Week ending the 14/jun/2009
Activision Blizzard dominates the week’s new releases with a duo of heroic titles inviting gamers to thwart email and save the day.
The publisher’s latest original IP Prototype finally arrives, putting players in the role of a mutated man who must learn to control his newfound powers if he is to crack the conspiracy that threatens to bring about the destruction of New York City.
For fans of less contemporary adventures, Indiana Jones And The Staff Of Kings marks the return of everyone’s favourite archaeologist, as he travels the world searching for the legendary Staff Of Moses.
Other notable releases includes EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis (EA), marking the debut of Nintendo’s MotionPlus peripheral, and Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans (Slitherine).
Reserved for France, Germany, Italy, Spain and UK.
UK
Chart-Track's news (on the All-Format chart) :
Activision Blizzard debut at No2 with sci-fi action-adventure ‘Prototype’ from respected Canadian developer Radical Entertainment (Simpsons: Hit & Run, Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Scarface: World is Yours, Crash Tag Team/Crash of the Titans).
Last week’s big new entry, THQ’s ‘Red Faction: Guerrilla’ (-31%) only drops one place to No3 and Nintendo take No4 with ‘Wii Fit’ (+18%) - since being knocked off No1 back in week 21 by a steady stream of quality new releases, Wii Fit has risen 1 place per week over the last 3 weeks, perhaps in preparation for another assault on the top spot to complete that famous record-in-waiting (needs 3 more No1’s for the all time No1 record).
THQ’s ‘UFC 2009: Undisputed’ (-36%) drops 2 places to No5 and EA’s ‘EA Sports Active’ (-28%) also relinquishes 2 positions now at No6.
Activision Blizzard have the highest climber with ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ (+79%) climbing 9 places to No7 thanks to price promotion.
Also of note this week is new entry ‘Grand Slam Tennis’ from EA at No13 which is the first Wii MotionPlus title available and was launched with or without the Wii MotionPlus device (also released this week and features in our Accessories tracking report). Note that Nintendo’s first title to make use of this device is coming out on July 24th (Wii Sports Resort).
| (01) | 01 | PC | THE SIMS 3 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (__) | 02 | XB360 | PROTOTYPE | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (04) | 03 | WII | WII FIT | (NINTENDO) |
| (02) | 04 | XB360 | RED FACTION: GUERRILLA | (THQ) |
| (03) | 05 | WII | EA SPORTS ACTIVE | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (__) | 06 | PS3 | PROTOTYPE | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (05) | 07 | XB360 | UFC 2009: UNDISPUTED | (THQ) |
| (07) | 08 | DS | POKEMON PLATINUM | (NINTENDO) |
| (06) | 09 | PS3 | INFAMOUS | (SONY COMPUTER ENT.) |
| (08) | 10 | PS3 | UFC 2009: UNDISPUTED | (THQ) |
| (09) | 11 | PS3 | RED FACTION: GUERRILLA | (THQ) |
| (__) | 12 | WII | GRAND SLAM TENNIS | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (12) | 13 | WII | MARIO KART WII | (NINTENDO) |
| (16) | 14 | WII | WII PLAY | (NINTENDO) |
| (__) | 15 | XB360 | CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (11) | 16 | PS3 | VIRTUA TENNIS 2009 | (SEGA) |
| (22) | 17 | DS | PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE | (NINTENDO) |
| (14) | 18 | WII | MY FITNESS COACH | (UBISOFT) |
| (25) | 19 | WII | JILLIAN MICHAELS' FITNESS ULTIMATUM | (KOCH MEDIA) |
| (28) | 20 | XB360 | CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (10) | 21 | XB360 | GUITAR HERO: METALLICA | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (13) | 22 | XB360 | TERMINATOR SALVATION | (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE) |
| (15) | 23 | XB360 | STAR OCEAN: THE LAST HOPE | (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE) |
| (19) | 24 | XB360 | VIRTUA TENNIS 2009 | (SEGA) |
| (18) | 25 | DS | MYSTERY STORIES | (GSP/AVANQUEST) |
| (24) | 26 | WII | BIG FAMILY GAMES | (THQ) |
| (27) | 27 | DS | DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING | (NINTENDO) |
| (__) | 28 | PS3 | CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (21) | 29 | DS | SHERLOCK HOLMES: MYSTERY OF THE MUMMY | (UBISOFT) |
| (31) | 30 | PC | FOOTBALL MANAGER 2009 | (SEGA) |
| (__) | 31 | DS | GRAND THEFT AUTO: CHINATOWN WARS | (TAKE 2) |
| (__) | 32 | DS | WALK WITH ME! KNOW YOUR WALKING ROUTINE? | (NINTENDO) |
| (33) | 33 | XB360 | SEGA SUPERSTARS TENNIS | (SEGA) |
| (17) | 34 | XB360 | FUEL | (CODEMASTERS) |
| (23) | 35 | XB360 | SACRED 2: FALLEN ANGEL | (KOCH MEDIA) |
| (20) | 36 | PS3 | TERMINATOR SALVATION | (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE) |
| (30) | 37 | XB360 | FIFA 09 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (__) | 38 | WII | DONKEY KONG: JUNGLE BEAT | (NINTENDO) |
| (37) | 39 | WII | MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES | (SEGA) |
| (34) | 40 | XB360 | GEARS OF WAR 2 | (MICROSOFT) |
Germany (consoles)
| (01) | 01 | DS | Pokemon Platin-Edition | |
| (02) | 02 | Wii | Wii Fit | |
| (04) | 03 | Wii | Mario Kart Wii | |
| (03) | 04 | Wii | EA SPORTS ACTIVE Personal Trainer | |
| (05) | 05 | DS | Professor Layton und das geheimnisvolle Dorf | |
| (__) | 06 | Wii | EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis 10 | |
| (09) | 07 | DS | Mario Kart DS | |
| (06) | 08 | PS3 | UFC 2009 Undisputed | |
| (__) | 09 | DS | New Super Mario Bros. | |
| (07) | 10 | PS3 | Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel |
Germany (PC)
| (01) | 01 | Die Sims 3 | ||
| (02) | 02 | Die Sims 3 Collectors Edition | ||
| (04) | 03 | World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King | ||
| (03) | 04 | Armed Assault 2 | ||
| (06) | 05 | Die Sims 2 | ||
| (05) | 06 | Landwirtschafts-Simulator 2009 | ||
| (07) | 07 | World of Warcraft | ||
| (10) | 08 | BattleForge | ||
| (09) | 09 | Counter-Strike: Source | ||
| (__) | 10 | World of Warcraft: The Burning |
France (consoles top 5)
| (01) | 01 | Wii | Wii Fit + Balance Board | (Nintendo) |
| (02) | 02 | DS | Pokémon - version platine | (Nintendo) |
| (__) | 03 | PS3 | Prototype | (Activision Blizzard) |
| (03) | 04 | DS | Professeur Layton et l’étrange village | (Nintendo) |
| (__) | 05 | XBox360 | Prototype | (Activision Blizzard) |
France (PC top 5)
| (01) | 01 | Les Sims 3 | (Electronic Arts) |
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| (02) | 02 | Les Sims 3 Edition Collector |
(Electronic Arts) | |
| (__) | 03 | Prototype | (Activision Blizzard) | |
| (04) | 04 | World of Warcraft : La colère du Roi-Liche | (Activision Blizzard) | |
| (03) | 05 | Empire Total War | (Sega) |
Charts Calendar:
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:
Jun: 23
May: 19 / 20 / 21 / 22
Apr: 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18
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
