Two-thirds of UK game purchases were digital in 2020
Digital saw a big jump year-on-year, partly influenced by the pandemic
UK Game Sales
Annual UK game sales topped £4 billion for the first time in 2020
Digital game sales alone worth more than the video market and double the music market
Assassin’s Creed is the UK’s Christmas No.1 game for the first time ever
Call of Duty and FIFA denied Christmas top spot for only the third time in 15 years
Free event offers advice for getting a job in the UK games industry
GI.biz Live: Academy will feature industry experts talking about life in the industry
UK boxed games had their biggest April sales in 5 years
Console sales up almost 50% year-on-year, likely due to lockdown
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon tops UK chart
Switch game knocks Call of Duty: Modern Warfare off the top spot
UK chart: PS4 titles Yakuza Remastered and Dreams debut in top 10
Other new entries include Darksiders Genesis and Street Fighter V: Champion Edition
UK’s best-selling new IPs of the decade revealed
Featuring Minecraft, Destiny and Zumba Fitness
Brain Training for Switch debuts on UK chart
While Modern Warfare claims the top spot for the fourth consecutive week
Annual UK game sales declined for the first time since 2012
FIFA 20 was the best-selling boxed title of 2019, and GTA V the No.1 physical game of the 2010s