After last week’s charts, i’ve decided instead of giving half assed comments on this week’s bestselling video games, i’ll present random facts you may not have known about them! Welcome to the new and improved UK Video Game Charts!
10. Grand Theft Auto V
Platforms: PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Position Last Week: 5th
When driving around the fictional city of Los Santos, using the handbrake is impossible if the player is on their phone. Remember, safety first.
9. Project Cars 2
Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One
Position Last Week: 20th
During the production of Project CARS 2, the development team worked remotely in separate countries including Germany, the UK and the US.
8. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Platform: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Position Last Week: 3rd
Crash wasn’t always a bandicoot; during the early concept stages, the protagonist was named Willie the Wombat and was, of course, a wombat. Eventually, the team settled on Crash Bandicoot after Naughty Dog threatened to drop the game’s production over the name.
7. Tekken 7
Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Arcade
Position Last Week: 19th
Tekken 2’s translocation advert won the 1996 Golden Joystick award for ‘Best Ad’.
6. Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One
Position Last Week: 3rd
The original Tomb Raider was built to mimic Indiana Jones. Little did they know, their imitation spawned one of the most popular video game franchise’s in the world.
5. Super Mario Party
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Position Last Week: N/A
Goomba’s house appears in every board in Mario Party 2.
4. Marvel’s Spider-Man
Platform: PS4
Position Last Week: 2nd
Insomniac’s take on web slinging Peter Parking is classed as non canon in the MCU.
3. Forza Horizon 4
Platforms: Xbox One, Windows 10
Position Last Week: N/A
The original Forza Horizon had over 300 cars!
2. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Position Last Week: N/A
Before Edward Kenway named it after the bird from his birthplace of Wales, the Jackdaw from Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag was originally named El Dorado which translates to ‘a place of fabulous wealth or opportunity’, a reference to the trade the Caribbean held during the 18th century.
1. Fifa 19
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch
Position Last Week: No Change
FIFA 14, often considered the franchise’s best entry, released on 14 different platforms! It also claimed the title (or at least shared it with PES) of being the last game to be released on the PlayStation 2.