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FIFA 15 reclaims the all-format top spot

Tuesday, December 9th, 2014

FIFA 15 has reclaimed the all-format top spot from Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.

The football simulation tops the chart for the first time in six weeks, placing above Advanced Warfare in second and GTA 5 in third.

The Crew is this week’s highest new entry, debuting in sixth place below Far Cry 4 and LEGO Batman 3, the latter of which jumps 14 place following a recent retailer promotion.

The majority of The Crew sales were made on PS4 (59%). The Xbox One version accounts for 33% of sales, the Xbox 360 edition 8%, while the PC release made up just 1% of overall sales.

Ubisoft’s Just Dance 2015 also makes an appearance in the top 20, charting between Driveclub and Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor at 11.

The top 20 in full:
1. (2) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
2. (1) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
3. (3) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
4. (4) Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft)
5. (19) LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (Warner Bros)
6. (-) The Crew (Ubisoft)
7. (5) Assassin’s Creed Unity (Ubisoft)
8. (10) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
9. (12) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
10. (8) Driveclub (Sony)
11. (-) Just Dance 2015 (Ubisoft)
12. (11) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros)
13. (6) Pokemon Omega Ruby (Nintendo)
14. (13) Super Smash Bros (Nintendo)
15. (14) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney Interactive Studios)
16. (17) Destiny (Activision)
17. (7) Pokemon Alpha Sapphire (Nintendo)
18. (-) Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Microsoft)
19. (20) WWE 2K15 (Take-Two)
20. (9) Assassin’s Creed 4 (Ubisoft)

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

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Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ reclaims UK number 1 single

Sunday, December 7th, 2014

Ed Sheeran has reclaimed number one in the UK singles chart this week (December 7).

‘Thinking Out Loud’ returns to the top spot five weeks after first winning the position in November.

The single also beats its own record for the highest amount of online streams, with over 1,672,000 audio streams in seven days.

Union J claim the second spot with ‘You Got It All’, while last week’s number one, Take That’s ‘These Days’, moves down to three.

‘Blank Space’ by Taylor Swift takes number four, while Olly Murs featuring Travie McCoy rounds off this week’s top five selling tracks with ‘Wrapped Up’.

Dance duo Blonde make their debut in the top 40 at number seven with ‘I Loved You’ featuring Melissa Steel, as Ella Henderson’s ‘Yours’ claims the singer her third top 20 single at number 16.

Sheeran makes a second appearance in the charts with ‘Make It Rain’ at number 38. Originally sang by Foy Vance, Sheeran covered the track for Sons of Anarchy.

Mariah Carey’s seasonal classic ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ re-enters the chart at 17, while The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl’s ‘Fairytale of New York’ is at 18 and Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ returns at 39.

Source: Official Charts Company

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Paddington topples The Hunger Games at the UK box office

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014

Paddington has topped the UK box office in its first week of release.

The acclaimed live action adventure for Michael Bond’s beloved bear has taken £5,125,519 since its nationwide release on Friday (November 28).

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay slips to second place with a strong second-week taking, having now made over £21m since its November 21 release.

The week’s other major new release Horrible Bosses 2 debuts at fourth place with a weekend total of £1,257,808, lagging behind Benedict Cumberbatch-led biopic The Imitation Game.

Art documentary Hockney debuted in eighth place with £161,163.

The re-release of Disney’s smash hit Frozen, a year on from its original debut, pulled in an impressive £177,859 in seventh place.

The UK box office top ten in full is as follows:
1. (-) Paddington – £5,125,519
2. (1) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 – £4,908,192
3. (2) The Imitation Game – £1,416,229
4. (-) Horrible Bosses 2 – £1,257,808
5. (3) Interstellar – £1,157,875
6. (4) Nativity 3: Dude, Where’s My Donkey? – £795,078
7. (-) Frozen – £177,859
8. (-) Hockney – £161,163
9. (5) Mr Turner – £135,234
10. (7) The Drop – £102,694

Source: Rentrak

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CoD: Advanced Warfare breaks Black Friday sales record

Monday, December 1st, 2014

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has reclaimed the all-format top spot from GTA 5.

The latest Call of Duty benefits from a 110% increase in sales thanks to Black Friday discounts on Xbox 360 and PS3 versions.

The Xbox 360 version accounted for 46% of Advanced Warfare sales, while the PS3 edition accounts for 22% of sales.

Sales of Advanced Warfare are the largest ever for a game on Black Friday week.

FIFA 15 benefits from an 84% sales increase to take second, while GTA 5 drops to third.

Pokemon: Omega Ruby is this week’s highest new entry at six, followed by Alpha Sapphire with 2,400 fewer sales in seventh.

Combined, the games would have entered in third. They are also the biggest-selling Pokemon titles at launch, beating the previous record held by Pokemon Black and White in 2011.

Elsewhere, Driveclub climbs 25 places from 33 to eight, following a 999% increase in sales thanks to Black Friday console bundle sales.

The release of Super Smash Bros on Wii U sees the title climb to 13, while LittleBigPlanet makes its chart debut at 18.

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

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

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