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‘Dead Island: Riptide’ tops gaming charts

Monday, April 29th, 2013

Dead Island: Riptide is the new all-format number one, despite selling less than half the number of copies as the original.

The zombie sequel, which made 71% of its sales on Xbox 360, knocks Injustice: Gods Among Us down to second, while Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen debuts at three.

Star Trek: The Video Game is this week’s third highest new entry at four, and also the third biggest-selling Star Trek game of all time in week one sales.

Elsewhere, 3DS prequel LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins makes its debut at eight, above Defiance and fellow 3DS title Luigi’s Mansion.

The chart in full:
1. (-) Dead Island: Riptide (Koch Media)
2. (1) Injustice: Gods Among Us (Warner Bros. Interactive)
3. (-) Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (Capcom)
4. (-) Star Trek: The Video Game (Namco)
5. (4) Tomb Raider (Square Enix)
6. (2) BioShock Infinite (2K Games)
7. (6) FIFA 13 (Electronic Arts)
8. (-) LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins (Nintendo)
9. (5) Defiance (Trion)
10. (8) Luigi’s Mansion 2 (Nintendo)
11. (7) Black Ops 2 (Activision)
12. (10) Far Cry 3 (Ubisoft)
13. (3) Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo)
14. (11) Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda)
15. (19) Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (Sega)
16. (12) LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
17. (-) Hitman Absolution (Square Enix)
18. (14) Skylanders Giants (Activision)
19. (-) Aliens: Colonial Marines (Sega)
20. (13) Assassin’s Creed 3 (Ubisoft)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2013 UKIE Ltd.

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Michael Bublé holds on to UK No.1 album

Sunday, April 28th, 2013

Michael Bublé has kept hold of the UK albums number one with To Be Loved.

The Canadian singer’s latest collection stays on top of the pile for a second week in a row.

Frank Turner scores his highest-charting album to date with his fourth LP Tape Deck Heart, which lands at two.

will.i.am also earns his best-charting solo album so far, with #willpower entering at the number three spot.

Pink sticks at four with The Truth About Love, while Emeli Sandé slips two to five with Our Version of Events, making chart history in the process.Phoenix’s fifth album Bankrupt! is also their highest entry to date, landing at 14.

Rob Zombie’s Venomous Rat Regeneration Chamber is a new entry at 33, just ahead of Snoop Dogg’s Reincarnation (as Snoop Lion) at 34.

Daft Punk’s comeback with chart-topping single ‘Get Lucky’ has sparked renewed interest in their back catalogue, with their classic 2001 LP Discovery re-entering at 23.

Source: Official Charts Company

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Olympus Has Fallen beats Tom Cruise’s Oblivion

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

Olympus Has Fallen has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart’s White House-set action movie pulled in £2.2 million to beat Tom Cruise’s Oblivion and secure first place. The sci-fi movie experienced a sharp 67% drop in ticket sales to fall into second spot.

Evil Dead, Fede Alvarez’s remake of the cult classic horror, debuts at number three with £1.3 million. DreamWorks animated movie The Croods falls two places to four, while The Place Beyond the Pines rounds out the top five.

Elsewhere, Pierce Brosnan’s romantic comedy Love Is All You Need debuts at number seven with £202,176.

The UK box office top 10 in full:
1. (-) Olympus Has Fallen – £2,247,900
2. (1) Oblivion – £1,656,895
3. (-) Evil Dead – £1,375,842
4. (2) The Croods – £678,951
5. (4) The Place Beyond the Pines – £580,790
6. (3) Scary Movie 5 – £453,099
7. (-) Love Is All You Need – £202,176
8. (5) GI Joe: Retaliation – £191,201
9. (6) Jack the Giant Slayer – £153,295
10. (7) Oz the Great and Powerful – £137,363

Source: Rentrak

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‘Injustice: Gods Among Us’ biggest fighting game since UFC: Undisputed

Monday, April 22nd, 2013

Injustice: Gods Among Us is the new all-format number one, knocking BioShock Infinite down to second.

Weekly Nintendo handheld sales increased by 49% following the release of Fire Emblem: Awakening, which debuts at three, above Tomb Raider and Defiance.

Elsewhere, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 climbs three places to re-enter the top-ten at nine, below Luigi’s Mansion 2 and Black Ops 2.

At the tail-end of the chart, God of War: Ascension re-enters at 18, above Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed and fellow re-entry Sleeping Dogs.

The chart in full:
1. (-) Injustice: Gods Among Us (Warner Bros. Interactive)
2. (1) BioShock Infinite (2K Games)
3. (-) Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo)
4. (2) Tomb Raider (Square Enix)
5. (4) Defiance (Trion)
6. (3) FIFA 13 (Electronic Arts)
7. (6) Black Ops 2 (Activision)
8. (5) Luigi’s Mansion 2 (Nintendo)
9. (12) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 (EA)
10. (10) Far Cry 3 (Ubisoft)
11. (14) Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda)
12. (9) LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
13. (7) Assassin’s Creed 3 (Ubisoft)
14. (15) Skylanders Giants (Activision)
15. (8) Gears of War: Judgment (Microsoft)
16. (20) Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 (City Interactive)
17. (11) Need for Speed: Most Wanted (EA)
18. (22) God of War: Ascension (Sony)
19. (17) Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (Sega)
20. (24) Sleeping Dogs (Square Enix)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2013 UKIE Ltd.

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Michael Bublé scores his fourth UK No.1 album…

Sunday, April 21st, 2013

Michael Bublé has scored his fourth UK number one album with To Be Loved.

His latest collection and follow-up to 2011’s Christmas becomes his fastest-selling album in the UK so far, shifting 121,000 copies.

It is also the fastest-selling album of 2012 so far, and outsold the rest of the top five combined.

Fall Out Boy land at two with their comeback album Save Rock and Roll, their highest-charting album to date in the UK.

Emeli Sandé continues her incredible streak inside the Top 10, climbing a place to three with Our Version of Events.

Pink falls one to four with The Truth About Love, while Justin Timberlake drops three to five with The 20/20 Experience. Paramore slip from last week’s number one to six with their self-titled album.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs score their third consecutive Top 10 album at nine with Mosquito.

Steve Earle enters at 30 with his new collection The Low Highway, while Kid Cudi lands at 32 with Indicud. Angel follows at 33 with About Time.

Major Lazer’s Free the Universe is a new entry at 34, while Kacey Musgraves is new at 39 with Same Trailer Different Park.

Iron & Wine also sneaks in at 40 with his new album Ghost on Ghost.

Source: Official Charts Company

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‘Oblivion’ tops UK box office chart

Thursday, April 18th, 2013

Tom Cruise’s Oblivion has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

The science fiction blockbuster, directed by Tron: Legacy‘s Joseph Kosinski, debuted to £4.9 million to see off competition from last week’s chart-topper The Croods.

Oblivion‘s total is up from the £3.5 million earned by Cruise’s last outing Jack Reacher, but falls short of the £8 million total of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.

New releases Scary Movie 5 and The Place Beyond the Pines chart at numbers three and four respectively, while GI Joe: Retaliation dips three places to complete the top five.

Elsewhere, the most dramatic faller is horror Dark Skies. The Keri Russell-led film tumbles down six places to number nine after a sharp 70% drop in ticket sales.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Oblivion – £4,959,386
2. (1) The Croods – £1,999,475
3. (-) Scary Movie 5 – £1,085,932
4. (-) The Place Beyond the Pines – £671,119
5. (2) GI Joe: Retaliation – £525,234
6. (5) Jack the Giant Slayer – £451,509
7. (6) Oz the Great and Powerful – £391,733
8. (4) Trance – £339,480
9. (3) Dark Skies – £308,456
10. (7) The Host – £239,291

Source: Rentrak

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BioShock Infinite outsells Tomb Raider by 2,500 copies to top chart

Monday, April 15th, 2013

BioShock Infinite has topped the all-format chart for a third week running.

Irrational’s highly-rated first-person shooter once again charts above Tomb Raider, which misses out on the top spot by 2,500 sales.

Elsewhere, FIFA 13 and Defiance swap places in third and fourth, while Luigi’s Mansion retains its place in fifth.

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes and LEGO Lord of the Rings climb to nine and 13 respectively, while Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim re-enters the top-20 at 14.

The chart in full:
1. (1) BioShock Infinite (2K Games)
2. (2) Tomb Raider (Square Enix)
3. (4) FIFA 13 (Electronic Arts)
4. (3) Defiance (Trion)
5. (5) Luigi’s Mansion 2 (Nintendo)
6. (7) Black Ops 2 (Activision)
7. (8) Assassin’s Creed 3 (Ubisoft)
8. (6) Gears of War: Judgment (Microsoft)
9. (13) LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
10. (12) Far Cry 3 (Ubisoft)
11. (10) Need for Speed: Most Wanted (EA)
12. (17) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 (EA)
13. (16) LEGO Lord of the Rings (Warner Bros. Interactive)
14. (-) Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda)
15. (9) Skylanders Giants (Activision)
16. (14) Halo 4 (Microsoft)
17. (20) Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (Sega)
18. (-) Just Dance 4 (Ubisoft)
19. (18) SimCity (Electronic Arts)
20. (19) Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 (City Interactive)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2013 UKIE Ltd.

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Paramore win second UK number one album

Monday, April 15th, 2013

Paramore have won their second UK number one album with their self-titled LP.

Equalling the success of their 2009 album Brand New Eyes, the trio end the three-week reign of Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience, which falls to two.

Pink climbs two places to three with The Truth About Love, while Emeli Sandé rises three places to four with longrunner Our Version of Events. Imagine Dragons drop three to five with Night Visions.

James Blake’s new album Overgrown lands at eight, one place higher than the peak position of his previous self-titled LP.

Stone Sour’s House Of Gold And Bones: Part 2 is a new entry at 11, while Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark enter at 12 with English Electric.

Swedish duo The Knife earn a new entry at 32 with their latest LP Shaking the Habitual.

Source: Official Charts Company

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‘The Croods’ holds off ‘GI Joe: Retaliation’ at UK box office

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

The Croods has spent its third weekend at the top of the UK box office.

DreamWorks’s latest animation again held off competition from action sequel GI Joe: Retaliation to secure the number one spot.

Keri Russell horror film Dark Skies is the highest charting new release, landing at number three with takings of £1 million.

Danny Boyle’s Trance and Jack the Giant Slayer both fall down one place from last week to complete the top five.

Elsewhere, the top ten sees new entries from Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers and the Jennifer Garner-led family film The Odd Life of Timothy Green.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) The Croods – £2,364,348
2. (2) GI Joe: Retaliation – £1,060,222
3. (-) Dark Skies – £1,031,948
4. (3) Trance – £722,027
5. (4) Jack the Giant Slayer – £705,215
6. (6) Oz the Great and Powerful – £574,318
7. (5) The Host – £520,248
8. (7) Identity Thief – £422,194
9. (-) Spring Breakers – £345,153
10. (-) The Odd Life of Timothy Green – £269,465

Source: Rentrak

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‘BioShock Infinite’ charts above ‘Tomb Raider’, ‘Defiance’

Monday, April 8th, 2013

BioShock Infinite has retained its place at the top of the all-format weekly chart for a second week running.

It is once again followed by Tomb Raider in second, while Defiance, Trion’s first ever multi-platform shooter, makes its debut in third.

Elsewhere, Nintendo’s highly rated handheld release Luigi’s Mansion remains in fifth, above triple-A titles such as Gears of War: Judgement and Black Ops 2.

Lower down in the chart, LEGO Lord of the Rings climbs ten places to re-enter at 16, between Army of Two: Devil’s Cartel and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14, both of which drop out of the top-ten after only one week.

The chart in full:
1. (1) BioShock Infinite (2K Games)
2. (2) Tomb Raider (Square Enix)
3. (-) Defiance (Trion)
4. (4) FIFA 13 (Electronic Arts)
5. (5) Luigi’s Mansion 2 (Nintendo)
6. (3) Gears of War: Judgment (Microsoft)
7. (7) Black Ops 2 (Activision)
8. (9) Assassin’s Creed 3 (Ubisoft)
9. (15) Skylanders Giants (Activision)
10. (17) Need for Speed: Most Wanted (EA)
11. (10) Crysis 3 (Electronic Arts)
12. (11) Far Cry 3 (Ubisoft)
13. (19) LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
14. (18) Halo 4 (Microsoft)
15. (6) Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel (EA)
16. (26) LEGO Lord of the Rings (Warner Bros. Interactive)
17. (8) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 (EA)
18. (16) SimCity (Electronic Arts)
19. (13) Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 (City Interactive)
20. (21) Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (Sega)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2013 UKIE Ltd.

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