Edge-Online launched a nifty feature earlier this week. The outlet is partnered with marketing metrics firm Brandwatch to chart online buzz for top UK games on a weekly basis. Edge will feature the list and stats for top ten games for each week along with a weekly topical spin, for example pinpointing a single game genre or franchise.
The data in this week’s chart was published by Edge on Monday and refers to last week s games and numbers. The index ranks games based on positive mentions, not total mentions. Not surprisingly, EA’s FIFA 10 stormed Europe and Brandwatch s list last week, topping all UK games in mentions and positive comments. Halo3: ODST came in at second in mentions, but scored low with a little more than a third of them being positive. Gran Turismo for PSP and Mario Kart for Wii suffered the lowest percentage of positive comments on the list of top 10, each at 12 percent.
Edge s topical index for the week looks at music games, essentially charting the Rock Band vs. Hero battle between MTV and Activision’s titles. This being a UK chart, Singstar is in the mix.
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