UK Video Game Charts: Final Fantasy Leads Japanese Assault

The New Year of Games has well and truly begun, with a selection of fresh new Japanese titles hitting the UK Video Game Charts this week. Square Enix has had a great start to the year, with Final Fantasy XIII-2 snatching the #1 spot.

Konami's Espionage Stealth Action compilation, Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, has also performed well in its debut week, landing straight in at #2. Namco Bandai rounds off the refreshing Asian assault with SoulCalibur V claiming #5. The shake-up has forced previous #1, FIFA 12, down into fourth position.

505 Games' Zumba titles fall out of the top 10, while Capcom's Resident Evil Revelations on 3DS plummets to #19 from its previous week's respectable position of sixth. Konami's limb-tearing TPS, NeverDead, fails to crack the Top 40.

The full top 10 below, courtesy UKIE GfK Chart-Track.

{NE} - 1 - Final Fantasy XIII-2 - Square Enix
{NE} - 2 - Metal Gear Solid HD Collection - Konami
{5} - 3 - Battlefield 3 - EA
{1} - 4 - FIFA 12 - EA
{NE} - 5 - SoulCalibur V - Namco Bandai
{9} - 6 - Assassin's Creed: Revelations - Ubisoft
{2} - 7 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Activision
{3} - 8 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Bethesda
{4} - 9 - Just Dance 3 - Ubisoft
{8} - 10 - Saints Row: The Third - THQ