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Hogwarts Legacy is back at the top of the UK physical charts following its release on Nintendo Switch, plus Black Friday discounting, pushing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to second place.

Fallout 4 was comfortably the best-selling game of April in the UK, according to the latest GSD data.

3.65 million PC and console games were sold across the UK during March, an impressive rise of 26% over the same period in 2023.

2.77 million video games were sold in the UK during February, a drop of 5.5% over the year before.

2.47 million games were sold in January in the UK, a drop of 3% over the same period last year.

EA Sports FC 24 is back at the top of the UK physical charts, pushing Hogwarts Legacy to second place.

Hogwarts Legacy remained at No.1 for the first UK physical charts of 2024, experiencing a surge on PS5 despite an overall drop in sales of 46%, GfK's report showed.

38 million video games were sold in the UK during 2023, the latest GSD figures reveal.

6.9 million digital and physical games were sold in the UK during December, an increase of 2% over the same period in 2022.

Hogwarts Legacy ends 2023 as the UK’s biggest physical video game.

EA Sports FC 24 has continued its hold at the top spot, making it the best-selling game in the 2023 UK retail charts heading into Christmas.

Over 4.55 million video games were sold during November in the UK, a drop of 3% over the same period in 2022.

Ubisoft's Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora had to settle for No.5 in its debut week, with EA Sports FC 2024 still holding the top spot.

£167 million worth of video game consoles, accessories and physical games were sold over the Black Friday week in the UK, GfK reveals.

EA Sports FC 24 remained at the top of the UK boxed charts this week, followed by Hogwarts Legacy despite a slight decrease in sales for both titles.

EA Sports FC 24 found its way back to the top of the UK charts this Black Friday week, pushing Hogwarts Legacy down to No.2.

Due to a technical situation at the charts company, we are using GfK data for physical game sales this month.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 topped the UK boxed charts this week, pushing Nintendo's reigning title Super Mario Bros Wonder to No.3.

On the surface, it looks like it's been a banner year for video game console sales.