Every week, the Edge Games Index, produced in association with Brandwatch, rates games according to the volume of positive and negative buzz they're inspiring on the web.

Each chart allows you to rank the list by the overall quantity of buzz about each title, by the quantity of positive or negative buzz, and by the percentage of positive or negative buzz. To explain the numbers you’ll see on the charts, the number alongside the volume of responses represents the absolute number of mentions the game in question has had, while the ‘last week’ column represents a game’s position in relation to the others on the chart seven days ago.

The data is compiled by brand intelligence specialist Brandwatch. To find out how its system works, see our explanation.

UK Chart November 2


The most talked about of Monday's 10 highest selling games is Forza Motorsport 3, which with 5211 mentions beats its figure of 4817 last week.

The week's highest new release is Tekken 6, with 4125 mentions putting it in second place on our chart, while Rockstar's package of extra content for GTAIV, Episodes From Liberty City, manages 1163.

Wii Fit Plus, however, for all its ability to get mainstream headlines, is commanding a middling amount of buzz - as ever for a Nintendo title, though, its audience just isn't the type to chat about it online. And those that are aren't being particularly positive. More happily for Nintendo, though, Wii Sports Resort and Mario & Sonic At  The Olympic Games (Sega, too, then) enjoy the lowest levels of negative reaction this week.

Borderlands, FIFA 10 and Pro Evo Soccer 2010 are maintaining reasonably steady positions with 3841, 3776 and 1894 mentions respectively - each only slightly lower than they achieved last week.

Indeed, it's FIFA 10 that's taking the most positive feedback of our games this week at 56 per cent, closely followed by Borderlands.

And Football Manager 2010, which leads the sales chart, is generating the most negative, with it comprising 15 per cent of all responses, followed by Pro Evo Soccer 2010 with 12 per cent, perhaps providing further proof that after Microsoft versus Sony versus Nintendo, football's one of the most divisive subjects around.

Forza Motorsport 3 is a clear winner in terms of buzz this week - but FIFA 10 is continuing to demonstrate incredible staying power.