As the new year of 2021 begins, it is always fun to go back and look at what 2020 was like and what topped the charts for the whole year. Most of the time these lists tend to be pretty predictable by and large with a few surprises. This year Sony did that with their PS4 and PS5 download charts, and that largely stays true.

As detailed on the PlayStation blog, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War was the big winner, just in case you had any delusion the series was fading . It topped the PS4 and PS5 charts for the US/Canada, and even in Europe for PS5. The only place it wasn’t number 1 was Europe’s PS4 chart where it was actually 4th below FIFA 21 (that took the top spot), FIFA 20 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

The charts are largely what you’d expect, including the mainstays of Grand Theft Auto 5 and Minecraft and the annual sports titles such as NBA 2K21 and Madden NFL 21. Big AAA titles are here, too, such as The Last of Us Part 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Maybe the biggest surprise that jumps out is that Ghost of Tsushima actually sold more than The Last of Us Part 2 on the US PS4 charts.

The PS5 charts ended up being a bit more diverse just due to the lack of native options, but still had a lot of what you’d expect. Games like Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Watch Dogs Legion and, obviously, Demon’s Souls made their presence there. You can check out the full list below

PS4 – US/Canada

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2. Grand Theft Auto 5
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
4. Minecraft
5. Ghost of Tsushima
6. The Last of Us Part 2
7. NBA 2K21
8. NBA 2K20
9. Final Fantasy 7 Remake
10. Madden NFL 21

PS4 – Europe

1. FIFA 21
2. FIFA 20
3. Grand Theft Auto 5
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
6. Minecraft
7. NBA 2K20
8. The Last of Us Part 2
9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
10. Red Dead Redemption 2

PS5 – US/Canada

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
3. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
4. NBA 2K21 
5. Demon’s Souls
6. Madden NFL 21
7. FIFA 21
8. Sackboy: A Big Adventure
9. Immortals Fenyx Rising
10. Watch Dogs: Legion

PS5 – Europe

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
3. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
4. FIFA 21
5. Demon’s Souls
6. Watch Dogs: Legion
7. Immortals Fenyx Rising
8. NBA 2K21 
9. Sackboy: A Big Adventure
10. Rainbow Six Siege

SuperData has released its 2020 Year in Review for digital games and interactive media, listing the highest-earning premium games of last year. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare emerged on top, earning $1,913 billion in revenue. Much of that success can be attributed to Call of Duty: Warzone, the battle royale mode which saw a massively positive response.

Titles like FIFA 20, Grand Theft Auto 5 and NBA 2K21 also featured in the rankings. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, which recently had Warzone integrated into it, managed to earn $678 million in revenue while Cyberpunk 2077 raked in $609 million. On the Nintendo side, Animal Crossing: New Horizons managed to earn an impressive $654 million.

As SuperData notes, the top 10 highest-earning premium titles managed to account for 34 percent of the overall market. The COVID-19 pandemic also played a role in the popularity of games last year – a survey by SuperData indicated that 36 percent of players would indulge in video games in place of other entertainment. With the release of next-gen consoles, it remains to be seen if this year can top the last in terms of revenue. Stay tuned for more details in the meantime.

We still have quite a ways to go before virtual reality is refined enough to trickle into the mainstream, but there is still a lot of fun to bee had here. Probably one of the biggest pushes of the format has been coming through Sony with their PS VR headset, especially in the console space. They’ve done their best this generation to continue on with it with some interesting games. One of those is another collaboration with Marvel, with Marvel’s Iron Man VR, and it seems to have done pretty well.

As reported via GamesIndustry, the game managed to find a pretty strong debut on the UK charts in the week ending July 4th. The game wasn’t quite flying high enough to dethrone The Last of Us Part 2 at the top spot, but number 2 to probably the most anticipated game in years isn’t too shabby for the new VR release.

Marvel’s Iron Man VR is available now on PlayStation 4, exclusively for PlayStation VR. For everything you need to know about the game, we’ve got you covered through here.

1. The Last of Us Part 2 
2. Marvel’s Iron Man VR
3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
4. Bravely Second: End Layer
5. Grand Theft Auto 5
6. Minecraft (Switch)
7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
8. FIFA 20
9. Luigi’s Mansion 3
10. Ring Fit Adventure

Naughty Dog’s latest PS4 exclusive, The Last of Us Part 2, has clearly gotten off to a strong start. In the UK, for instance, it enjoyed a record-breaking debut, while worldwide, it became the fastest-selling PS4 exclusive ever. In fact, in the UK, as per data shared by Gfk (via GamesIndustry), The Last of Us Part 2 was the highest selling boxed game across all of June, selling more physical copies than the rest of the top 10 combined.

It’s not the only Sony game in the top 20 either, with The Last of Us: Remastered and Marvel’s Spider-Man also figuring in the charts, while others such as Days Gone, Horizon: Zero Dawn, and God of War also selling high (probably thanks to the Days of Play promotional campaign held by Sony during the month). Collectively, Sony was the biggest publisher in UK for the month, beating Nintendo. 29 per cent of all boxed games sold were Sony-published, while 37 per cent of the boxed sales revenue was generated by Sony.

Nintendo also had multiple releases in the charts, with consistent performances like Ring Fit Adventure, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe all in the top 10. Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition ranked at No. 10 as well, while surpisingly, Bravely Second: End Layer – which saw some pretty impressive sales last week due to a sale – came in at No. 12.

Other perennial top sellers like FIFA 20, Grand Theft Auto 5, Minecraft, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare also ranked high. Collectively, 1.24 million physical copies of games were sold in UK during June, up 44 per cent over May. June also saw console sales increasing thanks to lockdowns put in place due to the pandemic, with a 41 per cent year-over-year increase, but still down 12 per cent from last month.

You can check out UK’s full top 20 for all of June below.

1. The Last of Us Part 2
2. FIFA 20
3. Ring Fit Adventure
4. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
7. Grand Theft Auto 5 
8. Minecraft (Switch)
9. The Last of Us: Remastered
10. Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
11. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
12. Bravely Second: End Layer
13. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
14. Luigi’s Mansion 3
15. Forza Horizon 4
16. Just Dance 2020
17. Red Dead Redemption 2
18. Marvel’s Spider-Man
19. Pokemon Sword
20. Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy

Data for video game retail sales in the UK for last week are in, and as reported yesterday, The Last of Us Part 2 has enjoyed a solid launch in the region (via GamesIndustry). With two days on the market, Naughty Dog’s latest release immediately became the biggest launch for a video game in the region for the year so far, surpassing the launch sales of Animal Crossing: New Horizons by an impressive 40 per cent gap.

It has also become Sony’s fastest selling PS4 game to date, surpassing Uncharted 4 by a 1 per cent lead- though it’s likely that with digital sales included, that gap is much bigger. Finally, The Last of Us Part 2 has also had a much better launch than its predecessor, selling 76 per cent more at launch.

In second place is Ring Fit Adventure, enjoying a 33 per cent rise in sales over last week. Thanks to the launch of its recent Isle of Armor DLC, Pokemon Sword has also seen 51 per cent increase in sales, and rises up to ninth place (while Shield occupies the No. 22 spot).

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which topped charts last week, has fallen to fourth place. Manwhile, other perennial performers such as FIFA 20, Minecraft, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and Grand Theft Auto 5 can also be found in the top 10. Notably, however, Animal Crossing: New Horizons falls out of the top 10 for the first time since its launch three months ago, falling to No. 12.

You can check out the full top 10 for the week ending June 20 below.

1. The Last of Us Part 2 
2. Ring Fit Adventure
3. FIFA 20
4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
6. Grand Theft Auto 5 
7. Minecraft (Switch)
8. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
9. Pokemon Sword
10. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Despite a number of big releases over the past few weeks, EA’s FIFA 20 has reclaimed its top spot in the latest UK charts. GamesIndustry.biz revealed that sales for the football title have risen by 55 percent week-on-week due to a recent price drop. Interestingly, Ring Fit Adventure on the Switch managed to hit second place.

Sales were up by a whopping 1160 percent week-on-week thanks to a boost in stock and marketing. A new entry this week was Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics at sixth place. Meanwhile, Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition sales dropped by 87 percent over the past week, plunging the remaster straight down to 28th place.

Other big names in the top ten include The Last of Us Remastered at eighth place and Marvel’s Spider-Man at 10th place. This is due to the recent Days of Play sale which allowed sales of both titles to rise more than 30 percent week-on-week. The other new entry in the carts was The Outer Worlds on Switch but it only managed to hit 30th place.

Check out the full top ten charts for the week ending June 6th as per Gfk.

1. FIFA 20
2. Ring Fit Adventure
3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
5. Grand Theft Auto 5
6. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
7. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
8. The Last of Us: Remastered
9. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
10. Marvel’s Spider-Man

The UKIE charts for boxed video game sales in the UK for the previous week are in (via GamesIndustry), and the latest major Switch exclusive release, Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, has topped the charts. With just two days on the market, the expanded remaster has sold more than twice as much as the original game did on the Wii when it launched in the UK in 2011, though launch sales are still slightly below what they were for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 in December 2017.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons – which was on top of the charts last week – has, as a result, been pushed down to second place, though Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Grand Theft Auto 5, and FIFA 20 hold on to the third, fourth, and fifth spots respectively. Surprisingly, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, usually a mainstay in these charts, has fallen out of the top 10.

The bottom half of the top 10 sees several re-entries, mostly thanks to Sony’s Days of Play promotional campaign. Days Gone jumps to No. 6, seeing a 762 per cent spike in sales, while The Last of Us: Remastered (220 per cent increase) and PlayStation VR Worlds (145 per cent increase) claim No. 9 and No. 10 respectively. Various other PS4 exclusives – like God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Uncharted 4, Death Stranding, and Astro Bot Rescue Mission – also saw significant boosts in sales, but did not break into the top 10.

Last week saw several new releases that are not present in the top 10. Minecraft Dungeons was a major Microsoft game, but owing to its digital-only launch, does not figure in these charts, which only count physical sales. For the Switch, Borderlands: The Legendary Collection and BioShock: The Collection debuted at No. 18 and No. 22 respectively. XCOM 2 Collection for the Switch also released last week, but was a digital-only launch.

You can check out the full top 10 for the week ending May 30 below.

1. Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
4. Grand Theft Auto 5
5. FIFA 20
6. Days Gone
7. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
8. Minecraft (Switch)
9. The Last of Us: Remastered
10. PlayStation VR Worlds

Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been at or around the top of the UK weekly charts for boxed video game sales for a few weeks now (and has been swapping places with FIFA 20 for a couple of weeks as well), and this week sees it returning to the top of the charts again, enjoying a 135 per cent week-over-week increase in sales thanks to renewed physical stocks (via GamesIndustry).

FIFA 20, which topped charts last week, has slipped down to third place, while Grand Theft Auto 5, thanks to a 47 per cent boost in sales, jumps up three places to the second spot. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe follow in the fourth and fifth spot respectively, while Final Fantasy 7 Remake has slipped out of the top 10 for the first time since its launch.

Returning to the top 10 are Minecraft for the Nintendo Switch – up from eleventh place – and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – up from the 22nd spot. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Luigi’s Mansion 3, and Red Dead Redemption 2 round out the rest of the top 10.

You can check out the full top 10 for the week ending May 9 below.

1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
2. Grand Theft Auto 5
3. FIFA 20
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
6. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
7. Luigi’s Mansion 3
8. Red Dead Redemption 2
9. Minecraft (Switch)
10. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons and EA Sports’ FIFA 20 have swapped places at the top end of the UK charts for last week’s boxed video game sales once again. After Animal Crossing took the top spot from FIFA 20 last week, the two have swapped place once more, with the latter climbing on top of the charts (via GamesIndustry).

In third place is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which, as opposed to the two games above it, enjoyed a week-over-week sales increase- of 36 per cent, to be precise. Meanwhile, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in fourth place also enjoyed a significant boost of 96 per cent, jumping up three places. Grand Theft Auto 5, meanwhile, saw a 52 per cent increase in sales from last week.

The rest of the top 10 is about what you’d expect. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Final Fantasy 7 Remake in sixth and eighth place respectively have retained their positions from last week. The rest of the top 10 is occupied by Luigi’s Mansion 3, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Forza Horizon 4.

You can check out the full top 10 for the week ending May 2 below.

1. FIFA 20
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
5. Grand Theft Auto 5
6. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
7. Luigi’s Mansion 3
8. Final Fantasy 7 Remake
9. Red Dead Redemption 2
10. Forza Horizon 4

EA has until now been one of the only major third party publishers to not have pledged support to Stadia, but the company recently did so, announcing that several of its releases would be coming to Google’s cloud streaming service.

The first of these is Respawn Entertainment’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, which launched last year to critical acclaim and commercial success. EA confirms that the single player action adventure title will be coming to Stadia, though a specific release date for the same hasn’t yet been provided.

Meanwhile, two of EA’s biggest sports simulation franchises in FIFA and Madden NFL will also be coming to Stadia this Winter, though EA haven’t specified whether these will be new releases for the year or ports of older ones (it will presumably be the former).

Yesterday’s Stadia Connect presentation featured several other announcements. PUBG and Octopath Traveler are both now also available on the service.