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Very few new releases means that Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens managed to make it five weeks in a row on top of the All Formats charts this week. It’s a tied record for Lego titles. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End stays on top of the individual chart and climbs back up to number two overall, proving that Drake has some strong legs. Elsewhere in the charts the Pokémon Go craze has done wonders for Pokémon titles on 3DS as Alpha Sapphire (11), Omega Ruby (18), X (25), and Y (29), all appear in the all formats chart. Keep in mind that these charts only reflect physical sales at retail and not digitally sold games.

All Formats (all prices):

1. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens / Warner Bros.
2. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End / Sony
3. Grand Theft Auto V / Rockstar
4. FIFA 16 / EA Sports
5. Overwatch / Blizzard
6. Doom / Bethesda
7. Rocket League / 505 Games
8. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 / Activision
9. Minecraft: Xbox Edition / Microsoft
10. Ratchet & Clank / Sony

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Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens enjoyed its four straight week at number one on the UK charts last week in spite of dropping 39 percent of its sales compared to the week before.

No new releases, meant that it was a very slow week on the retail charts with FIFA 16 moving into second place and Monster Hunter Generations dropping from third to ninth.

While slipping from second to sixth in the all formats chart, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End remains the best-selling single SKU.

All Formats (all prices):

1. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens / Warner Bros.
2. FIFA 16 / EA Sports
3. Overwatch / Blizzard
4. Grand Theft Auto V / Rockstar
5. Doom / Bethesda
6. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End / Sony
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 / Activision
8. Rocket League / 505 Games
9. Monster Hunter Generations / Capcom
10. Minecraft: Xbox Edition / Microsoft

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Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been sitting pretty at the top of the UK retail charts for three consecutive weeks now despite a 45% drop in sales compared to last week (it’s still got a couple more weeks to go before pulling level with Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, which enjoyed five weeks at the top).

Elsewhere it was a solid week for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, and thanks to a retailer’s event (we’re assuming GAME), Naughty Dog’s action-packed adventure jumped up four places (with a 152% increase in sales). Grand Theft Auto V and Fallout 4 also enjoyed their own promotional bumps. Similarly, 11th and 12th placed games Zoo Tycoon and Kinect Sports re-entered the top twenty thanks to their inclusion in new hardware bundles.

The highest new entry this week is Capcom’s Monster Hunter Generations, with the 3DS title landing ahead of Overwatch in third. Here’s the GfK Chart-Track top ten in full:

1. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens / Warner Bros.
2. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End / Sony
3. Monster Hunter Generations / Capcom
4. Overwatch / Activision Blizzard
5. Grand Theft Auto V / Take 2
6. Doom / Bethesda
7. FIFA 16 / EA
8. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 / Activision
9. Rocket League / 505 Games
10. Fallout 4 / Bethesda

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The Japanese gaming giant has just announced its intention to recreate the classic Nintendo Entertainment System for the modern era. Say hello to the Nintendo Classic Mini.

Well, that came out of nowhere! The NCM appears to small enough to be held one-handed and comes with a selection of 30 games built-in. Though a glimpse at the front of the console shows what is presumably a cartridge slot for putting your original games to use.

Further details on the Nintendo website reveal that the NCM is fully HDMI capable and is powered via a single USB port. Both cables will ship with the product along with a single controller.

Nintendo has clearly been following some of the insanely popular emulator projects on Kickstarter and decided to go the whole hog with its own entry into the market. No emulator can compete with a high-fidelity recreation of the original hardware.

There are no details on whether the NCM will improve on the original console’s functionality, but presumably Nintendo will be following up with further details.

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Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens has remained at the top of the UK retail charts for the second week in a row (despite a 54% drop on the previous week’s sales).

The Wii U version of the game released last week, bringing the total up to seven physical formats for the Lego juggernaut.

Overwatch is climbing again by taking second, and Doom has knocked FIFA 16 down to fourth by taking third spot, this due to recent price promotions on PS4.

The retail edition of Rocket League also continues to do good business, and Carmageddon: Max Damage debuted this week in 22nd.

Here’s the all-formats (all prices) GfK Chart-Track top ten:

1. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens / Warner Bros.
2. Overwatch / Activision Blizzard
3. Doom / Bethesda
4. FIFA 16 / EA
5. Rocket League / 505 Games
6. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End / Sony
7. Grand Theft Auto V / Take 2
8. Ratchet & Clank / Sony
9. The Division / Ubisoft
10. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 / Activison

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The 4th was strong with Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens as it became the fourth best-selling Lego game and fourth best-selling Star Wars game in its first week.

FIFA 16 and Overwatch leapfrogged Doom for 2nd and third respectively.

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness, made an impression at 6th in its first week, while Telltale Games’ 7 Days to Die managed 9th.

The Technomancer came in at 13th, while Minecraft: Wii U Edition came 18th.

Price promotions also had some major effects on this week’s charts.

The all-formats chart in full:

1. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens / Warner Bros. (new)
2. FIFA 16 / EA Sports
3. Overwatch / Blizzard
4. Doom / Bethesda
5. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End / Sony
6. Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness / Square Enix
7. Rocket League / 505 Games
8. Grand Theft Auto V / Rockstar
9. 7 Days to Die / Telltale Games (new)
10. The Division / Ubisoft

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Doom made it two weeks in a row on the latest UK video games charts, edging out FIFA 16 for number one.

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End meanwhile remains the number one selling single SKU.

Indie darling Rocket League finally got a retail release and managed a respectable sixth place (retail release include a bunch of DLC).

Other new releases came in further down the charts with Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE from Atlus in 18th spot, Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir in 23, Mario & Sonic at the 2016 Rio Olympics climbed to 30 with the introduction of the Wii U version, Dino Dini’s Kick Off Revival managed 37th spot.

As you expect during the summer month’s promotions had a big effect on the charts, and Nintendo also launched new “Select” titles, which saw The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D climb to 34th.

The all formats chart:

1. Doom / Bethesda
2. FIFA 16 / EA Sports
3. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End / Sony
4. Overwatch / Blizzard
5. Grand Theft Auto V / Rockstar
6. Rocket League / 505 Games (new)
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 / Activision
8. Star Wars Battlefront / EA Games
9. Ratchet & Clank / Sony
10. Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 (UEFA Euro 2016 Edition) / Konami

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Doom has overtaken Overwatch after its three week run at the top of the UK charts.

With retailer promotions for Doom bringing the average sale price down by around £5, sales have shot up 57% since last week.

It’s a great result for Bethesda, as it’s the publisher’s first chart-topper since Fallout 4 last year (and id’s first number one since Doom 3 back in 2004).

One game that made a debut in the charts is MotoGP 16: Valentino Rossi, which squeezed into this week’s top twenty (at 19).

Here’s the multi-platform top ten:

1. Doom – id Software / Bethesda
2. Overwatch – Blizzard / Activision
3. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Naughty Dog / Sony
4. FIFA 16 – EA Canada / EA
5. Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar / Take 2
6. Mirror’s Edge Catalyst – DICE / EA
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 – Treyarch / Activison
8. Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 – Konami / Konami
9. Star Wars Battlefront – DICE / EA Games
10. Lego Marvel Avengers – Traveller’s Tales / Warner Bros. Interactive

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Blizzard’s competitive shooter Overwatch is the all-format number one for a third week running.

That’s despite the launch of new challenger Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst, which has to settle for second.

EA will be hoping Catalyst does as well as the original Mirror’s Edge, which only made 60% of its lifetime sales in its first 12 weeks. Most games sell 60% of all copies by this time, so Mirror’s Edge was considered a sleeper hit.

Elsewhere, Doom holds on to the third spot for another week, while Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End drops to fourth.

Next up is FIFA 16 in fifth, followed by GTA 5, Tom Clancy’s The Division and UEFA Euro 2016 Pro Evolution Soccer.

Dead Island Definitive Edition and Ratchet and Clank round out the top ten, while Nintendo scores a new entry with Kirby: Planet Robobot at 15.

The all-formats top-ten chart in full:

1. Overwatch – Blizzard / Activision
2. Mirror’s Edge Catalyst – DICE / EA
3. Doom – id Software / Bethesda
4. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Naughty Dog / Sony
5. FIFA 16 – EA Canada / EA
6. Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar / Take 2
7. The Division – Massive / Ubisoft
8. Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 – Konami / Konami
9. Dead Island Definitive – Techland / Deep Silver
10. Ratchet & Clank – Insomniac / Sony

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Overwatch sales might have taken a 54% dip since last week, but it still shifted enough copies across PC, PS4 and Xbox One to stay on top of the pile in this week’s chart. FIFA 16 continues to climb the league as Euro 2016 looms (with +65% sales). Dead Island: Definitive Edition made an appearance in fifth, and One Piece: Burning Blood scraped into this week’s top 40, debuting in 37th.

The top ten games in full:

1. Overwatch – Blizzard / Activision
2. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Naughty Dog / Sony
3. Doom – id Software / Bethesda
4. FIFA 16 – EA Canada / EA
5. Dead Island: Definitive Edition – Techland / Deep Silver
6. Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar / Take 2
7. Ratchet & Clank – Insomniac / Sony
8. The Division – Massive / Ubisoft
9. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 – Treyarch / Activision
10. Homefront: The Revolution – Dambuster / Deep Silver

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