UK Video Game Chart - Pirates Ruin Battlefield 4

The UK video game charts compiled by Gfk Chart-Track are in and EA's Battlefield 4 is in at #2 on the All Formats table. Hold on, #2?

That's right. The pirate fun of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag has take the fancy and the money of UK gamers over the thrills of the battlefield. This in itself provides an interesting pointer to the possible fate of Call of Duty: Ghosts which launches tomorrow. Let's see what Chart-Track has to say.

Both (#1 and #2) titles appear to be affected by the imminent appearance of both Xbox One and PS4 with neither title matching the sales of its predecessor. Both Assassin's Creed III and Battlefield 3 were the highest week 1 sellers in their respective series and achieved No1 in their first week of release. Assassin's Creed: Black Flag benefits from its Event Title status having been available from Tuesday this week.

"FIFA 14 (+5%) remains at No3 and sees a boost in sales thanks to hardware bundling. Grand Theft Auto V (-13%) is down two places to No4 but is ahead of last week's chart topper Batman: Arkham Origins (-56%) which slips to No5. Sega land at No6 as Football Manager 2014 arrives for PC.

"The title sees strong sales although it's down 7% on Football Manager 2013 which debuted at No4. Also new this week WWE 2K14 is at No7 and is the first in the popular series to fall under Take 2's 2K Sports label following its acquisition from previous publisher THQ. Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition (+53%) is down a place at No8 this week despite being the second title to benefit from retailer bundling. Activision's Skylanders Swap Force (-8%) slides to No9 in its 3rd week while Pokémon Y (-20%) nudges out Pokémon X (-22%) at No10."

{NE} - 01 - Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag - Ubisoft
{NE} - 02 - Battlefield 4 - EA
{03} - 03 - FIFA 14 - EA
{02} - 04 - Grand Theft Auto V - Rockstar
{01} - 05 - Batman: Arkham Origins - Warner
{NE} - 06 - Football Manager 2014 - Sega
{NE} - 07 - WWE 2K14 - 2K Sports
{07} - 08 - Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition - Microsoft
{04} - 09 - Skylanders: Swap Force - Activision
{05} - 10 - Pokemon Y - Nintendo
{06} - 11 - Pokemon X - Nintendo
{10} - 12 - Just Dance 2014 - Ubisoft
{11} - 13 - Disney Infinity - Disney
{14} - 14 - LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes - Warner
{12} - 15 - F1 2013 - Codemasters
{08} - 16 - LEGO The Lord of the Rings - Warner
{RE} - 17 - Tomb Raider - Square Enix
{RE} - 18 - Splinter Cell: Blacklist - Ubisoft
{RE} - 19 - Saints Row IV - Deep Silver
{09} - 20 - Moshi Monsters: Katsuma Unleashed - Mind Candy