UK Video Game Chart: Max Payne Guns Down Diablo III

Typical, isn't it? You wait ages for one AAA game to arrive and all of a sudden two come along at once. In last week's clash of the titans, Rockstar's Max Payne 3 went toe-to-toe against Blizzard's Diablo III. The UK Video Game Chart is in, and Rockstar has emerged the victor, marking its first No.1 since L.A. Noire a year ago.

According to data provided by UKIA GfK Chart-Track, Week One sales of Max Payne 3 outsold its predecessor - 2003's Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne - by a ratio of 10-1, and beat Blizzard's fantasy action blockbuster by 8000 units.

But don't feel bad for Diablo III - it's astonishing performance has allowed it to become the 12th fastest-selling PC game of all time in the UK, beating out the last two Football Manager titles. And, bear in mind these charts don't take digital sales into account - a factor that many suspect would have changed the outcome of this Top 10.

Full Top 10 is below.

{NE} - 01 - Max Payne 3 - Rockstar
{NE} - 02 - Diablo III - Blizzard
{02} - 03 - FIFA Street - EA
{01} - 04 - Sniper Elite V2 - 505 Games
{03} - 05 - FIFA 12 - EA
{04} - 06 - [PROTOTYPE 2] - Activision
{RE} - 07 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Activision
{09} - 08 - Battlefield 3 - EA
{10} - 09 - Assassin’s Creed: Revelations - Ubisoft
{08} - 10 - Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games - SEGA