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The Top Q0 Video Games to Come out of The UK In April, we also witnessed the 14th BAFTA Games Awards, which examined the "outstanding artistic achievement" of the video game industry in the year 2017. Five awards were presented to Ninja Theory LTD, British creators, for their game Hellblade. These included British Game, Artistic Achievement, and Game Beyond Entertainment. OnBuy.com is a British marketplace and seller of videogames has analyzed data from the UK Interactive Entertainment map and discovered that Britain has released 19,617 titles to date. London is the most well-known city for video games. The capital has produced about 29% of all games in Great Britain (about 5,763). In second place was Manchester which has released approximately 533 games. 20 million of the UK's population of 6 to 64 (that's a whopping 42 percent) are avid gamers according to the Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE), UK gamers spend the most time per week than gamers in France, Germany, and Spain, at 8.9 hours gaming a week (compared to 6, 8.1 and 6.2 hours respectively). So what are the UK's best video games to date? One inch punch / Shutterstock.com While it is not an exhaustive list, but here is a pick of 10 top games that have emerged out of Great Britain: Grand Theft Auto Series: created in Scotland by Rockstar North Critically acclaimed, the series was developed in Scotland by Rockstar North, has shipped more than 250 million units. In fact, it's the fourth most popular video franchise ever, British newspaper The Telegraph ranked the video game series among Britain's most successful exports. Batman Arkham Series: Based upon the DC Comic's Batman Arkham Series, the Arkham Series video games were created in London by Rocksteady Studios. The first Arkham Series was released in 2009. The series' success landed it a spot in the Guinness book for world records, for the "Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever" and for both Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. Sea of Thieves: Released worldwide on the 20th of March 2018, Sea of thieves was developed in the town of Twycross by the developers at Rare. The game lets players play the pirate's role, sailing the seas and accomplishing missions. Sea of Thieves was Rare's most popular game to sell since they began recording sales. It also placed 8th in the top 10 games of 2018's best-selling titles. Forza Horizon Series: The Forza Horizon Series was developed in Leamington Spa, England by Playground Games. It has been a huge success since its launch at the end of 2012. Every game in the Horizon series has received a Metacritic score of 85/100 or higher. As of December 16 the series has earned over US$ 1bn at retail and makes Forza one of the highest earning video game franchises. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice: Get five awards at 2018's BAFTA Games Awards, Ninja Theory's Hellblade was developed in Cambridge. This dark fantasy action-adventure title was a commercial hit; in fact it was the most popular game in Europe's PlayStation Store for the month of its release Sniper Elite: The tactical shooting game series Sniper Elite was actually developed in Oxford by Rebellion. The series has sold more than 10 million copies since 2005, when the first game was released. Rebellion Developments, a gaming company, even published a novel that was based on the game, titled Sniper Elite The Spear of Destiny. Burnout Series: The successful multiplatform Burnout series was created by Criterion Games from Guildford, UK. The British gaming company is also famous for their Need for Speed series. Both of these series are racing video games, a genre that Criterion spokesman Alex Ward stated they were "steering away from". Crackdown 2: This action-adventure open world game was published by Microsoft Game Studios, but it was created in Dundee by Ruffian Games. JERRY'S BLOG The Crackdown series is said to have had an impact on the open-world genre Den of Geek's James Hunt of described the first Crackdown game as "the first in a series of original, postmodern-style superhero games on consoles for gaming and great fun too." LEGO Series: Not content with their immense success with children of all ages, as building blocks, LEGO has conquered the video game world with their series including hits such as Lego: Harry Potter Years 4 - 5 and Lego: The Lord of the Rings. The series was made by Traveller's Tales (or TT Games) in Bolton. Football Manager: This set of football management games also known as Worldwide Soccer Manager in North America, was actually made in London by the company Sports Interactive. Highly acclaimed and well-loved by players, the series of games is a thriving online community. Since joining forces with Japanese giants at the Sega acquisition, the series has sold 15 million copies across different platforms.
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