UK Chart: GTA V becomes fastest selling game ever in UK

Rockstar's critically acclaimed GTAV has stormed to the top of UK chart this week, becoming the fastest-selling game of all time in the region.

GTAV also becomes the overall 24th biggest selling title of all time in the UK, selling more in its launch week than all other GTA titles combined, and besting previous launch week record holder Call of Duty: Black Ops by almost a quarter of a million units.

On the individual platforms the game is even bigger, becoming the 11th biggest on Xbox 360 and 10th biggest on PlayStation 3 after just five days on sale. The split of sales between platforms is fairly even, with 57 percent on Xbox 360 and 43 percent on PS3.

Despite accounting for almost 89 percent of sales for the week, GTAV wasn't the only new entry to the chart. Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 made its debut at two, while Aliens: Colonial Marines re-entered the chart at eight thanks to retail discounting and promotion.

Elsewhere, The Last Of Us jumped up to three from 27, Saints Row IV dropped from one to four, and Harvest Moon 3D: A New Beginning makes its chart debut at 22.

The Top 10 UK chart for the week ending September 21:

1. Grand Theft Auto V
2. Pro Evolution Soccer 2014
3. The Last Of Us
4. Saints Row IV
5. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist
6. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
7. Diablo III
8. Disney Infinity
9. Aliens: Colonial Marines
10. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix

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Top Five Skyrim Mods of the Week - Diablo Dungeons & Chicken Mounts

September 21, 2013 12:00PM PDT

The Cam and Seb dream team returns to bring you rideable farm animals, your very own Kevin VanSword, and a dark trip down a Diablo dungeon.

DragonCorn 5pts

#GSSkyrim This show does not only make Skyrim better, it makes my life better. Lots of positive energy from you, guys. Big thank to you!

Saketume 5pts

Cool but why'd you move it to saturday? Now sundays will be all boring again

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Top 5 Skyrim Mods of the Week - Diablo Dungeons & Chicken Mounts

@Monsterkillah @WolfGrey @Sergeant_ @sammoth  

I dont think you understand just how mods can be for a game.  But it honestly doesn't seem like your a open world game enthusiast anyway or a big rpg fan.

Besides, looks, new abilities, races, quests, and everything else make for fresh constant playtrhoughs.

Atm i am a Plague Doctor wandering the country side, spreading healing and disease. Quite a lot of fun. And naturally i do it along a half naked companion.

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Diablo III Loot Comparison - PC vs Console

@aovannor 

I'm actually pretty well informed on the game.

Though, I did not know that Diablo III had no leveling wall. It's my first Diablo game ever. 

I don't really understand the tone of your response. I actually defend Diablo 3 from unnecessary criticisms regularly. The game itself isn't bad, but it launched with a lot of nonsense that was (online always).

My point with the above post was to point out the slight differences in gameplay structures between the two games. 

Both of the games are very similar to each other, only BG: Dark Alliance (glad that you played the game, btw) puts less emphasis on loot and more on moment to moment action.

Diablo III, in my opinion seemed to rely too heavily on the loot aspect of the game. It was used too much a a driving force behind the game, when it should have been there to supplement the main experience.

Some went as far as to suggest that  it WAS the experience.

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Flippin' out with Strider Hiryu

Strider gives me them nostalgia feels. Kind of wanna play this but I would in all honesty probably not pay much for the privilege. $4.99, maybe.

Good thing you guys aren't photobombing and sabotaging each others videos. That would be a mean thing to do (but pretty damn fun).

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Sony is "not aware" of streaming issues with GTAV PSN version

Sony has said it is "not aware" of any problems regarding digital copies of Grand Theft Auto V purchased through the PlayStation Store.

Users who have purchased the digital version of GTAV have reported issues with pop-in and the game's textures. "We were not aware of these problems," said a Sony spokesperson to GamesIndustry International.

"However, this isn't an issue we've encountered in any other title, even those which consisted of larger files, such as [The Last of Us]."

Rockstar said to Xbox 360 customers before the game's launch on Tuesday not to install both of the game's two discs to a hard drive, suggesting the game's performance suffers when running entirely from a hard drive--like with the digital PS3 version of the game-- as opposed to using a hard drive and disc drive in tandem.

"Within five minutes of freely coasting around Los Santos' busier Downtown streets there are major instances of geometry bursting into view and textures taking too long to fully resolve," reported Digital Foundry after playing the digital version of the game on PS3.

"In one case we see an entire skyscraper fizzle in and out of sight, while buildings to either side struggle to update their textures. Our many hours of disc-based testing produced nothing like this. For a game occupied with drawing in new objects and textures while hurtling through Los Santos' more detailed districts, it's clear that the extra bandwidth from allowing the game to stream from both disc and hard drive offers a clear improvement compared to the digital edition."

Sony also found itself criticised by upset PlayStation Store customers last week after delaying its previously advertised promise of users being able to preload the game ahead of launch.

After launching worldwide on Tuesday, Rockstar has said GTAV made $800 million in its first 24 hours on sale.

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Sony waiting to "reintroduce" The Last Guardian

Development on Sony's long-awaited PlayStation 3 adventure game The Last Guardian continues, though the company is waiting for the right time to "reintroduce" it, according to worldwide studios president Shuhei Yoshida.

"The team is still there in SCE Japan Studio, [creative director Fumito Ueda] is still there, but we are still waiting for the time to reintroduce it," Yoshida told Game Informer from the 2013 Tokyo Game Show.

Ueda said last month that The Last Guardian is in "earnest" development, though games like Puppeteer and PlayStation 4 launch title Knack were taking priority.

"It's under earnest development," Ueda said at the time. "However, SCE Japan Studio, who's working on The Last Guardian, also has titles like Puppeteer and Knack, and those are only the ones currently announced. Those are taking priority right now."

The Last Guardian has made "slow progress" for years. Sony senior vice president of product development Scott Rohde said during E3 2012 that the game will ship "when it is absolutely ready." He also said Sony has no deadline whatsoever for the game.

The Last Guardian was formally announced at the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo.

→ More coverage of PS4 on GameSpot.com

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State of Decay hitting PC today

Open-world zombie game State of Decay will be released PC through Steam's Early Access program later today, developer Undead Labs has announced.

The game will be available for $20, the same price as the Xbox 360 version. Those who pick up the Early Access version of State of Decay will automatically receive the final version, for free and with no need to restart, when the game is officially launched later in the year.

Undead Labs made clear that the version of State of Decay coming to PC today is a "test version" that is not meant to be reviewed. "It will not be perfect. It may still have crashes," the developer said.

In addition, State of Decay for PC will not work with keyboard and mouse, at least not right away. At launch, the Early Access version requires an Xbox 360 controller or a compatible third-party input, though Undead Labs stated it has not done much testing with non-Microsoft controllers yet.

"This process is not for everyone. Casual players, the easily frustrated, and the short of time should NOT get the Early Access version," Undead Labs said. "Hey, I am all three of those things, y'all. Those are not criticisms. It's just that we want everyone to have the experience that best suits their needs. You all deserve the best, so if you're not into giving feedback, just wait a few months and play the final version after we make it great."

State of Decay launched earlier this year on Xbox 360 and has sold more than 500,000 copies. For more on State of Decay, check out GameSpot's review.

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History of Grand Theft Auto

I can see alot of people being concerned about the game because it kinda questions ethical and moral values, glorifying a bad guy and turning carnage into fun. I would never go out into my car and drive all over pedestrians, destroy houses and create complete havoc, but these games allow me to do this, as Danny says: "from the comfort of our own living-room".  I know this is fiction, and that is why I can laugh as I plow through a police barrage with my car on fire.

"Breaking Bad", the tv-series, also shows a more gradient view on crime and being the bad guy. It's not only black and white. Yes, Walter White is doing bad things, but does it make him a bad guy? Why does he do these bad things? For his family. I'm not saying that "ok, he's killed some guys and he's been selling meth, but he is doing it for his family - we'll let him go:he is allowed to do this". This series has turned me to root for Walter although he is the bad guy.

Haha, hope this makes sense.

And oh; I really hope they bring back the "Jesus Bus" from GTA. I don't know the name of it, but it was a big, slow bus that just keeps accelerating forever!!!

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Top 5 Skyrim Mods of the Week - ALIENS!

I entered gs and my eyes in millisecond spotted just "TOP SKYRIM" then my brain said: "you really think they would do that, don't be a child, continue with reading." then I realize it is "TOP 5 SKYRIM MODES"

whyyyyyyyyyyy, whyyyyyy!!  if it is so hard I have a suggestion.

You don't have to make an article and write "TES win pool and GTA lose", just write "TES win pool" or something what will not include GTA. no too much info, no links to that page, and everything should be fine. also if it is so hard to make a page for that (and write, what you have to write) than I am willing to do that. I don't know what reason more to give you to do that. AND I promise everyone will be happy.     :)

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