Ukie Week 37 2012 UK Video Games Charts

Square Enix’ ‘Sleeping Dogs’ (+8%) holds off the challenge of ‘Tekken Tag Tournament 2’ to keep the No1 spot in our all formats chart. It means Namco Bandai’s new title has to settle for No2 spot. It’s been almost a twelve year wait since the original ‘Tekken Tag Tournament’ launched back in October 2000 on Playsation 2. ‘Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes’ (+29%) climbs back up to No3 swapping with ‘New Super Mario Bros. 2’ (-24%) which slips to No4. ‘London 2012: The Official Video Game’ (-26%) drops a place to No5 while last week’s No2 ‘The Sims 3: Supernatural’ (-52%) is also down to No6. This places it just ahead of ‘Guild Wars 2’ (-16%) which slips to No7 while ‘Dead Island GOTY Edition’ (-2%) holds on to No8 spot. It may not be time for the new FIFA just yet but EA Sports enters the Top 10 with ‘NHL 13’ landing at No9. A price drop for ‘Max Payne 3’ (+129%) sees Rockstar/Take 2’s title propel itself back up from No48 to No10 this week. Outside the Top 10 ‘Battlefield 3 Premium’ is at No42. The title which includes all 5 expansion packs and premier membership is available on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC.
Top 40 Entertainment Software (All Prices), Week Ending 15 September 2012
1. SLEEPING DOGS - SQUARE ENIX
2. TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 - NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
3. LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
4. NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 - NINTENDO
5. LONDON 2012: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME - SEGA
6. THE SIMS 3: SUPERNATURAL - ELECTRONIC ARTS
7. GUILD WARS 2 - NCSOFT EUROPE
8. DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION - KOCH MEDIA
9. NHL 13 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
10. MAX PAYNE 3 - TAKE 2
11. MADDEN NFL 13 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
12. LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 5-7 - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
13. MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES - SEGA
14. CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
15. TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER - UBISOFT
16. SPEC OPS: THE LINE - TAKE 2
17. DARKSIDERS II - THQ
18. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
19. FIFA 12 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
20. SNIPER ELITE V2 - 505 GAMES
21. THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM - BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
22. BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
23. BATTLEFIELD 3 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
24. THE SIMS 3 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
25. TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
26. CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
27. SKYLANDERS: SPYRO'S ADVENTURE - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
28. SONIC GENERATIONS - SEGA
29. GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES - LIBERTY CITY - TAKE 2
30. MASS EFFECT 3 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
31. RAYMAN ORIGINS - UBISOFT
32. ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS - UBISOFT
33. SUPER MARIO 3D LAND - NINTENDO
34. MARIO KART 7 - NINTENDO
35. FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 - MICROSOFT
36. BATTLEFIELD 3 PREMIUM - ELECTRONIC ARTS
37. SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD - THQ
38. LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4 - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
39. GRAND THEFT AUTO IV - TAKE 2
40. DIRT SHOWDOWN – CODEMASTERS
Ukie Games Charts ©, compiled by GfK Chart-Track