Switch Sports and Mario Kart are the main entries with Animal Crossing creeping up just outside in 13th, possibly due to people hearing about there being a big update soon.

Anyway, here is the 2025 Xmas Chart

1. EA SPORTS FC 26
2. MARIO KART WORLD
3. CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 7
4. POKEMON LEGENDS: Z-A
5. MARIO KART 8 DELUXE
6. MINECRAFT
7. BATTLEFIELD 6
8. DONKEY KONG BANANZA
9. NINTENDO SWITCH SPORTS
10. GRAND THEFT AUTO V

FC26 takes the top spot, seems football games are still popular and with the addition of women’s teams included, the audience may have gotten bigger!

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Get ready for high-speed chaos, slick drifts, and perfectly timed dirty tricks. Toss lasagnes, dodge traps, and outsmart your friends, fair play not guaranteed.

Start your engines and get set for wild, wacky races where only the craftiest cat comes out on top!

About Garfield Kart 2 – All You Can Drift

Garfield, Odie, Nermal, and the whole crew are at the starting line, raring to go! Play as one of the eight beloved characters from the Garfield universe, fill up your karts, customise your look, and race away at breakneck speeds.

Take a wild ride through an unhinged universe, where there’s a surprise waiting around every turn. Pirate, western, or detective: Garfield speeds through brightly coloured worlds to prove that, even in his dreams, he’s the king!

Use shortcuts or bonus items to change the course of races and create unforgettable moments with friends through local and online multiplayer modes.

Features

• Mysteries, treasures, and rodeos! Pit yourself against your friends on wacky circuits from three unique universes! Find your way through mysterious detective scenes, brave the pirate seas, or kick up dust along old cowboy trails.
• Garfield and friends are back! Play as Garfield, Odie, Jon, and more iconic characters from the franchise! Each driver has their own personality, making each race a unique and immersive experience.
• Lasagne-esque races with friends! Play against up to eight players online worldwide, or enjoy multiplayer mode for up to four players with split-screen mode! Perfect for frenzied competitions between friends or on family game nights.
• Create your perfect kart! Pimp up your ride and create a kart that is perfectly aligned with your driving style! Choose your own bumpers, wheels, and spoilers, as well as style and colour for a unique touch. Strut your stuff on the track and show them who really is the king of the circuit!

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Birmingham City Women have confirmed that the defender will stay part of the squad until June 2026 which makes it her fourth season after joining from Manchester United back in 2022.

“I’m really excited to be here for another year,” she told Blues+. “This is going to be my fourth season here and I feel the club’s getting bigger and better, especially since the new owners have come in and I’ve been able to see the change since my first season here.”

With 3 goals across 42 games for Blues Women, one of them being the screamer against Sheffield United which earned Martha the Goal of the Season at the Players Awards last year, she’s looking forward to an injury-free 2025/26 campaign.

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EA Sports FC 25 was the number one selling videogame which was probably down to sales of it on pretty much every format.

The Last of Us Part II: Remastered climbs 25 places into the top ten and a couple fo new entries include Elden Ring: Nightreign and F1 25.

Top ten for week ending 31/05/2025

1. Hogwarts Legacy
2. EA Sports FC 25
3. Elden Ring: Nightreign
4. Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate
5. F1 25
6. The Last of Us Part II: Remastered
7. Minecraft
8. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
9. Grand Theft Auto V
10. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is pretty obscure (excuse the pun), yet has sold over 3.3 million copies within 33 days of release. Below is a lore trailer for you to see what it’s all about…

Chart is copyright and compiled by GfK.

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1. Hogwarts Legacy
2. The Sims 4 : Lovestruck
3. EA Sports FC 24
4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
5. Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD
6. Minecraft
7. Grand Theft Auto 5
8. The Witcher III: Wild Hunt GOTY Edition
9. Elden Ring
10. Super Mario Bros. Wonder

The Witcher III jumps back into the top ten while the Complete Edition falls fifteen places from 10 to 25.

FC 24 is relegated to third due to The Sims 4 expansion landing in its place and GTA V is holding steady with Minecraft by not moving up or down.

Nintendo games take up about a third of the top ten and Animal Crossing: New Horizons which is one of the Nintendo Switch’s biggest games to date is still climbing, seven places to the 20th spot.

All the way down in 40th place is Final Fantasy VIII Remastered which is really just for the die hard fans at this point.

Copyright and compiled by GfK.

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Farlands details:

In Farlands, you will acquire an abandoned planet that promises to be the perfect place for a lifestyle change. Armed with little more than your old spaceship you’ll need to cut weeds, clear paths, reclaim fields, and repair what time has destroyed. Your main goal is to turn that abandoned planet into a thriving homestead.

Sound familiar? Of course games take elements from other games, but this isn’t just Stardew in space, it apparently has some unique and innovative qualities to make it stand out.

Farlands offers a unique space exploration experience with collectathon elements. Although your ship has seen better days, it can still transport you between the different planets of the solar system, where you will be able to collect resources to upgrade the farm, the tools and the ship. Resource management will be crucial in order to be able to get enough fuel and not have to sleep in your ship.

Features:

• Farming, fishing, bug catching and resource management.
• Space exploration and resource gathering.
• Tools, ship and farm upgrades.
• Social relationships.
• And much more!.

It’s coming to Early Access on Steam on July 24th!

Price: $14,99 / €14,99 and I’m gonna guess £14.99, even though £12.99 would be an equivalent price.

If you’re interested, go to the Steam page and add it to your Wishlist to be notified on its release.

Besides the ability to travel to other planets, the sci-fi aspect of the game is probably more like One Lonely Outpost which itself is loosely based on Stardew Valley.

Obviously it’s difficult to see what unique qualities Farlands has over other similar games until it’s released, although it is possible to see the devs play when they broadcast on Steam.

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Flashback Classics Bundle Details:

Your fondest gaming memories, remastered. Relive the glory days of browser-based gaming with this bundle of classics, modernized, remastered, and re-released in their ultimate forms.

Let the lead fly in the customizable 2D shooter Strike Force Heroes, lovingly reforged by its original creators. Take in the stunning, spooky vibes of the hand-drawn puzzler adventure Submachine: Legacy.

Ensure humanity’s survival amidst the zombie apocalypse in the three-part Last Stand Legacy Collection, complete with slick upscaled art.

The starting price for the Flashback Classics bundle is £11.68 with the suggested price of £20 and for an eight game bundle, that’s decent.

Worms W.M.D. is one of the standout games for me, had loads of fun with that and you could too by clicking this link and buying the bundle!

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The game started off to a fast pace, Watford Women being the more pressing had half a chance within the first minute for the effort to sail over the bar, putting Birmingham City Women on the back foot from the get go.

Blues were gaining more possession, while at the same time giving the ball away with silly loose passes, fortunately Watford were just as loose and allowed Blues to regain control.

Lucy Quinn couldn’t quite find the target in the ninth minute although it did lead to Blues putting on more pressure as they began to look the better team.

There was a slight breakthrough down the center in the twelfth minute as Claudia Walker was getting close to goal, but the ball got away and she suffered a slight injury in the process.

A Blues free kick taken by Christie Harrison-Murray managed to find a player only to be shot across the goal, then in the 23rd minute an attempt from Ellie Mason flew way over the opposing bar.

Minute 25 and another Blues free kick is scooped up by the Hornets and comes to nothing, a few minutes later Charlie Devlin shows some frustration and kicks the ball into the hoardings, earning her a yellow card.

There were calls for a penalty in the Hornets box which from what we understand, were rightful calls, but the referee just pointed to the corner. Not the first time in the game Blues are wronged by bad decisions.

A Watford free kick just before half time in a pretty dangerous place just outside the 18 yard box, luckily not very well taken and goes across goal for a goal kick.

Second half begins and Blues have made two substitutions; Libby Smith and Jade Moore are brought on to replace Charlie Devlin and Lucy Quinn, which seemed strange as Quinny was playing a good game.

Blues get a corner which Christie Harrison-Murray takes as the designated corner taker to find a head which goes over the bar. A little later in the 53rd minute Cho tries a shot and again, finds its way across the goal.

The 55th minute sees Blues’ best chance from a corner as it drops into the six yard box and a mad scramble ensues, Hornets get behind the ball to deny Blues many attempts and ends up going out for a goal kick.

A minute later another corner lands on Ellie Mason’s head, but not enough control on it and launches across goal over the other side. A couple of minutes after that and the ball hits a Hornets hand right in front of us, referee didn’t see it, out for a corner.

Hornets Bring on Star Player

Then came the moment Watford were making substitutes, I looked over at the dugouts and saw our biggest threat about to come on. Barclays Player of the Month for December 2023, Michelle Agyemang, I sensed it was game over for Blues who were struggling to score.

It didn’t take too long for her to break through our defense and go one-on-one with Lucy Thomas … Goal number one. It was like she was Watford’s secret weapon, an ace up the sleeve.

We get to the 79th minute and she gets another break, another one-on-one, another goal. Carts replaces Cho with Yuri, but the damage is already done and we’re not coming back from that.

A close, but wide shot from Martha Harris in the 85th minute is as close we’re going to get, Blues have had so many chances, but today wasn’t their day for finding the back of the net.

A Watford free kick just outside the 18-yard box from Agyemang forces Thomas to make a save in the 91st minute, but it’s already game over, despite another 5 minutes of stoppage time left.

What can only be described as a complete contrast to our 5-2 home game win, Blues did look the more technical team, but that wasn’t enough and the only card dealt was defeat.

Attendance was 263.

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1. TEKKEN 8
2. LIKE A DRAGON: INFINITE WEALTH
3. CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE III
4. EA SPORTS FC 24
5. SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER
6. MARIO KART 8 DELUXE
7. HOGWARTS LEGACY
8. MORTAL KOMBAT 1
9. GRAND THEFT AUTO V
10. PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE LOST CROWN

Tekken 8 fights its way in straight to the top of the chart this week, five years after the last game, it seems fighting game fans were hungry for the latest installment.

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is the other new entry this week which has sold over a million already, but could only reach second place.

A big drop for The Last of Us II from third to eleventh and lands just outside the top ten, yet boogying on up 18 places is Just Dance 2023 from 39 to 21 in the whole top 40.

What game will replace Tekken 8? Will the Yakuza still have control of spot number two?

Find out next week”

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Alex Pritchard wanted to stay at Sunderland with a year extension into 2026, but was only offered an 18-month deal and for that reason, he announced he was no longer available.

With just six months left of his contract at Sunderland, they didn’t agree on an extension of only a year into 2025, Pritchard felt that he deserved longer and so decided he would rejoin Mowbray at Birmingham City on the agreed terms.

The 30 year-old jumped at the chance due to expressing his desire to leave Sunderland and Mowbray is happy with that decision.

“What I do know is Alex Pritchard is a player with personality and character, wonderful ball manipulation and great dead ball skills.”

Keep an eye on BCFC’s socials for an official announcement later this afternoon.

[Update] It’s now official – https://www.bcfc.com/news/all/pritch-makes-blues-switch

He left the Sunderland fans with this message on Instagram:

“Dear Sunderland fans, staff, and teammates. I want to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude to the amazing fans, dedicated staff, and everyone associated with the club. Your unwavering support and passion have meant the world to me, and I am truly grateful for the unforgettable memories we’ve shared.

“I am immensely proud of the part I played in our promotion and the exhilarating experience of competing in the Championship. These moments will forever hold a special place in my heart, and I will cherish them for the rest of my career.

“At this point of my career, stability and security are paramount, so I had to explore other avenues in the best interest for my career.

“Once again, I want to express my deepest thanks to each and every one of you for your incredible support and the unforgettable journey we’ve shared. I will always look back on my time at Sunderland with fondness and pride. I wish you nothing but success for the future.

“With warm regards,

Pritch”

We look forward to seeing what he brings to The Project!

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