UK Video Game Chart: Battlefield 3 Takes Command

Electronic Arts' call to arms has paid off this week, as DICE's shooter Battlefield 3 shoots its way to the top of the UK Video Game Charts. It's kicked Warner Bros' Batman: Arkham City down to second place and shuffled a lot of chart positions around to boot.

According to GfK Chart-Track, Battlefield 3 has become the 10th biggest week-one seller in UK history. That counts for something, but even more astonishing is that sales of this new iteration has reportedly outsold week-one figures for every single previous release in the series. Blimey.

The fallout of DICE's reign is that plenty of games get pushed down the chart a little bit, with Forza Motorsport 4 and Rage seeing the biggest falls in the Top 10. Activision's imaginative take on toy collecting, Skylanders, debuts at #9 this week.

{NE} - 1 - Battlefield 3 - EA
{1} - 2 - Batman: Arkham City - Warner
{2} - 3 - FIFA 12 - EA
{3} - 4 - Football Manager 2012 - SEGA
{5} - 5 - Just Dance 3 - Ubisoft
{4} - 6 - Forza Motorsport 4 - Microsoft
{6} - 7 - The Sims 3: Pets - EA
{9} - 8 - Zumba Fitness - 505 Games
{NE} - 9 - Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure - Activision
{8} - 10 - Rage - Bethesda