UK Software Charts (Updated every Monday)

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UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 12, 2011

 

EA’s highly anticipated ‘Crysis 2’ enters at the top of the All Formats Chart this week with EA’s biggest launch of the year so far. The successful PC gaming franchise from German developer ‘Crytek’ comes to consoles for the first time with Xbox 360 accounting for 57% of ‘Crysis 2’ sales, ahead of PS3 with 29% and PC 14%.

 

LucasArts’ ‘Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars’ is also another new entry, debuting at No2 ahead of last week’s No1 ‘HomeFront’ which drops to No3. It’s a big week for new releases thanks in a large part to the launch of Nintendo’s new 3DS console. 11 out of the 16 new 3DS games launched this week feature in the All Formats Top 40 with 4 represented in the Top 10. ‘Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition’ is the top selling 3DS launch title, a new entry at No4, ahead of ‘PilotWings Resort’ at No6 and ‘Rayman 3D’ at No9, while ‘Lego Star Wars III’ on 3DS features with its other formats. There were 12 new games on 3DS-only while 4 others (Lego, Sims 3, PES 2011 and Madden) all charted alongside their other formats. The other new entry (out of the 6 to make it into the Top 10 this week) is ‘The Sims: Medieval’ which debuts at No8, while Square’s new PSP title ‘Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy’ launches at No24. New 3DS versions mean ‘The Sims 3’ and ‘Pro Evolution Soccer 2011’ shoot up the chart, landing at No’s 17 and 18. It is refreshing to see that the Top 6 selling 3DS titles are all from different publishers.

 

Week 12, 2011 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (__) 360 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

02 (01) 360 Homefront (Thq)

03 (__) PS3 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

04 (__) 360 Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

05 (02) PS3 Homefront (Thq)

06 (__) 3DS Super Street Fighter Iv 3d Edition (Capcom)

07 (03) NDS Pokemon White Version (Nintendo)

08 (__) 3DS Pilotwings Resort (Nintendo)

09 (05) NDS Pokemon Black Version (Nintendo)

10 (__) PC The Sims: Medieval (Electronic Arts)

11 (__) PS3 Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

12 (__) 3DS Rayman 3d (Ubisoft)

13 (__) PC Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

14 (__) WII Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

15 (06) WII Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)

16 (__) 3DS Super Monkey Ball 3d (Sega)

17 (__) 3DS Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

18 (__) 3DS Ridge Racer 3d (Namco Bandai Games)

19 (08) PS3 Killzone 3 (Sony Computer Ent.)

20 (__) 3DS Nintendogs + Cats: Golden Retriever (Nintendo)

21 (07) 360 Dragon Age Ii (Electronic Arts)

22 (__) NDS Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

23 (__) 3DS Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 (Konami)

24 (12) WII Udraw Studio (Thq)

25 (15) 360 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)

26 (__) PSP Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy (Square Enix Europe)

27 (09) 360 Fight Night Champion (Electronic Arts)

28 (10) PS3 Fight Night Champion (Electronic Arts)

29 (__) PS3 Assassin's Creed Ii (Ubisoft)

30 (17) WII Wii Party (Nintendo)

31 (21) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

32 (34) WII Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)

33 (18) WII Just Dance (Ubisoft)

34 (23) WII Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)

35 (29) PS3 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)

36 (__) 3DS The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

37 (25) NDS Art Academy (Nintendo)

38 (__) 3DS Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars (Ubisoft)

39 (20) WII Dance Juniors (Ubisoft)

40 (04) PC Shogun 2: Total War (Sega)

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 13, 2011

 

EA’s ‘Crysis 2’ (-35%) manages to hold off 505 Games’ popular Latin dancing title ‘Zumba Fitness’ (+3148%) but only just with less than 500 sales between them.

 

EA have now occupied the top spot 6 of the 13 weeks so far this year, thanks to plenty of strong releases. With the Wii version of the game out this week ‘Zumba Fitness’ has shot up the All Formats chart to No2, marking 505 Games’ highest ever entry in the chart (Naughty Bear debuted at No5 and Cooking Mama’s highest position was also No5), which means that LucasArts’ ‘Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars’ (-29%) has been forced down to No3. Next up we have EA and THQ taking it in turns with EA’s 17th iteration of the Need for Speed franchise, ‘Shift 2: Unleashed’, debuting at No4 on the grid, pushing THQ’s ‘Homefront’ (-51%) down to No5. Another long running EA franchise debuting this week is ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters’, which marks the 22nd title in the PGA Tour franchise of which 14 of those are with Tiger Woods, teeing off at No6, again followed by THQ with new entry ‘WWE All Stars’ at No7. EA’s ever popular football simulation ‘FIFA 11’ is up 2 places to No8, giving EA 4 games in the Top 10 this week.

 

Finishing off the Top 10 are two Nintendo titles, both on the DS, with ‘Pokémon White Version’ at No9 and ‘Art Academy’ shooting up the chart from No33 to No10. Sony’s ‘Motorstorm: Apocalypse’ is the only other new entry in the top 40 this week, debuting at No17.

 

Week 13, 2011 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (__) WII Zumba Fitness (505 Games)

02 (01) 360 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

03 (03) PS3 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

04 (02) 360 Homefront (Thq)

05 (__) 360 Shift 2: Unleashed (Electronic Arts)

06 (04) 360 Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

07 (__) PS3 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 12: The Masters (Electronic Arts)

08 (07) NDS Pokemon White Version (Nintendo)

09 (__) PS3 Shift 2: Unleashed (Electronic Arts)

10 (__) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 12: The Masters (Electronic Arts)

11 (37) NDS Art Academy (Nintendo)

12 (15) WII Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)

13 (09) NDS Pokemon Black Version (Nintendo)

14 (14) WII Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

15 (__) 360 Wwe All Stars (Thq)

16 (11) PS3 Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

17 (05) PS3 Homefront (Thq)

18 (10) PC The Sims: Medieval (Electronic Arts)

19 (06) 3DS Super Street Fighter Iv 3d Edition (Capcom)

20 (__) PS3 Motorstorm: Apocalypse (Sony Computer Ent.)

21 (__) PS3 Wwe All Stars (Thq)

22 (19) PS3 Killzone 3 (Sony Computer Ent.)

23 (08) 3DS Pilotwings Resort (Nintendo)

24 (22) NDS Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

25 (25) 360 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)

26 (12) 3DS Rayman 3d (Ubisoft)

27 (34) WII Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)

28 (28) PS3 Fight Night Champion (Electronic Arts)

29 (24) WII Udraw Studio (Thq)

30 (30) WII Wii Party (Nintendo)

31 (27) 360 Fight Night Champion (Electronic Arts)

32 (__) 360 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)

33 (35) PS3 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)

34 (16) 3DS Super Monkey Ball 3d (Sega)

35 (18) 3DS Ridge Racer 3d (Namco Bandai Games)

36 (33) WII Just Dance (Ubisoft)

37 (20) 3DS Nintendogs + Cats: Golden Retriever (Nintendo)

38 (32) WII Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)

39 (17) 3DS Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

40 (13) PC Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 14, 2011

 

‘Zumba Fitness’ topples ‘Crysis 2’, moving up from No2 to become 505 Games’ first ever All Formats No1 and the first fitness title to reach the top spot since ‘Wii Fit Plus’ back in W49 2009.

 

Sales of ‘Zumba Fitness’ fell by 49% after a highly successful launch on Wii, but sales of Crysis 2 were down by 57% which, in a quiet week for new releases, helped the Wii-centric title’s rise to No1. The hot weather this weekend is perhaps a contributing factor to the heavy drop in sales experienced by most titles, along with customary declines from several new titles in their second week of release. One of these, ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters’ manages to climb 2 places to No4 despite a 32% drop in sales, pitching it behind ‘Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars’ (-45%) which is a non-mover at No3. EA now have 3 games in the Top 5 as ‘Shift 2: Unleashed’ (-45%) only falls one place to No5. THQ are also well positioned with ‘HomeFront’ (-46%) down one place to No6 and ‘WWE All Stars’ (-41%) holding on to No7.

 

‘Pokemon Black Version’ (-15%) jumps back into the Top 10, up from No13 to No8, overtaking sister title ‘Pokemon White Version’ (-27%) which is a non-mover at No9. ‘Dynasty Warriors 7’ from Tecmo-Koei is this week’s only Top 40 new entry, debuting at No10, while several titles re-enter the chart, boosted by retailer price promotions – most notably ‘BulletStorm’ (+37%) which re-enters at No17.

 

Week 14, 2011 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (01) WII Zumba Fitness (505 Games)

02 (02) 360 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

03 (04) 360 Homefront (Thq)

04 (05) 360 Shift 2: Unleashed (Electronic Arts)

05 (03) PS3 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

06 (13) NDS Pokemon Black Version (Nintendo)

07 (08) NDS Pokemon White Version (Nintendo)

08 (11) NDS Art Academy (Nintendo)

09 (07) PS3 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 12: The Masters (Electronic Arts)

10 (10) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 12: The Masters (Electronic Arts)

11 (06) 360 Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

12 (09) PS3 Shift 2: Unleashed (Electronic Arts)

13 (14) WII Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

14 (12) WII Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)

15 (15) 360 Wwe All Stars (Thq)

16 (17) PS3 Homefront (Thq)

17 (16) PS3 Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

18 (24) NDS Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

19 (20) PS3 Motorstorm: Apocalypse (Sony Computer Ent.)

20 (__) 360 Dynasty Warriors 7 (Tecmo Koei Europe)

21 (22) PS3 Killzone 3 (Sony Computer Ent.)

22 (27) WII Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)

23 (18) PC The Sims: Medieval (Electronic Arts)

24 (__) PS3 Dynasty Warriors 7 (Tecmo Koei Europe)

25 (21) PS3 Wwe All Stars (Thq)

26 (25) 360 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)

27 (30) WII Wii Party (Nintendo)

28 (__) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

29 (29) WII Udraw Studio (Thq)

30 (__) 360 Bulletstorm (Electronic Arts)

31 (36) WII Just Dance (Ubisoft)

32 (__) 360 Halo: Reach (Microsoft)

33 (__) PC Football Manager 2011 (Sega)

34 (__) 360 Dragon Age Ii (Electronic Arts)

35 (__) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

36 (__) 360 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)

37 (28) PS3 Fight Night Champion (Electronic Arts)

38 (__) 360 Zumba Fitness (505 Games)

39 (__) PS3 The Tomb Raider Trilogy (Square Enix Europe)

40 (31) 360 Fight Night Champion (Electronic Arts)

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 15, 2011

 

‘Zumba Fitness’ from 505 Games takes a second consecutive week at No1, sales down just 8% overall as the new Wii version only drops 10% over last week (90% of the sales) and the older 360 version actually climbs 14% over last week.

 

Lucasarts’ ‘Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars’ climbs one place, back up to No2 (-12%) which is where it debuted 4 weeks ago. EA’s ‘Crysis 2’ drops one place to No3 (-32%) and the publisher actually has 4 titles in the Top 10 this week (one more than last week) – ‘FIFA 11’ climbs 8 places to No4 (+88%) thanks to retail promotion, ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters’ drops one place to No5 (-11%) and ‘Shift 2: Unleashed’ drops 5 places to No10 (-46%). Sandwiched in-between No 5 ‘Tiger’ and No10 ‘Shift’ are THQ’s ‘Homefront (-8%) stable at No6, Nintendo’s ‘Pokemon Black’ up one place to No7 (+17%), ‘Pokemon White’ also up one place to No8 (+13%) and Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ (+62%) up 4 places to No9. There were plenty of retailer deals to be had for the Easter holidays, such as Warner Bros. Interactive’s ‘Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4’ (+112%), up 12 places to No11 and Rockstar/Take 2’s ‘Red Dead Redemption’ (+458%) a re-entry at No13 and last seen in this chart back in week 4, 2011.

 

The only new SKUs within the Top 40 show as a re-entry, as Ubisoft’s 360 Kinect/PS3 Move versions of ‘Michael Jackson: The Experience’ join the late Nov10 versions on Wii/DS/PSP – the title re-enters at No15 (+324%) and the 360 version takes a commanding 64% of total sales, highest new entry on the Xbox 360 FP chart at No7.

 

Week 15, 2011 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (01) WII Zumba Fitness (505 Games)

02 (02) 360 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

03 (06) NDS Pokemon Black Version (Nintendo)

04 (07) NDS Pokemon White Version (Nintendo)

05 (03) 360 Homefront (Thq)

06 (10) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 12: The Masters (Electronic Arts)

07 (27) WII Wii Party (Nintendo)

08 (26) 360 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)

09 (14) WII Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)

10 (22) WII Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)

11 (09) PS3 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 12: The Masters (Electronic Arts)

12 (08) NDS Art Academy (Nintendo)

13 (05) PS3 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

14 (13) WII Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

15 (__) PS3 Littlebigplanet 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

16 (11) 360 Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

17 (16) PS3 Homefront (Thq)

18 (30) 360 Bulletstorm (Electronic Arts)

19 (18) NDS Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

20 (19) PS3 Motorstorm: Apocalypse (Sony Computer Ent.)

21 (__) 360 Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)

22 (32) 360 Halo: Reach (Microsoft)

23 (21) PS3 Killzone 3 (Sony Computer Ent.)

24 (04) 360 Shift 2: Unleashed (Electronic Arts)

25 (__) PS3 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)

26 (36) 360 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)

27 (28) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

28 (__) 360 Fable Iii (Microsoft)

29 (__) PS3 Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)

30 (15) 360 Wwe All Stars (Thq)

31 (33) PC Football Manager 2011 (Sega)

32 (__) 360 Kinect Sports (Microsoft)

33 (__) PS3 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)

34 (17) PS3 Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

35 (__) 360 Test Drive Unlimited 2 (Namco Bandai Games)

36 (__) 360 Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)

37 (12) PS3 Shift 2: Unleashed (Electronic Arts)

38 (34) 360 Dragon Age Ii (Electronic Arts)

39 (__) 360 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)

40 (23) PC The Sims: Medieval (Electronic Arts)

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 16, 2011

 

alve’s First Person Puzzle Platform game, ‘Portal 2’, returns this week; materializing at the top of the charts.

 

It has outdone Valve’s ‘The Orange Box’ (it contained the original ‘Portal’ game) which only got to No3 and marks EA’s 5th different title at No1 so far this year. It’s a blast from the past at No2 with Warner Bros. Interactive’s ‘Mortal Kombat’ hitting this generation’s consoles (the original game came out on consoles way back in 1993). Thanks to price promotions Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ (+245%) resurges up the chart from No9 to No3 which means that last week’s No1 505 Games’ ‘Zumba Fitness’ (+10%) is now resting at No4. Also forced down the chart is ‘Lego Star Wars III: The Clones Wars’ (+16%) from LucasArts now at No5, followed by Codemasters’ new entry ‘Operation Flashpoint: Red River’ at No6. EA hold both No7 and No8 with ‘FIFA 11’ (+39%) and ‘Crysis 2’ (-2%). Next we have Nintendo’s ‘Wii Fit Plus’ (+97%) back in the Top 10 at No9 and THQ’s ‘Homefront’ (-1%) at No10. The only other new entry in the Top 40 this week is Sony’s ‘SOCOM: Special Forces’ in at No 28.

 

Week 16, 2011 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (__) 360 Portal 2 (Electronic Arts)

02 (__) PS3 Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)

03 (__) 360 Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)

04 (__) PS3 Portal 2 (Electronic Arts)

05 (01) WII Zumba Fitness (505 Games)

06 (__) PS3 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)

07 (__) 360 Operation Flashpoint: Red River (Codemasters)

08 (10) WII Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)

09 (26) 360 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)

10 (03) NDS Pokemon Black Version (Nintendo)

11 (04) NDS Pokemon White Version (Nintendo)

12 (27) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

13 (09) WII Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)

14 (08) 360 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)

15 (02) 360 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

16 (16) 360 Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

17 (__) PC Portal 2 (Electronic Arts)

18 (05) 360 Homefront (Thq)

19 (25) PS3 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)

20 (13) PS3 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

21 (__) PS3 Operation Flashpoint: Red River (Codemasters)

22 (15) PS3 Littlebigplanet 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

23 (07) WII Wii Party (Nintendo)

24 (__) PS3 Socom: Special Forces (Sony Computer Ent.)

25 (__) 360 Carnival Games: In Action! (Take 2)

26 (12) NDS Art Academy (Nintendo)

27 (17) PS3 Homefront (Thq)

28 (30) 360 Wwe All Stars (Thq)

29 (19) NDS Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

30 (32) 360 Kinect Sports (Microsoft)

31 (14) WII Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

32 (__) PS3 Wwe All Stars (Thq)

33 (20) PS3 Motorstorm: Apocalypse (Sony Computer Ent.)

34 (23) PS3 Killzone 3 (Sony Computer Ent.)

35 (18) 360 Bulletstorm (Electronic Arts)

36 (11) PS3 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 12: The Masters (Electronic Arts)

37 (06) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 12: The Masters (Electronic Arts)

38 (21) 360 Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)

39 (38) 360 Dragon Age Ii (Electronic Arts)

40 (24) 360 Shift 2: Unleashed (Electronic Arts)

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 17, 2011

 

This is the last week of April and unusually, contains 2 national holidays - Easter Monday (25th April) and also the Royal Wedding holiday of Prince William & Kate Middleton (29th April).

 

Gamers celebrated by keeping the previous week’s new No1 & No2 exactly where they were, with Valve/EA’s ‘Portal 2’ (-51%) on top for a second consecutive week since launch and Warner Bros. Interactive’s ‘Mortal Kombat’ (-42%) remaining at No2. 505 Games climb one place to No3 with ‘Zumba Fitness’ ( -21%) as the PS3 version debuts this week, five weeks after the launch of the hugely popular Wii version – the PS3 version has not lit up the market in the same way with 10% of sales across the 3 formats. Codemasters’ new entry from last week ‘Operation Flashpoint: Red River’ (-21%) moves in the right direction, up 2 places to No4. Sega chose this week to launch two new titles – ‘Virtua Tennis 4’ on PS3/360/Wii is new at No23 but ‘Thor: God of Thunder’ fails to make an impact on the Top 40.

 

Week 17, 2011 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (01) 360 Portal 2 (Electronic Arts)

02 (05) WII Zumba Fitness (505 Games)

03 (03) 360 Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)

04 (02) PS3 Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)

05 (04) PS3 Portal 2 (Electronic Arts)

06 (08) WII Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)

07 (07) 360 Operation Flashpoint: Red River (Codemasters)

08 (09) 360 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)

09 (13) WII Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)

10 (10) NDS Pokemon Black Version (Nintendo)

11 (14) 360 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)

12 (11) NDS Pokemon White Version (Nintendo)

13 (12) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

14 (30) 360 Kinect Sports (Microsoft)

15 (18) 360 Homefront (Thq)

16 (21) PS3 Operation Flashpoint: Red River (Codemasters)

17 (25) 360 Carnival Games: In Action! (Take 2)

18 (16) 360 Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

19 (06) PS3 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)

20 (15) 360 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

21 (38) 360 Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)

22 (19) PS3 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)

23 (23) WII Wii Party (Nintendo)

24 (22) PS3 Littlebigplanet 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

25 (27) PS3 Homefront (Thq)

26 (26) NDS Art Academy (Nintendo)

27 (__) PS3 Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

28 (__) 360 Halo: Reach (Microsoft)

29 (17) PC Portal 2 (Electronic Arts)

30 (37) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 12: The Masters (Electronic Arts)

31 (36) PS3 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 12: The Masters (Electronic Arts)

32 (24) PS3 Socom: Special Forces (Sony Computer Ent.)

33 (39) 360 Dragon Age Ii (Electronic Arts)

34 (__) PC Football Manager 2011 (Sega)

35 (20) PS3 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

36 (29) NDS Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

37 (__) PS3 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)

38 (__) 360 Test Drive Unlimited 2 (Namco Bandai Games)

39 (__) WII Just Dance (Ubisoft)

40 (__) 360 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 18, 2011

 

505 Games show they have stamina by returning to the top this week to mark the third week at No1 for ‘Zumba Fitness’ (-3%), just pushing ahead of EA’s ‘Portal 2’ (-43%) which is down to No2.

 

The rest of the chart also sees a shuffle around with Warner Bros.’ ‘Mortal Kombat’ (-52%) at No3 and Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ (-2%) at No4. Both LucasArts’ ‘Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars’ (-29%) and EA’s ‘FIFA 11’ (-41%) move up a place at No5 and No6 respectively. Codemasters’ ‘Operation Flashpoint: Red River’ (-50%) has fallen down three places from No4 to No7 and Nintendo’s ‘Wii Fit Plus’ (-31%) holds fast at No8. It’s Nintendo again at No9 with ‘Pokemon Black Version’ (-20%) with Ubisoft’s ‘Just Dance 2’ (-30%) holding firm at No10. Outside of the Top 10 we have City Interactive’s ‘Sniper: Ghost Warrior’ (+457%) back in the charts thanks to the release of the PS3 version at No15.

 

Week 18, 2011 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (02) WII Zumba Fitness (505 Games)

02 (01) 360 Portal 2 (Electronic Arts)

03 (08) 360 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)

04 (03) 360 Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)

05 (04) PS3 Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)

06 (06) WII Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)

07 (05) PS3 Portal 2 (Electronic Arts)

08 (10) NDS Pokemon Black Version (Nintendo)

09 (09) WII Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)

10 (12) NDS Pokemon White Version (Nintendo)

11 (07) 360 Operation Flashpoint: Red River (Codemasters)

12 (14) 360 Kinect Sports (Microsoft)

13 (__) PS3 Sniper: Ghost Warrior (City Interactive)

14 (11) 360 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)

15 (13) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

16 (19) PS3 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)

17 (17) 360 Carnival Games: In Action! (Take 2)

18 (__) WII Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)

19 (23) WII Wii Party (Nintendo)

20 (34) PC Football Manager 2011 (Sega)

21 (__) PS3 Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)

22 (__) PS3 Virtua Tennis 4 (Sega)

23 (21) 360 Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)

24 (16) PS3 Operation Flashpoint: Red River (Codemasters)

25 (15) 360 Homefront (Thq)

26 (18) 360 Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

27 (26) NDS Art Academy (Nintendo)

28 (20) 360 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

29 (28) 360 Halo: Reach (Microsoft)

30 (39) WII Just Dance (Ubisoft)

31 (__) 360 Shift 2: Unleashed (Electronic Arts)

32 (__) 360 Zumba Fitness (505 Games)

33 (27) PS3 Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

34 (__) WII Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

35 (__) 360 Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)

36 (38) 360 Test Drive Unlimited 2 (Namco Bandai Games)

37 (32) PS3 Socom: Special Forces (Sony Computer Ent.)

38 (29) PC Portal 2 (Electronic Arts)

39 (__) PS3 Killzone 3 (Sony Computer Ent.)

40 (__) WII Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 19, 2011

 

Bethesda’s ‘Brink’ FPS debuts at No1 for 360/PS3/PC. Developed in the UK by London-based ‘Splash Damage’, this is the developer widely known for the online-only ‘Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory’ (released in 2003) and in terms of physical product ‘Enemy Territory: Quake Wars’, originally released on PC and debuted at No1 in the UK PC Full Price Chart back in week 39, 2007.

 

Also new this week and debuting at No2 is Disney Interactive Studios’ multi-format ‘Lego Pirates of the Caribbean’. This is a good week for UK development as this title was created by Traveller’s Tales, based in the North-West of England. ‘Zumba Fitness’ from 505 Games is pushed down from No1 to No3 (-2%) and EA’s ‘Portal 2’ dips 2 places to No4 (-42%). Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ drops one place to No5 (-19%) followed at No6 by Warner Bros. Interactive and ‘Mortal Kombat’ (-39%) down 3 places from No3. The only other new entry is THQ’s ‘MX vs ATV Alive’ for 360/PS3 (developed by THQ Digital Studios Phoenix, USA) and debuts at No10: two-thirds of the sales are for the Xbox 360 version.

 

Week 19, 2011 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (__) 360 Brink (Bethesda Softworks)

02 (01) WII Zumba Fitness (505 Games)

03 (__) 360 Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)

04 (__) PS3 Brink (Bethesda Softworks)

05 (__) PS3 Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)

06 (__) WII Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)

07 (03) 360 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)

08 (02) 360 Portal 2 (Electronic Arts)

09 (09) WII Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)

10 (06) WII Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)

11 (04) 360 Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)

12 (05) PS3 Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)

13 (__) NDS Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)

14 (__) PC Brink (Bethesda Softworks)

15 (08) NDS Pokemon Black Version (Nintendo)

16 (13) PS3 Sniper: Ghost Warrior (City Interactive)

17 (07) PS3 Portal 2 (Electronic Arts)

18 (10) NDS Pokemon White Version (Nintendo)

19 (__) 360 Mx Vs Atv Alive (Thq)

20 (14) 360 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)

21 (18) WII Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)

22 (11) 360 Operation Flashpoint: Red River (Codemasters)

23 (28) 360 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

24 (39) PS3 Killzone 3 (Sony Computer Ent.)

25 (35) 360 Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)

26 (19) WII Wii Party (Nintendo)

27 (20) PC Football Manager 2011 (Sega)

28 (15) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

29 (12) 360 Kinect Sports (Microsoft)

30 (26) 360 Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

31 (16) PS3 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)

32 (34) WII Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

33 (17) 360 Carnival Games: In Action! (Take 2)

34 (27) NDS Art Academy (Nintendo)

35 (__) PS3 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

36 (40) WII Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)

37 (29) 360 Halo: Reach (Microsoft)

38 (__) 3DS Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)

39 (31) 360 Shift 2: Unleashed (Electronic Arts)

40 (21) PS3 Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 20, 2011

 

It’s no mystery as to what is No1 this week, as Rockstar/Take 2’s ‘L.A. Noire’ debuts at the top of the All Formats Chart, becoming the fastest-selling new video game IP ever in the UK. Sales are on a par with the launch of Rockstar’s previous chart topper ‘Red Dead Redemption’ which was released exactly a year ago. Both titles were launched on Xbox 360 and PS3 with Red Dead Redemption showing a 65% Xbox 360 and 35% PS3 split, compared to L.A. Noire’s share of 58% on Xbox 360 and 42% on PS3. L.A. Noire positions itself as the 13th fastest-selling Xbox 360 game in the UK and the 11th fastest on PS3. Disney’s ‘Lego Pirates of the Caribbean’ (-6%) holds on to No2 as last week’s No1, ‘Brink’ (-48%) slips to No3. Sales of ‘Zumba Fitness’ (-6%) remain relatively stable, as it makes way for L.A. Noire by only dropping one place to No4. Namco Bandai’s ‘The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings’ on PC is the only other new entry to break into the All Formats Chart this week, entering at a very respectable No5 – outselling the original title’s launch week sales by more than 3 to 1. Price promotion on ‘Crysis 2’ (+71%) sees it jump from No9 to No6, while EA’s other sequel ‘Portal 2’ (-22%) moves in the opposite direction, down from No4 to No7. EA’s 3rd Top 10 title this week, ‘FIFA 11’ (+17%) stays put at No8, having only spent one week outside the Top 10 since it was launched 34 weeks ago. ‘Mortal Kombat’ (-22%) hangs on to a Top 10 position despite slipping from No6 to No9, while ‘Black Ops’ (-35%) also clings on to the Top 10, down from No5 to No10. The launch of a new Wii value hardware bundle with Mario Kart sees the Nintendo classic motor back into the Top 40 at No23 (+266%).

 

Week 20, 2011 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (__) 360 L.a. Noire (Take 2)

02 (__) PS3 L.a. Noire (Take 2)

03 (01) 360 Brink (Bethesda Softworks)

04 (02) WII Zumba Fitness (505 Games)

05 (03) 360 Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)

06 (__) PC The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings (Namco Bandai Games)

07 (06) WII Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)

08 (04) PS3 Brink (Bethesda Softworks)

09 (05) PS3 Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)

10 (09) WII Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)

11 (13) NDS Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)

12 (28) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

13 (23) 360 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

14 (07) 360 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)

15 (08) 360 Portal 2 (Electronic Arts)

16 (20) 360 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)

17 (10) WII Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)

18 (15) NDS Pokemon Black Version (Nintendo)

19 (11) 360 Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)

20 (12) PS3 Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)

21 (35) PS3 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

22 (34) NDS Art Academy (Nintendo)

23 (__) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

24 (17) PS3 Portal 2 (Electronic Arts)

25 (__) PC The Sims: Medieval (Electronic Arts)

26 (21) WII Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)

27 (18) NDS Pokemon White Version (Nintendo)

28 (29) 360 Kinect Sports (Microsoft)

29 (22) 360 Operation Flashpoint: Red River (Codemasters)

30 (16) PS3 Sniper: Ghost Warrior (City Interactive)

31 (19) 360 Mx Vs Atv Alive (Thq)

32 (25) 360 Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)

33 (40) PS3 Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)

34 (27) PC Football Manager 2011 (Sega)

35 (26) WII Wii Party (Nintendo)

36 (__) 360 Homefront (Thq)

37 (__) 360 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)

38 (30) 360 Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)

39 (38) 3DS Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)

40 (__) PS3 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 21, 2011

Rockstar/Take 2’s crime solving title ‘L.A. Noire’ (-43%) continues to dominate the chart this week, easily holding off Codemasters’ new entry, racing sequel, ‘Dirt 3’ which debuts at No2.

 

Dirt 3 shows an Xbox 360 heavy following with 67% of the share versus PS3’s 37% and despite outselling its predecessor it had to settle for second on the podium again. The release of Dirt 3 means that Disney’s ‘Lego Pirates of the Caribbean’ (-32%) sinks to No3 with 505 Games’ ‘Zumba Fitness’ (+19%) keeping up the pace holding No4. Bethesda’s FPS ‘Brink’ takes a hit, dropping 52% of sales this week, down to No5 whereas Nintendo’s ‘Wii Sports Resort’ sees a healthy increase in sales, up 145%, thanks to price promotions on the Wii hardware bundle. After the build-up to the Champions League final EA’s ‘FIFA 11’ also sees a rise in sales, up 50%, taking No7 followed by another chart topper seeing a resurgence, Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ (+39%), up to No8.

 

EA’s FPS ‘Crysis 2’ (-12%) drops back to No9 this week with Nintendo’s ‘Mario Kart Wii’ (+148%) hot on the heels at No10 thanks to the new Wii hardware bundle with the game included. There were no other new entries making the chart this week.

 

 

Week 21, 2011 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (01) 360 L.a. Noire (Take 2)

02 (02) PS3 L.a. Noire (Take 2)

03 (__) 360 Dirt 3 (Codemasters)

04 (04) WII Zumba Fitness (505 Games)

05 (__) PS3 Dirt 3 (Codemasters)

06 (12) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

07 (05) 360 Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)

08 (03) 360 Brink (Bethesda Softworks)

09 (23) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

10 (07) WII Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)

11 (10) WII Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)

12 (16) 360 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)

13 (14) 360 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)

14 (09) PS3 Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)

15 (17) WII Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)

16 (22) NDS Art Academy (Nintendo)

17 (11) NDS Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)

18 (08) PS3 Brink (Bethesda Softworks)

19 (13) 360 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

20 (15) 360 Portal 2 (Electronic Arts)

21 (21) PS3 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

22 (18) NDS Pokemon Black Version (Nintendo)

23 (35) WII Wii Party (Nintendo)

24 (28) 360 Kinect Sports (Microsoft)

25 (06) PC The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings (Namco Bandai Games)

26 (26) WII Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)

27 (__) PS3 Killzone 3 (Sony Computer Ent.)

28 (20) PS3 Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)

29 (__) 360 Zumba Fitness (505 Games)

30 (30) PS3 Sniper: Ghost Warrior (City Interactive)

31 (27) NDS Pokemon White Version (Nintendo)

32 (32) 360 Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)

33 (24) PS3 Portal 2 (Electronic Arts)

34 (19) 360 Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)

35 (__) PS3 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)

36 (34) PC Football Manager 2011 (Sega)

37 (__) PS3 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 12: The Masters (Electronic Arts)

38 (__) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 12: The Masters (Electronic Arts)

39 (33) PS3 Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)

40 (__) PS3 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)