UK Video Game Chart: Gran Turismo 5 Overtakes Black Ops

The rather strange reviews handed to Gran Turismo 5 doesn't seem to have stopped the racing sim from topping the UK All-Format Software Chart this week. In fact, since releasing on Wednesday Polyphony's latest has enjoyed the 6th largest PS3 launch week, with sales up 6 per cent on Gran Turismo 4 sales.

{NE} - 01 - Gran Turismo 5 - Sony
{1} - 02 - CoD: Black Ops - Activision
{2} - 03 - Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - Ubisoft
{4} - 04 - FIFA 11 - EA
{5} - 05 - Just Dance 2 - Ubisoft
{3} - 06 - Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - EA
{6} - 07 - Wii Party - Nintendo
{RE} - 08 - Art Academy - Nintendo
{7} - 09 - Wii Sports Resort - Nintendo
{RE} - 10 - Fallout: New Vegas - Bethesda

The PlayStation 3 exclusive topples the war shooter juggernaut that is Call of Duty: Black Ops, nudging Treyarch's FPS to #2. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood politely sneaks down a place to #3 as a result. Nintendo dominates the bottom half of the Top 10, with Art Academy seeing the biggest sales rise on the back of TV advertising - last week it was at #27.

While the week's chart is decidedly good news for SCEE, Disney will be less impressed with the fact that Warren Spector's Epic Mickey - which we're told is rather good - failed to reach the Top 40, let alone the Top 10. It fared better on the Wii-specific chart, but couldn't crack the Top 10 there either at #11.