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Sniper Elite 3 has retained its place at the top of the all-format gaming chart.

Like its predecessor, Sniper Elite 3 manages a second week at the top of the chart, once again outranking Watch Dogs in second.

FIFA 14 and 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil both enjoy a surge in sales, rising to third and eighth respectively.

Titanfall remains fourth, Wolfenstein stays fifth, while Call of Duty: Ghosts climbs to six.

Nintendo 3DS game Tomodachi Life is one of this week’s biggest movers, jumping five places to 11 following a promotional push.

Despite a lack of new releases, the overall market only dropped by 3% thanks to healthy sales in the budget sector.

The top 20 in full:
1. (1) Sniper Elite 3 (505 Games)
2. (2) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
3. (6) FIFA 14 (Electronic Arts)
4. (4) Titanfall (Electronic Arts)
5. (5) Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda)
6. (8) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
7. (3) EA Sports UFC (Electronic Arts)
8. (11) 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (Electronic Arts)
9. (10) Minecraft: PS3 Edition (Sony)
10. (9) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
11. (16) Tomodachi Life (Nintendo)
12. (13) Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo)
13. (14) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar Games)
14. (19) Assassin’s Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
15. (15) Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts)
16. (7) GRID Autosport (Codemasters)
17. (18) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
18. (12) Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (Activision)
19. (17) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
20. (20) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (Electronic Arts)

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

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Sniper Elite 3 has overtaken EA Sports UFC at the top of the all-format chart.

The Sniper Elite sequel is the second game in the series to top the chart. Nearly 65% of sales were on Xbox One and PS4.

Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs remains second, above EA Sports UFC, Titanfall and Wolfenstein: The New Order.

GRID Autosport is the second highest new entry at seven, above Call of Duty: Ghosts and a Minecraft double bill.

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark debuts at 12, sandwiched between 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil and Mario Kart 8.

The top 20 in full:
1. (-) Sniper Elite 3 (505 Games)
2. (2) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
3. (1) EA Sports UFC (Electronic Arts)
4. (3) Titanfall (Electronic Arts)
5. (4) Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda)
6. (5) FIFA 14 (Electronic Arts)
7. (-) GRID Autosport (Codemasters)
8. (8) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
9. (10) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
10. (9) Minecraft: PS3 Edition (Sony)
11. (6) 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (Electronic Arts)
12. (-) Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (Activision)
13. (7) Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo)
14. (11) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar Games)
15. (12) Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts)
16. (19) Tomodachi Life (Nintendo)
17. (16) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
18. (17) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
19. (15) Assassin’s Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
20. (18) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (Electronic Arts)

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

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EA Sports UFC has overtaken Watch Dogs at the top of the all-format gaming chart.

The EA brawler is the firm’s third number one of the year after FIFA 14 and Titanfall.

Watch Dogs has retained its place at the top of the all-format chart for a third week running.

It stays top despite a 2014 FIFA World Cup sales surge. EA’s official World Cup tie-in climbs four spots to second as the tournament gets under way.

Wolfenstein: The New Order climbs one spot to third, outselling fourth place Mario Kart 8 by a few hundred copies.

FIFA 14 remains fifth, above Tiitanfall, Minecraft: PS3 Edition and Call of Duty: Ghosts.

Enemy Front is this week’s only new entry at 19, sandwiched between LEGO: The Hobbit and Terraria.

The top 20 in full:
1. (1) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
2. (6) 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (Electronic Arts)
3. (4) Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda)
4. (2) Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo)
5. (5) FIFA 14 (Electronic Arts)
6. (9) Titanfall (Electronic Arts)
7. (7) Minecraft: PS3 Edition (Sony)
8. (8) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
9. (3) Murdered: Soul Suspect (Square Enix)
10. (10) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
11. (11) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar Games)
12. (12) Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts)
13. (17) Assassin’s Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
14. (13) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
15. (15) Tomodachi Life (Nintendo)
16. (16) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
17. (18) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (Electronic Arts)
18. (19) LEGO: The Hobbit (Warner Bros)
19. (-) Enemy Front (CI Games)
20. (-) Terraria (505 Games)

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

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Watch Dogs has retained its place at the top of the all-format games chart.

Despite experiencing an 81% drop in sales, Ubisoft’s open-world action title is the firm’s first game since Ghost Recon: Future Soldier to top the chart for two weeks running.

It is once again followed by Mario Kart 8 in second, while Murdered: Soul Suspect debuts at three just 400 sales behind.

Fellow new entries Wildstar and Tomodachi Life both debut in the top 20, charting at 14 and 15 respectively.

As the world’s biggest football tournament prepares to kick off later this week, 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil remains sixth, below Wolfenstein: The New Order and FIFA 14.

The top 20 in full:
1. (1) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
2. (2) Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo)
3. (-) Murdered: Soul Suspect (Square Enix)
4. (3) Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda)
5. (4) FIFA 14 (Electronic Arts)
6. (6) 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (Electronic Arts)
7. (5) Minecraft: PS3 Edition (Sony)
8. (9) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
9. (7) Titanfall (Electronic Arts)
10. (8) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
11. (16) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar Games)
12. (13) Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts)
13. (10) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
14. (-) Wildstar (NCSoft Europe)
15. (-) Tomodachi Life (Nintendo)
16. (11) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
17. (15) Assassin’s Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
18. (14) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (Electronic Arts)
19. (12) LEGO: The Hobbit (Warner Bros)
20. (19) South Park: The Stick of Truth (Ubisoft)

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

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Watch Dogs has broken a number of week one sales records to become the UK’s new all-format number one.

The open-world hacking game is the best-selling new franchise since LA Noire back in 2011, outselling Rockstar’s crime thriller by 58%.

Enjoying the 17th best launch week of all time, the game’s week one sales are behind only to new titles in the FIFA, Grand Theft Auto and Battlefield series.

Watch Dogs is also Ubisoft’s biggest UK launch, outperforming previous record-breaker Assassin’s Creed 3 by 17%.

It contributed to a 94% weekly boost in PS4 hardware sales, with 53% of PS4 console buyers purchasing the Watch Dogs bundle.

It comfortably beats fellow new entry Mario Kart 8 into second, although the Wii U release also enjoyed a healthy first week.

Nintendo’s latest racer is the best-selling week one Wii U game and the second biggest-selling Mario Kart at launch.

Its release boosted week-to-week Wii U console sales by 666%. 82% of new buyers purchased the Mario Kart 8 bundle.

Elsewhere, Wolfenstein: The New Order drops to third, above FIFA 14 and Minecraft PS3 Edition.

At the tail-end of the chart, the PlayStation Vita edition of Borderlands 2 is a new entry at 18.

The top 20 in full:
1. (-) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
2. (-) Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo)
3. (1) Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda)
4. (3) FIFA 14 (Electronic Arts)
5. (2) Minecraft: PS3 Edition (Sony)
6. (5) 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (Electronic Arts)
7. (4) Titanfall (Electronic Arts)
8. (7) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
9. (6) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
10. (10) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
11. (13) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
12. (12) LEGO: The Hobbit (Warner Bros)
13. (9) Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts)
14. (11) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (Electronic Arts)
15. (14) Assassin’s Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
16. (16) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar Games)
17. (8) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Activision)
18. (-) Borderlands 2 (2K Games)
19. (17) South Park: The Stick of Truth (Ubisoft)
20. (-) Skate 3 (Electronic Arts)

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

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Wolfenstein: The New Order is this year’s second biggest gaming launch behind Titanfall.

Accounting for a quarter of all last week’s software sales, the sixth game in the Wolfenstein series replaces FIFA 14 at the top of the chart, selling the majority of its copies on PS4.

It is followed by Minecraft: PS3 Edition in second, while FIFA 14 and Titanfall drop to third and fourth.

2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil remains fifth, above Call of Duty: Ghosts, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Battlefield 4 and The Lego Movie Videogame also chart in the top-ten.

Elsewhere, Forza Motorsport 5 re-enters at 19, sandwiched between Infamous: Second Son and Thief.

The top 20 in full:
1. (-) Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda)
2. (3) Minecraft: PS3 Edition (Sony)
3. (1) FIFA 14 (Electronic Arts)
4. (2) Titanfall (Electronic Arts)
5. (5) 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (Electronic Arts)
6. (6) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
7. (4) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
8. (7) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Activision)
9. (9) Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts)
10. (8) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
11. (11) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (Electronic Arts)
12. (12) LEGO: The Hobbit (Warner Bros)
13. (13) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
14. (17) Assassin’s Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
15. (15) Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes (Konami)
16. (10) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar Games)
17. (-) South Park: The Stick of Truth (Ubisoft)
18. (14) Infamous: Second Son (Sony)
19. (-) Forza Motorsport 5 (Microsoft)
20. (18) Thief (Square Enix)

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

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FIFA 14 has overtaken Titanfall to return to the top of the all-format gaming chart.

It’s FIFA 14‘s 12th week as number one, breaking the 11 week series record set by FIFA: Road to the World Cup 98.

Only a few hundred sales behind, Titanfall slips to second, above the debuting Minecraft: PS3 Edition in third and its Xbox 360 counterpart in fourth.

2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil and Call of Duty: Ghosts remain in fifth and sixth, above The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which drops four places despite the release of the Xbox One version.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe is this week’s second highest new entry at 16, charting above Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag and Thief.

The top 20 in full:
1. (2) FIFA 14 (Electronic Arts)
2. (1) Titanfall (Electronic Arts)
3. (-) Minecraft: PS3 Edition (Sony)
4. (4) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
5. (5) 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (Electronic Arts)
6. (6) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
7. (3) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Activision)
8. (7) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
9. (8) Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts)
10. (13) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar Games)
11. (11) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (Electronic Arts)
12. (9) LEGO: The Hobbit (Warner Bros)
13. (10) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
14. (14) Infamous: Second Son (Sony)
15. (15) Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes (Konami)
16. (-) Kirby: Triple Deluxe (Nintendo)
17. (17) Assassin’s Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
18. (16) Thief (Square Enix)
19. (12) Bound by Flame (Focus Home Interactive)
20. (18) Batman: Arkham Origins (Warner Bros Interactive)

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

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Titanfall has edged out FIFA 14 to return to the top of the UK all-format gaming chart.

The Respawn shooter outsold FIFA 14 by less than 400 copies to reclaim top spot from The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Activision’s Amazing Spider-Man movie tie-in drops to third, above Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition and 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil in fourth and fifth.

Bound by Flame is this week’s only new entry at 12, clocking up 75% of its sales on PS4.

Trials Fusion drops one spot to prop up the chart at 20, below Batman: Arkham Origins and South Park: The Stick of Truth at 18 and 19.

The top 20 in full:
1. (2) Titanfall (Electronic Arts)
2. (3) FIFA 14 (Electronic Arts)
3. (1) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Activision)
4. (6) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
5. (4) 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (Electronic Arts)
6. (5) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
7. (8) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
8. (10) Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts)
9. (7) LEGO: The Hobbit (Warner Bros)
10. (11) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
11. (13) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (Electronic Arts)
12. (-) Bound by Flame (Focus Home Interactive)
13. (18) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar Games)
14. (16) Infamous: Second Son (Sony)
15. (15) Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes (Konami)
16. (21) Thief (Square Enix)
17. (17) Assassin’s Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
18. (20) Batman: Arkham Origins (Warner Bros Interactive)
19. (12) South Park: The Stick of Truth (Ubisoft)
20. (19) Trials Fusion (Ubisoft)

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

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has ended Titanfall‘s reign at the top of the all-format chart.

Activision’s Spider-Man movie tie-in is the firm’s first number one since Call of Duty: Ghosts. It charts higher than 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man, despite a 5% drop in sales.

Titanfall drops one place to second, above a football double-header of FIFA 14 in third and 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil in fourth.

Ubisoft’s Child of Light is this week’s second highest new entry at nine, charting between The LEGO Movie Video Game and Battlefield 4.

The Deluxe Edition retail release contains bonus items and collectibles, as well as a download code for the game itself.