FIFA 19 and Red Dead Redemption 2 have been overthrown from the top spots as New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe physical sales start strong. Nintendo's new release also sold 56 per cent more copies than the original Wii U version at launch.

Sony have shared the list of most downloaded PlayStation 4 games in 2018. EA's FIFA 19 took the first spot in front of Treyarch's Call of Duty Black Ops 4 while Beat Saber was the best selling VR game beating Job Simulator to first place.

It's been a few weeks since FIFA 19 started its hunt for the first spot in UK's physical sales chart, picking up speed a bit faster than Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2, whose second stint in the first place has now come to an end.

The latest report from Entertainment Retailers Association shows that in 2018, games accounted for more than half of the entire UK entertainment market. This also means that the games market is bigger from video and music sector combined.

We've already said that it would be quite symbolic if Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 won the last remaining week in the UK physical sales chart and that's exactly how it went down, with FIFA 19 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 following.

By now, there's little doubt that Rockstar's Western Red Dead Redemption 2 has etched its name on the year 2018, despite launching relatively late in the year, so it's perhaps only fitting to see it keep up the heat in the last few weeks.

After the introduction of My PS4 Life users have come up with a methodology for revealing player numbers for every game on the platform. The numbers show that EA's FIFA series is dominating while PES is almost nowhere to be found.

Although sales of boxed copies traditionally take a hit after Black Friday, FIFA 19, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 don't seem to care much as they got to keep their stranglehold on the UK physical sales chart.

The US Army has announced plans to field their own esports team in an attempt to bolster their ranks, further the Army's brand and address the growing disconnect with the society, as staff sergeant Ryan Meaux revealed in a Reddit AMA.

I'm not really sure there's an empirical possibility of anyone being surprised at this outcome, with Red Dead Redemption 2 headlines ranging from the dreaded crunch to the parts of Arthur's horse you don't really want to be focusing on.