TOP 40 Game Sales In The UK - Week ending March 14th

GRAND Theft Auto V is top of the charts for the eighth time since its launch in September 2013.

Sales of  ROCKSTAR’s crime title rose 49 per cent week-on-week and ended the run of new IPs that have been No.1. The game has received extra attention in the media recently due to the release of GTA Online Heists DLC.

If the game manages another two weeks at the top spot it will equal the series’ record, currently held by 2002’s Vice City.

Further down the charts, the HD re-release of 2013’s DMC: Devil May Cry debuts in fifth place. DMC: Definitive Edition sold 28.8 per cent of the Week One sales of the original release.

New city builder title from PARADOX INTERACTIVE Cities: Skylines tops the Steam charts. The game has received plenty of press attention for trying to offer gamers a better version of SimCity. It sold 500,000 units worldwide in just six days.

And over in the mobile charts, USTWO’s Monument Valley makes a return to the iPad, iPhone and Android charts, perhaps as a result of its prominent placement in the third series of Netflix show House of Cards. The game also picked up two BAFTA awards last week the only game to collect more than one prize.

Meanwhile RARE’s Banjo-Kazooie tops the Xbox Live charts. The title was in the current round of Deals with Gold. It’s been a busy week for the classic 3D platformer. A special Banjo-Kazooie ‘crowd’ game was shown off at the event SXSW. Meanwhile, former Banjo-Kazooie developrs have formed a new UK-based development studio called Playtonic to build a spiritual successor to the game, currently entitled Project Ukelele.

TOP 40 UK RETAIL

• 01 - GRAND THEFT AUTO V  FORMATS:  PS4, XO, PS3, 360
• 02 - Dying Light  /  PS4, XO, PC
• 03 - FIFA 15 /  PS4, XO, PS3, 360, Wii, 3DS, Vita, PC 
• 04 - Minecraft: Xbox Edition / XO,  360
• 05 - DMC: Definitive Edition / PS4,  XO
• 06 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare / PS4, XO, PS3, 360, PC
• 07 - Minecraft: PlayStation Edition / PS4, PS3, Vita
• 08 - Evolve / PS4, XO, PC
• 09 - Zombie Army Trilogy /  PS4, XO
• 10 - Sniper Elite 3: Ultimate Edition / PS4, XO, PS3, 360
• 11 - Dragon Ball Xenoverse / PS4, XO, PS3, 360
• 12 - WWE 2K15 /  PS4, XO, PS3, 360
• 13 - Terraria / PS4, XO, PS3, 360, PC
• 14 - Forza Horizon 2 /  XO,  360
• 15 - Far Cry 4 / PS4, XO, PS3, 360, PC 
• 16 - The Crew /  PS4, XO, 360, PC
• 17 - Disney Infinity 2.0 / PS4, XO, Wii U, PS3, 360, PC
• 18 - Destiny / PS4, XO, PS3, 360 
• 19 - The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D  / 3DS
• 20 - LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham / PS4, XO, Wii U, PS3, 360, 3DS, Vita, PC 
  21 - The Order 1886 / PS4
• 22 - Super Smash Bros  / Wii U, 3DS
• 23 - Watch Dogs / PS4, XO, Wii U, PS3, 360, PC
• 24 - Halo: The Master Chief Collection / XO
• 25 - Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare / PS4, XO, PS3, 360, PC
• 26 - Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag /  PS4, XO, Wii U, PS3, 360, PC
• 27 - Halo: The Master Chief Collection / XO
• 28 - Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate  / 3DS
• 29 - The Evil Within  /  PS4, XO, PS3, 360,  PC
• 30 - Saints Row IV Re-elected and Gat out of Hell /  PS4, XO
• 31 - Just Dance 2015 / PS4, XO, Wii U, PS3, 360, Wii
• 32 - Dragon Age Inquisition  / PS4, XO, PS3, 360, PC
• 33 - Wolfenstein: The New Order  / PS4, XO, PS3, 360, PC
• 34 - Assassin’s Creed Unity  /  PS4, XO, PC
• 35 - Tomodachi Life / 3DS
• 36 - Call of Duty: Ghosts / PS4, XO, Wii U, PS3, 360, PC
• 37 - Football Manager 2015 PC
• 38 - Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor / PS4, XO, PS3, 360, PC
• 39 - Alien Isolation / PS4, XO, PS3, 360, PC
• 40 - The LEGO Movie Videogame / PS4, XO, Wii U, PS3, 360, 3DS, Vita, PC 

TOP 40 INDIVIDUAL FORMAT

• 01 - DYING LIGHT  FORMAT:  PS4
• 02 - Grand Theft Auto V  PS4
  03 - Dying Light  XO
  04 - Grand Theft Auto V  XO
  05 - Minecraft: Xbox Edition  360
  06 - DMC: Definitive Edition  PS4
  07 - FIFA 15  PS4
  08 - FIFA 15  XO
  09 - FIFA 15  360
  10 - Minecraft: PlayStation Edition  PS3
  11 - The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D  3DS
  12 - Forza Horizon 2   XO
  13 - The Order 1886  PS4
  14 - Evolve  XO
  15 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare  PS4
  16 - Zombie Army Trilogy  PS4
  17 - Terraria 360
  18 - DMC: Definitive Edition  XO
  19 - Minecraft: PlayStation Edition PS4
  20 - Grand Theft Auto V 360
  21 - Minecraft: Xbox Edition XO
  22 - Halo: The Master Chief Collection XO
  23 - Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate 3DS
• 24 - Zombie Army Trilogy XO
  25 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare XO
  26 - Evolve  PS4
  27 - Dragon Ball Xenoverse PS4
  28 - Sniper Elite 3: Ultimate Edition PS4
• 29 - Tomodachi Life 3DS
  30 - FIFA  15  PS3
  31 - Football Manager 2015 PC
  32 - The  Crew  PS4
  33 - Disney Infinity 2.0 360
  34 - Super Smash Bros 3DS
  35 - WWE  2K15 360
  36 - Destiny  PS4
  37 - Dragon Ball Xenoverse XO
  38 - Far Cry 4 PS4
  39 - Pokémon Omega Ruby 3DS
  40 - The Sims 4 PC

5 SECOND FACTS

- Naughty Dog’s PS4 exclusive Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End has been delayed until 2016. The title was initially slated for release this year .

- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 fans have set up a petition for Activision to remake the title. At time of writing, 160,315 people have signed the petition.

- Paradox’s city-building title Cities: Skylines sold over 500,000 copies in its  first week across PC, Mac and Linux.

- GAME has officially opened Marketplace, which allows third parties to sell content online. Right now, Marketplace offers 50,000 products.

- PDP design & manufacture the Official Microsoft licensed Xbox ONE TV Kinect Sensor Clip.