UK Video Game Charts: Guns Beat Fists

The flavour of violence sitting atop the UK videogames chart (compiled by Gfk Chart-Track) has changed this week with kicking and punching EA Sports UFC replaced at the #1 spot by shooting and killing Sniper Elite 3 from 505 Games.

"Rebellion’s third instalment in the Sniper Elite franchise debuts at No1, straddling Microsoft and Sony current/previous gen platforms, of which PS4/Xbox One make up 65% of console sales units.

"It is the second in the series to be published by 505 Games and the second to debut at No1 (Sniper Elite 2 took 2 weeks at No1 back in weeks 18/19 2012 whereas original Sniper Elite only got to No15 back in week 2 for that title, week 40, 2005). Ubisoft remain at No2 with Watch Dogs (-22%) and last week’s No1 EA Sports UFC drops to No3 (-58%).

"Codemasters take the 2nd highest new entry at No7 with previous gen and PC GRID Autosport’. EA’s 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil drops out of the Top 10 for the first time at No11 (-13%) and right behind we have the 3rd new entry of the week, Activision Blizzard’s Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark, in at No12. Completing the new releases within the Top 40 is Bandai Namco’s One Piece: Unlimited World Red at No28."

{NE} - 01 - Sniper Elite 3 - 505 Games
{02} - 02 - Watch_Dogs - Ubisoft
{01} - 03 - EA Sports UFC - Electronic Arts
{03} - 04 - Titanfall - Electronic Arts
{04} - 05 - Wolfenstein: The New Order - Bethesda Softworks
{05} - 06 - FIFA 14 - Electronic Arts
{NE} - 07 - [i]Grid Autosport
{08} - 08 - Call of Duty: Ghosts - Activision Blizzard
{10} - 09 - Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition - Microsoft
{09} - 10 - Minecraft: Playstation 3 Edition - Sony Computer ent.
{06} - 11 - 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil - Electronic Arts
{NE} - 12 - [i]Transformers: Rise of The Dark Spark
{07} - 13 - Mario Kart 8 - Nintendo
{11} - 14 - Grand Theft Auto V - Take 2
{12} - 15 - Battlefield 4 - Electronic Arts
{19} - 16 - Tomodachi Life - Nintendo
{16} - 17 - LEGO Marvel Super Heroes - Warner Bros. Interactive
{17} - 18 - The LEGO Movie Videogame - Warner Bros. Interactive
{15} - 19 - Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - Ubisoft
{18} - 20 - Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare - Electronic Arts
{14} - 21 - MotoGP 14 - Pqube
{13} - 22 - Murdered: Soul Suspect - Square Enix Europe
{28} - 23 - Skylanders Swap Force - Activision Blizzard
{20} - 24 - LEGO The Hobbit - Warner Bros. Interactive
{23} - 25 - Terraria - 505 Games
{30} - 26 - Infamous: Second Son - Sony Computer ent.
{36} - 27 - WWE 2K14 - Take 2
{NE} - 28 - [i]one Piece: Unlimited World red
{25} - 29 - Thief - Square Enix Europe
{33} - 30 - Aliens: Colonial Marines - Sega
{29} - 31 - Batman: Arkham Origins - Warner Bros. Interactive
{32} - 32 - South Park: The Stick of Truth - Ubisoft
{40} - 33 - Disney Infinity - Disney Interactive Studios
{24} - 34 - Rayman Legends - Ubisoft
{26} - 35 - The Amazing Spider-man 2 - Activision Blizzard
{NE} - 36 - Football Manager 2014 - SEGA
{27} - 37 - Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes - Konami
{22} - 38 - Enemy Front - CI Games
{31} - 39 - Skate 3 - Electronic Arts
{35} - 40 - Frozen: Olaf's Quest - GSP/Avanquest