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GTA 5 has overtaken Call of Duty: Black Ops as the highest-selling game in the UK.

Following last week’s release of GTA 5 on PS4 and Xbox One, the game was finally able to claim the all-time unit sales record in the UK.

GTA 5 already held the record for highest-grossing game in a week and for the amount of revenue earned.

GTA 5 made 58% of its sales on PS4, 41% on Xbox One and 1% on Xbox 360.

It tops the all-format gaming chart ahead of Far Cry 4 and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.

Despite failing to reach the top of the chart, Ubisoft’s Far Cry 4 is the most successful version in terms of week one sales.

Dragon Age: Inquisition is this week’s third highest new entry at five, charting above Assassin’s Creed Unity and WWE 2K15. The latest WWE game moves up 13 places following the release of Xbox One and PS4 versions.

The top 20 in full:
1. (-) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
2. (-) Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft)
3. (1) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
4. (4) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
5. (-) Dragon Age: Inquisition (Electronic Arts)
6. (2) Assassin’s Creed Unity (Ubisoft)
7. (20) WWE 2K15 (Take-Two)
8. (5) LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (Warner Bros)
9. (7) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
10. (3) Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Microsoft)
11. (-) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros)
12. (6) Assassin’s Creed Rogue (Ubisoft)
13. (10) Destiny (Activision)
14. (12) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
15. (13) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney Interactive Studios)
16. (11) Skylanders Trap Team (Activision)
17. (19) Tomodachi Life (Nintendo)
18. (16) Assassin’s Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
19. (8) PES 2015 (Konami)
20. (17) Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2014 UKIE Ltd.

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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has topped the all-format gaming chart for a second successive week.

Activision’s shooter maintains its position at the top of the chart, despite a 77% drop in weekly sales.

It charts above Assassin’s Creed Unity, which misses out on the top spot by only 16,000 sales.

Despite a number of performance issues, this year’s Assassin’s Creed still manages to outsell its predecessor at launch, and also charts above Halo: The Master Chief Collection in third.

The PS4 version of Assassin’s Creed Unity accounts for 52% of sales, followed by 46% for the Xbox One and 2% for PC.

With Assassin’s Creed Rogue charting at six for Xbox 360 and PS3, the series would have placed above Call of Duty in combined new-gen and last-gen sales.

Despite charting in third, Halo: The Master Chief Collection enjoys the biggest launch for a Microsoft-published Xbox One game, and the seventh biggest Xbox One launch overall.

Elsewhere, LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham debuts at five, PES 2015 charts at eight and World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor enters at nine.

The top 20 in full:
1. (1) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
2. (-) Assassin’s Creed Unity (Ubisoft)
3. (-) Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Microsoft)
4. (2) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
5. (-) LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (Warner Bros)
6. (-) Assassin’s Creed Rogue (Ubisoft)
7. (6) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
8. (-) PES 2015 (Konami)
9. (-) World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor (Blizzard)
10. (5) Destiny (Activision)
11. (7) Skylanders Trap Team (Activision)
12. (10) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
13. (12) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney Interactive Studios)
14. (3) Football Manager 2015 (Sega)
15. (4) Alien Isolation (Sega)
16. (16) Assassin’s Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
17. (11) Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft)
18. (8) Sunset Overdrive (Microsoft)
19. (10) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
20. (13) WWE 2K15 (Take-Two)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2014 UKIE Ltd.

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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has ended FIFA 15‘s six-week chart reign.

Activision’s latest shooter “convincingly” beats the week one sales total of last year’s Call of Duty: Ghosts and has sold 14% more week one units than Titanfall, Wolfenstein and Destiny combined.

It is the fifth biggest-selling Call of Duty at launch, behind the likes of Black Ops 2, Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3.

FIFA 15 drops to second, “way ahead” of Sega’s Football Manager 2015 and Alien Isolation in third and fourth, according to Chart-Track.

After a 61% drop in sales, Sunset Overdrive falls from two to eight, above The Evil Within and Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition. Lords of the Fallen drops out of the top 20 after one week.

Re-entries include Assassin’s Creed 4 at 16, Lego: The Hobbit at 18, Tomodachi Life at 19 and Frozen: Olaf’s Quest at 20.

The top 20 in full:
1. (-) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
2. (1) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
3. (-) Football Manager 2015 (Sega)
4. (13) Alien Isolation (Sega)
5. (6) Destiny (Activision)
6. (3) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
7. (9) Skylanders Trap Team (Activision)
8. (2) Sunset Overdrive (Microsoft)
9. (4) The Evil Within (Bethesda)
10. (10) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
11. (7) Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft)
12. (12) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney Interactive Studios)
13. (5) WWE 2K15 (Take-Two)
14. (8) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros Interactive)
15. (14) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
16. (-) Assassin’s Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
17. (17) Super Smash Bros for 3DS (Nintendo)
18. (-) Lego: The Hobbit (Warner Bros)
19. (-) Tomodachi Life (Nintendo)
20. (-) Frozen: Olaf’s Quest (Avanquest)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2014 UKIE Ltd.

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FIFA 15 has extended its reign at the top of the all-format gaming chart.

EA’s football simulation has managed six consecutive weeks at the top of the chart, the most for any game this year.

It outperforms Xbox One exclusive Sunset Overdrive, which is this week’s highest new entry in second.

Insomniac’s shooter is one of eight new entries in the top 40, including WWE 2K15 at five and Lords of the Fallen at 11.

Other new entries include The Walking Dead: Season Two at 23, Farming Simulator 15 at 25 and The Walking Dead: Game of the Year Edition at 36.

MX vs ATV: Supercross and PlayStation Vita RPG Freedom Wars debut at 38 and 39, respectively.

The top 20 in full:
1. (1) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
2. (-) Sunset Overdrive (Microsoft)
3. (2) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
4. (3) The Evil Within (Bethesda)
5. (-) WWE 2K15 (Take-Two)
6. (4) Destiny (Activision)
7. (8) Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft)
8. (5) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros Interactive)
9. (10) Skylanders Trap Team (Activision)
10. (12) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
11. (-) Lords of the Fallen (Square Enix)
12. (13) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney Interactive Studios)
13. (9) Alien Isolation (Sega)
14. (17) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
15. (6) Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (2K Games)
16. (11) Driveclub (Sony)
17. (14) Super Smash Bros for 3DS (Nintendo)
18. (20) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (EA Games)
19. (19) Just Dance 2015 (Ubisoft)
20. (-) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2014 UKIE Ltd.

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FIFA 15 is the best-selling game in the UK for a fifth week running.

The game has been top of the chart more than any other game releasing this year. EA games, meanwhile, have been number one for 18 weeks in 2014, compared to the 10 in 2013.

The launch of the PS4 edition of Minecraft: PlayStation Edition sees sales jump 82%, moving the game to second place.

For new entries, Wii U exclusive Bayonetta 2 debuts in seventh place, while both Civilization: Beyond Earth and Just Dance 2015 appear outside the chart in 18th and 19th respectively.

PS4 and PS3’s Singstar: Ultimate Party, meanwhile, debuts in 32nd place.

The top 20 in full:
1. (1) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
2. (13) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
3. (2) The Evil Within (Bethesda)
4. (7) Destiny (Activision)
5. (4) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros Interactive)
6. (3) Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (2K Games)
7. (-) Bayonetta 2 (Nintendo)
8. (5) Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft)
9. (6) Alien Isolation (Sega)
10. (11) Skylanders Trap Team (Activision)
11. (8) Driveclub (Sony)
12. (16) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
13. (14) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney Interactive Studios)
14. (11) Super Smash Bros for 3DS (Nintendo)
15. (9) F1 2014 (Codemasters)
16. (25) The Borderlands Collection (1&2) (2K Games)
17. (24) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
18. (-) Civilzation: Beyond Earth (2K Games)
19. (-) Just Dance 2015 (Ubisoft)
20. (17) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (EA Games)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2014 UKIE Ltd.

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FIFA 15 has made it four weeks at the top of the all-format gaming chart.

Despite a 35% drop in weekly sales, EA’s football simulation equals the four consecutive weeks at the top achieved by FIFA 13.

It charts above two new releases, the highest-placed of which is The Evil Within in second.

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel debuts at three, above Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Forza Horizon 2.

F1 2014 is this week’s final new entry, charting below Destiny and Driveclub at nine.

The top 20 in full:
1. (1) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
2. (-) The Evil Within (Bethesda)
3. (-) Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (2K Games)
4. (3) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros Interactive)
5. (4) Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft)
6. (2) Alien Isolation (Sega)
7. (6) Destiny (Activision)
8. (5) Driveclub (Sony)
9. (-) F1 2014 (Codemasters)
10. (7) Skylanders Trap Team (Activision)
11. (9) Super Smash Bros (Nintendo)
12. (8) NBA 2K15 (2K Sports)
13. (10) Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition (Sony)
14. (12) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney Interactive Studios)
15. (14) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (EA Games)
16. (11) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
17. (16) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
18. (15) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
19. (13) Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition (Square Enix)
20. (-) Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2014 UKIE Ltd.

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FIFA 15 remains the all-format number one for a third week, seeing off the likes of Alien Isolation in the process.

Despite a 60% drop in weekly sales, EA’s football simulation manages to once again top the charts, selling the majority of its copies (33%) on Xbox 360.

Alien Isolation enters the chart in second, shifting Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Forza Horizon 2 down to third and fourth.

Despite its online issues, the retail edition of Driveclub makes its PS4 debut in fifth.

A new release double-header of Skylanders Trap Team and NBA 2K15 enter at seven and eight, above Super Smash Bros and Minecraft: PlayStation Edition.

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition is this week’s final new entry at 13, charting between Disney Infinity 2.0 and Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare.

The top 20 in full:
1. (1) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
2. (-) Alien Isolation (Sega)
3. (2) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros Interactive)
4. (3) Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft)
5. (-) Driveclub (Sony)
6. (5) Destiny (Activision)
7. (-) Skylanders Trap Team (Activision)
8. (-) NBA 2K15 (2K Sports)
9. (4) Super Smash Bros (Nintendo)
10. (6) Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition (Sony)
11. (8) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
12. (7) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney Interactive Studios)
13. (-) Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition (Square Enix)
14. (13) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (EA Games)
15. (9) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
16. (12) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
17. (10) The Sims 4 (Electronic Arts)
18. (14) Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar)
19. (18) Terraria (505 Games)
20. (20) Frozen: Olaf’s Quest (Avanquest)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2014 UKIE Ltd.

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FIFA 15 has retained its place at the top of the all-format gaming chart.

The annual football simulation remains number one despite a 70% drop in week-on-week sales.

It is followed by a trio of new releases, starting with Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor in second, which enjoys the biggest launch for a game based on The Lord of the Rings.

Forza Horizon 2 enters in third, while Super Smash Bros debuts in fourth above a former number one in Destiny.

Elsewhere, the PlayStation edition of Minecraft climbs three places to six after a 176% increase in sales thanks to the release of the PS4 version at retail.

The top 20 in full:
1. (1) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
2. (-) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros Interactive)
3. (-) Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft)
4. (-) Super Smash Bros (Nintendo)
5. (2) Destiny (Activision)
6. (9) Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition (Sony)
7. (3) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney Interactive Studios)
8. (4) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
9. (5) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
10. (7) The Sims 4 (Electronic Arts)
11. (6) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
12. (12) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
13. (10) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (EA Games)
14. (14) Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar)
15. (11) The Last of Us Remastered (Sony)
16. (16) Tomodachi Life (Nintendo)
17. (15) LEGO Marvel Superheroes (Warner Bros)
18. (17) Terraria (505 Games)
19. (8) Fantasy Life (Nintendo)
20. (19) Frozen: Olaf’s Quest (Avanquest)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2014 UKIE Ltd.

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FIFA 15 has ended Destiny‘s two-week chart reign.

EA’s latest football sim accounts for 80% of all weekly software sales, and 87% of all revenue generated.

Factoring in last year’s stifled release, this year’s FIFA has earned approximately 6% more revenue than FIFA 14.

PS4 and Xbox One FIFA 15 sales make up 54% of all units sold, with the PS4 version selling a fraction more than its Xbox counterpart.

Elsewhere in the chart, Destiny drops to second, above Disney Infinity 2.0 in third.

Nintendo 3DS role-playing game Fantasy Life debuts at eight.

The top 20 in full:
1. (-) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
2. (1) Destiny (Activision)
3. (2) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney Interactive Studios)
4. (6) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
5. (7) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
6. (4) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
7. (5) The Sims 4 (Electronic Arts)
8. (-) Fantasy Life (Nintendo)
9. (8) Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition (Sony)
10. (10) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (EA Games)
11. (9) The Last of Us Remastered (Sony)
12. (11) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
13. (3) Hyrule Warriors (Nintendo)
14. (12) Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar)
15. (19) LEGO Marvel Superheroes (Warner Bros)
16. (13) Tomodachi Life (Nintendo)
17. (18) Terraria (505 Games)
18. (15) Diablo 3: Ultimate Evil Edition (Blizzard)
19. (-) Frozen: Olaf’s Quest (Avanquest)
20. (-) Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag (Ubisoft)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2014 UKIE Ltd.

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Destiny has topped the all-format gaming chart for a second week running.

The online shooter continues to boost PS4 console sales, with 72% of its PS4 sales coming via the exclusive hardware bundle.

Destiny comfortably charts above Disney Infinity 2.0 in second and Hyrule Warriors in third.

The Disney Infinity sequel sells 32% more copies than its predecessor during their first week on sale.

Elsewhere, Watch Dogs drops to fourth, above The Sims 4 and Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call is this week’s third highest new entry at 17.

The top 20 in full:
1. (1) Destiny (Activision)
2. (-) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney Interactive Studios)
3. (-) Hyrule Warriors (Nintendo)
4. (3) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
5. (2) The Sims 4 (Electronic Arts)
6. (6) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
7. (4) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
8. (9) Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition (Sony)
9. (5) The Last of Us Remastered (Sony)
10. (8) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (EA Games)
11. (12) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
12. (11) Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar)
13. (16) Tomodachi Life (Nintendo)
14. (15) Titanfall (EA Games)
15. (13) Diablo 3: Ultimate Evil Edition (Blizzard)
16. (20) Sniper Elite 3 (505 Games)
17. (-) Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (Square Enix)
18. (19) Terraria (505 Games)
19. (-) LEGO Marvel Superheroes (Warner Bros)
20. (14) Metro Redux (Deep Silver)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2014 UKIE Ltd.

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