Week ending the 30/aug/2009
New releases for the final week of August are dominated by a Britsoft powerhouse, as Eidos’s highly anticipated superhero title finally arrives.
Batman: Arkham Asylum unleashes players as the Caped Crusader on the inmates of Gotham City’s notorious nuthouse. The hype surrounding this game suggests its release will be strong driver for sales over the next week.
Also released this week is Imagine Teacher: School Trip (Ubisoft) and Escape The Museum (Majesco).
You can also check this VGChartz's news for a more detailed released schedule for this week. (For those who that might interest, "The King of Fighter XII" has been delayed to the 24 of September - it was originaly supposed to be out this week).
Reserved for France, Germany, Italy, Spain and UK.
UK
Chart-Track's news (on the All-Format chart) :
01/Sep/2009
Eidos have secured No1 with ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’, which is their biggest All Formats No1 since ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ back in 2000 (bigger than Tomb Raider: Legend and Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness).
The split was pretty close with 55% going to Xbox 360 and 45% to PS3 (the PC version will be hitting shops in a few weeks).
Nintendo’s ‘Wii Sports Resort’ therefore moves back down to No2 and Codemasters’ ‘Ashes Cricket 2009’ stays at No3.
Activision-Blizzard’s ‘Wolfenstein’ moves down two places to No4 followed by Nintendo’s ‘Wii Fit’ at No5. It’s Activision Blizzard and Nintendo again at No6 and No7 respectively with ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ and ‘Mario Kart Wii’.
EA’s ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10’ holds par at No8 and we have another Batman game in the Top 10 with Warner Bros. Interactive’s ‘Lego Batman: The Videogame’ at No9.
Activision Blizzard have a second Call of Duty game finishing off the Top 10 with ‘Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’ and Bethesda Softworks new expansion pack ‘Fallout 3: Game Add-On Pack #2’ comes in at No20.
| (__) | 01 | XB360 | BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM | (EIDOS) |
| (__) | 02 | PS3 | BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM | (EIDOS) |
| (01) | 03 | WII | WII SPORTS RESORT | (NINTENDO) |
| (03) | 04 | WII | WII FIT | (NINTENDO) |
| (04) | 05 | WII | ASHES CRICKET 2009 | (CODEMASTERS) |
| (02) | 06 | XB360 | WOLFENSTEIN | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (05) | 07 | WII | MARIO KART WII | (NINTENDO) |
| (06) | 08 | PS3 | WOLFENSTEIN | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (11) | 09 | PC | THE SIMS 3 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (07) | 10 | PS3 | ASHES CRICKET 2009 | (CODEMASTERS) |
| (09) | 11 | XB360 | ASHES CRICKET 2009 | (CODEMASTERS) |
| (08) | 12 | XB360 | CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (12) | 13 | WII | WII PLAY | (NINTENDO) |
| (34) | 14 | XB360 | CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (16) | 15 | DS | MARIO KART DS | (NINTENDO) |
| (18) | 16 | DS | PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE | (NINTENDO) |
| (19) | 17 | DS | GUITAR HERO: ON TOUR | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (15) | 18 | WII | EA SPORTS ACTIVE | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (24) | 19 | XB360 | FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (21) | 20 | DS | POKEMON PLATINUM | (NINTENDO) |
| (26) | 21 | DS | DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING | (NINTENDO) |
| (17) | 22 | PS3 | CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (39) | 23 | XB360 | TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (__) | 24 | XB360 | FALLOUT 3: GAME ADD-ON PACK #2 | (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS) |
| (28) | 25 | DS | NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. | (NINTENDO) |
| (__) | 26 | WII | LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME | (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE) |
| (35) | 27 | XB360 | SEGA SUPERSTARS TENNIS | (SEGA) |
| (33) | 28 | DS | MYSTERY STORIES | (GSP/AVANQUEST) |
| (13) | 29 | PS3 | CALL OF JUAREZ: BOUND IN BLOOD | (UBISOFT) |
| (27) | 30 | WII | TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (14) | 31 | XB360 | CALL OF JUAREZ: BOUND IN BLOOD | (UBISOFT) |
| (37) | 32 | XB360 | HALO 3 | (MICROSOFT) |
| (23) | 33 | XB360 | PROTOTYPE | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (38) | 34 | DS | SHERLOCK HOLMES: MYSTERY OF THE MUMMY | (UBISOFT) |
| (__) | 35 | WII | MONOPOLY | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (__) | 36 | WII | BIG BEACH SPORTS | (THQ) |
| (30) | 37 | PS3 | PROTOTYPE | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (36) | 38 | DS | PEPPA PIG: THE GAME | (UBISOFT) |
| (__) | 39 | WII | ANIMAL CROSSING: LET'S GO TO THE CITY | (NINTENDO) |
| (10) | 40 | PC | WOLFENSTEIN | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
Germany (consoles)
| (01) | 01 | Wii | Wii Sports Resort | |
| (__) | 02 | PS3 | Batman: Arkham Asylum | |
| (02) | 03 | DS | Pokemon Platin-Edition | |
| (__) | 04 | XBox 360 | Batman: Arkham Asylum | |
| (03) | 05 | Wii | Wii Fit | |
| (04) | 06 | Wii | Mario Kart Wii | |
| (07) | 07 | DS | Professor Layton und das geheimnisvolle Dorf | |
| (06) | 08 | DS | Mario Kart DS | |
| (05) | 09 | Wii | EA SPORTS ACTIVE Personal Trainer | |
| (08) | 10 | DS | New Super Mario Bros. |
Germany (PC)
| (__) | 01 | Sacred 2: Ice & Blood | ||
| (01) | 02 | Die Sims 3 | ||
| (02) | 03 | Anno 1404 | ||
| (__) | 04 | Hearts of Iron 3 | ||
| (__) | 05 | The Whispered World | ||
| (05) | 06 | World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King | ||
| (03) | 07 | Wolfenstein | ||
| (04) | 08 | Divinity 2 - Ego Draconis | ||
| (06) | 09 | Landwirtschafts-Simulator 2009 | ||
| (08) | 10 | Counter-Strike: Source |
France (consoles top 5)
| (01) | 01 | Wii | Wii Sports Resort | (Nintendo) |
| (02) | 02 | Wii | Wii Fit + Balance Board | (Nintendo) |
| (__) | 03 | PS3 | Batman Arkham Asylum | (Eidos) |
| (__) | 04 | XBox360 | Batman Arkham Asylum | (Eidos) |
| (03) | 05 | Wii | Mario Kart + volant | (Nintendo) |
France (PC top 5)
| (01) | 01 | Les Sims 3 | (Electronic Arts) |
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| (02) | 02 | Les Sims 3 + agenda collector | (Electronic Arts) | |
| (__) | 03 | Wolfenstein | (Activision Blizzard) | |
| (04) | 04 | World of Warcraft : La colère du Roi-Liche | (Activision Blizzard) | |
| (__) | 05 | Counter-Strike | (Electronic Arts) |
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:
Aug: 32 / 33 / 34
Jul: 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31
Jun: 23 / 24 / 25 / 26
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
