UK Charts – Football Fever Grips the Charts
The current football fever that is gripping the nation, what with England taking part in the European Championship finals, has leaked over into the world of gaming. And that can mean only one thing – Electronic Arts are celebrating this week as FIFA 12 has returned to the top of the videogames sales charts.
And that finally ends the very successful reign of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier at the top of the charts. After three weeks at number one, the title was finally knocked off the top spot by a game that has been out since October last year – likely boosted by the recent Euro 2012 add-on DLC. You never can predict the UK games charts. Strangely, FIFA Street didn’t benefit from the same Football craze, and actually dropped downt the charts.
Notable new entries are Lollipop Chainsaw at an impressive fourth, and Gravity Rush down in eleventh – which is particularly good, considering it is a PS Vita exclusive title.
As always you can click the name of the game to read our review.
TW = This Week
LW = Last Week
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LW |
TW |
 TITLE | AGE RATING | PUBLISHER |
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3 |
1 |
 FIFA 12 | PEGI 3+ | ELECTRONIC ARTS |
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1 |
2 |
 TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER | BBFC 15+ | UBISOFT |
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2 |
3 |
 MAX PAYNE 3 | BBFC 18+ | TAKE 2 |
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4 |
 LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW | BBFC 18+ | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | |
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4 |
5 |
 BATTLEFIELD 3 | PEGI 16+ | ELECTRONIC ARTS |
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22 |
6 |
 DIABLO III | BBFC 15+ | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD |
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6 |
7 |
 GAME OF THRONES | BBFC 15+ | KOCH MEDIA |
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5 |
8 |
 SNIPER ELITE V2 | BBFC 15+ | 505 GAMES |
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9 |
9 |
 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES | PEGI 3+ | SEGA |
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10 |
10 |
 DIRT SHOWDOWN | PEGI 7+ | CODEMASTERS |
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11 |
 GRAVITY RUSH | PEGI 12+ | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | |
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11 |
12 |
 ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS | BBFC 15+ | UBISOFT |
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8 |
13 |
 FIFA STREET | PEGI 3+ | ELECTRONIC ARTS |
|
7 |
14 |
 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 | BBFC 18+ | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD |
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17 |
15 |
 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 13 | PEGI 3+ | ELECTRONIC ARTS |
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12 |
16 |
 DRAGON’S DOGMA | BBFC 12+ | CAPCOM |
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16 |
17 |
 SKYLANDERS: SPYRO’S ADVENTURE | PEGI 7+ | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD |
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14 |
18 |
 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS | BBFC 18+ | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD |
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13 |
19 |
 MASS EFFECT 3 | BBFC 15+ | ELECTRONIC ARTS |
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26 |
20 |
 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY | BBFC 15+ | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
UKIE Games Charts©, compiled by GfK Chart-Track
Robin Parker
If I'm not playing on a good Adventure Game - still longing for the long-past Golden Age of the genre, when Lucasarts and Sierra ruled supreme - you might find me searching for a local arcade, in the hopes that it still houses titles such as Sunset Riders or WindJammers.
