Week ending the 26/apr/2009
RETAIL BIZ: Out This Week
A promising line-up of new releases this week offers consumers a mix of popular franchises and new IP, with the star release being the long-awaited next instalment in the Riddick series.
Atari’s The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena offers fans the chance to experience a remastered version of the critically acclaimed Escape From Butcher Bay, as well as a brand new campaign revolving around the mysterious ship, Dark Athena.
For Wii owners, Rising Star’s Little King’s Story is a delightful adventure in which a young boy becomes king of a fantasy realm and must expand his empire in order to bring peace to the world.
Other notable arrivals this week are SingStar: Pop Edition (Sony), New Play Control! Pikmin 2 (Nintendo) and Pimp My Ride Euro Street Racing (Activision Blizzard).
I would personnaly add "Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2" (PS3/360) to the list of notable releases.
UK releases for this week:
You can also check this VGChartz's news.
Reserved for France, Germany, Italy, Spain and UK.
UK
Chart-Track's news (on the All-Format chart) :
The only new entry is right behind at No2, Atari’s ‘The Chronicles Of Riddick: Dark Athena’ on 360/PS3/PC. EA’s ‘The Godfather II’ (-48%) drops one place to No3 and EA’s ‘FIFA 09’ also drops one place to No4 (-25%). The rest of the All Formats Top 10 shows no change over last week. Capcom’s ‘Resident Evil 5’ is No5 (-17%), Nintendo’s ‘Professor Layton and the Curious Village’ is No6 (-31%), Nintendo also stay put at No’s 7 & 8 with ‘Mario Kart Wii’ (-32%) and ‘Wii Play’ (-27%). Activision Blizzard remain at No9 with ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ (-29%) and Take 2 stay at No10 with ‘Carnival: Funfair Games’ (-25%).
| (01) | 01 | WII | WII FIT | (NINTENDO) |
| (__) | 02 | XB360 | THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK: DARK ATHENA | (ATARI) |
| (02) | 03 | DS | PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE | (NINTENDO) |
| (04) | 04 | WII | MARIO KART WII | (NINTENDO) |
| (05) | 05 | WII | WII PLAY | (NINTENDO) |
| (03) | 06 | XB360 | THE GODFATHER II | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (08) | 07 | XB360 | RESIDENT EVIL 5 | (CAPCOM) |
| (09) | 08 | DS | DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING | (NINTENDO) |
| (07) | 09 | PS3 | THE GODFATHER II | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (15) | 10 | PS3 | RESIDENT EVIL 5 | (CAPCOM) |
| (13) | 11 | WII | MY FITNESS COACH | (UBISOFT) |
| (14) | 12 | XB360 | FIFA 09 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (__) | 13 | PS3 | THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK: DARK ATHENA | (ATARI) |
| (11) | 14 | WII | RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS TV PARTY | (UBISOFT) |
| (19) | 15 | WII | CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES | (TAKE 2) |
| (17) | 16 | PS3 | KILLZONE 2 | (SONY COMPUTER ENT.) |
| (06) | 17 | WII | MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES | (SEGA) |
| (10) | 18 | DS | GRAND THEFT AUTO: CHINATOWN WARS | (TAKE 2) |
| (29) | 19 | XB360 | GEARS OF WAR 2 | (MICROSOFT) |
| (20) | 20 | DS | PUZZLER COLLECTION | (UBISOFT) |
| (23) | 21 | DS | NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. | (NINTENDO) |
| (16) | 22 | XB360 | LEGO INDIANA JONES: ORIGINAL ADVENTURES | (LUCASARTS) |
| (24) | 23 | XB360 | CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (22) | 24 | DS | MYSTERY CASE FILES: MILLIONHEIR | (NINTENDO) |
| (18) | 25 | XB360 | KUNG FU PANDA | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (34) | 26 | PC | FOOTBALL MANAGER 2009 | (SEGA) |
| (21) | 27 | DS | MARIO KART DS | (NINTENDO) |
| (36) | 28 | PS3 | FIFA 09 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (__) | 29 | XB360 | LEFT 4 DEAD | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (25) | 30 | DS | CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES | (TAKE 2) |
| (__) | 31 | PS3 | SEGA MEGA DRIVE ULTIMATE COLLECTION | (SEGA) |
| (32) | 32 | XB360 | GRAND THEFT AUTO IV | (TAKE 2) |
| (28) | 33 | DS | MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES | (SEGA) |
| (12) | 34 | DS | CLUB PENGUIN: ELITE PENGUIN FORCE | (DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS) |
| (__) | 35 | XB360 | HALO 3 | (MICROSOFT) |
| (__) | 36 | XB360 | HALO WARS | (MICROSOFT) |
| (31) | 37 | XB360 | CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (__) | 38 | XB360 | SEGA MEGA DRIVE ULTIMATE COLLECTION | (SEGA) |
| (33) | 39 | XB360 | WHEELMAN | (UBISOFT) |
| (40) | 40 | PS3 | LITTLEBIGPLANET | (SONY COMPUTER ENT.) |
Germany (consoles)
| (01) | 01 | Wii | Wii Fit | |
| (03) | 02 | Wii | Mario Kart Wii | |
| (02) | 03 | DS | Mario Kart DS | |
| (05) | 04 | DS | New Super Mario Bros. | |
| (06) | 05 | PS3 | Resident Evil 5 | |
| (04) | 06 | DS | Animal Crossing: Wild World | |
| (__) | 07 | DS | Dr. Kawashimas Gehirn-Jogging | |
| (07) | 08 | DS | Professor Layton und das geheimnisvolle Dorf | |
| (10) | 09 | Wii | Mein Fitness-Coach: Gut in Form | |
| (__) | 10 | PS3 | Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 |
Germany (PC)
| (01) | 01 | Landwirtschafts-Simulator 2009 | ||
| (04) | 02 | World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King | ||
| (05) | 03 | Empire: Total War | ||
| (02) | 04 | Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor | ||
| (03) | 05 | Die Sims 2 | ||
| (10) | 06 | World of Warcraft | ||
| (06) | 07 | Counter-Strike: Source | ||
| (08) | 08 | Grand Theft Auto 4 | ||
| (__) | 09 | World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade | ||
| (__) | 10 | Runes of Magic |
France (consoles top 5)
| (01) | 01 | Wii | Wii Fit + Balance Board | (Nintendo) |
| (02) | 02 | Wii | Mario Kart Wii + volant Wii Wheel | (Nintendo) |
| (03) | 03 | DS | Professeur Layton et l’étrange village | (Nintendo) |
| (04) | 04 | PS3 | Resident Evil 5 | (Capcom) |
| (05) | 05 | Wii | Wii Play + Télécommande | (Nintendo) |
France (consoles top 10)
| (01) | 01 | Wii | Wii FIT | (Nintendo) |
| (02) | 02 | Wii | MARIO KART Wii | (Nintendo) |
| (03) | 03 | NDS | PROFESSEUR LAYTON ET L'ETRANGE VILLAGE | (Nintendo) |
| (04) | 04 | PS3 | RESIDENT EVIL 5 | (Capcom) |
| (05) | 05 | Wii | Wii PLAY | (Nintendo) |
| (10) | 06 | NDS | MARIO KART DS | (Nintendo) |
| (__) | 07 | NDS | NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. | (Nintendo) |
| (08) | 08 | Wii | MARIO POWER TENNIS Nouvelle façon de jouer | (Nintendo) |
| (07) | 09 | NDS | GRAND THEFT AUTO: CHINATOWN WARS | (Take 2) |
| (09) | 10 | 360 | RESIDENT EVIL 5 | (Capcom) |
France (PC top 5)
| (01) | 01 | Empire Total War | (Sega) |
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| (03) | 02 | World of Warcraft : La colère du Roi-Liche |
(Activision Blizzard) | |
| (02) | 03 | Les Sims 2 : Double Deluxe | (Electronic Arts) | |
| (04) | 04 | Warhammer 40000 : Dawn of war 2 | (THQ) | |
| (__) | 05 | GTA IV | (Take2) |
Italy
| (01) | 01 | WII | Mario Kart Wii | 100.0% | |
| (02) | 02 | WII | Wii Fit | 99.29% | |
| (04) | 03 | WII | Wii Play | 63.70% | |
| (03) | 04 | WII | Mario Power Tennis | 46.83% | |
| (05) | 05 | PS3 | The Godfather 2 | 31.96% | |
| (06) | 06 | PS3 | Resident Evil 5 | 27.92% | |
| (10) | 07 | NDS | Mario Kart DS | 26.84% | |
| (11) | 08 | WII | My Fitness Coach | 26.64% | |
| (09) | 09 | NDS | New Super Mario Bros. | 25.20% | |
| (12) | 10 | PS2 | FIFA 09 | 24.99% | |
| (13) | 11 | PS3 | FIFA 09 | 21.92% | |
| (__) | 12 | NDS | Professor Layton And The Curious Village | 19.87% | |
| (__) | 13 | NDS | Brain Training | 19.54% | |
| (__) | 14 | 360 | FIFA 09 | 18.92% | |
| (15) | 15 | PS3 | Fallout 3 | 18.76% |
Charts Calender:
Monday: UK, Ireland, France Top 5 (1 week delay), Germany (All, 1 week delay), Spain (1 week delay)
Tuesday: Denmark, Italy (1 week delay), Finland (Fortnightly on even numbered weeks)
Wednesday: Germany (Separate console & PC)
Thursday: Australia, New Zealand , Sweden
Friday: Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway
Saturday: France Top 10 (2 week delay)
*Note: These are often subject to change, especially Germany (All) & Spain
Archives:
2009:
Apr: 14 / 15 / 16
Mar: 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
Feb: 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09
Jan: 01 / 02 / 03 / 04
2008:
Dec: 49 / 50 / 51 / 52
Nov: 45 / 46 / 47 / 48
Oct: 40 / 41 / 42 / 43 / 44
Sep: 36 / 37 / 38 / 39
Aug: 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35
Jul: 27 / 28 / 29 / 30
Jun: 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26
May: 18 / 19 / 20 / 21
Apr: 14 / 15 / 16 / 17
Mar: 09 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
Feb: 05 / 06 / 07 / 08
Jan: 01 / 02 / 03 / 04
2007:
Dec: 48 / 49 / 50 / 51 / 52
Nov: 44 / 45 / 46 / 47
Oct: 40 / 41 / 42 / 43
Sep: 39
