in the game either. Instead, Harry is on the run and living life as a fugitive. This fits...
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Metacritic’s Worst of 2010
Metacriticâ€s worst 10 games of 2010 has worked out pretty evenly between formats – there are a couple of Kinect titles, a few multi-format jobbies and one each on the list for PlayStation Move,...
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Captain Potter
The Harry Potter games were getting better over the years – providing we ignore the horrid mess that was Quiddich World Cup – but something went awfully wrong with last yearâ€s Potter tie-in and it...
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Optimus Prime Time
It must have been a slow week for sales last week. Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2 makes #7 in the top 40 UK chart yet Chart Track claims launch sales have been the lowest for any Harry...
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A lot of people put The Cartel in their cart
I donâ€t know whatâ€s worse – Zumba Fitness holding #1 for the sixth week in a row, or Call of Juarez: The Cartel – which currently has a Metacritic score of 51% – taking #2 in the top 40 UK chart. The...
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Dishonored – a dish best served hot
Christ on a moped – this week is rammed with new releases, of which at least six are of tip-top quality. Wonâ€t somebody think of our bank balances? Firstly – new IP! Launching a new game series...
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How to fix gaming’s most abused licenses
In a time when review scores matter more than ever, most publishers and developers are putting some long overdue attention into their licensed games. A few duffers do still slip out though, in hope...
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