Monday 5 November 2012

'Assassin's Creed 3' tops UK games chart

'Assassin's Creed 3' is UK chart number one in Ubisoft's biggest launch

Assassin's Creed 3 is the new UK all-format chart number one.

The open-world sequel is publisher Ubisoft's biggest ever launch title, doubling sales ofAssassin's Creed 2 at launch and outperforming last year's release Assassin's Creed Revelationsby 117,000 units.



It is the second biggest launch of the year behind FIFA 13, which is positioned in second place.

New entries WWE 13, Football Manager 2013 and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit debut in third, fourth and fifth respectively.

Elsewhere, last week's number one Medal of Honor: Warfighter slips to sixth place.

Finally, Vita title Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation debuts in 14th place, the third biggest debut for a Vita title.

The top 20 in full:

1. (-) Assassin's Creed 3 (Ubisoft)
2. (2) FIFA 13 (Electronic Arts)
3. (-) WWE 13 (THQ)
4. (-) Football Manager 2013 (Sega)
5. (-) Need for Speed: Most Wanted (EA)
6. (1) Medal of Honor: Warfighter (Electronic Arts)
7. (3) Forza Horizon (Microsoft)
8. (4) Skylanders Giants (Activision)
9. (6) Just Dance 4 (Ubisoft)
10. (5) Dishonored (Bethesda)
11. (5) Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (Nintendo)
12. (8) Moshi Monsters: Moshlings Theme Park (Mind Candy)
13. (10) Resident Evil 6 (Capcom)
14. (-) Assassin's Creed 3 Liberation (Ubisoft)
15. (12) Pokemon: Black 2 (Nintendo)
16. (13) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda)
17. (15) F1 2012 (Codemasters)
18. (9) Doom 3: BFG Edition (Bethesda)
19. (11) Borderlands 2 (2K Games)
20. (19) LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive) 

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2012 UKIE Ltd.


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