UK Charts: London 2012 Claims Gold
The United Kingdom is clearly in the grip of Olympic fever as this week the official London 2012 videogame from SEGA has finally hit the top spot in the sales charts, despite already having been out for five weeks.
This has also helped the more family-friendly SEGA Olympics title – Mario & Sonic London 2012 – climb up to third place in the charts – showing that the games have undeniably caught the imagination of the British public.
That means that LEGO Batman 2 has finally been knocked off the number one spot, but it still sits firmly in second place, and with the help of its movie counterpart, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman: Arkham City also rises up into the top five. The onlt new release this wek, Pokemon Conquest, only manages to enter at seventeen – but it is a single-format title, so that was always an uphill struggle.
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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2 |
1 |
 LONDON 2012: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME | PEGI 3+ | SEGA |
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1 |
2 |
 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES | PEGI 7+ | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
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8 |
3 |
 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES | PEGI 3+ | SEGA |
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3 |
4 |
 TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER | BBFC 15+ | UBISOFT |
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7 |
5 |
 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY | BBFC 15+ | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
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5 |
6 |
 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 | BBFC 18+ | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD |
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4 |
7 |
 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN | PEGI 16+ | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD |
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10 |
8 |
 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM | BBFC 15+ | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
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12 |
9 |
 FIFA 12 | PEGI 3+ | ELECTRONIC ARTS |
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6 |
10 |
 KINGDOM HEARTS 3D: DREAM DROP DISTANCE | PEGI 12+ | NINTENDO |
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21 |
11 |
 ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS | BBFC 15+ | UBISOFT |
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9 |
12 |
 MAX PAYNE 3 | BBFC 18+ | TAKE 2 |
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24 |
13 |
 MARIO KART 7 | PEGI 3+ | NINTENDO |
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13 |
14 |
 SKYLANDERS: SPYRO’S ADVENTURE | PEGI 7+ | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD |
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11 |
15 |
 DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION | BBFC 18+ | KOCH MEDIA |
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23 |
16 |
 BATTLEFIELD 3 | PEGI 16+ | ELECTRONIC ARTS |
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17 |
 POKEMON CONQUEST | PEGI 3+ | NINTENDO | |
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17 |
18 |
 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS | BBFC 18+ | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD |
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27 |
19 |
 WWE ’12 | BBFC 12+ | THQ |
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28 |
20 |
 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND | PEGI 3+ | NINTENDO |
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.
