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FIFA 11 continues to hold onto the top spot this week, while the Call of Duty: Black Ops continues to hold second place. Medal of Honor sneaks up a few places to number 3, just below Black Ops. With the enormous success of the recent Call of Duty: Modern Warfare games, it’s no surprise that Medal of Honor has been pulled back from retirement for a modern ‘reboot’ to the franchise. While sales of Medal of Honor have been consistently lower than Black Ops, it’s still managed to make a decent impact on the charts ahead of its release in just a few days’ time.

Aside from that there’s not much change this week, though Sports Champions manages to get back into the Top 10 after briefly dropping out last week, replacing Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11. You can see the full chart below: Read more

This year’s Eurogamer Expo was held at Earl’s Court in London between 1st and 3rd October, providing three solid days of gaming and developer presentations. There were games from all three current generation consoles, as well as a few PC games like Civilization V around the Career Fair. The full is of games is a long one, but games of note include Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, BRINK, Dead Space 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Gran Turismo 5, inFamous 2, Killzone 3, LittleBigPlanet 2 and Motorstorm: Apocalypse. All the games in the main hall were playable in one form or another.  Some games went even further than just having a console hooked up to a screen; in particular, some of the Gran Turismo 5 units were full-on replica cockpits with steering wheels and pedals. Read more

Well there’s no stopping FIFA once it gets going, as FIFA 11 holds onto the top spot for the second week in a row, holding off stiff competition from Call of Duty: Black Ops and Formula 1 2010. Gran Turismo sneaks up one place on last week, while Fallout: New Vegas manages to make its Top 10 chart debut ahead of its release in three weeks’ time.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 swings back into the chart for the first time since August, most likely assisted by a healthy price cut to £24.99 and the added promotion of being PlayStation Move compatible. Dead Rising 2 drops one place this week, perhaps due to the slightly frosty reception it got from PlayStation users after it emerged that the Xbox 360 version would be getting exclusive content in the form of DLC set before and after the main game. You do get a nice t-shirt when you buy it from Amazon however…

Red Dead Redemption also jumps up a couple of places this week to number 7, perhaps helped by a welcome price-cut to £27.99. Other than that it’s pretty much the same old story – you can see the full chart for yourself right here: Read more

Deus Ex: Human Revolution has been in development for over three years yet Eidos somehow kept it under wraps for most of that time. Now the cat’s out of the bag however, and the game is now scheduled for release in February 2011.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution is technically a ‘prequel’, set in a time period before Deus Ex and Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and will feature similar gameplay mechanics but this time will focus of mechanical augmentations rather than the nano augmentations of the first two games.

We’ve not seen that much of Human Revolution, with only a few technical demos, short videos and screenshots, but so far it’s looking pretty damned good. We were fortunate enough to get a proper look at Human Revolution at Eurogamer Expo 2010 and to be honest, it blew most of the other games clean out of the water. The Human Revolution presentation by Eidos was genuinely exciting. It was all in-game and fully rendered footage, running on a PlayStation 3.  Read more

Calling all Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood beta participants. If you’re lucky enough to be in right now, or if you’re going to be particpating in the new Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood multiplayer beta and you want a few pointers, then look no further - Ubisoft have released a multiplayer beta manual for you, which you can download right here:

Hope it helps!

The big news this week is the release of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, a brand new Tomb Raider spin-off featuring isometric puzzle orientated single player and co-op gameplay. Although not an Tomb Raider title, it is an official spin-off featuring Lara Croft and has so far received some very good review scores. Like many of the best games, it’s a ‘Trial and Unlock’ version, allowing you to download a demo and, should you enjoy it, purchase an ’key’ which will unlock the trial into the full game.

The other big game this week is DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue, the sequel to the original DeathSpank game released only a few weeks ago. Also of note this week is the demo for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, a brand new 3D reboot of the Castlevania series which has so far received almost unanimous critical acclaim and should start to race up the charts ahead of its release early next month. If you’re into rally games and you can’t wait for either Dirt 3 or Gran Turismo 5 then you can now try out the forthcoming official WRC Rally game, WRC FIA World Rally Championship, which is starting to look pretty exciting.

Outside of that are the usual suspects including a goldfish pond dynamic theme, and if you’re a SEGA fan, Sonic Adventure DX. As always you can see the full list below: Read more

After cruising its way up to the number one spot last week, Formula 1 2010 takes a surprise dip in its chart position this week, falling back one place to number two. FIFA 11 neatly takes its place, having waiting at the number two spot for the last few weeks. Sports Champions, Gran Turismo 5 and Medal of Honor all  hold their places this week, while Dead Rising 2 climbs up to replace Resident Evil 5 at number seven. Resident Evil 5′s recent chart revival is thanks to massive price reduction and a re-release with PlayStation Move compatability, which has completely sold out on Amazon at the moment (apart from third party sellers), hence the reduction in chart position.

R.U.S.E., another Move compatible game, makes its Top 10 debut this week at number ten, while Mafia II, only a few weeks released, drops out completely – with mixed review scores, Mafia II has disappointed some but if you can look past the linear nature of the gameplay and the few control issues, there’s a very rewarding game underneath.

To see the Top 10 in full, just read on: Read more

You can tell there’s a ton of exciting games on the horizon- this week’s Top 10 boasts an incredible seven games that aren’t even out yet. F1 2010 is released on Friday and has finally climbed up the top spot in time for release. Sports Champions, one of the launch titles for PlayStation Move, moves up to number four this week, while Call of Duty: Black Ops falls down from number one to number three.

New in the Top 10 this week are Dead Rising 2 and Pro Evolution Soccer 11, both of which are highly anticipated games, with Dead Rising 2 due out on Friday and PES 11 due out two weeks later on 8th October. Gran Turismo drops one place but with it’s release still a couple of months away there is plenty of time to storm right to the top. You can see this week’s full Top 10 below: Read more

Call of Duty: Black Ops is holding tight at the top spot this week, no doubt helped by comments from Activision that instead of charging second hand customers for access to online play, they just focus on making the multiplayer so good that people won’t want to sell it on.

FIFA 11, F1 2010, Gran Turismo 5 and Mafia II all hold onto their places, whereas Sports Champions leaps right up to position five – of all the launch games for PlayStation Move, Sports Champions looks like it will be the best of the crop, so it’s no surprise to see it doing well in the week before launch.

Speaking of Move games, the ‘Move Edition’ of Resident Evil 5 has jumped into the Top 10 at number nine – the ‘Gold Edition’ was previously a GAME exclusive so this is the first time other retailers have been able to sell the complete Resident Evil 5 game with all the DLC included – at just £14.91, it’s a fantastic bargain even if you don’t own PlayStation Move.

You can see this week’s full Top 10 below: Read more

This week’s Top 10 sees quite a shuffle around, with Call of Duty: Black Ops shooting right to the top, two months ahead of its release. FIFA 11 drops one place to number two, while F1 2010 continues its steady rise to the top and lands in at number three.

Sports Champions is the first dedicated PlayStation Move game to rank in the Top 10 so far, coming in at number nine. From early reviews and previews, Sports Champions looks likely to be the best launch title for PlayStation Move, though there are plenty more games to come.

God of War 3 makes a surprise re-entry into the chart, no doubt helped by a recent price cut to just £24.70. Medal of Honor also jumps into the Top 10 for the first time in several weeks. You can see the full Top 10 below: Read more