Ukie Week 23 2012 UK Video Games Charts

 
It’s a third successive week at No1 for Ubisoft’s ‘Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier’ (-48%). So far in 2012 only two other titles have managed to hold on at No1 for three weeks or more and they are both FIFA games (FIFA 12 with 4 weeks and FIFA Street with 3). There is also no change in the next two places as ‘Max Payne 3’ (-36%) at No2 is almost usurped by a resurgent ‘FIFA 12’ (+48%) at No3 (perhaps boosted in part by the start of Euro 2012). ‘Battlefield 3’ (+42%) is this week’s biggest Top 10 climber, up from No8 to No4, ahead of ‘Sniper Elite V2’ (+18%) which rises one place to No5. ‘Game of Thrones’ from Focus Home Interactive/Koch is the only new title to break into the Top 40, debuting at No6. The rest of the Top 10 is occupied by familiar faces – ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’ (-5%) at No7, ‘FIFA Street’ (+21%) at No8 and ‘Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games’ (+26%) at No9. In its third week of release, ‘Dirt Showdown’ (-19%) just manages to hold on to a Top 10 placing, down 3 places to No10. There is a re-entry at No22 for ‘Diablo III’ (+543%) which signals renewed stock of the critically acclaimed Blizzard title, while a retailer promotion helps propel ‘Wii Fit Plus’ (+279%) back into the Top 40 at No31.
 
Top 40 Entertainment Software (All Prices), Week Ending 09 June 2012

  1. TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER - UBISOFT
  2. MAX PAYNE 3 - TAKE 2
  3. FIFA 12 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
  4. BATTLEFIELD 3 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
  5. SNIPER ELITE V2 - 505 GAMES / MASTERTRONIC
  6. GAME OF THRONES - KOCH MEDIA
  7. CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
  8. FIFA STREET - ELECTRONIC ARTS
  9. MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES - SEGA
  10. DIRT SHOWDOWN - CODEMASTERS
  11. ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS - UBISOFT
  12. DRAGON'S DOGMA - CAPCOM
  13. MASS EFFECT 3 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
  14. CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
  15. [PROTOTYPE 2] - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
  16. SKYLANDERS: SPYRO'S ADVENTURE - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
  17. TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 13 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
  18. SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD - THQ
  19. JUST DANCE 3 - UBISOFT
  20. GRAN TURISMO 5 - SONY COMPUTER ENT.
  21. THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM - BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
  22. DIABLO III - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
  23. WWE '12 - THQ
  24. RAYMAN ORIGINS - UBISOFT
  25. KINECT STAR WARS - MICROSOFT
  26. BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
  27. MARIO TENNIS OPEN - NINTENDO
  28. FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 - SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
  29. FOOTBALL MANAGER 2012 - SEGA
  30. FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 - MICROSOFT
  31. WII FIT PLUS - NINTENDO
  32. LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 5-7 - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
  33. SKATE 3 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
  34. SUPER MARIO 3D LAND - NINTENDO
  35. MARIO KART WII - INTENDO
  36. GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES - LIBERTY CITY - TAKE 2
  37. MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO - MIND CANDY
  38. SNIPER: GHOST WARRIOR - CITY INTERACTIVE
  39. MARIO KART 7 - NINTENDO
  40. THE SIMS 3 - ELECTRONIC ARTS

Ukie Games Charts ©, compiled by GfK Chart-Track