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Infamous: Second Son remains on top of all-format chart

Monday, March 31st, 2014

Infamous: Second Son has held on to the all-format number one for a second week.

Sucker Punch’s open-world action game held off the challenge from Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, which is a non-mover at two.

Titanfall remains at three, just 100 units behind Metal Gear.

Diablo III: Reaper of Souls is the only new entry in the top ten, entering at six. Retailer promotions see FIFA 14 rise back up to four, while The Lego Movie Videogame jumps to five.

The top 20 in full:
1. (1) Infamous: Second Son (Sony)
2. (2) Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes (Konami)
3. (3) Titanfall (Electronic Arts)
4. (6) FIFA 14 (Electronic Arts)
5. (8) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
6. (-) Diablo III: Reaper of Souls (Blizzard Entertainment)
7. (5) South Park: The Stick of Truth (Ubisoft)
8. (12) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
9. (10) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
10. (4) Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD (Square Enix)are Enix)
11. (9) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (Electronic Arts)
12. (7) Dark Souls 2 (Namco Bandai)
13. (13) Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts)
14. (11) Thief (Square Enix)
15. (-) Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright (Capcom)
16. (15) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
17. (14) Assassin’s Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
18. (17) (14) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar Games)
19. (-) MXGP: The Official Motocross Videogame (Milestone)
20. (19) Need for Speed: Rivals (Electronic Arts)

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

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5 Seconds of Summer top chart with debut single

Sunday, March 30th, 2014

5 Seconds of Summer have claimed their first number one with their debut UK single ‘She Looks So Perfect’.

The boyband knock Duke Dumont – who scored his second UK number one single with ‘I Got U’ last Sunday – from the top spot.

The Sydney quartet rose to fame with YouTube covers of artists such as Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber, and supported One Direction on their recent world tour. They become the first Australian band to top the UK Official Singles Chart in almost 14 years.

Duke Dumont’s ‘I Got U’ slides just one place to number two, with Faul & Wad Ad’s ‘Changes’ a new entry at number three.

Route 94 and Jess Glynne’s ‘My Love’ drops two places to number four, with John Legend’s ‘All Of Me’ also dropping two places to round out the Top 5.

Martin Garrix has a new entry at number seven with ‘Wizard’ following his previous chart-topping success with ‘Animals’, while Chris Brown and Lil’Wayne enter the charts at number 15 with their collaboration ‘Loyal’.

Shakira’s duet with Rihanna ‘Can’t Remember to Forget You’ re-enters the top 40 this week, up three places to number 39.

Meanwhile, Haim’s ‘If I Could Change Your Mind’ follows suit, jumping 19 places to number 33 on the chart.

Source: Official Charts Company

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Grand Budapest Hotel beats Need for Speed at UK box office

Tuesday, March 25th, 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel has beaten Need for Speed to claim the number one slot at the UK box office.

Wes Anderson’s latest film has been a slow-burn success in UK cinemas, claiming first place on its fourth weekend on release with a box office haul of £1.2 million.

With a running total of £6.3 million, the Ralph Fiennes-led film is closing in on the £8.7 million earned by Anderson’s most financially successful UK release to-date, 2009’s Fantastic Mr Fox.

Behind Need for Speed in third place is The Lego Movie, while 300: Rise of an Empire and Non-Stop round out the top five.

Elsewhere, a trio of new releases – Starred Up, A Long Way Down and Labor Day – all landed in the top ten over the weekend.

The UK box office top ten in full:

1. (2) The Grand Budapest Hotel – £1,267,408
2. (1) Need for Speed – £988,255
3. (4) The Lego Movie – £815,020
4. (3) 300: Rise of an Empire – £785,538
5. (5) Non-Stop – £697,128
6. (-) Starred Up – £495,181
7. (-) A Long Way Down – £361,901
8. (-) Labor Day – £278,726
9. (6) Ride Along – £211,644
10. (9) Mr Peabody and Sherman – £198,623

Source: Rentrak

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Infamous: Second Son knocks Titanfall off top of gaming chart

Monday, March 24th, 2014

Infamous: Second Son is the brand new all-format number one.

Sucker Punch’s open-world action game is the second biggest week one launch on PS4 behind Killzone: Shadow Fall. It is the first PS4 exclusive to debut at the top of the chart.

It’s followed by Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes in second and Titanfall in third. Nearly 60% of Metal Gear Solid sales were for PS4, compared to just 20% for Xbox One.

Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD is this week’s third and final new release at four, charting above South Park: The Stick of Truth and FIFA 14.

At the tail-end of the chart, Rayman Legends drops to 20, below Aliens: Colonial Marines and Need for Speed: Rivals.

The top 20 in full:
1. (-) Infamous: Second Son (Sony)
2. (-) Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes (Konami)
3. (1) Titanfall (Electronic Arts)
4. (-) Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD (Square Enix)
5. (3) South Park: The Stick of Truth (Ubisoft)
6. (6) FIFA 14 (Electronic Arts)
7. (2) Dark Souls 2 (Namco Bandai)
8. (4) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
9. (7) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (Electronic Arts)
10. (9) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
11. (5) Thief (Square Enix)
12. (8) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
13. (10) Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts)
14. (11) Assassin’s Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
15. (13) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
16. (12) Yoshi’s New Island (Nintendo)
17. (14) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar Games)
18. (15) Aliens: Colonial Marines (SEGA)
19. (18) Need for Speed: Rivals (Electronic Arts)
20. (16) Rayman Legends (Ubisoft)

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

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Duke Dumont claims second UK No.1 single with ‘I Got U’

Sunday, March 23rd, 2014

Duke Dumont has scored his second UK number one single with ‘I Got U’.

The British DJ – real name Adam Dyment – has won his second chart-topper in the last 12 months with the Jax Jones-assisted track.

Last year, ‘Need U (100%)’ featuring A*M*E famously beat ‘Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead’ to number one following the death of Margaret Thatcher.

Route 94 and Jess Glynne’s ‘My Love’ is a non-mover at number two this week, while John Legend’s ballad ‘All Of Me’ climbs to a new peak at three.

Pharrell Williams is at four with ‘Happy’ and last week’s chart-topper ‘Tsunami (Jump)’ by DVBBS, Borgeous and Tinie Tempah falls to five.

Little Mix have scored this week’s second highest new entry with their cover of Cameo’s ‘Word Up’. The single – released to support Sport Relief – becomes the group’s fifth Top 10 hit to date.

Clean Bandit’s ‘Rather Be’ drops two places to seven, while Katy Perry slips one place to eight with ‘Dark Horse’.

Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull’s ‘I’m A Freak’ and Sam Smith’s ‘Money on My Mind’ complete this week’s top ten, at nine and ten respectively.

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Need for Speed claims pole position at UK box office

Tuesday, March 18th, 2014

Need for Speed has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

The Aaron Paul-led action film, based on the long-running EA video game franchise, earned north of £2 million to see off competition from The Grand Budapest Hotel and secure the top spot.

Need for Speed fared better with UK audiences than it did in the US, where it charted at number three over the weekend.

Back in this weekend’s UK chart, 300: Rise of an Empire fell down to number three, while The Lego Movie and Liam Neeson’s Non-Stop round out the top five.

Elsewhere, the only other new release to make it into the top ten is Scarlett Johansson’s Under the Skin. The Jonathan Glazer-directed drama earned £238,694 to land at number ten.

The UK box office figures in full:
1. (-) Need for Speed – £2,011,249
2. (3) The Grand Budapest Hotel – £1,309,103
3. (1) 300: Rise of an Empire – £1,223,370
4. (2) The Lego Movie – £998,176
5. (4) Non-Stop – £901,107
6. (5) Ride Along – £426,034
7. (6) The Book Thief – £281,937
8. (7) Escape from Planet Earth – £257,812
9. (8) Mr Peabody & Sherman – £242,010
10. (-) Under the Skin – £238,694

Source: Rentrak

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Titanfall takes gaming console top place…

Monday, March 17th, 2014

Titanfall is the brand new all-format number one and the biggest-selling release of 2014 so far.

The addition of an Xbox One Titanfall bundle and price cut has seen Microsoft’s console enjoy a 96% weekly sales boost.

It is followed by fellow new release Dark Souls 2 in second. From Software’s sequel has sold 20% more week-one copies than its 2011 predecessor.

South Park: The Stick of Truth drops to third, above former number one releases The LEGO Movie Videogame and Thief.

Elsewhere, Yoshi’s New Island makes its debut at 12, below chart regulars Battlefield 4 and Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag.

The top 20 in full:
1. (-) Titanfall (Electronic Arts)
2. (-) Dark Souls 2 (Namco Bandai)
3. (1) South Park: The Stick of Truth (Ubisoft)
4. (4) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
5. (2) Thief (Square Enix)
6. (5) FIFA 14 (Electronic Arts)
7. (3) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (Electronic Arts)
8. (6) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
9. (7) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
10. (8) Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts)
11. (10) Assassin’s Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
12. (-) Yoshi’s New Island (Nintendo)
13. (9) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
14. (12) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar Games)
15. (14) Aliens: Colonial Marines (SEGA)
16. (11) Rayman Legends (Ubisoft)
17. (16) Forza Motorsport 5 (Microsoft)
18. (13) Need for Speed: Rivals (Electronic Arts)
19. (21) Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (Namco Bandai)
20. (-) Killzone: Shadow Fall (Sony)

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

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DVBBS and Borgeous score UK No.1 single

Sunday, March 16th, 2014

DVBBS and Borgeous have topped the UK Singles Chart with their track ‘Tsunami (Jump)’.

The track – which features vocals from Tinie Tempah – has knocked Route 94 and Jess Glynne’s ‘My Love’ from the number one spot.

The original instrumental version of the track – titled ‘Tsunami’ – topped the charts in Belgium and the Netherlands last year, as well as reaching the Top 10 across Europe.

Speaking about reaching number one in the UK, Canadian duo DVBBS told BBC Radio 1’s Official Chart show host Jameela Jamil: “It’s amazing!

“It’s just been a huge rollercoaster for the last six months, and now to finally have a UK Number one with Tinie Tempah is a dream come true.

“We’ve always wanted to work with Tinie after listening to some of the songs he’s done with Swedish House Mafia and Calvin Harris; he adds such a special vocal over the top of dance records. We can’t wait to perform it with him live!”

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South Park: The Stick Of Truth steals number one from Thief

Tuesday, March 11th, 2014

The new South Park tie-in was the best-selling video game in the UK last week, as the new consoles gave way for one of the final big last gen-only releases.

Since it’s a) South Park and b) a really good game there never seemed much danger of The Stick Of Truth not getting to number number one this week, even though it’s not on next gen formats.

As Chart-Track point out it’s the first role-playing game to hit number one since Ni No Kuni early last year, although its role-playing qualities are unlikely to be the primary reason most people bought it.

As the only game in the top 10, other than Minecraft, not to be on Xbox One or PlayStation 4 the game saw 53 per cent of sales go to the Xbox 360, 41 per cent to the PlayStation 3, and 6 per cent to the uncensored PC version.

Thief saw sales drop by 48 per cent in its second week but word of mouth seems to be helping the surprisingly good Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, which slipped by only 1 per cent and rose one place in the all formats chart to number three.

Last Friday was quieter for new releases than the last few weeks, with Pac-Man And The Ghostly Adventures the only other new entry at number 21 in the all formats chart.

This Friday though is a different matter, with Titanfall and Dark Souls II both battling for the number one spot. Given the marketing hype you’d assume Titanfall to be the favourite to get there, but it’s only on Xbox One and PC compared to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 for Dark Souls II.

UK all formats chart:
1 (-) South Park: The Stick Of Truth (360/PS3/PC)
2 (1) Thief (360/PS3/XO/PS4/PC)
3 (4) Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare (360/XO)
4 (2) The Lego Movie Videogame (360/PS3/Wii U/XO/PS4/PC/3DS/PSV)
5 (3) FIFA 14 (PS2/Wii/360/PS3/XO/PS4/PC/PSP/3DS/PSV)
6 (5) Call Of Duty: Ghosts (360/PS3/Wii U/XO/PS4/PC)
7 (8) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (360)
8 (6) Battlefield 4 (360/PS3/XO/PS4/PC)
9 (7) Lego Marvel Super Heroes (360/PS3/Wii U/XO/PS4/PC/3DS/PSV)
10(9) Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (360/PS3/Wii U/XO/PS4/PC)

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300: Rise of an Empire seizes glory at UK box office

Tuesday, March 11th, 2014

300: Rise of an Empire has topped the UK box office on its debut weekend on release.

The action blockbuster, a sequel to 2007’s Zack Snyder hit 300, earned £2.7 million to end The Lego Movie‘s three-week reign at the chart summit.

Rise of an Empire‘s opening haul represents a significant drop from its predecessor, which debuted to £9 million in April 2007. The film eventually went on to make $450 million (£270 million) at the worldwide box office.

Back in this week’s chart, Wes Anderson’s latest The Grand Budapest Hotel debuted at number three with £1.5 million, up significantly from the £250,000 earned by Moonrise Kingdom in 2012.

Non-Stop, the latest Liam Neeson action-thriller, and comedy Ride Along complete the top five.

Elsewhere, the only other new release to make it into the top ten is animated film Escape from Planet Earth, landing at number seven with £395,392.

The UK box office figures in full:
1. (-) 300: Rise of an Empire – £2,761,612
2. (1) The Lego Movie – £1,633,265
3. (-) The Grand Budapest Hotel – £1,532,239
4. (2) Non-Stop – £1,496,108
5. (3) Ride Along – £823,312
6. (4) The Book Thief – £569,776
7. (-) Escape from Planet Earth – £395,392
8. (5) Mr Peabody & Sherman – £385,338
9. (9) 12 Years a Slave – £368,857
10. (6) Tinker Bell and The Pirate Fairy – £318,157

Source: Rentrak

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