UK Sales Chart – Week ending 31st October

Sega’s latest edition to their football franchise, Football Manager 2010 manages to launch right at the top of the charts this week. Proving that digital footy is as popular as the real thing, three of the top five games are now football-related.

1. Football Manager 2010 (New Entry)
2. FIFA 10 (3)
3. Forza Motorsport 3 (2)
4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (1)
5. Grand Theft Auto Episodes – Liberty City (New Entry)
6. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (4)
7. Tekken 6 (New Entry)
8. Borderlands (7)
9. Wii Sports Resort (8)
10. WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2010 (5)
11. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (6)
12. Need for Speed: Shift (9)
13. Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising (10)
14. Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box (11)
15. Wii Fit (13)
16. DJ Hero (New Entry)
17. Mario Kart Wii (18)
18. Halo 3: ODST (14)
19. Guitar Hero 5 (16)
20. Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition (12)
21. UP (20)
22. Batman: Arkham Asylum (21)
23. Star Wars: Clone Wars – Republic Heroes (19)
24. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (22)
25. The Beatles: Rock Band (35)
26. Rhythm Paradise (25)
27. Brütal Legend (17)
28. Style Boutique (New Entry)
29. Colin McRae: DiRT 2 (23)
30. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (26)
31. Lips: Number One Hits (33)
32. Gran Turismo (24)
33. Mario Kart DS (32)
34. Toy Story Mania (28)
35. Mini Ninjas (Re-entry)
36. Call of Duty: World at War (30)
37. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Re-entry)
38. MySims Agents (27)
39. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (31)
40. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (34)

FIFA 10 slyly creeps back up to second place, only being kept from the top spot by the constant new releases each week. This pushes Forza 3 (which dropped 29% in sales) down a place to No.3.
Last weeks bestselling game, Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 has fallen three places, with sales halving since its launch week. Right behind it is this week’s second-highest new entry GTA Episodes- Liberty City, which puts the two 360-exclusive GTAIV DLC packs, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony onto disc for the first time.

Sega’s second game in the Top 10 is Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympics, which fell two places to No.6. Fans of kickboxing pandas rejoice as Tekken 6 hits the chart at No.7.

DJ Hero is the next new entry in the charts, launching on multiple platforms at No.16. DS-exclusive girly game Style Boutique breaks into the Top 40 at No.28 with much-improved second week sales.

GTA: Chinatown Wars also manages to creep back into the charts at No.37, thanks to the release of the PSP port last week, which also happened to improve the sales of the DS version as well.

The Beatles: Rock Band has the honour of being the highest climber this week, moving up ten places to No.25. Inversely, MySims Agents is the biggest loser, falling eleven places to No.38.

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