Payday 2 has ended Minecraft‘s three week reign at the top of the all-format chart.
505 Games’ sequel has become the company’s first number one since 2012’s Elite Sniper V2.
Meanwhile, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 continued its rise through the chart, jumping from seven to three.
Riding high on the excitement surrounding its forthcoming sequel, Grand Theft Auto 4 edge Assassin’s Creed 3 out of the top ten.
The chart remained largely static this week, with little movement and no new entries in the top 20 other than Payday 2.
The chart in full:
1. (-) Payday 2 (505 Games)
2. (1) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
3. (7) Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (Activision)
4. (2) FIFA 13 (Electronic Arts)
5. (5) Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo)
6. (6) The Last of Us (Sony)
7. (3) The Smurfs 2 (Ubisoft)
8. (7) LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
9. (9) Tomb Raider (Square Enix)
10. (13) Grand Theft Auto 4 (Rockstar)
11. (10) Assassin’s Creed 3 (Ubisoft)
12. (16) Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Legendary Edition (Bethesda)
13. (12) Need for Speed Most Wanted (Electronic Arts)
14. (12) LEGO Lord of the Rings (Warner Bros. Interactive)
15. (11) Far Cry 3 (Ubisoft)
16. (15) Max Payne 3 (Rockstar)
17. (18) Grand Theft Auto 4: Episodes from Liberty City (Rockstar)
18. (19) Battlefield 3 (Electronic Arts)
19. (26) Bioshock Infinite (2K Games)
20. (21) Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition (Rockstar Games)
Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2013 UKIE Ltd.