FIFA

EA Sports online servers have been experiencing numerous issues over the last couple of days, rendering players unable to take part in any of the online modes in FIFA. The magnitude of the connectivity problems even led to Virgin Media offer their help to EA via Twitter.

Joining what's already becoming a long line of companies backing out of this year's Game Developers Conference, EA announced that they too will be cancelling participation in any official GDC events, advising their employees to do the same.

If you're one of the players that follow EA's FIFA franchise, then Kurt Fenech, a.k.a. Kurt0411 needs no introduction, being one their biggest fans and more recently biggest critics. Unfortunately, EA deemed his recent threats to be the final straw.

If you're the type that likes to keep up with physical sales, whether it's because of habit or nostalgia, you're not only used to seeing EA's football simulation FIFA in the top 10 - you're expecting it. And yes, it came in first. Again.

National Health Service (NHS) England's mental health director Claire Murdoch has called on the games industry to ban loot boxes from their products, insisting they're setting children up for addiction further down the line.

Grant Theft Auto V remains Rockstar's golden goose as it outsold FIFA 20 in EMEAA region, where one would expect the latter to prevail. This refers to digital sales but total sales have a slightly different story to tell.

By now there's no doubt that Infinity Ward and Activision knocked Call of Duty: Modern Warfare out of the park, and the last week of retail in the UK only reinforced this fact. Fending off FIFA 20 in these months is nothing to be smirked at.

We've exactly one week left before we wave goodbye to 2019 and the shopping madness is well upon us. Activision and Infinity Ward will be finishing the year on a high, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare fending off FIFA 20 and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.

It's that time of the year when Sony acknowledge the best performing titles on PlayStation, be they indie gems, VR standouts, best-sellers or simply chosen by PlayStation owners to best represent their beloved platform. So, a lot.

EA Sport's football simulation FIFA 20 and Infinity Ward's shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare are placed first and second respectively on UK physical sales charts for the week ending on 30 November 2019.-