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PC game tops all-formats chart for first time in 2 years…

Monday, September 8th, 2014

The Sims 4 has topped the all-format weekly chart in its first week on sale.

The latest entry in The Sims franchise becomes the first PC game to top the chart since Guild Wars 2 back in 2012.

It is followed by Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs, which climbs seven places from nine to two after receiving a price cut on Xbox 360 and PS3.

Metro Redux drops to third, ahead of The Last of Us Remastered and Diablo 3: Ultimate Evil Edition.

Other games in the top ten include Call of Duty: Ghosts, Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare, Grand Theft Auto 5 and Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Minecraft.

The top 20 in full:
1. (-) The Sims 4 (Electronic Arts)
2. (9) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
3. (1) Metro Redux (Deep Silver)
4. (3) The Last of Us Remastered (Sony)
5. (2) Diablo 3: Ultimate Evil Edition (Blizzard)
6. (5) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
7. (8) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
8. (4) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (EA Games)
9. (11) Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition (Sony)
10. (7) Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar)
11. (6) Madden NFL 15 (EA Sports)
12. (12) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
13. (10) Titanfall (EA Games)
14. (-) Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda)
15. (14) Tomodachi Life (Nintendo)
16. (20) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
17. (16) Terraria (505 Games)
18. (19) Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (Ubisoft)
19. (15) Sniper Elite 3 (505 Games)
20. (17) Battlefield 4 (EA Games)

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

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Lilly Wood and Robin Schulz hold on to UK Number 1 single

Sunday, September 7th, 2014

Lilly Wood and Robin Schulz have held on to the top spot in this week’s Official Singles Chart.

The French-Israeli duo’s ‘Prayer in C’ – which is a Schulz-remixed version of their 2010 track – retains its crown for a second week running.

The song has topped the charts across Europe and is Schulz’s second UK number one this year, following his re-working of Mr Probz’s ‘Waves’ in May.

Duke Dumont claims the number two spot, after a closely fought chart battle which saw him leading earlier in the week with ‘Won’t Look Back’. This is the London producer’s third single after ‘Need U (100%)’ and ‘I Got U’.

The Script are a new entry at number three with ‘Superheroes’, which is the lead single from the band’s fourth studio album No Sound Without Silence. ‘Superheroes’ is the group’s seventh UK top 40 hit.

Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora leap three places into number four with ‘Black Widow’, while Sam Smith completes the top five with ‘I’m Not the Only One’ after the track moved up four places from last week.

US girl group GRL make their UK chart debut at number 11 with ‘Ugly Heart’. Their top 40 entry follows the tragic death of member Simone Battle, who passed away on Friday (September 5) at the age of 25.

The band have tweeted a tribute to Battle, in which they wrote: “We will carry her memory with us in everything we do.”

The final new entry in this week’s singles chart is ‘Pushing On’ by Berlin-based producer Oliver Dollar. The track, which samples The Quantic Soul Orchestra’s 2003 single, reached number 15 in the chart.

Source: Official Charts Company

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Scarlett Johansson retains top spot at the UK box office

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014

Scarlett Johansson’s Lucy has retained its spot at the top of the UK box office.

The Luc Besson-directed thriller beat off competition from new releases including buddy comedy Let’s Be Cops and young adult drama If I Stay, earning close to £2 million during its second weekend.

Let’s Be Cops debuted in second place with a weekend gross of £1,650,912, just behind Lucy‘s £1,972,039.

If I Stay earned £505,704 in sixth place, while the other new release to break the top ten was horror As Above, So Below, which earned just under £400k in eighth place.

Jon Hamm-starring baseball drama Million Dollar Arm debuted well below the top ten, with an opening weekend gross of £150,000.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Lucy – £1,972,039
2. (-) Let’s Be Cops – £1,650,912
3. (2) The Inbetweeners 2 – £1,298,163
4. (-) Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For – £1,077,370
5. (3) Guardians of the Galaxy – £1,027,274
6. (-) If I Stay – £505,704
7. (-) How To Train Your Dragon 2 – £427,724
8. (-) As Above, So Below – £398,787
9. (4) Into The Storm – £374,533
10. (7) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – £361,132

Source: Rentrak

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Metro Redux overtakes Diablo 3 at top of chart

Monday, September 1st, 2014

Metro Redux has overtaken Diablo 3: Ultimate Edition at the top of the all-format chart.

The Metro bundle, which contains remastered versions of Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light, sold 56% of its copies on PS4, 43% on Xbox One and only 1% on PC.

Diablo 3 drops to second, above The Last of Us Remastered in third and Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare in fourth.

Madden NFL 15 is this week’s second highest new entry at six, charting between heavyweights such as Call of Duty: Ghosts and GTA 5 at five and seven.

As fans wait for the next instalment of the football franchise, FIFA 14 drops to its lowest chart position of 18, above Assassin’s Creed 4 and LEGO Marvel Super Heroes.

The top 20 in full:
1. (-) Metro Redux (Deep Silver)
2. (1) Diablo 3: Ultimate Evil Edition (Blizzard)
3. (2) The Last of Us Remastered (Sony)
4. (3) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (EA Games)
5. (5) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
6. (-) Madden NFL 15 (EA Sports)
7. (9) Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar)
8. (4) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
9. (6) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
10. (11) Titanfall (EA Games)
11. (7) Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition (Sony)
12. (8) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
13. (17) Forza Motorsport 5 (Microsoft)
14. (15) Tomodachi Life (Nintendo)
15. (14) Sniper Elite 3 (505 Games)
16. (19) Terraria (505 Games)
17. (13) Battlefield 4 (EA Games)
18. (12) FIFA 14 (EA Sports)
19. (18) Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (Ubisoft)
20. (16) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)

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

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