Video games! Charts! October! Sit tight my friends, we’ve entered the season of new video game releases and let me tell you, this is one hell of a season! Let’s begin already, shall we?
10. Minecraft Xbox Edition
Platform: Xbox One, Xbox 360
Position Last Week: 18th
Microsft revealed this week that people still play Minecraft. 90 Million to be exact. They also announced that instead of making a sequel to the 2009 block placing phenomenon, Mojang will continue improving Minecraft and branching into spin-offs, starting with Minecraft Dungeons.
9. Valkyria Chronicles 4
Platform: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Position Last Week: N/A
Boom.
8. NBA 2K19
Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS
Position Last Week: 4th
Ball bouncing sim NBA 2K19 has suffered being thrown into 8th place. Will it recover? Only time will tell.
7. The Elder Scrolls Online
Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One
Position Last Week: 21st
6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo Switch
Position Last Week: 5th
Since Mario Kart 8 is bound to appear every week for the foreseeable future, instead of writing a witty one liner, i’ll present facts you didn’t know about Mario Kart. Number one, Mario Kart Arcade GP was the first game in the franchise to feature the notorious Waluigi.
5. Grand Theft Auto V
Platforms: PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Position Last Week: 6th
I’ll start doing the same for GTA V actually; if you shoot the moon, it will move closer and closer to the earth.
4. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Platform: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Position Last Week: 3rd
Crash Bandicoot and co. continue to top the charts more than a year after its release.
3. Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One
Position Last Week: 2nd
Lara Croft’s latest adventure sells well, placing Shadow of the Tomb Raider at 3rd place this week.
2. Marvel’s Spider-Man
Platform: PS4
Position Last Week: 1st
What’s this? Insomniac’s critically acclaimed web slinging open world title isn’t at 1st place? What could possibly dethrone Peter Parker?
1. Fifa 19
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch
Position Last Week: N/A
Of course. The latest in the long running FIFA franchise has climbed it’s way straight to the top this week. After all, football is the unofficial sport of the UK.