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Last week was a good one for Electronic Arts. Crysis 2 remains at the top of the all formats chart with new entries Shift 2: Unleashed and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 entering the chart in fourth and sixth place respectively.

A great week for 505 Games too with Zumba Fitness sliding straight into second position. The week was less good for SCEE/Evolution Studios though as Motorstorm Apocalypse could only muster a chart entry of 17th, understandable though given the delay and interrupted marketing push.

All formats full price chart for week ending April 2, 2011

1 Crysis 2 - EA Games (1)
2 Zumba Fitness - 505 Games (-)
3 Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars - Lucasarts (2)
4 Shift 2: Unleashed - EA Games (-)
5 Homefront - THQ (3)
6 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters - EA Sports (-)
7 WWE All Stars - THQ (-)
8 FIFA 11 - EA Sports (10)
9 Pokemon White Version - Nintendo (5)
10 Art Academy - Nintendo (33)
11 Fight Night Champion - EA Sports (11)
12 Just Dance 2 - Ubisoft (12)
13 Pokemon Black Version - Nintendo (7)
14 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - Ubisoft (21)
15 The Sims: Medieval - EA Games (8)
16 Super Street Fighter Iv 3D Edition - Capcom (4)
17 Motorstorm: Apocalypse - Sony Computer Ent. (-)
18 The Sims 3 - EA Games (17)
19 Call Of Duty: Black Ops - Activision (22)
20 Killzone 3 - Sony Computer Ent. (16)

Source: ChartTrack/UKIE

Call of Duty: Black Ops has returned to the top of the UK all formats videogames chart.

The newly released Marvel vs. Capcom 3 trails it in second place.

All formats week ending 19 February 2011

1 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS ACTIVISION 4
2 MARVEL VS CAPCOM 3: FATE OF TWO WORLDS CAPCOM -
3 DEAD SPACE 2 EA GAMES 2
4 TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED 2 ATARI 1
5 FIFA 11 EA SPORTS 3
6 JUST DANCE 2 UBISOFT 7
7 ASSASSIN'S CREED: BROTHERHOOD UBISOFT 5
8 MARIO VS DONKEY KONG: MINI-LAND MAYHEM! NINTENDO 6
9 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV: COMPLETE EDITION ROCKSTAR 9
10 LITTLEBIGPLANET 2 SONY COMPUTER ENT. 10
11 NEED FOR SPEED: HOT PURSUIT EA GAMES 16
12 MARIO SPORTS MIX NINTENDO 8
13 DANCE JUNIORS UBISOFT 12
14 WII PARTY NINTENDO 18
15 WII SPORTS RESORT NINTENDO 20
16 WII FIT PLUS NINTENDO 13
17 TOY STORY 3 DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS -
18 MASS EFFECT 2 EA GAMES -
19 BEN 10 ULTIMATE ALIEN COSMIC DESTRUCTION D3P 17
20 JUST DANCE UBISOFT 15

Source: ChartTrack/UKIE

EA Sports' FIFA 11 continues its post-Christmas chart domination with another week at the top.

As you'd expect at this time of year there's not a whole lot of moment in the top 20.

All formats Week ending 8 January 2011

1 FIFA 11 EA SPORTS 1
2 JUST DANCE 2 UBISOFT 4
3 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS ACTIVISION 2
4 NEED FOR SPEED: HOT PURSUIT EA GAMES 3
5 WII FIT PLUS NINTENDO 13
6 ASSASSIN'S CREED: BROTHERHOOD UBISOFT 5
7 GRAN TURISMO 5 SONY COMPUTER ENT. 7
8 FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS 9
9 THE SIMS 3 EA GAMES 8
10 KINECT SPORTS MICROSOFT 6
11 ART ACADEMY NINTENDO -
12 JUST DANCE UBISOFT 16
13 EA SPORTS ACTIVE 2 EA SPORTS -
14 RED DEAD REDEMPTION: UNDEAD NIGHTMARE ROCKSTAR 11
15 MEDAL OF HONOR EA GAMES 12
16 YOUR SHAPE: FITNESS EVOLVED UBISOFT -
17 DANCE CENTRAL MICROSOFT 10
18 MASS EFFECT 2 EA GAMES -
19 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2011 SEGA -
20 WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2011 THQ 14

Source: ChartTrack/UKIE

Strong challenges from Assassins Creed: Brotherhood and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit have failed to dislodge Call of Duty: Black Ops from the top of the latest UK chart.

The latest Harry Potter game scrapes in at #20, a position it doesn't even deserve due to it's crapitude. A full explanation for my use of that word coming up in a review of the PS3 version tomorrow.

But for now, on with the chart:

According to the UK Interactive Entertainment Association (formerly ELSPA) the UK videogames industry saw its highest grossing week ever - an estimated £113.8 million.

The record breaking week is thanks to the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops and Microsoft Kinect.

Black Ops entered the chart in top place, meanwhile eight of Kinect's launch games made the top 40.

"The video games and interactive entertainment industry has already seen a great start to quarter 4 2010 and the success of Call of Duty: Black Ops and Microsoft’s Kinect adds to this," said the UKIE's Mike Rawlinson. "The positive sales figures of titles like Call of Duty: Black Ops, new hardware launches like Kinect, the emergence of casual/mobile games like Angry Birds and Cut the Rope and social networking games such as Farmville show that video games and other forms of interactive entertainment continue to be played by more people than ever – with 1 in 3 people in the UK now being gamers."

"Given the huge audiences for games on all formats, 2010 has been a year of unprecedented activity and focus. And with more video games than ever before being played, on an ever growing range of games consoles, PCs, mobile phones, mobile devices and internet enabled TVs, the industry has widened beyond all expectations and will continue to expand exponentially in 2011."

Hardly a surprise here - Call of Duty: Black Ops has gone straight into the top of the UK chart selling over two million copies.

1 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS ACTIVISION -
2 FIFA 11 EA SPORTS 2
3 JUST DANCE 2 UBISOFT 4
4 KINECT SPORTS MICROSOFT -
5 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2011 SEGA 1
6 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE LOST FUTURE NINTENDO 5
7 FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS 7
8 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII NINTENDO 6
9 THE SIMS 3 EA GAMES 10
10 STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED II LUCASARTS 9
11 WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2011 THQ 11
12 WII PARTY NINTENDO 12
13 DANCE CENTRAL MICROSOFT -
14 MEDAL OF HONOR EA GAMES 8
15 MOTION SPORTS UBISOFT -
16 FABLE III MICROSOFT 3
17 WII FIT PLUS NINTENDO 16
18 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2011 KONAMI 14
19 WII SPORTS RESORT NINTENDO 15
20 GOLDENEYE 007 ACTIVISION 13

Source: ChartTrack/ELSPA

Sega/Sports Interactive's Football Manager 11 has jumped straight into the UK all-formats videogame chart at the top.

The news isn't so rosy for Activision's new James Bond game 007: Blood Stone. I doubt the publisher is too surprised - it will be expecting action game fans are saving their cash for Activision's Call of Duty release this evening.

Full top 20 after the jump:

Despite lukewarm reviews (including our own) Medal of Honor has been popular with the buying public who have propelled the game to the top of the UK all-formats chart.

The result is that FIFA 11 has been pushed down into second place - but we expect to see this game topping the chart again before the year is out.

The second highest chart entry is Ubisoft's Just Dance 2 and that's likely to stick in the top twenty until next year.

Check out the full chart rundown after the jump:

There's no real surprise in the latest UK all formats videogames chart. Rockstar Games' excellent Red Dead Redemption (review here) conquers all.

All formats week ending 29 May 2010

1. RED DEAD REDEMPTION ROCKSTAR 1
2. UFC 2010: UNDISPUTED THQ -
3. 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA EA SPORTS 2
4. JUST DANCE UBISOFT 3
5. WII FIT PLUS NINTENDO 4
6. SPLIT/SECOND: VELOCITY DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS 5
7. CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 ACTIVISION 11
8. PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE FORGOTTEN SANDS UBISOFT 9
9. LOST PLANET 2 CAPCOM 7
10. WII SPORTS RESORT NINTENDO 13
11. BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 EA GAMES 6
12. MODNATION RACERS SONY COMPUTER ENT. 10
13. ALPHA PROTOCOL SEGA -
14. BLUR ACTIVISION -
15. ALAN WAKE MICROSOFT 8
16. TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL: CONVICTION UBISOFT 18
17. SKATE 3 EA SPORTS 12
18. SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV CAPCOM -
19. GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES - LIBERTY CITY ROCKSTAR 14
20. JUST CAUSE 2 EIDOS 16

Source: ChartTrack/ELSPA

This week's best selling game - no one will be surprised to learn - is Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption.

The highest other new entry is the arcade racer Split Second. The new Prince of Persia release could only manage ninth place.

1. RED DEAD REDEMPTION ROCKSTAR
2. 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA EA SPORTS
3. JUST DANCE UBISOFT
4. WII FIT PLUS NINTENDO
5. SPLIT/SECOND: VELOCITY DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
6. BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 EA GAMES
7. LOST PLANET 2 CAPCOM
8. ALAN WAKE MICROSOFT
9. PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE FORGOTTEN SANDS UBISOFT
10. MODNATION RACERS SONY COMPUTER ENT.
11. CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 ACTIVISION
12. SKATE 3 EA SPORTS
13. WII SPORTS RESORT NINTENDO
14. GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES - LIBERTY CITY ROCKSTAR
15. FINAL FANTASY XIII SQUARE ENIX
16. JUST CAUSE 2 EIDOS
17. SONIC & SEGA ALL-STARS RACING SEGA
18. TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL: CONVICTION UBISOFT
19. NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII NINTENDO
20. FORZA MOTORSPORT 3 MICROSOFT

All formats week ending 22 May 2010
Source: ChartTrack/ELSPA