UK Charts: Hitman Absolution Surges, Black Ops 2 Untouchable For 5 Weeks
Call of Duty: Black Ops II remains at No1 for a 5th consecutive week, having positive sales growth of 14% week on week. It equals Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes in terms of number of weeks at the top of this chart in 2012. Hitman: Absolution’ climbs 4 places to No2, contibuted to a price promotion that led to a 91% sales boost with EA’s ‘FIFA 13’ remains at No3 for a 6th consecutive week (+8%).
Ubisoft’s ‘Just Dance 4’ remains at No4, helped by a price-promoted Wii version (+10%) whilst Ubisoft’s ‘Far Cry 3’ drops 3 places to No5 (-25%). Assassin’s Creed III completes the Ubisoft trio, dropping 1 place to No6 this week (-6%). The rest of the Top 10 remains the same, with Microsoft’s ‘Halo 4’ at No7 (+2%), EA’s ‘Need for Speed: Most Wanted’ at No8 (+24%) with price promotions starting to kick in, Warner’s ‘Lego The Lord of the Rings’ at No9 (+21%) and THQ’s ‘WWE ‘13’ at No10 (+12%).
The UK Top 20 All-Formats Chart Ending December 15 2012
- CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II – ACTIVISION
- HITMAN ABSOLUTION – SQUARE ENIX
- FIFA 13 – EA SPORTS
- JUST DANCE 4 – UBISOFT
- FAR CRY 3 – UBISOFT
- ASSASSIN’S CREED III – UBISOFT
- HALO 4 – MICROSOFT
- NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED – EA
- LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS – WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
- WWE ’13 – THQ
- SKYLANDERS GIANTS – SKYLANDERS
- THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM – BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
- FOOTBALL MANAGER 2013 – SEGA
- SONIC & ALL STARS RACING TRANSFORMED – SEGA
- MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLINGS THEME PARK – MIND CANDY
- MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER – EA GAMES
- LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES – WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
- FORZA HORIZON – MICROSOFT
- NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 – NINTENDO
- DISHONORED – BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
